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ROBBIE WILLIAMS |
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For its first ten or so years, Robbie Williams’ solo career was a whirlwind that never stopped. Its triumphs are hinted at by the statistics: over 55 million albums sold (of 'Life Thru a Lens', 1997; 'I've Been Expecting You', 1998; 'Sing When You're Winning', 2000; 'Swing When You're Winning', 2001; 'Escapology', 2002; 'Live At Knebworth', 2003; 'Greatest Hits', 2004; 'Intensive Care', 2005 and 'Rudebox', 2006), more Brit awards than any other act in history (15), the most tickets ever sold in one day (1.6 million, for his 2006 Close Encounters tour), and so on. But the impact he has made – through his songs, and his singing, and his performances, and his personality – is far beyond that. After the Close Encounters tour finished in December 2006, he made the decision that it was time to disappear for a while. He had barely paused for breath since joining Take That as an impish 15-year-old from Stoke-on-Trent in 1989. But it was only the public world of being a pop star he had decided to sidestep for a while, not music. Even as he grew a beard, stayed home and retired from sober evenings out at bars and nightclubs (“those places never appealed to me – I was just finding someone to stay in with”), he never stopped working on new songs. On November 9, 2009, Robbie Williams releases 'Reality Killed The Video StaR', his first album in three years. His new single, “Bodies,” will drop on October 12. |
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