B*Witched — "C'est la Vie"
An Irish girl group that made denim a uniform and Irish-dance breaks a statement. Their debut single entered the UK chart at #1, making them — at the time — the youngest girl group ever to top it.
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Destiny's Child
One of the best-selling girl groups of all time and the defining R&B girl group of the late 1990s and early 2000s, famous for the powerhouse lineup of Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams. With hits like 'Say My Name,' 'Bills, Bills, Bills,' 'Independent Women,' 'Survivor,' and 'Bootylicious,' they defined an era of confident, sexually liberated pop music while launching Beyoncé toward her eventual superstardom.
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En Vogue
The Oakland quartet that brought four-part girl-group harmony into '90s R&B: "Hold On," "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)," "Free Your Mind," and three #2 pop hits. A 2010 Billboard ranking put them third among female R&B groups of the previous 25 years, behind only TLC and Destiny's Child.
The Pussycat Dolls
"Don't Cha" wish your girlfriend was hot like them — the question every radio in 2005 asked roughly once an hour. The Pussycat Dolls arrived fully formed in matching choreography and smoky eyeliner, a burlesque act reverse-engineered into a chart juggernaut, with Nicole Scherzinger doing most of the singing and all six doing the strut.
Let's Talk About Sex
Three women put frank, funny, sex-positive talk on pop radio at the height of the AIDS crisis, daring stations to blink and winning with a wink. Salt-N-Pepa turned consent and pleasure into a chart singalong—and later spun the same beat into an act of public health, rewriting the verse to preach AIDS prevention.
Destiny's Child — Say My Name
The call-and-response hook that defined an era of R&B, and the most dramatic lineup announcement in pop memory — disguised as a music video premiere. 'Say My Name' introduced the world to Destiny's Child in their most iconic form — and to the concept that your favorite song's original singers might not be the ones who got famous for it.
Spice Girls
"Wannabe," Girl Power, and five color-coded personas — Baby, Scary, Sporty, Ginger, and Posh — that turned a British pop group into a global phenomenon. Their faces sold everything from lunchboxes to soft drinks, and their debut became the best-selling album ever by a female group.
The Cheetah Girls
Four New York friends, a girl group, and matching cheetah print. The Cheetah Girls premiered August 15, 2003, as Disney Channel's first musical original movie, drew 6.5 million viewers, and turned Raven-Symoné, Adrienne Bailon, Kiely Williams, and Sabrina Bryan into a real touring act with two sequels and an arena tour.
TLC
The best-selling American girl group since the Supremes. T-Boz, Left Eye, and Chilli fused hip-hop, R&B, and a playful safe-sex message into era-defining hits — "Waterfalls," "No Scrubs," "Creep" — in baggy streetwear that a generation copied.
Spice Girls — Wannabe
"If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends" — the debut single that launched the Spice Girls, "Girl Power," and the immortal nonsense of "zig-a-zig-ah." Filmed in one continuous take storming a posh London hotel, it became the best-selling single by a girl group in history.