Robbie Williams said his fans have made his \u201cdreams come true\u201d after his latest album went to number one \u2013 meaning he has broken the previous record set by The Beatles.<\/p>\n
Williams has now overtaken the Liverpool band with the most official UK number one albums ever,\u00a0according to the Official Charts Company.<\/p>\n
Britpop has become his 16th chart-topper as a solo artist. He had previously been tied with The Beatles, with 15.<\/p>\n
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Reacting to the news, Williams, 51, said: Britpop is the record I\u2019ve always wanted to make, and seeing it become my 16th number one album means everything to me.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you to all the fans who have been with me every step of the way. You\u2019ve made my dreams come true.\u201d<\/p>\n
Williams\u2019 last album, Better Man, went to number one last year, and followed XXV in 2022 and The Christmas Present in 2019.<\/p>\n
Before that he went to the top of the charts with The Heavy Entertainment Show in 2016, Swings Both Ways in 2013, and Take The Crown in 2012.<\/p>\n
In 2010, his\u00a0In And Out Of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990-2010 went to number one, following Rudebox in 2006, Intensive Care in 2005, and Greatest Hits in 2004.<\/p>\n
They came after Escapology in 2002, Swing When You\u2019re Winning in 2001, Sing When You\u2019re Winning in 2000, I\u2019ve Been Expecting You in 1998, and Life Thru A Lens in 1997.<\/p>\n
He launched himself as a solo artist after previously being a part of boyband Take That.<\/p>\n
His only studio album not to reach the top of the charts is 2009\u2019s Reality Killed The Video Star, which peaked at number two.<\/p>\n
The former Take That member surprised fans last Friday when he released the album three weeks earlier than expected.<\/p>\n
The record was originally due to be released in October, but the singer pushed it back after learning it would clash with Taylor Swift\u2019s The Life Of A Showgirl.<\/p>\n
He had made no secret of the fact he wanted to overtake The Beatles.<\/p>\n
During a BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge session in October, he admitted he postponed the release as he \u201cdesperately\u201d wanted to beat the 1960s band.<\/p>\n
All 15 Beatles albums released in the UK went to number one in the charts, starting with their debut\u00a0Please Please Me in 1963.<\/p>\n
They split in 1970, but 37 years after their first album reached the top spot, their hits collection, 1, went to number one in 2000.<\/p>\n
Altogether, The Beatles have spent a total of 174 weeks at number one.<\/p>\n
Britpop has been met with a positive reception from critics, and features collaborations with Williams\u2019 former Take That bandmate Gary Barlow, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, and Black Sabbath\u2019s Tony Iommi.<\/p>\n
Martin Talbot, chief executive of the Official Charts Company, said: \u201cCongratulations Robbie! There are chart records and there are chart records \u2013 and Robbie Williams\u2019 achievement today in securing his record 16th UK number one album is simply extraordinary.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot even the confident young 16-year-old from Stoke-on-Trent would have believed this were possible when he joined Take That back in 1990, but here he is, on top of the world, the UK\u2019s number one album artist \u2013 of all time!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robbie Williams said his fans have made his \u201cdreams come true\u201d after his latest album went to number…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261016,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":{"0":"post-261015","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}