Robbie Williams

Name: Robbie Williams
Birth Name: Robert Peter Maximillion Williams
Height: 6' 1"
Sex: M
Nationality: British
Birth Date: on Wednesday, February 13, 1974
Birth Place: Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, UK
Profession: singer
Relationship: Rachel Hunter (born September 9, 1969; split February 2003 ), Andrea Corr (born on May 17, 1974; dated in 1999), Nicole Appleton (born on December 7, 1974; January1998-December 1998), Melanie Chisholm (born on January 12, 1974; November 1997-January1998)
Father: Peter
Mother: Janet
Sister: Sally
Claim to fame: Ex-member of Take That
   

ROBBIE WILLIAMS NEWS AND TRIVIA
  • Is poised for a Hollywood movie career after amazing famed movie producer Irwin Winkler with his acting talents in the eagerly awaited biopic DE-LOVELY. (May 29, 2004)
  • Has signed with US talent powerhouse Creative Artists Agency. (April 1, 2004)
  • Was one of the most powerful celebrity according to 2003 Forbes Top 100 Celebrity List (#37)
  • Williams has contributed the new song A Man for All Seasons to Decca's soundtrack for JOHNNY ENGLISH, the hit English spy spoof starring Rowan Atkinson. (May 14, 2003)
  • Williams has been offered the chance to become the new Ozzy Osbourne by being offered his own reality TV show - the singer was presented with the offer at the renewal of the Osbournes' wedding vows in Beverly Hills on New Year's Eve where he made a big impression on MTV executives. (January 9, 2003)
  • Williams and music giant EMI confirmed that they had reached a recording deal, said to be worth about $125.4 million by sources close to the negotiations. (October 3, 2002)
  • Williams is splashing out £500,000 of his own money on a spectacular video, in case his new record deal falls - he is committed to releasing his new album Escapology on November 18 and has signed up Splash actress Daryl Hannah to co-star with him in the clip. (September 30, 2002)
  • Has finally ended the bitter feud with his dad that has haunted him for 25 years and is flying his father from Staffordshire to America for some quality time together.
  • He was just two when his dad left home. They drifted even further apart later on as Robbie battled his drugs and booze addictions.
  • He played the clown in the class and he loved being the centre of attention.
  • He left school at 16. He took a job as a double glazing salesman, which he absolutely hated. He wasn't very good. He told customers not to buy them because they were so bad!
  • He was every girl's dream date but he was the black sheep of Take That.
  • The rules of Take That: no school, no drugs, no sex. And Robbie did all that things.
  • He left Take That in the summer of 1995.
  • Every track is about his life.
  • He wrote the hit Eternity for his friend Geri Halliwell.
  • A woman wrongly accused by a Sunday newspaper of terrifying Williams by stalking him accepted undisclosed libel damages at London's High Court
  • He has signed up with Hamish Hamilton, the man behind his Live At The Albert DVD, for an hour-long film to tie in with the release of his new album Escapology.
  • Robbie has already bared his soul in the film NOBODY SOMEDAY and documentary Some Mother's Do 'Ave 'Em.

Quotes
  • "It's just a bit of fun... I love puns. 'The showoff must go on,' I always say." (On the album title The Ego Has Landed.)

Awards
  • Brit Awards: best solo artist (2003)
  • NME Awards: worst album and worst single of the year. (2003)
FAN SITES  
  • Somebody Someday
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  • R-Williams Online
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    A Robbie Williams page with a large gallery and lots of information and a cool competition.
  • The Robbie Williams Site
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