Robbie Williams discography
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The following article documents the album, single and multimedia releases by the British recording artist, Robbie Williams. For information on his group recordings, please see Take That discography.
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[edit] Albums
All regularly released albums and their chartpositions in the United Kingdom (UK),[1] Germany (GER),[2] Switzerland (SWI),[3] Austria (AUT),[4] France (FRA),[5] Italy (ITA),[6] Australia (AUS),[7] New Zealand (NZ),[8] Mexico (MEX),[9] Argentina (ARG), United States (USA).[10]
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Sales/Certification | ||||||||||
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| UK | GER | SWI | AUT | FRA | ITA | AUS | NZ | MEX | ARG | USA | |||
| 1997 | Life Thru a Lens
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1 | 42 | 39 | 33 | – | 39 | 34 | – | 22 | 9 | – | Sales worldwide: 4 million+ BPI: 8x Platinum (2.4 million)[11] IFPI: 3x Platinum (3 million)[12] |
| 1998 | I've Been Expecting You
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1 | 16 | 19 | 24 | 31 | 20 | – | 4 | 16 | 8 | – | Sales worldwide: 5 million+ BPI: 10x Platinum (3 million)[13] IFPI: 4x Platinum (4 million)[14] |
| 1999 | The Ego Has Landed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 22 | – | 63 | Sales worldwide: 1 million+ RIAA: Gold (500,000)[15] |
| 2000 | Sing When You're Winning | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 110 | Sales worldwide: 6 million+ BPI: 8x Platinum (2.4 million)[16] IFPI: 4x Platinum (4 million)[17] |
| 2001 | Swing When You're Winning
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 |
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Sales worldwide: 7 million+[18] BPI: 7x Platinum (2.1 million)[19] IFPI: 4x Platinum (4 million)[20] |
| 2002 | Escapology
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 43 | Sales worldwide: 7 million+ BPI: 6x Platinum (1.8 million)[21] IFPI: 5x Platinum (5 million)[22] |
| 2003 | Live at Knebworth
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2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 7 | – | Sales worldwide: 3.5 million+ BPI: 2x Platinum (600,000)[23] IFPI: 3x Platinum (3 million)[24] |
| 2004 | Greatest Hits 0
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | Sales worldwide: 8 million+ BPI: 6x Platinum (1.8 million)[25] IFPI: 5x Platinum (5 million)[26] |
| 2005 | Intensive Care
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | Sales worldwide: 7 million+ BPI: 5x Platinum (1.5 million)[27] IFPI: 5x Platinum (5 million)[28] |
| 2006 | Rudebox
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | – | Sales worldwide: 4.5 million+[29] BPI: 2x Platinum (600,000)[30] IFPI: 2x Platinum (2 million)[31] |
| UK | GER | SWI | AUT | FRA | ITA | AUS | NZ | MEX | ARG | USA | TOTAL SALES | ||
| Number one albums | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | – | 53 million | |
| Top ten albums | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 9 | – | ||
[edit] Album sales and achievements
Robbie Williams has sold more albums in the United Kingdom than any other British solo artist in history .[32] His sales stand at 53 million worldwide.[33][34] He has also sold 15 million singles.[35]This brings his total to 72 million records.[36]
United States:
- Robbie Williams has only released three albums in the United States, The Ego Has Landed (1999), Sing When You're Winning (2000) and Escapology (2002) - the rest of his catalogue has been released through iTunes and other digital stores. Robbie has sold an estimated 1 million albums in the United States of America.
United Kingdom:
- Robbie Williams has sold more albums in the United Kingdom than any other British solo artist in history.[37]
- Official certified album shipments of 16.2million (54x platinum)
- Eight solo number one albums: Life Thru A Lens, I've Been Expecting You, Sing When You're Winning, Swing When You're Winning, Escapology, Greatest Hits, Intensive Care and Rudebox.
- Six solo number one singles: "Millennium", "She's The One", "Rock DJ", "Eternity", "Somethin' Stupid" and "Radio".
- One double platinum selling single ("Angels"), one platinum single ("Rock DJ"), two gold singles ("She's The One" and "Millennium") and four silver singles ("Freedom", "Kids", "Somethin' Stupid" and "No Regrets").
Germany:
- Official Certified album shipments of 7.7 million
- Seven solo number one albums Sing When You're Winning, Swing When You're Winning, Escapology, Live At Knebworth, Greatest Hits, Intensive Care and Rudebox
- Aside from Michael Jackson, no other International male in history has sold as many albums in Germany.
Latin America:
- He is currently the best selling non-Latino artist in Latin America at the moment,[38] becoming the best selling International Artist in Mexico for two years in a row.[39]
- All of his albums have made the Argentine Top Ten and Mexican & Brazilian Top Forty.
- He has sold in excess of 3 million in South America.[40]
- As of 2005 his sales in Mexico were over 1 million records sold (not counting his albums Intensive Care and Rudebox).[41]
Australia and New Zealand:
- He is the best selling international male artist of the 21st Century in Australia.
- He has sold over 2 million albums in Australia and a further half a million in New Zealand
- He has had three number-one albums in Australia.
[edit] Album Certifications
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[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Album | Peak positions | |||||||||||
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| UWC | UK | USA | GER | FRA | AUS | NZ | SWE | AUT | SWI | HOL | ITA | |||
| 1996 | "Freedom" | -- | -- | 2 | -- | 10 | -- | 6 | 39 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 24 |
| 1997 | "Old Before I Die" | Life Thru a Lens | -- | 2 | -- | 37 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 30 | 30 | 32 | 25 |
| "Lazy Days" | -- | 8 | -- | 90 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 72 | -- | ||
| "South of the Border" | -- | 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| "Angels" | 2 | 4 | 41 | 9 | 7 | 40 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 4 | ||
| 1998 | "Let Me Entertain You" | -- | 3 | -- | -- | 7 | 46 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 42 | 6 | |
| "Millennium" | I've Been Expecting You | 17 | 1 | 72 | 41 | 16 | 24 | 28 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 29 | 3 | |
| "No Regrets" / "Antmusic" | 11 | 4 | -- | 60 | 67 | -- | 29 | 43 | 34 | -- | 71 | 12 | ||
| 1999 | "Strong" | 24 | 4 | -- | 68 | 99 | -- | 9 | -- | -- | -- | 55 | 10 | |
| "She's The One" / "It's Only Us" | 9 | 1 | -- | 27 | 74 | -- | 3 | 42 | 16 | 20 | 29 | 7 | ||
| 2000 | "Win Some Lose Some" | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| "Rock DJ" | Sing When You're Winning | 3 | 1 | 24^ | 9 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | |
| "Kids" duet with Kylie Minogue | 18 | 2 | -- | 47 | -- | 8 | 5 | 31 | -- | 35 | 11 | 10 | ||
| "Supreme" | 5 | 4 | -- | 14 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 2001 | "Let Love Be Your Energy" | 36 | 10 | -- | 68 | -- | -- | 11 | -- | 54 | 56 | 21 | 14 | |
| "Eternity" / "The Road to Mandalay" | 8 | 1 | -- | 7 | 45 | -- | -- | 34 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 4 | ||
| "Better Man" | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| "Somethin' Stupid" duet with Nicole Kidman | Swing When You're Winning | 3 | 1 | -- | 2 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2002 | "Mr. Bojangles" / "I Will Talk and Hollywood Will Listen" | -- | -- | -- | 77 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 68 | 66 | -- | |
| "Mack The Knife" | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| "My Culture" (1 Giant Leap featuring Maxi Jazz and Robbie Williams) | 1 Giant Leap | -- | 9 | -- | 69 | -- | -- | 26 | -- | -- | 51 | 33 | 16 | |
| "Feel" | Escapology | 1 | 2 | 40 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2003 | "Come Undone" | 5 | 4 | -- | 16 | 49 | 27 | 25 | 46 | 15 | 45 | 8 | 11 | |
| "Something Beautiful" | 6 | 3 | -- | 46 | 70 | 24 | 7 | -- | 19 | 52 | 8 | 22 | ||
| "Sexed Up" | 16 | 10 | -- | 53 | -- | 17 | 25 | -- | 45 | 59 | 12 | 8 | ||
| 2004 | "Radio" | Greatest Hits | 9 | 1 | -- | 2 | 48 | 12 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 2 |
| "Misunderstood" | 13 | 8 | -- | 20 | -- | 39 | -- | 35 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 7 | ||
| 2005 | "Tripping" | Intensive Care | 1 | 2 | -- | 1 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| "Make Me Pure" | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 15 | -- | ||
| "Advertising Space" | 7 | 8 | -- | 10 | 14 | 17 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2006 | "Sin Sin Sin" | 10 | 22 | -- | 18 | 46 | 26 | 48 | 45 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 9 | |
| "Rudebox" | Rudebox | 11 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 31 | 13 | -- | -- | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| "Kiss Me" | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| "Lovelight" | 25 | 8 | 8^ | 21 | 30 | 25 | -- | 23 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 2007 | "Bongo Bong and Je Ne T'Aime Plus"with Lily Allen | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 57 | -- | -- | 77 | -- | -- | |
| "She's Madonna" with Pet Shop Boys | 11 | 16 | 12^ | 4 | -- | 12 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | ||
- Notes
- 1 ^ This single did not chart on the Hot 100, the placing listed is from the Hot Dance Club Play Chart.
[edit] Other album appearances
- Gotta Get A Message To You (Bee Gees tribute album) - "I Started A Joke" (with The Orb) (1998)
- Twentieth-Century Blues: The Songs of Noel Coward (Noel Coward tribute album) - "There Are Bad Times Just Around the Corner" (1998)
- Friends Again (sound track) - "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing" (1999) (Also on the b-side to "Let Me Entertain You")
- Reload (Tom Jones album) - "Are You Gonna Go My Way?" (duet with Tom Jones) (1999)
- The Further Adventures Of Little Voice (Jane Horrocks album) - "That Old Black Magic" (duet with Jane Horrocks) (2000)
- Light Years (Kylie Minogue album) - "Kids" (duet with Kylie Minogue) (a longer version of the same song was also featured on Sing When You're Winning) (2000)
- Brand New Boots And Panties (Ian Dury tribute album) - "Sweet Gene Vincent" (2001)
- A Knight's Tale (Soundtrack) - "We Are the Champions" (with Queen) (2001)
- Mike Bassett: England Manager (Soundtrack) - "Summertime" (re-recorded version later featured on Rudebox) (2001)
- 1 Giant Leap (self-titled album by 1 Giant Leap) - "My Culture" (with 1 Giant Leap and Maxi Jazz) (2002)
- Ten More Turnips From The Tip (Ian Dury and the Blockheads posthumous album) - "You're The Why" (with the Blockheads) (2002)
- Bridget Jones's Diary (Soundtrack) - "Have You Met Miss Jones?" (also featured in Swing When You're Winning) and "Not Of This Earth" (2002)
- Johnny English (Soundtrack) - "A Man For All Seasons" (2003)
- Finding Nemo (Soundtrack) - "Beyond The Sea" (also featured in Swing When You're Winning) (2003)
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Soundtrack) - "Misunderstood" (also featured in the Greatest Hits album) (2004)
- De-Lovely (Soundtrack) - "It's De-Lovely" (2004)
- Concrete (Pet Shop Boys live album) - "Jealousy" (with the Pet Shop Boys) (2006)
- Version - "The Only One I Know" ( The Charlatans Cover) (2007) (this song was produced by Mark Ronson and appears on his album "Version"
- Dean Martin - Forever Cool - Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ UK Albums Chart
- ^ German Albums Chart
- ^ Swiss Albums Chart
- ^ Austrian Albums Chart
- ^ French Albums Chart
- ^ Italian Albums Chart
- ^ Australian Albums Chart
- ^ New Zealand Albums Chart
- ^ Mexican Albums Chart
- ^ Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart - Robbie Williams Chart History
- ^ BPI. British sales certificate for 'Life thru a Lens'. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 01 September 2006.
- ^ IFPI. European sales certificate for 'Life thru a Lens'. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 01 September 2006.
- ^ BPI. British sales certificate for 'I've Been Expecting You'. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 01 September 2006.
- ^ IFPI. European sales certificate for 'I've Been Expecting You'. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 01 September 2006.
- ^ RIAA. American sales certificate database. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 01 September 2006.
- ^ BPI. British sales certificate for 'Sing When You're Winning'. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 01 September 2006.
- ^ IFPI. European sales certificate for 'Sing When You're Winning'. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 01 September 2006.
- ^ The Sun: Swing album
- ^ BPI. British sales certificate for 'Swing When You're Winning'. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 01 September 2006.
- ^ IFPI. European sales certificate for 'Swing When You're Winning'. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 01 September 2006.
- ^ BPI. British sales certificate for 'Escapology'. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 01 September 2006.
- ^ IFPI. European sales certificate for 'Escapology'. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 01 September 2006.
- ^ BPI. British sales certificate for 'Live at Knebworth'. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 01 September 2006.
- ^ IFPI. European sales certificate for 'Live at Knebworth'. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 01 September 2006.
- ^ BPI. British sales certificate for 'Greatest Hits'. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 01 September 2006.
- ^ IFPI. European sales certificate for 'Greatest Hits'. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 01 September 2006.
- ^ BPI. British sales certificate for 'Intensive Care'. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 01 September 2006.
- ^ IFPI. European sales certificate for 'Intensive Care'. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 01 September 2006.
- ^ Niel Tennant talks about Rudebox's sales
- ^ BPI. British sales certificate for 'Rudebox'. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 November 2006.
- ^ European sales certificate for 'Rudebox'. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 08 November 2006.
- ^ Singles + albums sales
- ^ Robbie Williams album sales: The Sun
- ^ The Robbie Williams Site. Retrieved on 2006-12-17.
- ^ Ie Music
- ^ Singles + albums sales
- ^ Singles + albums sales
- ^ Robbie Williams is the best selling international artist in Latin America
- ^ Premios Oye! 2006 (Spanish)
- ^ FEATURE: U.S. success eludes superstar Williams
- ^ Williams gana un caso de libelo sobre su supuesta homosexualidad (Spanish)
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