ROBBIE WILLIAMS
- Born in Stoke-On-Trent in 1974, Robbie is the first solo artist to reach No1 with his first five albums
- To date, Robbie has recorded six of the 100 best-selling albums in UK chart history
- His solo album sales in the UK have topped the 15m mark
- His biggest single to date is the 1997 million seller Angels
FROM THE ARCHIVE
Profile - by Ian Gittins, Q (2004)
"Robert Peter Williams pinpoints one summer morning in 1990 as the moment that his life changed. The 16-year-old received two items of post. The first confirmed he had failed every GCSE he had taken; the second informed him he had passed the boy band audition his mum had entered him for. Williams celebrated by flinging open his bedroom window and informing his Stoke-on-Trent suburb: 'I’m going to be famous!'... Tellingly, this precocious teen was already steeped in show business. Williams’ father Peter was a singer and entertainer, and Robbie had spent his childhood being dragged around the Wheeltappers & Shunters Social Clubs and holiday camps of the North: he credits his dad with teaching him 'good mic technique'."
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TOP 75 RELEASES
| DATE | TITLE ARTIST (LABEL) | PEAK POSITION | WKS | WKS AT NO.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/08/1996 | FREEDOMROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis CDFREE 1) |
2 | 14 | 0 |
| 26/04/1997 | OLD BEFORE I DIEROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis CDCHS 5055) |
2 | 11 | 0 |
| 26/07/1997 | LAZY DAYSROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis CDCHS 5063) |
8 | 5 | 0 |
| 27/09/1997 | SOUTH OF THE BORDERROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis CDCHS 5068) |
14 | 4 | 0 |
| 13/12/1997 | ANGELSROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis CDCHS 5072) |
4 | 27 | 0 |
| 28/03/1998 | LET ME ENTERTAIN YOUROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis CDCHSS 5080) |
3 | 12 | 0 |
| 19/09/1998 | MILLENNIUMROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis CDCHS 5099) |
1 | 21 | 1 |
| 12/12/1998 | NO REGRETSROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis CDCHS 5100) |
4 | 13 | 0 |
| 27/03/1999 | STRONGROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis CDCHS 5107) |
4 | 9 | 0 |
| 20/11/1999 | SHE'S THE ONE/IT'S ONLY USROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis CDCHS 5112) |
1 | 20 | 1 |
| 12/08/2000 | ROCK DJROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis CDCHS 5118) |
1 | 20 | 1 |
| 21/10/2000 | KIDSROBBIE WILLIAMS & KYLIE MINOGUE (Chrysalis CDCHSS 5119) |
2 | 19 | 0 |
| 23/12/2000 | SUPREMEROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis CDCHSS 5120) |
4 | 10 | 0 |
| 21/04/2001 | LET LOVE BE YOUR ENERGYROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis CDCHS 5124) |
10 | 11 | 0 |
| 21/07/2001 | ETERNITY/THE ROAD TO MANDALAYROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis CDCHS 5126) |
1 | 16 | 2 |
| 22/12/2001 | SOMETHIN' STUPIDROBBIE WILLIAMS & NICOLE KIDMAN (Chrysalis CDCHS 5132) |
1 | 12 | 3 |
| 20/04/2002 | MY CULTURE1 GIANT LEAP FEATURING MAXI JAZZ & ROBBIE WILLIAMS (Palm Pictures PPCD 70732) |
9 | 6 | 0 |
| 14/12/2002 | FEELROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis CDCHS 5150) |
4 | 15 | 0 |
| 26/04/2003 | COME UNDONEROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis CDCHS 5151) |
4 | 11 | 0 |
| 09/08/2003 | SOMETHING BEAUTIFULROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis CDCHS 5152) |
3 | 8 | 0 |
| 15/11/2003 | SEXED UPROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis CDCHS 5153) |
10 | 9 | 0 |
| 16/10/2004 | RADIOROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis CDCHSS 5156) |
1 | 8 | 1 |
| 18/12/2004 | MISUNDERSTOODROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis CDCHSS 5157) |
8 | 8 | 0 |
| 15/10/2005 | TRIPPINGROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis CDCHSS5158) |
2 | 15 | 0 |
| 24/12/2005 | ADVERTISING SPACEROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis CDCHSS5159) |
8 | 11 | 0 |
| 03/06/2006 | SIN SIN SINROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis CDCHS5160) |
22 | 3 | 0 |
| 09/09/2006 | RUDEBOXROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis CDCHS5161) |
4 | 9 | 0 |
| 18/11/2006 | LOVELIGHTROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis CDCHS5162) |
8 | 7 | 0 |
| 17/03/2007 | SHE'S MADONNAROBBIE WILLIAMS & PET SHOP BOYS (Chrysalis CDCHS5163) |
16 | 3 | 0 |
| 24/10/2009 | BODIESROBBIE WILLIAMS (Virgin VSCDT1998) |
2 | 8 | 0 |
| 21/11/2009 | YOU KNOW MEROBBIE WILLIAMS (Virgin VSCDT2002) |
6 | 16 | 0 |
| 20/03/2010 | MORNING SUNROBBIE WILLIAMS () |
45 | 3 | 0 |
| DATE | TITLE ARTIST (LABEL) | PEAK POSITION | WKS | WKS AT NO.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/10/1997 | LIFE THRU A LENSROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis CDCHR 6127) |
1 | 123 | 2 |
| 07/11/1998 | I'VE BEEN EXPECTING YOUROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis 4978372) |
1 | 98 | 3 |
| 09/09/2000 | SING WHEN YOU'RE WINNINGROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis 5293942) |
1 | 62 | 3 |
| 01/12/2001 | SWING WHEN YOU'RE WINNINGROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis 5368262) |
1 | 43 | 7 |
| 30/11/2002 | ESCAPOLOGYROBBIE WILLIAMS (EMI 5439942) |
1 | 50 | 7 |
| 11/10/2003 | LIVE AT KNEBWORTHROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis 5946372) |
2 | 21 | 0 |
| 30/10/2004 | GREATEST HITSROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis 8668192) |
1 | 82 | 4 |
| 05/11/2005 | INTENSIVE CAREROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis 3437062) |
1 | 20 | 1 |
| 04/11/2006 | RUDEBOXROBBIE WILLIAMS (Chrysalis 3770442) |
1 | 12 | 1 |
| 21/11/2009 | REALITY KILLED THE VIDEO STARROBBIE WILLIAMS (Virgin CDV3064) |
2 | 21 | 0 |
