She used to be a member of pop group the Spice Girls . During her rise to fame with the late 1990s girl pop group the Spice Girls , Beckham was dubbed Posh Spice , a nickname first coined by the British pop music magazine , Top of the Pops in the July 1996 issue . Since the Spice Girls pursued separate careers , she has had a solo pop music career , scoring four UK Top 10 singles .