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Robert Peter Williams (born February 13, 1974 in  (Click link for more info and facts about Burslem) Burslem,  (Click link for more info and facts about Stoke-on-Trent) Stoke-on-Trent,  (Click link for more info and facts about Staffordshire) Staffordshire) is a  (The people of Great Britain) British  (A sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring) pop  (A person who sings) singer. Originally a member of the hit  (Click link for more info and facts about boy band) boy band  (Click link for more info and facts about Take That) Take That, he was fired from the group in 1995 and quickly launched a solo career following a highly publicized battle with  (A substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic) drug and  (Habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms) alcohol addiction during which he put on nearly 40 pounds (18 kg) and was often seen in public poorly dressed, dirty and unshaven.
Solo career
Before his rising as a solo superstar, Robbie was seen at  (Click link for more info and facts about Glastonbury) Glastonbury in June 1995, drunkenly carousing onstage with the Gallagher brothers –  (Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6) Noel and  (Click link for more info and facts about Liam) Liam of the famous  (Click link for more info and facts about Britpop) Britpop band  (A fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)) Oasis, and he swiftly returned to their company after his offical departure from  (Click link for more info and facts about Take That) Take That. “I was really depressed,” Robbie reflected on the period. “People kept on telling me I wasn't going to make it on my own, but Noel's been really supportive. They're a top band.” It was rumoured that his first solo single was to be written by Noel Gallagher.
In the heady  (Click link for more info and facts about Britpop) Britpop summer of 1996 Williams' contractual obligations with Take That's management expired and he signed a big-money deal with Chrysalis Records. He released his first solo  (A base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base) single “Freedom”, a cover of the 1990  (Click link for more info and facts about George Michael) George Michael hit, and instantly hit UK #2.
After spending the next six months hid away with new-found writing/production partner  (Click link for more info and facts about Guy Chambers) Guy Chambers, Williams re-emerged in April 1997, with the  (A fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)) Oasis-inspired hit “Old Before I Die”, another UK #2. His two subsequent singles didn't do as well however, and his debut album “Life Thru A Lens” failed to hit the Top 10 upon its release in September 1997. It was not until the release of the piano-driven ballad “Angels” later in the year that his solo career took off, especially in  (The 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles) Europe.
Although it reached number one in many countries, “Angels” only managed to get to number four in the official UK singles charrt; he would have to wait until September 19, 1998 for his first number one with “Millennium”, which also charted in the  (The army of the United States of America; organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare) USA. The song was built around a swirling string sample from the theme to the  (British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming) James Bond film “ (Click link for more info and facts about You Only Live Twice) You Only Live Twice”, and the accompanying video featured numerous  (Click link for more info and facts about 007) 007 references.
Williams quickly became a major  (A widely known person) celebrity in the UK with numerous top ten singles. His second album “I've Been Expecting You” continued the James Bond/spy theme and topped the UK charts in October 1998. In 1999 he collabarated with singer  (Click link for more info and facts about Tom Jones) Tom Jones for a track on the album  (Click link for more info and facts about Reload) Reload.
He had a minor hit in the  (North American republic containing 50 states – 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) United States in 2000 with the song “Rock DJ”, but has never achieved the same level of fame and success there as he did in the UK. The video for the song featured Williams in a roller disco as he stripped  (A naked person) nude and then proceeded to 'strip off' his own  (The soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat) flesh,  (One of the contractile organs of the body) muscle tissue and  (A fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function) organs until he was a dancing  (The internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape) skeleton.
It is said that the frontal nudity was edited out in the US while the gore was left in, whereas the opposite was true for the UK. The video's ending was cut by many TV stations around the world and the whole video was forbidden in some countries (VH1 Europe even made their own video out of recording studio footage). Williams has built quite a reputation for appearing nude (or nearly nude) in photographs, videos and live performances.
After a smash third album with “Sing When You're Winning” in the summer of 2000, Williams' genuine global success was cemented in 2001 after a duet cover version of the  (A smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll) Frank and  (Click link for more info and facts about Nancy Sinatra) Nancy Sinatra song “Somethin' Stupid” with  (A nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony) Australian actress  (Click link for more info and facts about Nicole Kidman) Nicole Kidman, who was fresh off of her  (An annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance) Oscar-nomnated performance in  (Click link for more info and facts about Moulin Rouge) Moulin Rouge.
Also in 2001 he released a whole  (A book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc) album of classics entitled Swing When You're Winning in which his image was tamed down and polished as he breezed through  (A genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles) jazz,  (A type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes) blues and pop standards from the fifties and sixties including “Ain't That A Kick In The Head” and “Mack The Knife”. Williams' cover of the  (Click link for more info and facts about Bobby Darin) Bobby Darin classic “Beyond the Sea” from the album was later included on the  (Click link for more info and facts about Finding Nemo) Finding Nemo soundtrack in 2003.
In 2002 Williams stopped working with his long-term writing partner  (Click link for more info and facts about Guy Chambers) Guy Chambers. However, they reunited six months later to work on the next album, Escapology, which was released in late 2002. The first single from it, “Feel,” was a massive European hit, accompanied by a stylish black & white video featuring  (Click link for more info and facts about Darryl Hannah) Darryl Hannah.
The video for the next “Escapology” single, “Come Undone,” was heavily censored by MTV Networks Europe for depicting a debauched (but fully-clothed) Williams having three-way  (The properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles) sex with two women. The video also showed unsettling images of  (Small air-breathing arthropod) insects and  (Any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises turtles snakes lizards alligators crocodiles and extinct forms) reptiles. During such furores at this time, it was confirmed that Williams and  (Click link for more info and facts about Guy Chambers) Guy Chambers were to officially part ways.
In 2002, the UK public voted Williams to be on the BBC's list of the 100 Greatest Britons.
A best-selling official biography written by Chris Heath “Feel”, was published in 2004, and chronicled events that led up to to the “Live Summer Tour 2003″, during which Williams performed live to more than a million people over three days in August at Knebworth Park in Hertfordshire; while 3.5 million more watched live on television and on the Internet. Leading up to Knebworth, in December 2003, Williams toured Australia and New Zealand alongside Duran Duran.
Since the split with Chambers, Williams has begun to set out to prove his naysayers wrong. Armed with a new songwriting partner,  (Click link for more info and facts about Stephen Duffy) Stephen Duffy, Williams has penned several new songs, including the retro electro-throb of the UK #1 hit “Radio”
The tune is taken from Williams' 19-track “Greatest Hits” album, released in October 2004. In February 2005, Williams received the British music industry's award for the best song of the past quarter century, “Angels,” the song Williams credits with giving him a career.
Williams is currently single and now lives in Los Angeles, California. Speculation about his ambiguous sexuality and romantic life is rampant in the British media. Williams seems to encourage an image as a smooth womanizer and there are numerous widely-circulated Internet accounts allegedly written by Williams's female sexual partners (e.g. (*)), extolling his considerable prowess as a lover. A regular feature of his live performances is full-on  (An open-mouthed kiss in which your tongue is inserted into the other's mouth) french kisses with female fans plucked from the audience.
Bearing in mind the persistent rumours about his sexuality and the appearance of so many column inches devoted to Williams's real or imagined romantic conquests, whether gay or straight, it is interesting to note that these accounts typically coincide with the release of a latest album, single, or live performance. Coincidental or not, much of what is written is utterly made up and probably attributable to a phalanx of publicity agents hired to get Williams's name in the papers when he is trying to market his new project.
Discography
Studio Albums
 (Click link for more info and facts about Life Thru a Lens) Life Thru a Lens (1997); #1 UK
 (Click link for more info and facts about I've Been Expecting You) I've Been Expecting You (1998 (UK) / 2002 (US)); #1 UK
The Ego Has Landed (1999); #63 US (North America only release)
 (Click link for more info and facts about Sing When You're Winning) Sing When You're Winning (2000); #1 UK, #110 US
Swing When You're Winning (2001); #1 UK
 (Click link for more info and facts about Escapology) Escapology (2002); #1 UK, #43 US
Lives and Compilations
Robbie Williams – Live At Knebworth (2003); #2 UK
Greatest Hits (2004); #1 UK
UK hit singles
Aug 1996 “Freedom” #2
Apr 1997 “Old Before I Die” #2
Jul 1997 “Lazy Days” #8
Sep 1997 “South of the Border” #14
Dec 1997 “Angels” #4
Mar 1998 “Let Me Entertain You” #3
Sep 1998 “ (A span of 1000 years) Millennium” #1
Dec 1998 “ (Click link for more info and facts about No Regrets/Antmusic) No Regrets/Antmusic” #4
Mar 1999 “Strong” #4
Nov 1999 “ (Click link for more info and facts about She's The One/It's Only Us) She's The One/It's Only Us” #1
Aug 2000 “ (Click link for more info and facts about Rock DJ) Rock DJ” #1
Oct 2000 “ (Young goat) Kids” (with  (Click link for more info and facts about Kylie Minogue) Kylie Minogue) #2
Dec 2000 “ (Click link for more info and facts about Supreme) Supreme” #4
Apr 2001 “ (Click link for more info and facts about Let Love Be Your Energy) Let Love Be Your Energy” #10
Jul 2001 “Eternity/Road to Mandalay” #1
Dec 2001 “Somethin' Stupid” (with Nicole Kidman) #1
Apr 2002 “My Culture” ( (Click link for more info and facts about 1 Giant Leap) 1 Giant Leap feat.  (Click link for more info and facts about Maxi Jazz) Maxi Jazz & Robbie Williams) #9
Dec 2002 “Feel” #4
Apr 2003 “Come Undone” #4
Aug 2003 “Something Beautiful” #3
Nov 2003 “Sexed Up” #10
Oct 2004 “Radio” #1
Dec 2004 “Misunderstood” #8
The highest position in the US charts was #41 for “Angels”.
Notes
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External links
Official site

http://www.robbiewilliams-tr.com

http://www.robbiewilliams-info.com

http://www.fans-supreme.de

Un-Official site by fans
Robbie Williams www.robbiewilliams.plc

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