Rock and Pop revollution: Coldplay and The Spice Girls

• In the 1990s, the singles charts were dominated by boy bands and girl groups like Take That, and Spice Girls
• Alternative rock reached the mainstream, which led to the commercial success of Britpop bands like Blur and Oasis; followed by a stream of post-Britpop bands like Snow Patrol and Coldplay.

Coldplay are an English alternative rock band from London, formed in 1998.

Members: Chris Martin (lead vocals, keyboards, guitar), Jonny Buckland (lead guitar), Guy Berryman (bass guitar), and Will Champion (drums, backing vocals, other instruments).

The Spice Girls were a British pop girl group formed in 1994. The group consisted of five members, who each later adopted nicknames: Melanie Brown ("Scary Spice"), Melanie Chisholm ("Sporty Spice"), Emma Bunton ("Baby Spice"), Geri Halliwell ("Ginger Spice"), and Victoria Beckham ("Posh Spice").

They were first named 'Touch' but they decided to change it and one of them thought about Spice because of how different they were from each other. They all dressed differently, acted differently... but there was already a rapper called Spice so they had to change it to Spice Girls.