With their new album not due out for two weeks, how did tracks from the upcoming Spice Girls album end up on Napster? Spice Girls fans are saying that Virgin Records and their online music partner, RealNetworks are to blame.

News source The Register is reporting that the RealPlayer Network apparently showcased four tracks as part of a RealAudio 8 promo. But it appears that someone at Virgin may have uploaded all the album's tracks, and users figured out their URLs from the tracks locations and the album's already published tracklist.

More information on this "spicy" scandal is forthcoming.