Take That have topped the German albums chart for the first time in 15 years, with Progress debuting at number one there this week.

 

The band last headed the chart in Germany in 1995 with Nobody Else, their final studio album before they originally split, while their previous two Universal albums since reforming, Beautiful World and The Circus, reached two and 14 respectively in the market.

 

Progress’s success has no doubt been aided there by the return to the fold of Robbie Williams who has now clocked up three chart-toppers in Germany over the last 12 months with EMI releases Reality Killed The Video Star and In Out Of Consciousness – The Greatest Hits 1990-2010 also reaching number one.

 

 

Take That are due to be seen on German TV’s Wettern Dass…? this Saturday as part of a European promotion trip that has also taken in visits to France, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland.

 

Progress has also reached number one in Denmark, Greece and Ireland, while debuting at two in Austria and Switzerland, and starting at six in the Netherlands.

 

One of the international priorities for Universal and the band with this campaign is to re-establish Take That in France, where Back For Good has been their only hit to date. Leading radio group NRJ has now added Progress’s lead-off single The Flood, while the album itself has entered the French chart this week at 53.

 

 

Source: MW

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Robbie Williams' Wife Ayda Field Doesn't Want Ugly Children

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Dec 10, 2010 by LISA ESTALL

 

 

Robbie Williams' wife Ayda Field says the couple are going to start trying for a baby next month. The American actress, who married the British pop star in August, admits she doesn't want their children to be "minging."

 

She said, "I can't wait to have kids. I hope they are not minging (A British slang word for unattractive). But some people at my school had the ugliest parents, and they came out pretty.

 

I hope ours gets all the best bits, but it's pot luck who gets the minging ones. Hmmm, I'll love them any way, I guess..." :rolleyes:

 

The 31-year-old added, "But even supermodels can have ugly parents, and they turn out great. So I'm excited."

 

For the holidays the pair plan to spend Christmas at their home in California.

 

She said, "I'm really looking forward to Christmas in Los Angeles. But we'll have a British roast, just with the sunshine. Then we're coming back to Britain for four months."

 

 

That's true though. I know some drop dead gorgeous parents with the ugliest weans and vice versa :lol: