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24
October 2006
Robbie
Williams Heading For
Number One
Spot
Robbie
Williams
is heading for the top
of the charts with his
new album - but sales
are significantly down
on his last
effort.
Rudebox
is on course to shift
close to 200,000 albums
by the end of the week,
according to industry
estimates.
Williams
is on target to make the
number one spot this
Sunday, comfortably
outselling his nearest
rivals.
But
it is a far cry from his
last album, Intensive
Care, which gave the pop
star his highest ever
first week sales of
373,832.
Rudebox
has received mixed
reviews from the
critics, with one
dubbing it "his
strangest album to date"
and another calling it
an "absolute
howler".
The
title track reached only
number four in the
singles
chart.
But
the news is not all
bad.
Rudebox
will become Williams'
eighth solo number one
album - a feat matched
only by David Bowie for
a British
artist.
HMV's
Gennaro Castaldo said:
"If Robbie delivers his
eighth UK solo number
one, he will match David
Bowie and go only two
behind Elvis
Presley.
"It
will also be his 11th
number one in total if
you include his success
with Take That. It
reaffirms Robbie's
position as the UK's
number one artist, and
there's every chance he
will match and then
overtake Elvis's
longstanding record with
his future
releases.
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