Robbie Williams

What this series of The X Factor reveals is that the talent gap between the stars and the wannabes is closing fast. Sting and other dissidents of the show claim that it is merely prime-time karaoke for morons. Last week's performance of You Are Not Alone by the massed ranks of The X Factor finalists proved exactly the opposite.  

The singer has taken Michael Jackson 's crown as king of the current European charts! Robbie's Reality Killed The Video Star has reached number one in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Holland.  

The Angels singer's Reality Killed The Video Star has debuted at number one, even though the album failed to grab the top spot in his native Britain - he was beaten to that mark by talent show act JLS, who enter the new European chart at eight with their self-titled first album. Reality Killed The Video Star scores number one debuts in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Holland. Jackson's This Is It falls to two after two weeks on top and Bon Jovi's The Circle slips a spot to three.  

UK pop superstar Robbie Williams has released a new album, and it's wasted absolutely no time in tearing up the charts around the globe. "Reality Killed the Video Star," Williams' first album in over 3 years, features the hit single 'Bodies' (as well as a catchy Michael Jackson tribute track), and has skyrocketed to number one on Billboard album charts across Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Holland. It debuted at number two in his home UK market, though, denying Williams his ninth number one album in th  

1. "I Gotta Feeling," The Black Eyed Peas. Interscope. 2.

If On A Winter's Night   -Sting

 

Robbie Williams performs on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - but will join his old bandmates on stage next week Robbie Williams will rejoin Take That on stage next week - 14 years after he quit the band. The ...  

Cheryl Cole - in stunning captain's cap - rubs shoulders with Robbie Williams and comic actor James Corden at a Children In Need concert. Earlier the X Factor judge surprised the audience by singing Snow Patrol's Set The Fire To The Third Bar with the band themselves. Other stars at the Royal Albert Hall extravaganza - which raised £500,000 - included Paul McCartney, Lily Allen, Dizzee Rascal, Leona Lewis, Mika and Muse. Fans can see the concert, which includes Robbie's reunion with Take That, at 8p  

British pop perennial Robbie Williams makes a winning return to Billboard's European Albums chart, debuting at No. 1 with "Reality Killed The Video Star" (Virgin/EMI). On European Hot 100 Singles, Black Eyed Peas scores another chart-topper, moving 2-1 with "I Gotta Feeling" (Interscope/Universal). Despite selling a weighty 238,000 copies in the United Kingdom, a huge improvement on the 147,000 start for its 2006 predecessor "Rudebox," Williams' new album is denied top spot there, missing out by just 1,  

Robbie Williams has reportedly demanded 350,000 dollars to sing one song at business tycoon Geoffrey Edelsten's wedding. However, it has emerged that the medical entrepreneur has decided to let go the idea of inviting the 'Bodies' hitmaker, citing that the rate was too high. Williams was set to perform alongside celebrity MCs Fran Drescher and Jason Alexander.