Robbie enters Guinness Book Robbie signs biggest music of World Records after deal in British history, for European tour in support of Back For Good Robbie releases second £80m to EMI. Releases album Intensive Care sells becomes Take That’s album, I’ve Been Escapology album. Sell-out 1.6m tickets in one day. Wins biggest hit, reaching Expecting You, which Knebworth shows follow 15th Brit award for Angels No 1 in 31 countries spawns singles Take That Robbie releases make-or- Millennium, No Regrets Take That break Michael break fourth single, and She’s the One. Jackson’s 22-year record Angels. Unexpectedly sells Becomes the British Isles’ for fastest-selling UK bucketloads and is voted most inescapable tour of all time nation’s most popular presence His third album, Sing When karaoke song. Also You’re Winning, is a global covered by Jessica triumph and includes singles Robbie’s releases seventh Simpson. Success Rock DJ and Kids (with Kylie solo album, Rudebox. Single Robbie Williams resuscitates album sales Minogue). Follow-up big- of the same name includes (solo career in bold) band record Swing When the lines “Dance like you You’re Winning includes Robbie quits band and won at the Special Barlow-penned Pray duets with Nicole Kidman is spotted hanging Olympics” and “Pocket full gives the boys their and Rupert Everett Take That reunion. Come- out with Oasis at of Durex, body full of first No 1 back album Beautiful World Glastonbury. Band Mandrex”. Wins award for goes nine times platinum. briefly ploughs on as worst single ever in the Sun. Sell-out tour and two Brit Yet again fails to break Take That (Gary four-piece Mark wins Celebrity awards follow. Second America Barlow, Howard Big Brother with 77% album, The Circus, goes Donald, Mark Owen, Gary releases solo of the public vote. straight to No 1. Debut album, Jason Orange and album which includes Signs new recording Robbie who? Take That and Party, Robbie Williams) form song written by contract with Island/ peaks at No 2 in Manchester under Madonna; it goes Universal Records the eagle eye of in the charts Gary dropped by record platinum. Beats Robbie Robbie’s sabbatical Nigel Martin-Smith label. Pursues new to No 1 spot career as songwriter for is spent looking Other members of Take That attempt other acts such as for aliens solo careers with varying degrees of Atomic Kitten and Delta success: Mark releases three solo Goodrem. How the records and achieves three top-five Robbie releases debut mighty are fallen singles, Howard returns to his DJing solo album Life Thru a Mark is dropped by roots, Jason tries acting. The nation Lens. It is largely Island/Universal. attempts to quell the pain with ignored by the world Sets up own label to new-found love for Westlife. release third album. It’s not the same That’ll show ’em

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