Spice Girls star Melanie C has said the 30th anniversary of the band’s debut single Wannabe – which fell on Wednesday – was a “very emotional day”.<\/p>\n
The singer formerly known as Sporty Spice recalled that seeing the song in shops had been “so exciting, because it was everything we dreamed of”.<\/p>\n
The track went on to become one of the defining singles of the 1990s, selling more than 8 million copies worldwide, and launching the band’s Girl Power agenda.<\/p>\n
“We knew exactly what we wanted to achieve but nobody imagined the scale [of what] we went on to do,” said the star, whose real name is Melanie Chisholm.<\/p>\n
“We went out, we conquered the world. <\/p>\n
“We were told that we couldn’t, and we wouldn’t. But we did.”<\/p>\n
The 52-year-old was speaking at the Nordoff And Robbins Silver Clef Awards at the Royal Albert Hall, where she was honoured with the global impact award.<\/p>\n
The Spice Girls celebrated Wannabe’s 30th birthday with separate posts on social media earlier this week. <\/p>\n
Victoria Beckham said, external<\/a> the song had “forever changed our lives”, while Geri Horner wrote, external<\/a>: “Thank you to my beautiful spice sisters.”<\/p>\n “It was a very emotional day yesterday,” Chisolm said on the red carpet. “We’re all in touch obviously, all of the girls, we’re so grateful and respectful of each other.”<\/p>\n