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Robbie Williams
Robert Peter Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer and songwriter. He found fame as a member of the pop group Take That from 1990 to 1995, launching a solo career in 1996. His debut studio album, ''Life thru a Lens'', was released in 1997, and included his best-selling single "Angels (Robbie Williams song), Angels". His second album, ''I've Been Expecting You'', featured the songs "Millennium (song), Millennium" and "She's the One (World Party song), She's the One", his first and second number one singles. Robbie Williams discography, His discography includes seven UK No. 1 singles, and all but one of his 14 studio albums have reached List of artists by number of UK Albums Chart number ones, No. 1 in the UK. Six of his albums are among the List of best-selling albums in the United Kingdom, top 100 biggest-selling albums in the UK, with two of them in the top 60, and he gained a Guinness World Record in 2006 for selling List of fastest-selling concert tours, 1. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angels (Robbie Williams Song)
"Angels" is a song by the English singer Robbie Williams. It was included on Williams's debut solo album, ''Life thru a Lens'' (1997), and released as a single on 1 December 1997 by Chrysalis Records, Chrysalis. It was produced by Guy Chambers and Steve Power. The Irish singer-songwriter Ray Heffernan asserts that he wrote the first version of "Angels" in 1996 and finished it with Williams. Williams confirmed that he recorded a demo with Heffernan but said he rewrote it significantly with Chambers. To avoid a lawsuit, Williams bought the song rights from Heffernan before it was released; he has never confirmed that Heffernan wrote it. Vaughan Arnell directed its music video, which was filmed in black and white. "Angels" reached number four on the UK singles chart and number 53 on the US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. As of 2014, it had sold more than 1.16 million copies in the UK. It won the 1999 Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically and was v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robbie Williams Discography
The discography of Robbie Williams, an English singer-songwriter, consists of thirteen studio albums, one soundtrack album, one live album, ten compilation albums, one extended play, ten video albums, sixty-three singles (including eight as a featured artist), six promotional singles and fifty-seven music videos (including two as a featured artist). Williams originally found success in the male pop group Take That, which he joined in 1990 following a successful audition: they released a series of UK number-one singles, including " Pray", " Relight My Fire", " Babe" and " Back for Good". Williams left Take That in 1995 to pursue a solo career; the group disbanded the following year. His first single, a cover of English singer George Michael's "Freedom", reached number two on the UK Singles Chart in 1996. ''Life thru a Lens'', Williams' debut studio album, was released the following year. Although the album initially sold poorly, strong radio play of its fourth single, "Angels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Toronto International Film Festival
The 49th annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from September 5–15, 2024. The festival opened with David Gordon Green's film ''Nutcrackers (film), Nutcrackers'', and closed with Rebel Wilson's directorial debut film ''The Deb (film), The Deb''. Key programming announcements The first programming announcements were released on June 18, 2024. A second batch of films was announced on July 9, and the opening and closing galas were announced on July 16. Full program announcements began on July 22, with the gala and special presentations lineups announced that day and several other programs announced over the course of that week.Jeremy Kay"Toronto film festival adds Angelina Jolie, Mike Leigh, Edward Burns, David Mackenzie titles" ''Screen Daily'', July 22, 2024. The full festival schedule, including numerous late additions, was announced on August 13. In addition to new and current films, the schedule included anniversary special event screenings of Damien Chazelle's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MTV European Music Awards
The MTV Europe Music Awards (originally named MTV European Music Awards, commonly abbreviated as MTV EMA) are awards presented by Paramount International Networks to honour artists and music in pop culture. It was originally conceived as an alternative to the MTV Video Music Awards, which are hosted annually in the United States. The Europe Music Awards are held every year in a different country; it has been hosted mostly in the United Kingdom and Germany. The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists, and the presentation of those awards that have a more popular interest. The awards are a reflection of the international and continental music community, music scene. They are representative of geographical origin and of achievement in diverse musical genres and disciplines, indicative of the diversity and scope of the show. Since the 2007 ceremony, viewers are able to vote for their favourite artists in all general categories by visiting MTV's websi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ECHO Awards
Echo Music Prize (stylised as ECHO, ) was an accolade by the , an association of recording companies of Germany to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. The first ECHO Awards ceremony was held in 1992, and was set up to honor musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1991, succeeding the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis, which was awarded from 1963 to 2018. Each year's winner was determined by the previous year's sales. In April 2018, following controversy regarding that year's ceremony, the Bundesverband Musikindustrie announced the end of the award. History First held with 370 people in the Flora, Cologne in 1992, the award ceremony in Frankfurt was televised and the classical awards were moved to a separate event, Echo Klassik, in Cologne in 1994. Until 1995, only invited guests could attend the ceremony. It was held in Munich, and in 2001, the venue was moved from Hamburg to Berlin because of subsidies of up to 20 million euros, although a return in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brit Award For British Male Solo Artist
The Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist was an award given by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), an organisation which represents record companies and artists in the United Kingdom. The accolade was presented at the Brit Awards, an annual celebration of British and international music. The winners and nominees were determined by the Brit Awards voting academy with over one-thousand members, which comprised record labels, publishers, managers, agents, media, and previous winners and nominees. The award was first presented in 1977. Robbie Williams won the award the most times, with four wins. In 2021, the Brit Awards announced the award was to be replaced with a single award for best artist in order to be more inclusive to non-binary people. Winners and nominees Artists with multiple wins Artists with multiple nominations ;8 nominations * Phil Collins * Elton John ;7 nominations * Robbie Williams ;6 nominations * David Bowie * George Michael * Van ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Close Encounters Tour
The Close Encounters Tour was a concert tour by English recording artist, Robbie Williams. Running from April to December 2006, the tour supported Williams' sixth studio album, ''Intensive Care''. To date, it was the singer's largest tour, playing over 50 shows in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Australia. The name is derived from the 1977 film, ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind''. Opening acts * Freshlyground (Africa) *Chris Coco (Europe, South America, Australia) * Basement Jaxx (Europe) * Orson (Europe) * Sneaky Sound System (Australia) * La Portuaria (Buenos Aires) Setlist The following setlist was obtained from the concert held on 10 April 2006, at the ABSA Stadium in Durban, South Africa. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour. #"Instrumental Sequence" (contains elements of " The Five Tones and Mountain Visions") #"Radio" #" Rock DJ" #" Tripping" #"Monsoon" #" Sin Sin Sin" #" Supreme" #"The Trouble With Me" #"Millennium" #" Back for Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Fastest-selling Concert Tours
The following is a list of the most-attended concert tours with at least 3.5 million tickets sold, as well as the tours with the most tickets sold by year and the most tickets sold in a single day. The number of attendances is often considered to measure the success of a tour. However, the most-attended tours do not necessarily generate the largest profit, due to ticket pricing. Rankings of most successful tours are generally based on gross revenue instead of number of attendances. ''Pollstar'' and ''Billboard'' provide boxscores, which are the primary data showing the commercial performance of tours, but since not all concerts are reported to them, especially before 2000, the number of tickets may rely on estimations by other sources. Tours may score large total attendances because of their number of shows, which can span multiple calendar years. Coldplay's Music of the Spheres World Tour was the first tour to sell more than 9, 10 and 11 million tickets, achieving the feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guinness World Record
''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. Sir Hugh Beaver created the concept, and twin brothers Norris and Ross McWhirter co-founded the book in London in August 1955. The first edition topped the bestseller list in the United Kingdom by Christmas 1955. The following year the book was launched internationally, and as of the 2025 edition, it is now in its 70th year of publication, published in 100 countries and 40 languages, and maintains over 53,000 records in its database. The international franchise has extended beyond print to include television series and museums. The popularity of the franchise has resulted in ''Guinness World Records'' becoming the primary international source for catalo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Best-selling Albums In The United Kingdom
The best-selling album in the United Kingdom is '' Greatest Hits'', a compilation album by the British rock band Queen that was first released in 1981. , it has sold more than seven million copies, of which approximately 124,000 have been from downloads. Queen's second greatest hits album, '' Greatest Hits II'', has sold more than 3.9 million copies since being released in 1991, which includes 50% of sales of box sets containing both albums and 33% of sales of box sets of Queen's three ''Greatest Hits'' albums. Of the UK's 40 best-selling albums, more than half are by British artists, with the remaining albums being by artists from the United States, Canada, Sweden, Jamaica and Ireland. Six acts feature on the chart with more than one album, with Michael Jackson being the only artist to feature three times. The most-represented record label is Epic Records with four entries, while the decade that appears the most is the 2000s, with 12 of the entries having been relea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Artists By Number Of UK Albums Chart Number Ones
The UK Albums Chart is a weekly record chart compiled by the Official Charts Company, which for most of its history was based on album sales from Sunday to Saturday in the United Kingdom. The chart was founded in 1956, compiling physical media, physical format album sales until 2007, after which it has included albums sold Digital distribution, digitally. Since July 2014, it has incorporated music streaming service data. From 10 July 2015, it has been based on a Friday to Thursday album sales. This list shows the seventeen artists with the most number ones on the UK Albums Chart. English band The Beatles and English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams, have the most number one albums with fifteen. American musician Bruce Springsteen and Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue are the only solo artists to score a number one album in five consecutive decades. Tally Notes References {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Artists By Total Number Of UK Number One Albums Lists of artists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
