Robert Peter Williams is an English singer and songwriter. He found fame as a member of the pop group Take That from 1990 to 1995,and achieved commercial success after launching a solo career in 1996. His debut studio album,Life thru a Lens,was released in 1997,and included his signature song,"Angels". His second album,I've Been Expecting You,featured the songs "Millennium" and "She's the One",his first number one singles. His discography includes seven UK No. 1 singles,and all but one of his 14 studio albums have reached No. 1 in the UK. Six of his albums are among the top 100 biggest-selling albums in the UK,with two of them in the top 60,and he gained a Guinness World Record in 2006 for selling 1.6 million tickets in a single day during his Close Encounters Tour.
Take That are an English pop group formed in Manchester in 1990. The group currently consists of Gary Barlow,Howard Donald and Mark Owen. The original line-up also featured Jason Orange and Robbie Williams. Barlow is the group's lead singer and primary songwriter,with Owen and Williams initially providing backing vocals and Donald and Orange serving primarily as dancers.
Gary Barlow is an English singer,songwriter,record producer,and television personality. He is the lead singer of the British pop group Take That.
"Back for Good" is a song by British band Take That from their third studio album,Nobody Else (1995). It was written by lead singer Gary Barlow,who also co-produced it with Chris Porter. The song topped the UK Singles Chart whilst also charting at number one in 31 countries,as well as reaching the top 10 in many others. At the 1996 Brit Awards,"Back for Good" won the Brit Award for British Single of the Year. In 2003,Q Magazine ranked the song at number 910 in their list of the "1001 Best Songs Ever" and in a UK poll in 2012,it was voted number 11 on the ITV special The Nation's Favourite Number One Single.
"Could It Be Magic" is a song with lyrics by Adrienne Anderson and music by Barry Manilow,inspired by Frédéric Chopin's Prelude in C minor,Opus 28,Number 20.
"A Million Love Songs" is a song by English boy band Take That that featured in their debut studio album,Take That &Party (1992). It was written by lead vocalist Gary Barlow. It was released in the United Kingdom on 28 September 1992 and peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart that October. It also reached number 50 in the Netherlands.
"Pray" is a song by English boy band Take That. Written by band member Gary Barlow,the ballad was released on 5 July 1993 as the second single from their second studio album,Everything Changes (1993). It is the first of twelve singles by the band to reach number one on the UK Singles Chart,staying at number one for four weeks,and starting a streak of four consecutive number-one singles. The song has received a Gold sales status certification and sold over 438,000 copies in the UK,won British Single of the Year and British Video of the Year at the 1994 Brit Awards,and was the finale of Take That's Beautiful World Tour 2007.
"It Only Takes a Minute" is a 1975 song by American soul/R&B group Tavares,released as the first single from their third album,In the City (1975). The song was the group's only top-10 pop hit in the United States,peaking at number 10,and their second number one song on the American soul charts. On the US Disco chart,"It Only Takes a Minute" spent five weeks at number two and was the first of four entries on the chart. The song was subsequently covered by Jonathan King performing as 100 Ton and a Feather in 1976 and by boy band Take That in 1992.
Take That &Party is the debut studio album by English boy band Take That. Released on 17 August 1992 on RCA Records,it reached number two on the UK Albums Chart and stayed in the UK Top 75 album chart for 73 weeks. It was their only album not to reach number one until Wonderland also peaked at number two in 2017.
"Promises" is a dance-pop song by British boy band Take That. Written by Gary Barlow and Graham Stack,it was released on 11 November 1991 as the second single from the band's debut album,Take That &Party (1992). It was his first single released after signing to RCA Records. It was a modest success,charting at number 38 on the UK Singles Chart.
"I Found Heaven" is a song by English boy band Take That from their debut studio album,Take That &Party. It was released as the album's fifth single on 3 August 1992.
"Why Can't I Wake Up with You" is a song by English boy band Take That. Written by Gary Barlow,the song was released on 8 February 1993 as the lead single from their second album,Everything Changes (1993). The song reached number two on the UK Singles Chart and number seven in Ireland
"Babe" is a song by English boy band Take That,released as the fourth single from their second album,Everything Changes (1993). Written by Gary Barlow,it features Mark Owen on lead vocals. Production was led by David Clayton,who later spent 10 years as keyboard player and backing vocalist with Simply Red. The song was a number-one hit in both Ireland and the United Kingdom while peaking within the top 10 in Belgium,Finland,Germany,Israel,Lithuania,the Netherlands,Norway,Sweden and Switzerland.
"Everything Changes" is a song by English boy band Take That. Released as the fifth single from the band's second studio album,Everything Changes (1993),and written by Gary Barlow and producers Michael Ward,Eliot Kennedy and Cary Bayliss,the song features Robbie Williams on lead vocals.
"Sure" is a single by British boy band Take That,released as the lead single from their third studio album,Nobody Else (1995). It was written by Take That's lead singer Gary Barlow and fellow band members Robbie Williams and Mark Owen. Released on 3 October 1994,the song became the band's fifth number one on the UK Singles Chart and has received a silver disc certification in the UK for selling over 200,000 copies. Q Magazine ranked "Sure" at number 86 in their list of the "1001 Best Songs Ever" in 2003.
"Said It All" is a song by English vocal group Take That. It is the fourth single from to be taken from their fifth studio album,The Circus (2008). The single was released in the United Kingdom on 15 June 2009,where it peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart and number one on the Scottish Singles Chart. It was their last hit as a 4 piece as Robbie Williams return to the group on the next hit "The Flood".
"Shame" is a song written and recorded by English singers Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow for Williams's second greatest hits compilation album,In and Out of Consciousness:Greatest Hits 1990–2010 (2010). Produced by Trevor Horn,it was released as the lead single from the album on 27 August 2010 in most countries worldwide and on 1 October in the United Kingdom. "Shame" marks the first time Williams and Barlow collaborated on a song together solely and the first time they worked together since Williams left Take That in 1995. It is a pop song with country and folk music influences;two reviewers noted that it contains an acoustic guitar part similar to the one of the Beatles' 1968 song,"Blackbird". The lyrical content revolves around singers' broken relationship and fixing things up.
"Kidz" is a song by British pop group Take That from their sixth studio album,Progress. It was released as the second single from the album on 20 February 2011. The song features Mark Owen and Gary Barlow performing lead vocals.
"Love Love" is a single by British pop group Take That from the band's first EP,Progressed. The song features Gary Barlow and Mark Owen on lead vocals. It was released in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 11 May 2011.
"When We Were Young" is the second and final single by British pop group Take That from the band's first EP,Progressed. It acted as the theme song in the feature film adaptation of The Three Musketeers,which premiered in the United Kingdom on 14 October 2011. The song is the last to feature Jason Orange and Robbie Williams and features Williams and Gary Barlow on lead vocals. The single was released to radio on 11 July 2011 and was released in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 22 August 2011.
