Speaking exclusively to Official Charts, Robbie says “BRITPOP is the record I\u2019ve always wanted to make, and seeing it become my 16th Number 1 album means everything to me. Thank you to all the fans who have been with me every step of the way. You\u2019ve made my dreams come true.”<\/p>\n
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Robbie pictured with his BRITPOP Number 1 award from Official Charts<\/p>\n
Martin Talbot,\u00a0Chief Executive Officer,\u00a0Official Charts, says:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCongratulations Robbie! There are chart records and there are\u00a0chart records\u00a0\u2013 and Robbie Williams\u2019 achievement today in securing his record 16th UK\u00a0Number 1 album is simply extraordinary.\u00a0\u00a0<\/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 1 album artist – of all time! Just let that sink in, Robbie!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Robbie\u2019s\u00a0record-breaking\u00a0feat comes ahead of the 70th\u00a0anniversary of the Official Albums Chart, launched in the UK in\u00a0July 1956. Stay tuned to Official Charts this summer for a season celebrating the art of the album.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
MORE:\u00a0The full list of artists with the most Official Number 1 albums in the UK<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Robbie pictured with his 16 Number 1 album awards from Official Charts.<\/p>\n Elsewhere in the Top 5,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0a career-best for\u00a0Madison Beer<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0her third studio album\u00a0locket<\/a>\u00a0in at Number 3, marking her first UK Top 10 appearance.\u00a0The\u00a0New York-born\u00a0star\u00a0previously enjoyed Top 40 success with\u00a02021 debut\u00a0Life Support<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a02023\u2019s\u00a0Silence Between Songs<\/a>, both of which peaked at Number 28.\u00a0<\/p>\n Huge congratulations go to\u00a0Nathan Evans<\/a>, too, as the\u00a0Scottish singer-songwriter bags a new best with collaborative SAINT PHNX record\u00a0Angels\u2019 Share<\/a>\u00a0(4).\u00a0Nathan and SAINT PHNX also top this\u00a0week\u2019s\u00a0Official Scottish Albums Chart<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Nottingham punk duo\u00a0Sleaford Mods<\/a>\u00a0score\u00a0a fifth Top 10 album with\u00a013th\u00a0collection\u00a0The Demise of Planet X, in at Number 6. The pair\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn\u00a0\u2013\u00a0also top the\u00a0Official Vinyl Albums Chart<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Don\u2019t Be Dumb<\/a>\u00a0earns\u00a0Harlem multihyphenate\u00a0A$AP Rocky<\/a>\u00a0a\u00a0fourth\u00a0UK\u00a0Top 40 album (8), joining\u00a02013\u2019s\u00a0LONG.LIVE.A$AP<\/a>\u00a0(7),\u00a02015 record\u00a0AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP<\/a>\u00a0(10) and 2018\u2019s\u00a0TESTING<\/a>\u00a0(11).\u00a0<\/p>\n MORE:\u00a0See the full list of Robbie\u00a0Williams\u2019 Official biggest albums in the UK here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Following his\u00a0BRITs<\/a>\u00a0Breakthrough Artist of the Year nomination, Liverpudlian rapper\u00a0EsDeeKid<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0on the up,\u00a0with his debut LP\u00a0Rebel<\/a>\u00a0lifting\u00a0five\u00a0places\u00a0(11).\u00a0<\/p>\n Bristol-born blues singer\u00a0Elles Bailey<\/a>\u00a0nets\u00a0a second Top 40 album\u00a0with self-funded release\u00a0Can\u2019t Take My Story Away<\/a>\u00a0(14). The record also tops this week\u2019s\u00a0Official\u00a0Record Store Chart<\/a>, named the best-seller of the week in UK independent record shops.\u00a0<\/p>\n Reacting to the news,\u00a0Elles Bailey\u00a0tells\u00a0Official Charts:\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cAs an independent artist to have my name surrounded by massive artists is amazing.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve\u00a0come out of a grassroots story, playing gigs to absolutely no one. I did that for a long time and, gradually,\u00a0more and more\u00a0people have come to the party. I just feel so well supported by such an incredible fan base.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe fact that people have allowed me to\u00a0fan-fund my album so that I get to make the music I want to make is incredible. Because of their meaningful support, I get to make honest and vulnerable music.\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0so grateful for it, thank you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n And finally, as he ushers in his\u00a0KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY.\u00a0era with brand-new single\u00a0Aperture<\/a>,\u00a0two\u00a0Harry Styles<\/a>\u00a0records benefit from a boost this week.\u00a02022\u2019s\u00a0Harry\u2019s House<\/a>\u00a0vaults an incredible\u00a0103 spots (32), while\u00a02019\u2019s\u00a0Fine Line<\/a>\u00a0(84).\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robbie Williams\u2019 Official Number 1 albums:\u00a0 Life Thru\u00a0A\u00a0Lens\u00a0(1997)\u00a0 I\u2019ve\u00a0Been Expecting You\u00a0(1998)\u00a0 Sing When\u00a0You\u2019re\u00a0Winning\u00a0(2000)\u00a0 Swing When\u00a0You\u2019re\u00a0Winning\u00a0(2001)\u00a0 In and Out…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,94357,128,50,6440,144270,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-386555","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-madison-beer","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-robbie-williams","13":"tag-sleaford-mods","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n