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Robbie Williams

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Robert Peter Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer-songwriter and entertainer. He found fame as a member of the pop group Take That from 1990 to 1995, but achieved greater commercial success with his solo career, beginning in 1996. Williams has released seven UK number one singles and eleven out of his twelve studio albums have reached number one in the UK. Six of his albums are among the top 100 biggest-selling albums in the United Kingdom–four albums in the top 60–and in 2006 he entered the Guinness Book of World Records for selling 1.6 million tickets of his Close Encounters Tour in a single day.Williams has received a record eighteen Brit Awards—winning Best British Male Artist four times, two awards for Outstanding Contribution to Music and the 2017 Brits Icon for his "lasting impact on British culture", eight German ECHO Awards, and three MTV European Music Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robbie Williams has received more than 9,422,835 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). Robbie Williams is the 230th most popular singer (up from 231st in 2019), the 1,007th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 968th in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Singer.

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  • 9.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 74

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Robbie Williams ranks 230 out of 3,541. Before him are Lata Mangeshkar, Ajda Pekkan, Desireless, Alessandro Moreschi, Teresa Berganza, and John Fogerty. After him are Carole King, Muslim Magomayev, Valery Leontiev, Sezen Aksu, Dave Gahan, and Sonny Bono.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Robbie Williams ranks 9. Before him are Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Penélope Cruz, Christian Bale, Alessandro Del Piero, Alyson Hannigan, and Amy Adams. After him are Chris Kyle, Jenna Jameson, Alexis Tsipras, Masashi Kishimoto, Victoria Beckham, and Alex Jones.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robbie Williams ranks 1,007 out of 6,924. Before him are Princess Marie of Orléans (1865), Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1484), Eugen d'Albert (1864), Cozy Powell (1947), Cliff Williams (1949), and Mairead Maguire (1944). After him are Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (1868), James Meade (1907), Kenny Baker (1934), Alexander Mackenzie (1764), Kristin Scott Thomas (1960), and John William Polidori (1795).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Robbie Williams ranks 30. Before him are Chris Rea (1951), Chris Norman (1950), Petula Clark (1932), Peter Green (1946), Rob Halford (1951), and Shirley Bassey (1937). After him are Dave Gahan (1962), Van Morrison (1945), John Lydon (1956), Rod Evans (1947), Dusty Springfield (1939), and Glenn Hughes (1951).

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