After coming to international prominence in the late 1990s as Ginger Spice, a member of the girl group, the Spice Girls, Halliwell launched her solo career in 1998 and released her album Schizophonic. Since then, she has released two more studio albums — Scream If You Wanna Go Faster and Passion — and four number one singles at the UK Singles Chart, “Mi Chico Latino”, “Lift Me Up”, “Bag It Up” and “It's Raining Men”. In 2008, Halliwell published a book series named Ugenia Lavender. As a solo artist, Halliwell has sold 12 million records worldwide and been nominated for two Brit Awards in 2000 and 2002.