Pop star Robbie Williams has equalled The Beatles’ record for most number one albums in the UK chart, the Official Charts Company has said. Williams’ latest offering, Better Man – a soundtrack to his biopic of the same name, has become his 15th record to top the official albums chart.
He has now matched one of the most influential bands of all time, who secured their 15th number one in 2000 with greatest hits album 1, more than 37 years after their debut studio album Please Please Me topped the charts. In celebration, Williams, 50, shared a photo to social media of him wearing a T-shirt featuring the names of the foursome alongside his own.
He said: “Thank you to everyone who has supported the album and the movie. “What a huge honour it is to get my 15th UK Number 1 album. “A special thank you to all my fans, whose support I never take for granted. “I’m so proud of the film Better Man, so to have the soundtrack album reach number one makes it even more special.”.
His other chart-toppers include Life Thru A Lens (1997), I’ve Been Expecting You (1998), Sing When You’re Winning (2000), Swing When You’re Winning (2001), Escapology (2002), Greatest Hits (2004), Intensive Care (2005) and Rudebox (2006). There is also In And Out Of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990-2010 (2010), Take The Crown (2012), Swings Both Ways (2013), The Heavy Entertainment Show (2016), The Christmas Present (2019) and XXV (2022).
