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Victoria Beckham’s Rings, Album Sales and Other Fun Facts

Happy Birthday, Victoria Beckham!

The designer and singer formerly known as Posh Spice turns 50 on April 17, 2024, and has an incredible life and career to celebrate — with the help of her husband, David Beckham, and their four children Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz and Harper.

As she reflects on her evolution — writing on Instagram about how she’s “incredibly blessed to have reached this milestone” — check out some of our favorite facts about the multi-hyphenate.

100 Million

The Spice Girls.

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The number of records sold worldwide with the Spice Girls.

25

David and Victoria Beckham in 1999.

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Years of marriage she’ll celebrate with husband David Beckham on July 4, 2024.

$56 Million

‘Spice World’.

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Worldwide gross of the movie Spice World.

£11.35 Million

The Beckhams’ former home.

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What the home she and husband David Beckham once owned — dubbed “Beckingham Palace” — sold for in 2014.

100

Victoria Beckham with a Birkin bag.

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Hermès Birkin bags in her collection, according to an estimate by the Guardian in 2009.

116,000

Victoria Beckham performing at the 2012 Olympics closing ceremony in London.

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Tweets per minute during the Spice Girls’ 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony performance in London, then setting a record.

4

The Beckham Family.

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The number of children she has with David Beckham (plus one daughter-in-law, Nicola Peltz Beckham).

16

Victoria Beckham’s fashion show.
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Years in the fashion industry, since launching her eponymous line.

1

Victoria Beckham receives her OBE from Prince William.

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Order of the British Empire designation, given to her by Prince William in 2017.

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FASHION

Geri Halliwell’s – aka Ginger Spice

Geri Halliwell's style trajectory spans three decades. (Getty Images)

Geri Halliwell’s style trajectory spans three decades. (Getty Images)

Geri Halliwell (officially now Horner, following her 2017 marriage) will forever be known for her time as one fifth of the iconic girl band the Spice Girls.

Although Ginger Spice’s style trajectory has spanned three decades in the spotlight, and celebrates her 50th birthday on 6 August, its her on-stage looks that have become the most memorable.

Early in Spice Girls history the Nineties looks were in full swing; platforms, leopard prints and perspex was the modus operandi for the famous girl group, and of course Geri was no exception.

The “hot-headed and lively” Ginger Spice matched her style to her name, with vibrant red hues and classic ‘90s fabrics, but it was her Union Jack dress that went down in history as one of the most iconic outfits in pop culture history.

Although uttered by all of the members of the Spice Girls, “girl power” became closely associated with Geri, and her Union Jack dress from the 1997 Brit Awards also became an enduring symbol of the movement.

But the singer wasn’t originally meant to wear the iconic dress. In fact, it wasn’t even a dress.

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Geri Halliwell performing as part of the Spice Girls in 1996 wearing a sequinned teal dress at the Smash Hits Poll Winners’ Party at the London Arena. (Getty Images)

The Spice Girls were scheduled to open the 1997 Brit Awards, but Ginger Spice Geri thought that the black Gucci mini dress that she was supposed to perform in was too “boring” so she enlisted the help of her sister, Karen.

Deciding to celebrate being British, Karen stitched a Union Jack tea towel on top of the original Gucci dress, and doing so, created one of the most iconic pieces of pop culture clothing

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