Spice Girls: New Record Deal/Album?

The Spice Girls are on the brink of replacing Robbie Williams at EMI as part of a new multi-million pound album deal, Metro.co.uk can reveal. Insiders at the record label plan an audacious move for the girls to record new material. It comes just days after rumours the label is set to ditch Robbie Williams because his music is failing to sell.

The whole deal rests on the success of the Spice tour, which has already been dogged by rumours of bitch fighting between the band. A record company insider said: 'EMI has more than 2,000 artists and as one of the labels biggest stars Robbie represents more than one percent of the group's review. Last year it was far less than that - massively.' Williams had a disastrous year in 2007 letting it all hang out in Amsterdam and fading into the shadows of former band Take That.

His highest chart position missed the top 10 with 'She's Madonna' limping in at number 11 - one chart position that won't make 'good business sense' to EMI and one that doesn't bode well for a renewed contract. 'Now one deal that does make good commercial sense is a Spice Girls album deal depending on how the tour goes,'the source revealed. While a spokeswoman for EMI would not comment on the label's relationship with Williams, the source revealed the new Spice album is just round the corner.

Source: Metro.co.uk