9 4 , ▁Brown , ▁along ▁with ▁Mel ▁C , ▁Ger i ▁Hal li well , ▁and ▁Victoria ▁Beck ham ▁respond ed ▁to ▁an ▁advert is ement ▁in ▁The ▁Stage ▁magazine . ▁Ar ound ▁ 4 0 0 ▁women ▁who ▁answered ▁the ▁advert is ement ▁attended ▁aud itions ▁at ▁Dance works ▁Studios ▁in ▁May f air , ▁London . ▁Hal li well , ▁Ch ish ol m , ▁Beck ham , ▁Brown ▁and ▁Mich elle ▁Steph enson ▁were ▁originally ▁chosen ▁as ▁the ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁group ▁which ▁was ▁known ▁as ▁Touch . ▁When ▁Steph enson ▁left ▁she ▁was ▁replaced ▁by ▁Emma ▁Bun ton . ▁The ▁group ▁felt ▁in secure ▁about ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁a ▁contract ▁and ▁were ▁fr ustr ated ▁by ▁the ▁direction ▁in ▁which ▁Heart ▁Management ▁was ▁going ▁and ▁broke ▁with ▁them . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁they ▁tou red ▁record ▁labels ▁in ▁London ▁and ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁and ▁after ▁team ing ▁up ▁with ▁music ▁manager ▁Simon ▁Full er ▁they ▁signed ▁a ▁deal ▁with ▁Virgin ▁Records ▁and ▁the ▁group ▁name ▁is ▁changed ▁to ▁Sp ice ▁Girls . ▁Their ▁debut ▁album , ▁Sp ice , ▁was ▁a ▁huge ▁world wide ▁commercial ▁success , ▁pe aked ▁at ▁number ▁one ▁in ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 7 ▁countries , ▁and ▁was ▁cert ified ▁multi - pl atin um ▁in ▁ 2 7 ▁countries . ▁The ▁album ▁cent red ▁on ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁Girl ▁Power , ▁and ▁was ▁compared ▁to ▁Beat le mania . ▁In ▁total ▁the ▁album ▁sold ▁ 3 0 ▁million ▁copies ▁world