Actress Ayda Field - the wife and mother of two children of Robbie Williams - often shares funny details of their family life with journalists. For example, recently the whole world learned from her that Robbie has no idea what cucumbers look like outside of a salad. Now Ayda spoke about the glory of the hero-lover, which has haunted her husband for many years.
"Every time we turn on the TV, they show someone with whom he slept," Ayda ironically. If you remember the names of Robbie's ex-lovers, you can see that there were many celebrities among them: Jerry Halliwell, Nicole Appleton, Drew Barrymore, Rachel Hunt and even Lindsay Lohan.
The former love of her husband does not bother Aida. According to her, Robbie never hid past novels from her, and what happened before her appearance in his life does not bother her. According to Ayda, she and Robbie quietly joke about this topic. Aida's endurance can be envied, it was not without reason that she became the only woman whose romance ended with a wedding for Williams. They met in 2006 and got married a year later. Robbie and Ida are raising two children - daughter Theodora and son Charlton.
Robert Williams is a British singer, songwriter and actor. Former member of the pop group Take That in 1990-1995 and 2009-2012, as well as a popular solo artist.
Robbie Williams: biography
Born 02/13/74 in Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom. When Robbie was three years old, his parents divorced and he stayed with his mother Janet and sister. At school, Williams behaved ugly, as a result of which he never received a certificate of completion. Deprived of a lot of choice, Robbie went to the sellers, but fate intervened. His mother saw an ad in the local paper for a band. Knowing that her son had a talent for singing and acting, she arranged for him to participate in one of the many auditions held in Manchester. As it turned out, the rebellious nature that manifested itself at school did not interfere with Robbie, since his performance ended with a tremendous success, and he began his difficult path to fame.
Five years with Take That
In 1990, Nigel Martin-Smith created the "boy" group Take That. The four members, Mark Owen, Gary Barlow, Jason Orange and Howard Donald, were joined by the youngest, 16-year-old Robbie Williams. The singer's biography over the next five years was marked by undeniable success. The group's compositions from time to time topped the charts, and she went on tour around the world, performing concerts in crowded stadiums. But in 1995, Williams decided enough was enough and announced his departure from the band and the start of his solo career.
Intoxicated by freedom
Take That's image required him to lead a normal boy band member's lifestyle, in line with the average age of his fans. But as soon as Williams left the band, he hit the front pages of the newspapers because of his behavior. Robbie was clearly in ecstasy at shedding his teen idol image and status, and he was soon photographed at a Glastonbury party with Oasis, a band that was far from Take That's musical style and reputation. It was a silent demonstration of Williams' attitude towards what he has been doing for the past five years. Soon he changed his image, began to wear dirty clothes, grew a beard and gained weight to acquire an impressive beer belly. He seemed to be deliberately distancing himself from the group that made him a star.
Solo career
Williams always wanted to work alone, and in 1996 his career with the Robbie William Band began with a cover of George Michael's Freedom, which reached number two in the UK. Recording for his debut album began in March 1996, and a meeting with songwriter/producer Guy Chambers was a guarantee of success, leading to their long-term collaboration. Old Before I Die was the first single from the debut disc and peaked at number two in the UK. The album Life Thru A Lens appeared in September 1997.
The wild partying in the early years after leaving Take That led the singer into the dark and apparently inevitable world of alcohol and drugs. Robbie Williams, whose biography is similar to the path of many celebrities, found himself in a rehabilitation center before the album was completed. "Life Through the Lens" provided the singer with a very mediocre success, failing to top the charts, and the third single South of the Border sank into soft non-existence outside the top ten. Some critics and fans have begun to wonder how long Williams will be able to go solo and if he can even achieve half the success he had with Take That.
First solo hit
The meeting with the record company, during which his future was discussed, was a turning point in Williams' life. The decision was made to release a fourth single, and Angels went top in the UK, earning double platinum certification. It sold over two million copies worldwide, instantly skyrocketing the popularity of Life Thru the Lens. The star status of a solo artist in the United Kingdom was finally achieved, but Williams had yet to prove himself in the international market.
"Millennium"
In 1998, Williams and Chambers began writing songs for their second album in Jamaica. Borrowing the musical arrangement used by Nancy Sinatra in the Bondiniade "You Only Live Twice", they released the first single "Millennium" in 1998. He immediately took the lead, displacing the song All Saints Under the Bridge. Ironically, at that time Robbie was engaged to one of the members of this group, Nicole Appleton. When I've Been Expecting You was released in the fall of 1998, it quickly reached number one on the charts and became the UK's best-selling album of that year. Mindful of the failure of the debut disc, Williams' record company this time made sure that advertising went beyond the United Kingdom, and the No Regrets single was well received in Europe and Latin America.
Over the ocean
The next step for Williams was to conquer the American market - an extremely difficult target for British artists. In the US, Robbie signed with EMI and went on a promotional tour of the United States. However, after the release of the Millennium album in 1999, it became only 72nd on the Billboard Hot 100, and the debut overseas album called The Ego Has Landed only reached the 63rd step. Despite the failure, Williams still received decent airtime and was nominated for the MTV Video Music Awards for Best Male Video Clip. He was not awarded the award, but the nomination made it possible to significantly raise his authority.
Striptease is prohibited
Despite the concerts that Robbie Williams constantly gave, the singer still found time in 1999 to record his third album. Rock DJ's first single released caused controversy. Not because of his content, but because of the video sequence - performing a striptease, Robbie tore off his skin and muscles. This led to the clip being censored by Top Of The Pops and other music channels followed suit. Nevertheless, the track became a worldwide hit, winning several awards, and was named Best Song of the Year 2000 at the European MTV Awards, as well as UK Single of the Year.
The album's release in August 2000 brought Williams worldwide success, reaching number one in the English charts, and approached Williams with an offer to write a few songs for her Light Years disc. Instead, the couple performed a duet on the single "Kids" and embarked on a joint two-month tour of the United Kingdom.
Change of musical orientation
After the success of his third album, Williams decided to change musical direction. He took a two-week break from his tour to record his fourth studio disc, which sounded significantly different from previous ones. This is what Robbie Williams has always dreamed of. Music born from the singer's love for Frank Sinatra, combined with the success of a jazzy composition from the movie "Bridget Jones's Diaries" in early 2001, Sing When You're Winning was released in 2001 and became an instant hit worldwide. He performed the first single Something Stupid together with Nicole Kidman. The cover of the Frank and Nancy Sinatra hit was the artist's fifth UK hit, and the album was the 49th best-selling album in the United Kingdom. Subsequently, Robbie also fulfilled his dream by performing a solo concert at London's Royal Albert Hall.
In 2002, the singer signed the biggest deal in British history with EMI for a record £80m, proving that the Stoke-born dropout is a true megastar. After a one-year hiatus, he began working on his fifth album. Escapology marked a new era for Williams. He did not part well with his longtime collaborator Guy Chambers - both sides made opposing statements. This allowed Robbie to be more involved in the creation of the new disc, proving his confidence in the recording studio, and three tracks were the first not written by Chambers.
When released in 2002, the album topped the UK charts, but only reached number 43 in the United States. The gigantic summer tour of 2003 ended with three shows at Knebworth with a record crowd of 375,000 fans to hear Williams. The show was released as the artist's debut live album in 2003, which became the top-selling album, doubling Oasis' numbers. A year later, Williams decided it was time to step out of the shadows and freshen up his career by collaborating with new talent. In 2004, he began working with British composer Stephen Duffy and a greatest hits compilation was released the same year, reaching number one in 18 countries.
"Intensive therapy"
Robbie Williams gave out hits without a break. A year after touring Latin America, in October 2005, he recorded his sixth studio album, Intensive Care, which sold over 2 million copies in six weeks. Noting that Williams had managed to dominate the charts during the years of his solo career since leaving Take That, the former members of the band, which broke up in 1996, agreed to reunite in London for a preview screening of a documentary to be broadcast on ITV1. When he left the band, many rumors circulated as to the reasons for this decision, and most of them concerned Robbie's dislike for Gary Barlow. However, everyone felt that Williams was likely to leave the past alone and join the show. However, he refused to meet, disappointing fans and once again leaving the rest of the group.
Failure
Rudebox's seventh studio album received mixed reviews. The self-titled first single premiered on BBC Radio 1 on DJ Scott Mills' show, causing controversy as the record company's release date had not yet arrived. The composition was widely criticized and, ironically, the officially reunited group Take That sold more copies of their album Beautiful World than Robbie Williams. The singer's biography was marked by the release of his lowest-selling brainchild in his entire solo career as a musician. It seemed that he made a mistake with the change of style and recorded a disc that was not swept off the shelves. It was not the end yet, because immediately after the announcement of the world tour in 2006, a world record was set - 1.6 million tickets were sold in a day.
Personal life
Williams has managed to fall out with the English media since his move to the US. He has stated several times in the press that he prefers the Los Angeles lifestyle because he has more freedom and privacy there than in the UK. Constant battles with drugs and alcohol abuse had a negative impact on his personal life. Robbie made a candid public admission that he suffers from depression by taking part in a BBC documentary directed by Stephen Fry about bipolar disorder. He also gained a reputation for being unable to maintain a relationship for a significant period of time. After breaking up with Nicole Appleton in the late 90s, he only briefly dated a few celebrities, including Rachel Hunter, but finally found love with Turkish-American actress Ayda Field. The future wife of Robbie Williams participated in the filming of a documentary about UFOs, which the singer did for BBC Radio 4 in April 2006. The couple married in a ceremony held at the singer's home in Los Angeles on 07/07/2010. Robbie Williams' wife gave birth to two children: daughter Theodora (2012) and son Charlton (2014).
But prior to this, discussions of his personal life had sometimes reached the point of absurdity, when his inability to connect his life with a woman gave rise to speculation regarding his sexual orientation. Things got to the point that in 2005 he won a libel case against MGN and Northern & Shell, who in their articles claimed that he was a latent homosexual. Gay rights activists have suggested that Williams donate the resulting large sums of compensation to gay charities, arguing that his court case shows that he was offended by the way he was called. A similar case of Jason Donovan was cited as an example, which alienated many gay fans from him. The singer's long-time friend, actor and musician Max Beasley, has spoken to the press that some of the things written about him infuriate him - for example, rumors that he is gay. "That's a lie. I've never met a smaller gay man in my life!"
Creative stagnation
On October 4, 2007, Williams returned to the stage after a hiatus of nearly ten months as a guest at a Mark Ronson concert in Los Angeles. He performed the Charlatans classic The Onle One I Know, included on Ronson's Version album. In January 2008, a long silence since the release of Rudebox in 2005 gave rise to rumors that Robbie Williams was not recording albums, as he went on strike with his label EMI. His manager Tim Clark denied these speculations and insisted that the plans simply had to be shelved. EMI's new owner Guy Hands told the Financial Times that: "The company has no problem with Williams. It was his manager who made the statements, not Robbie himself. Williams has been recording and performing albums for many years full-time and in 2008 wanted to take a break. We have there is no need to push him to record a disc.” Tim Clark, Williams' manager, declined to comment.
Take That reunion
Two years later, it was announced that Robbie was about to release a second compilation of his best tracks from 1990-2010. titled Robbie William: In And Out Of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990-2010 to celebrate 20 years in the business. The album included the song Shame, co-written with old bandmate Gary Barlow. This collaboration fueled rumors of a Take That reunion.
On July 15, it was officially announced that Robbie Williams is working with his former band on the release of a new album. A statement released at the time stated that: "The rumors are true... The original Take That band has written and recorded a new album, which will be called Progress and will be released before the end of this year." On September 20, 2010, the singer published his second book, You Know Me, co-authored with Chris Heath. It published photos of the star throughout his 20-year career and comments on them. In October of the same year, Media Control announced that Robbie Williams was the singer of the millennium, as his compositions had been at the top of the German charts for the longest time. Progress was released in November 2010 and became the second fastest selling album in UK history.
The band announced their intention to tour in 2011. The Progress Live 2011 tour also became the fastest selling tour of all time on the English charts, culminating in eight shows at Wembley Stadium. On July 15 and 16, 2011, the band were scheduled to perform sold-out concerts in the Danish capital Copenhagen as part of a world tour, but they were canceled for the first time in Take That's history, as Robbie caught an intestinal infection.
Return to pop music
On October 6, 2011, Robbie Williams launched the Radio Rudebox radio show. During the broadcast, he interviewed Barlow and played music. In late 2012, Robbie released a solo album titled Take The Crown, produced by Barlow. Then in 2013 another swing album appeared called Swings Both Ways. After Barlow's Radio Times interview, rumors began circulating that Robbie Williams had once again left Take That. Later it turned out that he meant that the group took a break, since at present all the singers are implementing their own solo projects.
The singer returned to the fold of pop music at the end of 2016 with the release of his 11th album, The Heavy Entertainment Show. The composition Entertainment became his 12th No. 1 hit in the UK, securing the singer the title of the most successful solo artist in the history of the English charts.
Participation in cinema
There are also films with Robbie Williams in one form or another. He voiced Dougal in The Magic Roundabout (2005) and starred in Gangsta Granny (2013), Robbie Williams: Take the Crown Live (2012), The Short Cut (2011), De-Lovely (2004), Robbie Williams: Rock DJ ( 2000) Hooves of Fire (1999) "(2001)," Cards, money, two trunks "(1998) and many others. Also saw the light of documentaries with Robbie Williams about the participation of the singer in the group Take That and tapes about his solo performances.
Robbie Williams has been at the top of the music charts for years now, but achievements in music are by no means the only outstanding moment in his biography. Kind character, good-looking appearance and boundless love for his own fans - these are the main features of Williams's personality that attract the public so much.
Childhood and youth
Robbie was born in the UK, in a provincial English town called Stoke-on-Trent, in the family of an actor and florist. Representatives of the zodiac sign Aquarius are rightfully proud of the achievements of Robbie Williams, because his date of birth was February 13th. At the age of 3, the little boy, along with his foster sister, had to face the hardships of family troubles - his parents divorced, and two kids stayed with their mother.
Young Mr. Williams liked to fool around from an early age, so he did not go well with his studies. First, in elementary school, and then in high school, he gained a reputation as a “talentless” and lazy person, and the desire to please the girl from the class once again encouraged the guy to take risks and get into problem situations. It was difficult for Robbie's mother to cope with the rebellious temper of the child, but teenagers rarely pay attention to such nuances.
Music
Robbie's first acting experience was by auditioning for a local band called Take That. The line-up auditioned in the hope of finding a fifth member for themselves, and, to the great surprise of the guy, after performing the song “Nothing Can Divide Us” by Jason Donovan, he was accepted into the Take That group.
Robbie Williams and "Take That"Over the next five years, Robbie was in this musical group and performed with four other guys in city pubs. "Take That" was originally engaged in rehashing famous hits, but already in 1991 the guys released their first album, which not only gained popularity, but became a pass to the world of show business.
The album "Take That and Party" for several years in a row was considered one of the best in the history of the UK music business. A couple of years later, the second collection of hits from the group called "Everything Change" is released. Repeated success turned the heads of the Take That guys so much that in 1994 they decided to tour the country and perform live.
Numerous concerts, crowds of female fans and public recognition were insanely captivating and captivating, but after the release of the third album, Robbie wanted to change.
Every musician dreams of solo performances, but for Mr. Williams, there was one detail that he could not ignore after breaking off relations with former colleagues. According to the terms of the contract with BMG, Robbie could not pursue a solo career if he decides to leave the group. For several years, the guy was suing representatives of the company, and at that time depression led the musician down a crooked path - he began to use alcohol and drugs.
After the completion of litigation, the musician released the first solo song, which is a cover of the work of authorship. After that, Robbie recorded the first solo album, the songs of which did not attract the attention of the audience, but success came immediately after creating a hit called "Angels".
Robbie Williams - "Angels"Not every musician or actor manages to achieve the same success in his career as Robbie Williams did. His song "Angels", having been released, became a hit and brought the title of "Best Hit of the Last 25 Years".
Having conquered Europe and his native country, Williams did not want to stop there, and already in 1999, immediately after signing a contract with the American company Capitol Records, Robbie was creating the first album aimed at potential fans from the USA.
Robbie Williams - "Millennium""The Ego Has Lended" reached only 63rd place in the US charts upon release, which could be called a complete failure. The next attempt a year later brought more success, and the song "Rock Dj" ("Rock DJ") won many international awards at popular festivals, after which the musician's career went up again.
For numerous merits in the British show business, Robbie received another BRIT Awards, which forever perpetuated the name of the hero in the annals of the musical history of Great Britain and the whole world.
Russia has always attracted the attention of foreign show business stars, and Robbie was no exception. Being in Moscow on tour in 2015, the artist appeared in the studio at a humorous show, where he performed a number of songs along with his musicians.
In 2016, a new project of the musician and singer called "Party Like A Russian" was released, in which Williams performed in the form of a sort of modern one. The main purpose of creating the single was an attempt to ridicule the behavior of Russian oligarchs who "buy cars and transport them in their planes."
Robbie Williams - "Party Like A Russian"The singer touches on a problematic topic, since social inequality has long been the cause of many public scandals and revelations. In addition, not only in the Russian Federation, this topic disturbs the minds and souls of ordinary people. Perhaps Robbie wanted not only to release another musical project, but also to draw the attention of those in power to the problems of ordinary people and compare their current deplorable situation.
Others believe that with a similar theme, the singer wanted to attract fading attention to himself. By the way, after the release of "Party Like A Russian", Robbie's activities again drew attention in the Russian segment of show business. The musician was invited for a conversation - a popular TV presenter of the program "Let them talk." The recording of the broadcast took place in London, where Williams and Malakhov talked on various topics. The broadcast was replicated on the Internet, and this became the second sensational story for Andrei Malakhov after his meeting with a Hollywood actress.
In 2017, during the broadcast of the March edition of the program “Let them talk”, where Robbie Williams reappeared, the Briton offered to speak on behalf of Russia at the Eurovision 2017 contest, which was to be held in Kiev. According to the artist, he follows the international competition and is impressed by Russian performers. Williams was especially impressed with the number.
Personal life
From the very beginning of his musical career, Robbie fueled interest from the press, creating the image of a bold representative of sexual minorities, and the ambiguous lyrics did not give an unequivocal answer to this question. But in 1998, the public became aware that Williams started a relationship with the vocalist of the All Saints musical group, Nicole Appleton.
During a short romance, the singer became pregnant, but after some thought, the girl had an abortion. As she herself told reporters, such a decision was dictated by the terms of cooperation with the group's investors. After a short period of time, Robbie and Nicole broke up.
After such a failure, the singer started relationships with famous girls ("Spice Girls") and. But these romances with women ended too quickly, and the artist's personal life did not work out. Then Robbie decided to use a different method of dating.
In the late 90s, dating via the Internet only gained popularity, but this is how the singer met his future wife, a Turkish actress. In the period from 2007 to 2010, the lovers met, after which both decided that it was time to legalize the relationship. In union with Ayda, the musician had a daughter in 2012, whom her parents named Theodora Rose. Two years later, the wife gave Robbie an heir - the son of Charlton Valentine. Now the singer lives with his wife and children in a mansion in Los Angeles.
According to Robbie himself, Aida helps him in everything and has a positive effect on his rebellious character. Before meeting the girl, the man smoked 3 packs of cigarettes a day, drank a lot of energy drinks and ruined his own body, but Ayda became the person who completely changed his life.
“I quit drinking and smoking, and it's all thanks to my charming Ayda. I finally felt in my place, fate itself was destined for us to meet. And I'm extremely happy,
- says the happy father and husband to all the paparazzi who seek to find out if the spouse is faithful to his current wife.
Robbie Williams' official profile "Instagram" dedicated to his work, but the artist sometimes posts family photos there. He often appears bare-chested in front of the camera, showing off his athletic figure and favorite tattoos. About 20 images gathered on Williams' body, the first of which - a Celtic cross on his right thigh - appeared at the dawn of his musical career. Then tattoos in the form of a lion were engraved, inscriptions in the language of the New Zealand Maori tribe.
Over time, the first letters of the initials of grandparents appeared on the neck and on the wrists. Also on the neck appeared the symbol of the "eye of the god Horus". As a tribute to his mother, the artist engraved an inscription in the Gothic style “Mom, I love you” on his hands. The singer showed himself as an adherent to images in the form of inscriptions. They show off everywhere: under the collarbone, on the lower back, on the fingers of the hand, and on the stomach, Robbie depicted a swallow in flight.
Robbie Williams now
Robbie Williams was the guest star at the opening of the 2018 World Cup. At the solemn ceremony, the star performed in front of the 80,000th audience of the Luzhniki stadium and the army of millions of football fans. In the government box were the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman and the head of FIFA. The artist himself was happy to participate in the opening of the World Cup, calling such a performance "a childhood dream come true." Together with the British singer, the Russian opera diva took the stage.
Robbie Williams, in a creative burst before the end of the song "Rock DJ", showed the middle finger to the camera, while singing the words: "I did it for free", which are not provided in the main text of the song. Later, the artist himself, in the program “This Morning” on the British ITV channel, explained this gesture by saying that there was one minute left before the match between Russia and Saudi Arabia. Robbie was worried that he would not have time to finish the song and started counting the seconds. The fact that the gesture turned out to be provocative, Robbie realized after a while, when he had already left the stage.
Discography
- 1997 - Life Thru a Lens
- 1998 - "I"ve Been Expecting You"
- 2000 - "Sing When You're Winning"
- 2001 - "Swing When You're Winning"
- 2002 - Escapology
- 2005 - "Intensive Care"
- 2006 - "Rudebox"
- 2009 - "Reality Killed the Video Star"
- 2012 - "Take the Crown"
- 2013 - "Swings Both Ways"
- 2014 – "Under The Radar" Vol.1
- 2016 - "Heavy Entertainment Show"
- 2017 - "Under The Radar" Vol.2
Childhood and family
Robert Peter Maximilian Williams was born on February 13, 1974 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK. His father, Peter Williams (Conway), was a comedian in his youth, his mother, Janet Farrell, owned a flower shop, and later they opened the Red Lion Pub together. 
When Robbie was three years old, his parents divorced. He stayed with his mother. The boy attended Mill Hill Elementary School and then St. The name of Saint Margaret. He studied poorly, was lazy and the first clown in the class, but he had artistic talent, danced and sang well.
At school, he took part in theatrical productions, plays and musicals, where he often played the main roles, and also appeared in the soap opera Brookside with a cameo role. During the summer holidays, he spent a lot of time with his father, who shared with him the experience of a comedy game. Also, Robbie played on the high school football team but didn't excel.
take that
After graduating from high school in 1990, Robbie worked for a while as an insulating glass salesman. Luckily, he took his mom's advice and signed up to audition for a boy pop group. 
At the casting, he performed the song "Nothing Can Divide Us" by Jason Donovan in front of the producers and, to his surprise, became one of the five members of the boy band, called Take That. Robbie was assigned the role of impudent. Together with Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Mark Owen and Jason Orange, he recorded three super-successful albums: "Take that and party", "Everything changes" and "Nobody else".
Take That – I found heaven
In July 1995, after a weekend with Noel and Liam Gallagher at the Glastonbury Festival, Robbie announced that he wanted to leave the band: “People looked at me like I was a pimple on my back! And all because I'm a member of Take That." In the 2010 documentary Take That: Look Back, Don't Stare, Robbie said that the main reason for his departure from the band was the competition with Gary Barlow that had crossed all boundaries (he dedicated one of his first solo songs "Ego a Go Go"). There is also a version that the rest of the group gave Robbie an ultimatum: either he quits alcohol and drugs, or leaves.
After a trial with the BMG label, Robbie began his solo career. In 1996, shortly after Robbie Williams announced his departure, the band disbanded. Other members of Take That also embarked on an independent voyage, but only he managed to surpass past success. In 2006, the boy band reunited without Robbie, although in 2010 he took part in the recording of their album Progress. The reunion turned out to be short - in the summer of 2011 the singer finally left the group.
Solo career
In 1996, Williams signed with Chrysalis Records and released his first solo single, Freedom, a cover of a George Michael song. In March, the singer, in collaboration with composer Guy Chambers, began recording his first album, Life Thru a Lens, which was released in September of the same year and started at number one on the UK Album Chart. The single "Angels" made a splash and sold over a million copies in the UK alone. The singles "Old Before I Die", "Lazy Days" and "South of the Border" had slightly less sales.Robbie Williams
In early 1998, Robbie began work on his second album, "I" ve Been Expecting You. The first single of the Millennium album became very popular in Europe, more than 400 thousand copies were sold. Shortly after the release of the album in October 1998, the singer signed a contract with an American company Capitol Records and released The Ego Has Landed, a collection of songs destined for the US market, which received a lukewarm reception, peaking at number 63 on the US Billboard Albums Chart.
The next album "Sing When You" re Winning" in 2000 turned out to be more successful. The single "Rock DJ" became one of the best-selling in the UK and was nominated for many prestigious awards: MTV Europe Music Awards, BRIT Awards, Best Single of the Year. In the video for the song, Robbie performs a striptease, stripping off his skin and tearing off his muscles.The video won the MTV VMA Award for Best Visual Effects.
Robbie Williams - Rock DJ
In the summer of 2001, Robbie went on tour in support of the album. The album sold 2.4 million copies in the UK and 4 million copies in Europe, went 8x platinum and became one of the best-selling albums in British music history.
In 2001, Williams released his fourth album "Swing When You" re Winning", recorded in the Swing genre. Nicole Kidman took part in the recording of the album. After the release, the album immediately became a hit, with a circulation of more than 7 million copies. The song "Beyond The Sea "was included in the soundtrack of the cartoon" Finding Nemo ". In October 2001, Robbie Williams performed at London's Albert Hall with a concert.
Robbie Williams performing at the Albert Hall
In 2002, Robbie Williams signed an £80 million deal with EMI, becoming the highest paid pop artist. In the history of music, only Michael Jackson was offered a better contract in 1991. He bought a house in Los Angeles and began to conquer the American music market.
The advantages of popularity were overshadowed by bouts of depression and self-doubt, although it would seem where they could come from in the cult figure of the British pop scene.
In 2005, Williams released his sixth album, Intensive Care, with composer Stephen Duffy. In November 2005, at the MTV Europe Music Award, Williams received the award for "Best Male Artist".
Robbie Williams
In 2006, Robbie Williams began recording his next album, Rudebox. The album turned out to be the most unsuccessful in the singer's career (but even so, he went platinum twice). At this time, a loud reunion of "Take That" takes place, and the singer, saddened by the success of his former colleagues, decides to go to a rehabilitation clinic and get rid of drug addiction, which he did on his 33rd birthday.
Having cleansed himself of addictions, Robbie began to improve his life: he had a girlfriend with whom everything was serious - in an interview he called her his wife and admitted that they changed his life. Together they moved to England, and in 2009 Williams made a grand comeback on stage with Really Killed the Video Star, followed by two greatest hits albums. The latter also included the new song "Shame", recorded together with Gary Barlow.
In October 2011, Robbie signed a contract with Universal, which resulted in the release of the album "Take the Crown" in the fall of 2012. In June 2013, Robbie Williams went on tour in support of the album.
In 2016, the singer released the disc "The Heavy Entertainment Show", which included the song "Party like a Russians". In the video for it, the musician ridiculed the rest of Russian oligarchs and the local entertainment culture. It is believed that Williams' song was inspired by Roman Abramovich's corporate party, where he performed in 2014.
Robbie Williams – Party Like a Russian
Robbie Williams personal life
During the heyday of Take That, and thanks to the ambiguous lyrics, Robbie was portrayed as gay. And the singer only fueled interest in himself with jokes on this topic. In fact, Robbie is still a connoisseur of female charms, so at the time of Take That he was terribly annoyed by the clause in the contract forbidding the members of the boy band to enter into a relationship. After leaving the group, he began dating the daughter of a dentist, Jacqueline Hamilton-Smith. Soon he proposed to her, but in 1996 the couple broke up. 
Then the singer broke loose: a short affair with actress Anna Friel, an engagement with Canadian TV presenter Nicole Appleton, romances with Irish singer Andrea Corr, Danish model Tanya Strecker, actress Victoria Schweiser, model Rachel Hunt.
In 2004, Robbie Williams became interested in actress Nicole Kidman, with whom he recorded the single "Somethin' Stupid" in 2001. However, nothing serious happened - in the same year, the handsome man was caught in an affair with actress Valerie Cruz.
Every week HELLO.RU talks about what celebrity children wear. Last time we got acquainted with the style of the daughter of one of the richest people on the planet, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan - Max, and today the heroes of our column are the children of singer Robbie Williams and actress Aida Field - Theodora Rose and Charlton Valentine, who today celebrates its second birthday!
Click on photo to view gallery Robbie Williams and Ayda Field's children - Theodora and Charlton
The famous womanizer Robbie Williams wanted to part with his precious bachelor life for the sake of only one woman - actress Ayda Field. They started dating in 2007, three years later they got married in Los Angeles, and two years later, on September 17, 2012, they had a daughter, Theodora Rose, who became the first child for both stars.
Childbirth reminded me of the picture "Ida against the Predator." My wife has the same feeling. It was also reminiscent of the first 30 minutes of Saving Private Ryan,” said Robbie, who was present at the birth of his wife and personally cut the umbilical cord.
The name for Theodora, "also known as Teddy", the couple came up with in advance. Williams did not reveal it to the public, but hinted that it was more classic than extravagant:
We came up with a name, but it's not something like Apple (Ed. - an allusion to the unusual name of the daughter of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin). It is very traditional. We plan to raise our daughter in England, we want her to get a British education, because only idiots study in the schools of Los Angeles.
Robbie Williams with daughter Theodora
Robbie Williams with daughter Theodora and son Charlton
Ida Field with son Charlton
Becoming a father, Williams completely changed his life. He has repeatedly admitted in interviews that his values have shifted to the side of the family:
It's so hard for me to talk about my daughter. She influenced me a lot. Everything I do now, I do for her. Every time I open my mouth, I'm ready to sing her praises. I wasn't going to have kids or get married, but one day I met an amazing girl and fell in love. I have completely changed my attitude towards these things.
On October 27, 2014, Aida and Robbie had their second child, son Charlton Valentine. Williams was not only present at the birth, but also shared a video from the clinic with his fans: while Ayda was lying on the bed, Robbie danced and joked, and during labor he sang Candy to his wife.
I have never been so much in love and never so proud of my wife. She is an absolutely amazing person. The Universe gave us this happiness again. It was an absolutely incredible and amazing watch. We are very happy and proud that you have embarked on this journey with us,
Posted by Robbie on Twitter after Charlton Valentine was born. The second child, according to Williams, made him truly happy.
Robbie Williams and Ayda Field in the hospital
I have a dream home in Hollywood, a passionate beautiful wife and two wonderful children. Fans run after me even though I'm quite old. I feel loved. What else is needed for happiness?
And Robbie is ready to share this happiness with the public only in words: he does not publish photos of children on social networks and does not pose for magazine covers with kids. His wife Ayda also tries to hide Teddy and Charlton from prying eyes, occasionally showing them from the back on her Instagram page. Here you can also admire the stylish images of children who seem to have inherited a positive attitude from their parents.
When your father wears leopard print shirts, how can you dress gray and boring? That's right, no way, that's why Teddy and Charlton's wardrobe has so many bright tracksuits, raincoats, shirts and shorts. Like all children, they love printed clothes: Teddy loves images of animals, flowers and Peppa Pig, and Charlton - images of cars, ships, houses and smileys. But all this fun alternates in children's wardrobes with classic outfits - whether it's Charlie's tailored striped shirts or Teddy's white blouses and school sundresses. Apparently, the English style was passed on to the kids from their dad, who never led a modest life, but always honored his British roots.
Charlton Williams 
Ida Field with son Charlton
Ayda Field with daughter Theodora
It remains to be hoped that the Williams family will soon be released in full force: on November 7, in London's Troxy hall, Robbie will be awarded the honorary BRITs Icon Award, and family support at an event of this kind will be most welcome.
Robbie Williams and Ayda Field with daughter Theodora
Ayda Field with daughter Theodora
