Robert Fruity Peter "Robbie" Williams (born 13 February 1974) is a BRIT Award-winning English singer and musician. He is EMI's best selling artist, along with rock band Coldplay. His career started in 1990, at the age of 16, as a dancer and singer with the pop band Take That. He left the band in 1995 to launch his solo career.

He has enjoyed a very successful solo career, and his latest studio album Reality Killed the Video Star was released on November 9, 2009, including his single "Bodies".

After leaving Take That, Williams launched his solo career starting things off in 1996 by covering George Michael's "Freedom", the single reached number two in the UK Singles Chart, twenty-six places higher than George Michael's original.