The album also reached number one in 13 countries, while peaking inside the top three in Australia, Canada, France, Switzerland and the United States.

Spiceworld has sold over 14 million copies worldwide, making it one of the world's best-selling albums by a girl group.

At the show, they breached royal protocol when Mel B and then Geri Halliwell planted kisses on Prince Charles's cheeks and pinched his bottom.

[5][6] The lyrics to "Spice Up Your Life" are an international rally cry, targeted to a global market,[7] as Melanie C described it: "We always wanted to do a carnival tune and write a song for the world.

"[8] "Stop" is an uptempo dance-pop song with influences of Motown's blue-eyed soul,[4] and is reminiscent of classic singles by the Supremes or Martha and the Vandellas.

In the United Kingdom, the song peaked at number one, becoming the group's fifth consecutive chart-topper, and was certified platinum by the BPI.

It was released on 9 March 1998 and peaked at number two in the United Kingdom, ending the Spice Girls' streak of consecutive number-one singles on the UK chart at six.

The fourth and final single from the album was intended to be a double A-side release of "Never Give Up on the Good Times" and "Viva Forever".

[33][34] The group performed "Stop" and "Viva Forever" without Halliwell in Modena, Italy; for the annually hosted Pavarotti & Friends charity concert in June 1998.

The performance was broadcast on Showtime in a pay-per-view event titled Spice Girls in Concert Wild!.

[38] In early 1998, the Spice Girls embarked on their first world tour that Fuller had set up for them covering Europe and North America for 97 dates.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic wrote that the album "boast[s] a more consistent (and catchier) set of songs [than Spice] and an intoxicating sense of fun", concluding that "each song has a strong melody and a strong, solid beat, whether it's a ballad or a dance number.

"[4] David Browne from Entertainment Weekly stated, "Trading verses in this and other songs, they transform the numbers into audio pajama parties full of sisterly advice, support, and warnings.

"[42] Rolling Stone's David Wild commented that, compared to Spice, Spiceworld is "a masterful effort; at its best, it reaches creative heights that are downright Bananaramian.

"[46] In a mixed review, Craig D. Lindsey of the Houston Press expressed, "Anyone expecting a maelstrom of artistic evolution from these women ought to relax a little; it's only music, for chrissakes.

[48][49] The album was certified five-times platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on 19 December 1997,[50] and had sold 1,603,426 copies in the United Kingdom as of October 2019.

[51] The album reached number one in several European countries, including Austria, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands and Norway.

[52][53][54] It was certified five-times platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), denoting sales in excess of five million copies across Europe.

[63] It was certified four-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on 19 May 1999,[64] and by December 2007, it had sold 4.2 million copies in the US.

Spiceworld had sold 13 million copies by the end of 1998, making it one of the world's best-selling albums by a girl group.

[73] "Step to Me" had originally been released in 1997 as part of a Pepsi promotion, where fans could obtain the CD single if they collected enough ring pulls.

[76][77][78][79] On the same day, an official montage music video for "Never Give Up on the Good Times" was released, and was directed by Kiran Mistry.