This album has done really well,he has done lots of promo, should sell well over this weekend ....

Oh! Really? BBC Radio show was on TV yesterday? :)

It's great then. A little but cosy concert.

Oh! Really? BBC Radio show was on TV yesterday? :)

It's great then. A little but cosy concert.

 

 

It was on BBC 2 last night , it came as a surprise , I was not expecting it ....

 

Really sweet from Michael McIntyre last night. :)

I cannot think of an artist I do not like, or care enough about in a negative way to write a whole load of tripe about them.

 

And how do people even have time to sit and write the hate? :huh:

 

Everyone leads busy lives, why would you waste it talking about someone you despise? :wacko:

 

Although I guess I do re-tweet stuff about Trump so...….. :lol:

 

 

Album has been two on iTunes all day and six on Amazon so hopefully he's selling solidly. :)

Up to #4 in the midweek album chart update! (behind Rod, Lewis & Ball/Boe)

#4 would be fine by the end of this week :)

 

Regarding Italian chart I'd say Xfactor didn't helped a lot to the album.

But at least it gets a new peak there - #9 (10-14-17 previously)

 

Also additional country - Taiwan#11.

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Does it also sell in Russia, Alex?

 

I am a bit disappointed about Holland, but we are not that Christmassy and France and Italy. All in all I think the album did very well.

Great promo. The only bit I was not that keen on was the 'This is not the RW Christmas show". I may be the only one from the fans who did not like the Juli scene so much. He would have had to decide: Joke or Serious. However I saw the German version (it seems every country get another one) and it does not feature David Walliams as he is not known there aside of Little Britain fans and not Ant and Dec. He sings Snowflakes. I rarely do but prefer it to the British version. Holland will have it 31st, Austria 26th.

 

Any ideas what he is up to next year aside Vegas, Stoke and the Beethoven Bonn concert?

 

Still don't know about Russia because we haven't a special album chart.

But this weekend there will be Xmas Special + special interview for Russian TV music channel, he promises to visit us with concert next year and still sorry for 2017 year.

 

Seems you're right, the versions of this concert is different depending on countries. At least it consists more songs than it was for UK television and it's good!

https://www.optimagazine.com/2019/12/23/spe...-natale/1667534

 

Let Me Entertain You

Snowflakes

Time for Change

It’s a Wonderful Life

Something Stupid

Bad Sharon

Happy Birthday Jesus Christ

Feel

She’s the One

Merry Xmas Everybody

Angels

 

Any ideas what he is up to next year aside Vegas, Stoke and the Beethoven Bonn concert?

Let's try to think about it. I can't see next year so active. It's very hard to beat 2019, of course!! (2 albums, 1 musical, Vegas, UTR gig, Hyde Park..!)

 

January - Australia and NZ (maybe) promo during 1-2 weeks.

February - maybe some appearnces on Awards in Europe but more likely just a quiet period

March - preparations to Vegas and residency

April - nothing

May - some one-off concerts in Europe, including Beethoven Bonn concert

June - Soccer Aid 2020 + Stoke concert

July - 2-3 festivals maybe?

August - rest or additional concerts in Vegas

September - announcement of re-release of The Christmas Present with mini-Tour in UK

October - release of this rerelase

October-November-December - mini-Tour and promo

 

Also I remember about a song for movie Military Wives or something.

 

Also Rob mentioned that 2021 will be his anniversary solo year. So maybe Greatest Hits album...? 10 years passed since the last one.

Maybe he will release UTR 4 in February 2021 and GH in Q4 2021.

 

Anyway, I can't see a proper solo album within 2 years, even we want this.

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interesting thoughts, Alex. I can see you being right

Does it also sell in Russia, Alex?

 

I am a bit disappointed about Holland, but we are not that Christmassy and France and Italy. All in all I think the album did very well.

Great promo. The only bit I was not that keen on was the 'This is not the RW Christmas show". I may be the only one from the fans who did not like the Juli scene so much. He would have had to decide: Joke or Serious. However I saw the German version (it seems every country get another one) and it does not feature David Walliams as he is not known there aside of Little Britain fans and not Ant and Dec. He sings Snowflakes. I rarely do but prefer it to the British version. Holland will have it 31st, Austria 26th.

 

Any ideas what he is up to next year aside Vegas, Stoke and the Beethoven Bonn concert?

 

He used to do pretty good in Holland Elisabeth didn't he? I can remember lots of Dutch fans 20 years ago. It's hard to keep all your fanbase going but when I look at the current album charts and who he is selling more than, I think he's doing just fine.

 

I think Europe got a much better version of Not the RW Christmas show than we did. :blink:

 

I think hopefully next year we'll have The Boy in the Dress coming to London. :cheer:

 

Like Alex said I think he will do a few festivals/private appearances. Soccer Aid. Stoke. Go to Buckingham Palace to pick up his OBE...….. <_< :rolleyes: :P

I can imagine him to get the OBE next year, he his heading for it. I wonder if the musicals also make him money?

He is still very appreciated and loved in the Netherlands, but not for Christmas songs.

And yes, it is interesting to see the charts. I am often wondering about the British press and how they deal with 'superstars'. Did you know that Little Mix, Stormzy and these kinds are hardly known in Europe? Harry Styles and the 1D's hardly score well (place 14 in Germany I think). These days a lot of local music is popular and then the taste gets for one hit wonders you hear everyday until it is forgotten.

People still may by Ed Sheeran without looking though he has overstepped his top, and Adele will be huge again I assume.

I am trying to think of an American artist who is huge, really huge I mean and in the moment there is none I can think of.

In that perspective Rob still holds a good place, despite many newspapers like to point out that his hey days are behind him. I agree, but see coming him back one day. The Bonn concert sold out in seconds. This man has a lot of talents. I wonder if we will ever see the TV show.

By the way, does anyone know how the LAs vegas sales are? Last time I read on FB that it is not sold out yet (maybe due to Christmas)

 

Robbie Williams: The Christmas Present — decent pastiches of vintage easy-listening

 

The singer lands his 13th number one album stepping into the role of festive crooner

 

 

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The Christmas Present has provided its creator with the perfect yuletide gift. After a chart tussle with Rod Stewart, Robbie Williams’s album became his 13th number one, making him the joint most successful solo act in UK chart history with Elvis Presley. History, to paraphrase Marx, repeats itself, the first time as a sneer, the second as a smirk.

 

The prospect of that smirk being liberally applied to Christmas songs is a powerful argument in favour of January. But Williams’s first excursion into holiday music turns out to be less self-satisfied than one might fear. Something of a connoisseur of old-fashioned standards, as explored in two of his previous chart-toppers, 2001’s Swing When You’re Winning and 2013’s Swings Both Ways, he steps into the role of festive crooner respectfully rather than as an act of parody.

 

 

Split into two halves, the double album opens with “Christmas Past”. The singer dons his comfiest cardigan and soft-shoe shuffles his way over to the mantelpiece to glide through the likes of “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)”. Innuendo is mercifully absent. Williams sings smoothly, framed by appropriately expensive orchestrations and tra-la-la-ing choirs. Newly written songs provide decent pastiches of the vintage easy-listening style.

 

The second disc, “Christmas Future”, heads into the trickier territory of modern holiday music. “Idlewild” and “Darkest Night” set their course by the fading star of The Killers, all obvious chord changes and megaphone vocals. Chart rival Rod Stewart turns up on “Fairytales”, a by-the-numbers duet with an unconvincing dram of Celtic flavouring. The heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury lumbers into view on “Bad Sharon”, hollering grimly alongside Robbie over a Slade-style stomp. “Soul Transmission” is better: a throwback to the singer’s 1990s pomp, when Elvis’s chart record was a mere twinkle in his eyes.

 

★★★☆☆

 

 

I do not agree with the critic on Fairytales, I love that song & the Celtic flavour is just right ....

 

https://www.ft.com/content/5e1bc34e-2022-11...da-f0c92e957a96

 

 

:music:

Finishes the last chart of the year at number four in the charts - no idea of sales but won't be high as Rod Stewart at number one only sold 48K.

 

So - he's had a chart run of 2,1,2,7 and 4 which is great but sales no where near platinum which on week two I thought he would achieve. I'm guessing he's around 210,000?

 

Got to number one in five countries though and he got his 13th number one in UK.

 

All in all - pretty good for year 29 of your career. :cheer:

 

Most importantly for me - it's an album I love. I've listened to it loads - love all the original songs and how he's made them sound like old classics from the 1960s. Well done to him. :heart:

 

 

Robbie Williams’ album helps cassette sales reach 15-year high

The format has seen a resurgence in recent years.

 

Interesting article , especially the graphs on sales ....

 

 

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/mu...h-38826040.html

Been listening to the album this morning, love Coco's Christmas lullaby

 

 

 

Rudolph is still one of my favourites, what a great tune for a Christmas tv ad or animated childrens story , just gorgeous ...

& Robbie's voice is sounding great on the album , really strong vocals :)

Been listening to the album this morning, love Coco's Christmas lullaby

 

Rudolph is still one of my favourites, what a great tune for a Christmas tv ad or animated childrens story , just gorgeous ...

 

I love that song too.

 

I've put the album away now. It won't come out until next December. Our tree is down and all the decorations put away.

 

I look forward to playing it again next Christmas because we will know the songs and they will be familiar. It will be interesting to see if he does add to it next year and does some kind of small re-release.