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Robbie Williams has broken The Beatles’ record for most UK chart-topping albums, with his latest album ensuring he tops the charts for the 16th time.
The pop superstar thanked fans for making his “dream come true.” Williams has now surpassed the Liverpool band’s previous record of 15.
his album, britpopmarking this historic achievement, according to the official rankings company.
Reacting to the news, the 51-year-old said: “britpop This is a record I’ve always wanted to make and to see it become my 16th number one album means everything to me.
“Thank you to all the fans who have been with me every step of the way. You made my dreams come true.”
Williams’ last album, better personranked first last year, closely followed by twenty-five 2022 and christmas gift 2019.
Before that, he topped the charts blockbuster entertainment show 2016, Two-way swing 2013, and seize the crown 2012.
In 2010, his Consciousness and Beyond: Selections 1990-2010 Ranked first, followed by Rudebox 2006, intensive care 2005, and Featured 2004.
They are chasing Escapeology 2002, swing when you win 2001, sing when you win 2000, i have been waiting for you 1998, and Life under the lens 1997.
Previously, he was a member of boy band Take That before becoming a solo artist.
His only studio album not to top the charts was 2009’s Reality killed the video starthe highest ranking is second.
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The former Take That member surprised fans last Friday by releasing the album three weeks earlier than expected.
The record was originally scheduled to be released in October, but the singer postponed it after learning it would conflict with a Taylor Swift song. The life of a showgirl.
He made no secret of the fact that he wanted to surpass The Beatles.
During a BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge session in October, he admitted he delayed the release because he “desperately” wanted to beat the 1960s band.
All 15 Beatles albums released in the UK have topped the charts, starting with the debut please please please me 1963.
They split in 1970, but 37 years after their first album hit number one, their hit album, 1ranking first in 2000.
The Beatles held the number one spot for a total of 174 weeks.
britpop It received positive reviews from critics and featured collaborations with Williams’ former Take That bandmate Gary Barlow, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin and Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi.
Martin Talbot, chief executive of the Official Charts Company, said: “Congratulations to Robbie! Chart record after chart record after chart record after chart record – Robbie Williams’ achievement of today’s 16th UK number one album is nothing short of extraordinary.
“Even a confident 16-year-old from Stoke-on-Trent wouldn’t have believed it was possible when he joined Take That in 1990, but here he is, on top of the world, becoming the UK’s number one album artist of all time!”