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Robbie Williams Discography
The discography of Robbie Williams, an English singer-songwriter, consists of twelve studio albums, one live album, ten compilation albums, one extended play, ten video albums, fifty-nine singles (including six as a featured artist), six promotional singles and fifty-six 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", helped to increase sales of ''L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, and achieved commercial success after launching a solo career in 1996. His debut studio album, ''Life thru a Lens'', was released in 1997, and included his signature song, "Angels". His second album, ''I've Been Expecting You'', featured the songs "Millennium" and " She's the One", his first number one singles. His discography includes seven UK No. 1 singles, and all but one of his 14 studio albums have reached No. 1 in the UK. Six of his albums are among the 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 1.6 million tickets in a single day during his Close Encounters Tour. Williams has received a record 18 Brit Awards, winning Best British Male Artist four times, Outstanding Contribution to Music twice, an Icon Award for his lasting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UK Albums Chart
The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts Company (OCC) on Fridays (previously Sundays). It is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 (top 5) and found on the OCC website as a Top 100 or on UKChartsPlus as a Top 200, with positions continuing until all sales have been tracked in data only available to industry insiders. However, even though number 100 was classed as a hit album (as in the case of The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums) in the 1980s until January 1989, since the compilations were removed this definition was changed to Top 75 with follow-up books such as The Virgin Book of British Hit Albums book only including this data. As of 2021, the OCC still only tracks how many UK Top 75s album hits and how many weeks in Top 75 albums chart each artist has achieved. To qualify for the Offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carson Parks
Clarence Carson Parks II (26 April 1936 – 22 June 2005), also known as C. Carson Parks, was an American songwriter, music publisher, musician and singer, best known for writing the hit song "Somethin' Stupid". His younger brother is the composer Van Dyke Parks. Early life and career Parks was born in Philadelphia, the son of a psychiatrist. Carson's early musical training began as a student at the internationally acclaimed American Boychoir School (formerly known as The Columbus Boychoir School). After attending Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, the University of Miami and then Carnegie Mellon University, he began working in Los Angeles. In 1959, with college friend Bernie Armstrong, he formed the Steeltown Two and first recorded for the small Gini label. The duo also worked as one half of a reformed version of Terry Gilkyson's band, The Easy Riders, and in 1960 they performed on the soundtrack of the John Wayne film '' The Alamo''. The pair also worked as The Kinsme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swing When You're Winning
''Swing When You're Winning'' is a swing cover album by English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams, and his fourth studio album overall. It was released in the United Kingdom on 19 November 2001 and peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart. The album's title is a play on Williams' previous album ''Sing When You're Winning''. In 2013, Williams returned to swing for his tenth studio album ''Swings Both Ways''. Unlike ''Swing When You're Winning'', however, the sequel is nearly evenly divided between covers and original songs penned by Williams and Guy Chambers. Background After the success of his third studio album, ''Sing When You're Winning'', Williams wanted to take another musical direction. He took two weeks off his tour to record what would be his fourth studio album, an album he described as the "big band album he had always dreamed of making." The album was released in November 2001. Consisting mainly of swing covers common to the Great American Songbook, the album cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swing Music
Swing music is a style of jazz that developed in the United States during the late 1920s and early 1930s. It became nationally popular from the mid-1930s. The name derived from its emphasis on the off-beat, or nominally weaker beat. Swing bands usually featured soloists who would improvise on the melody over the arrangement. The danceable swing style of big bands and bandleaders such as Benny Goodman was the dominant form of American popular music from 1935 to 1946, known as the swing era. The verb "to swing" is also used as a term of praise for playing that has a strong groove or drive. Musicians of the swing era include Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman, Harry James, Lionel Hampton, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw and Django Reinhardt. Overview Swing has its roots in 1920s dance music ensembles, which began using new styles of written arrangements, incorporating rhythmic innovations pioneered by Louis Armstrong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eternity/The Road To Mandalay
"Eternity" / "The Road to Mandalay" is the fifth single from English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams' third studio album, ''Sing When You're Winning'' (2000). "Eternity" does not appear on the album but was later included on Williams' ''Greatest Hits'' album in 2004. The lyrics of "Eternity" were written as a tribute to Williams' close friendship with Geri Halliwell. Brian May of Queen plays electric guitar on the track. Released on 9 July 2001, the double A-side was the 20th-best-selling single of 2001 in the United Kingdom, topping the country's singles chart, and also peaked at number two in Ireland. "Eternity" as a solo single reached number one in New Zealand and became a top-10 hit in eight other countries. Though "Eternity" never appeared on a Robbie Williams studio album, a comedic snippet of the song can be heard in "Outtakes", a hidden track on ''Swing When You're Winning''. Music videos The video for "The Road to Mandalay" shows Robbie Williams and four friends dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock DJ
"Rock DJ" is a song by English singer and songwriter Robbie Williams, featured on his third studio album, ''Sing When You're Winning'' (2000). The song was released on 31 July 2000 as the lead single from the album. It samples Barry White's song "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me", " Can I Kick It?" by A Tribe Called Quest and has a quote from "La Di Da Di" by Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh. "Rock DJ" reached number one in Costa Rica, Iceland, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom whilst reaching the top 10 in Australia, Austria, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, and Switzerland. It was the fourth-best-selling song of 2000 in the UK. The music video features Williams trying to impress a female DJ by stripping naked and eventually resorting to removing his skin and muscles, ending up as a skeleton. The song won British Single of the Year, and the video won British Video of the Year at the 2001 Brit Awards. Chart performance The song became Robbie Williams' third num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sing When You're Winning
''Sing When You're Winning'' is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams. It was released on 28 August 2000 in the United Kingdom by Chrysalis Records and in the United States by Capitol Records. Following the critical and commercial success of ''I've Been Expecting You'' (1998), the North American release of '' The Ego Has Landed'' (1999) and the subsequent promotional tours for both albums, Williams reteamed with producers Guy Chambers and Steve Power to create new material for his next record. Whereas ''I've Been Expecting You'' used the Britpop genre for its overall sound, ''Sing When You're Winning'' incorporates a more post-millennial dance-pop approach while utilizing classic British rock elements. The album garnered positive reviews from critics. ''Sing When You're Winning'' debuted at number one in the UK, Germany, Ireland and New Zealand, as well as the top 10 in countries like Australia, Finland, Sweden and Switzerland. It spawned six Single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's Only Us
"It's Only Us" is a song by British singer Robbie Williams, released as a double A-side with a cover of " She's the One" on 8 November 1999. Unlike "She's the One", "It's Only Us" was a brand new recording made for the ''FIFA 2000'' soundtrack. As such, it did not originally appear on ''I've Been Expecting You'' but was eventually added to its 2002 reissue (replacing "Jesus in a Camper Van" due to copyright issues). The song became Williams' second number-one single in the United Kingdom, spending one week at number one. "It's Only Us" is the theme song to the EA Sports release of ''FIFA 2000'', something which Williams agreed to on the condition that his team, Port Vale F.C., was included in the game. The video features a computer-animated Williams as part of the Port Vale football team and flying through space. The official soundtrack to ''FIFA 2000'', entitled ''FIFA 2000: The Album'', was released in 1999 and "It's Only Us" was the "official single" from it. The music video ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She's The One (World Party Song)
"She's the One" is a song by British rock band World Party. It was written and produced by Karl Wallinger for World Party's fourth studio album, ''Egyptology'' (1997). The song won an Ivor Novello Award in 1997. It was featured in the 1997 movie ''The Matchmaker'' and the 1998 movie ''The Big Hit''. World Party performed the song live on British TV show, '' Later... with Jools Holland'' in 1998. Robbie Williams recorded a cover of the song in 1998, which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart. Robbie Williams version English singer Robbie Williams covered "She's the One" and released it as a single on 8 November 1999. In most countries, the song was released alone, but in the United Kingdom and New Zealand, it was released as a double A-side single with "It's Only Us". It was the fourth single from his second studio album, ''I've Been Expecting You'' (1998), and was also included on his first compilation album, '' The Ego Has Landed'' (1999). The song became Williams' secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millennium (song)
"Millennium" is a song by English singer Robbie Williams from his second studio album, ''I've Been Expecting You'' (1998). On 7 September 1998, it was released as the first track from the album and became Williams' first single to top the UK Singles Chart. The song also received extensive airplay in the United States and Canada, where it was the lead single from Williams' 1999 compilation album, '' The Ego Has Landed''. The song borrows heavily from the musical arrangement of John Barry's " You Only Live Twice", the title track of the 1967 James Bond film, said to be one of Williams' favourite James Bond movies. However, it is a re-recording in a slightly different key instead of a direct sample for reasons of cost. Recording and composing The song that would become "Millennium" started being written in 1997. Robbie Williams and producer Guy Chambers got along at Blah Street Studios in Hampshire, where Williams expressed the idea to do something based on James Bond. From that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I've Been Expecting You
''I've Been Expecting You'' is the second studio album by English recording artist Robbie Williams. It was released on 26 October 1998 through Chrysalis Records. The album spawned five singles, including lead single "Millennium", which became Williams' first UK number-one hit. A critical and major commercial success, it debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, marking Williams' second consecutive chart-topper, and has been certified 10× Platinum. Critical reception John Bush of AllMusic rated the album four stars out of five, and stated that the album is both a "studied" and "more mature, calculated album" than its predecessor ''Life Thru a Lens'' (1997) "from a pop star who's often gloried in being immature and spontaneous." He noted the album "may suffer from comparisons to its excellent predecessor, but it also finds Robbie Williams weathering the sophomore storm quite well." ''NME'' rated the album 8/10, saying "boy, what a record" and that Williams' "writing skills ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
