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Simon Fuller offered the pair a publishing deal to concentrate on song writing. Through BMG Music, Absolute were introduced to five new girls called at that time Spice. Absolute told Fuller of these unusual girls they had discovered and asked whether he would consider managing them. This he did, and after much songwriting, the now Spice Girls were signed to Virgin Records and the first album '' Spice '' was released in November 1996 leading to a Brit nomination in that year for Best Producers. Also that year, Absolute were approached by Alan Pell of Polydor Records to write the theme tune to the new Mr Bean movie to be recorded by Boyzone . The song, "Picture of You," went on the win the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song in a Film in 1997. Absolute continued to work on the subsequent Spice Girls album, '' Spice World '', and then continued their development of singer/songwriter Shernette May. After this, they undertook the writing and production and the second album for Virgin Records artist Kavana while relocating to Italy. During this time they were contacted by Geri Halliwell who informed them of her decision to leave the Spice Girls and asked them whether they would consider writing and producing her solo project. On returning to the UK, Watkins and Wilson embarked on the project, leading to the release of '' Schizophonic '' in May 1999. They continued to contribute to Halliwell's subsequent albums but to a lesser extent. Also in 1999 they were asked to contribute songs for Tina Turner 's ''24-7'' album working with artists such as Bryan Adams . They went on to write and produce three songs for that album. Ackerman, Watkins and Wilson also produced and wrote the second international album of the Polish artist Edyta Górniak , which was released in 2002 in Poland as "Perla" and in 2003 as "Invisible" in other European countries. The first single release from this album was "Impossible" - written and produced by Absolute . Some critics claimed it was a copy of the song "Love is like Oxygen" by the British rock group Sweet . Absolute are still signed to Native Management and 19 Music and continue to write and produce music for British pop artists including Will Young , Darius , Atomic Kitten , Girls Aloud , Gareth Gates , Jamillia , Gary Barlow , Andy Abrahams, S Club 7 and Shaznay Lewis . EXTERNAL LINKS
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