Who is Robbie Williams? Robbie Williams (born Robert Peter Williams on February 13, 1974) is an English singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is also one of the few pop acts to have been nominated for the Mercury Prize. Williams` career began as a member of the pop band Take That in 1990, which he left in 1995 to begin his solo career, the band having sold more than 25 million records. Since then, Williams has sold more albums in the United Kingdom than any other British solo artist in history, and has sold 53 million albums and 15 million singles worldwide, over the course of his solo career. Williams made it to The Guinness Book of World Records when 1.6 million tickets were sold in a single day shortly after he announced his World Tour in 2006. He has been the recipient of many awards — including more BRIT and ECHO Awards than any other artist in history. He is currently the most successful male artist in the world, for the period 1998-2007, according to the United World Chart, and the third artist overall behind Madonna and Britney Spears.