Robert Peter Williams was born on February 13, 1974 and is an English singer. His career started as a member of the pop band Take That in 1990, which he left in 1995 to begin his solo career. Since then, Robbie has sold more albums in the UK than any other British solo artist in history. His album as sales stand at nearly 50 million worldwide and has sold approximately 15 million singles around the world. In the UK alone he has sold nearly 5.5 million singles and about three times that many albums. He appears in the list of the all-time Top 100 biggest selling albums in the UK six times, more than any other person or group. He has had eight number 1 albums and six number 1 singles in the UK, and has been the recipient of many awards including more Brit Awards than any other artist. It is also estimated that he is currently the best-selling non-latino artist in Latin America.