Better Man

Copying the same news here because it's Better Man OST gave him this achievement! Thanks to JosephBoone for a great stats again ! Albums 01 43,238 Robbie Williams - Better Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [21,266 CDs, 21,314 cassettes, 117 downloads, 541 streaming] 02 9,404 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet 03 9,347 Gracie Abrams - The Secret of Us 04 7,807 SZA - SOS 05 7,277 The Weeknd - The Highlights 06 7,224 Ed Sheeran - +–=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) 07 6,784 Chappell Roan - The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess 08 6,023 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop 09 6,001 Elton John - Diamonds 10 5,613 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 11 5,418 Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT 16 4,756 Mac Miller - Balloonerism 25 3,629 David Gray - Dear Life 27 3,556 Hozier - Hozier 30 3,274 Bob Dylan - The Very Best of Bob Dylan 53 2,563 Fred again.. - ten days [1,898 vinyl] xxx 961 Franz Ferdinand - The Human Fear xxx 729 Lola Young - This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway [total: 7,687] Bonus Information Single Totals 2,259,100 The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun 1,213,281 The Beatles - Let It Be 1,105,006 The Beatles - Hey Jude 1,081,985 The Beatles - Come Together 1,000,008 The Beatles - Twist and Shout [3,374 units this week] 132,686 The Beatles - Baby It's You Album Totals 2,683,271 Robbie Williams - Greatest Hits 2,624,317 Robbie Williams - I've Been Expecting You 2,459,517 Robbie Williams - Swing When You're Winning

What a good news is still there? ;) Well, in 2000 when The Beatles got their 15th Number 1 Album sir Paul McCartney was 58 years and there was no Internet. Robbie got his 15th Number 1 Album at 50 years. Internet is here but let's count it wasn't due to bad marketing works in a recent years. So, there are lot of years to secure his treasure for next decades. But better begin to do that now. More important to ask will be there the right and clever people around him for supporting nowadays? I HOPE yes. Again, same same words about Take That. These two arts have SO great background so it's possible to make a magic for many generations in a row.

Thanks Liz! Good adding to my thoughts. You did understand me very well. This THIS Yes. The work must be continue even when the artist himself on rest - the team does work instead of him during that time. THIS Same thoughts So again, people say 'not good marketing for Better Man'. Fully disagree with that. The marketing was and is good for Better Man. I'd say 4+/5. But all works around and before is out of words. There was no any work. And THAT's the reason general people think Robbie hasn't released a new music since 2016. (while he released 7 albums since then)

Thanks to JosephBoone for report and all news about ! Albums 01 43,238 Robbie Williams - Better Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [21,266 CDs, 21,314 cassettes, 117 downloads, 541 streaming] 02 9,404 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet 03 9,347 Gracie Abrams - The Secret of Us 04 7,807 SZA - SOS 05 7,277 The Weeknd - The Highlights 06 7,224 Ed Sheeran - +–=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) 07 6,784 Chappell Roan - The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess 08 6,023 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop 09 6,001 Elton John - Diamonds 10 5,613 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 11 5,418 Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT 16 4,756 Mac Miller - Balloonerism 25 3,629 David Gray - Dear Life 27 3,556 Hozier - Hozier 30 3,274 Bob Dylan - The Very Best of Bob Dylan 53 2,563 Fred again.. - ten days [1,898 vinyl] xxx 961 Franz Ferdinand - The Human Fear xxx 729 Lola Young - This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway [total: 7,687] Bonus Information Single Totals 2,259,100 The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun 1,213,281 The Beatles - Let It Be 1,105,006 The Beatles - Hey Jude 1,081,985 The Beatles - Come Together 1,000,008 The Beatles - Twist and Shout [3,374 units this week] 132,686 The Beatles - Baby It's You Album Totals 2,683,271 Robbie Williams - Greatest Hits 2,624,317 Robbie Williams - I've Been Expecting You 2,459,517 Robbie Williams - Swing When You're Winning p.s. Some edit here: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s...p;#entry7696980

> Top 100 Albums; W/E 30/01/25, Robbie has 15th #1 album 01 NE 01 Robbie Wiliams ~ Better Man (OST) 02 02 22 Sabrina Carpenter ~ Short n' Sweet 03 14 31 Gracie Abrams ~ The Secret of Us 04 04 111 SZA ~ SOS 05 06 207 The Weeknd ~ The Highlights 06 05 17 Ed Sheeran ~ +-=÷× (Tour Collection) 07 01 41 Chappell Roan ~ The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess 08 08 323 Fleetwood Mac ~ 50 Years: Don't Stop 09 07 376 Elton John ~ Diamonds 10 10 85 Noah Kahan ~ Stick Season 11 09 36 Billie Eilish ~ Hit Me Hard and Soft 12 17 593 Arctic Monkeys ~ AM 13 11 33 Charli XCX ~ Brat 14 12 40 Taylor Swift ~ The Tortured Poets Department 15 15 654 Eminem ~ Curtain Call: The Hits 16 NE 01 Mac Miller ~ Balloonerism 17 13 02 Bad Bunny ~ Debí Tirar Más Fotos 18 18 594 Oasis ~ Time Flies: 1994-2009 19 19 190 Michael Jackson ~ The Essential Michael Jackson 20 20 1185 Abba ~ Gold: Greatest Hits 21 25 192 Olivia Rodrigo ~ Sour 22 22 41 Linkin Park ~ Papercuts 23 23 1081 Fleetwood Mac ~ Rumours 24 21 72 Olivia Rodrigo ~ Guts 25 NE 01 David Gray ~ Dear Life 26 24 09 Kendrick Lamar ~ GNX 27 35 148 Hozier ~ Hozier 28 27 681 Oasis ~ (What's the Story) Morning Glory 29 30 1138 Queen ~ Greatest Hits 30 98 38 Bob Dylan ~ The Very Best of Bob Dylan 31 32 24 Calvin Harris ~ 96 Months 32 33 235 Taylor Swift ~ Folklore 33 26 22 Fontaines D.C. ~ Romance 34 34 129 Eminem ~ Curtain Call 2 35 37 92 Post Malone ~ The Diamond Collection 36 39 382 Maroon 5 ~ Singles 37 29 54 Teddy Swims ~ I've Tried Everything But Therapy, Pt. 1 38 31 47 CoComelon ~ Nursery Rhymes By CoComelon 39 36 391 George Michael ~ Twenty Five 40 38 277 Elvis Presley ~ Elv1s: 30 Number 1 Hits 41 41 266 Taylor Swift ~ Lover 42 42 42 Benson Boone ~ Fireworks & Rollerblades 43 40 577 Oasis ~ Definitely Maybe 44 44 118 Taylor Swift ~ Midnights 45 46 201 Taylor Swift ~ Reputation 46 45 286 Lana Del Rey ~ Born to Die 47 43 65 Taylor Swift ~ 1989 (Taylor's Version) 48 47 229 The Beatles ~ 1967-1970 49 49 189 50 Cent ~ Best of 50 Cent 50 48 412 Ed Sheeran ~ ÷ 51 54 365 Katy Perry ~ Teenage Dream 52 53 288 Billy Joel ~ Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel 53 RE 04 Fred Again.. ~ Ten Days 54 52 377 Bruno Mars ~ Doo-Wops & Hooligans 55 55 170 Kanye West ~ Graduation 56 50 13 Tyler, the Creator ~ Chromakopia 57 56 151 Pitbull ~ Greatest Hits 58 61 298 Green Day ~ Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band 59 62 258 Rihanna ~ Good Girl Gone Bad 60 60 188 Whitney Houston ~ I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston 61 58 1170 Bob Marley and the Wailers ~ Legend 62 57 427 David Bowie ~ Legacy 63 63 440 Red Hot Chili Peppers ~ Greatest Hits 64 64 532 Arctic Monkeys ~ Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not 65 66 477 Sam Smith ~ In the Lonely Hour 66 65 135 The Smiths ~ The Sound of The Smiths 67 75 329 Lady Gaga ~ The Fame 68 51 10 Linkin Park ~ From Zero 69 68 164 Little Mix ~ Between Us 70 72 183 Britney Spears ~ The Singles Collection 71 28 03 Lil Baby ~ Wham 72 73 390 Dua Lipa ~ Dua Lipa 73 69 235 Billie Eilish ~ When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? 74 70 239 The Beatles ~ 1962-1966 75 59 32 Robbie Wiliams ~ In and Out of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 76 74 55 Frank Ocean ~ Blonde 77 67 535 Amy Winehouse ~ Back To Black 78 77 355 Adele ~ 25 79 76 152 Nirvana ~ Nirvana 80 71 123 Billie Eilish ~ Happier Than Ever 81 80 293 Lewis Capaldi ~ Divinely Uninspird To A Hellish Extent 82 83 135 XXXTentacion ~ Look At Me: The Album 83 85 60 Frank Ocean ~ Channel Orange 84 82 49 The Killers ~ Rebel Diamonds 85 86 217 50 Cent ~ Get Rich Or Die Tryin' 86 78 46 Ariana Grande ~ Eternal Sunshine 87 84 40 Sabrina Carpenter ~ Emails I Can't Send 88 87 276 Phil Collins ~ The Singles 89 95 116 Drake ~ Take Care 90 89 05 Alex Warren ~ You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) 91 96 434 Adele ~ 21 92 RE 10 Gunna ~ One of Wun 93 81 16 Coldplay ~ Moon Music 94 93 128 Harry Styles ~ Harry's House 95 97 189 The Weeknd ~ Starboy 96 91 291 Stevie Wonder ~ The Definitive Collection 97 88 193 Taylor Swift ~ Evermore 98 100 150 Céline Dion ~ My Love: The Essential Collection 99 RE 119 The Rolling Stones ~ Forty Licks 100 99 243 Billie Eilish ~ Don't Smile At Me

OK, finally I'm at PC. ---

Paramount are decided do not publish US box office results since yesterday (good step), so since now we're looking for International box office only

Here is my post not about US specifically but about Robbie or Take That treasure in history. Just look at the official The Beatles website and choose Stories link in the menu: https://www.thebeatles.com/ That's HOW need to work. The Beatles have more news or 'news' per month than Robbie or Take That combined per year. So, back to the movie - it's not a mistake of movie itself (which is perfect) but all stuff around the events, occasions, releases. Now and then. It's mgmt work what they don't want to do through the years. Because they are too lazy. Maybe I should remind you about merch? So boring everytime... I can do better in a week. Very pity that boys don't have a marketing team/s what follows them in a right way. --- Again, I'm not talking about fresh artists, like Harry, Billy, etc. I'm talking about the band which is not here for ~50 years. Old Best of Elton John has 10x times more streamings on Spotify than Robbie's new OST. What? Yes, just check out their last two releases and compare. Come on!!! Just remind you Spotify is not US instrument, it's Swedish. And what? Where is Better Man logo on FC Barcelona jerseys like Coldplay had? Everybody likes to repeat BETTER MAN has a big budget. THANKS GOD. This is my answer. Finally they have had a good money to make a great product, otherwise you get Morning Sun video. But what about all work around? Who will do that? Fans? Well, then I'm not surprised when Rob says his Thanks to fans, getting 15th Number 1 award. Because only fans and him do a good job in my opinion. --- Maybe Nigel wasn't a good guy but his fresh ideas in marketing is what both them need now. And for that they need new people in their staff, more modern and young people otherwise ordinary listeners will count them like arts from 90s. Robbie's team was VERY creative but they forgot how to do that 10+ years ago. I'm so angry today! I know that. I just really think because of this lazy work Take That and Robbie look like underrated ones nowadays.

Yes, funny post :) ---- Paramount Pictures is expected to release their unusual music biopic BETTER MAN on VOD and digital platforms early next month, arriving on February 11th, 2025.

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I like that for French release they have prepared some new posters.

Thanks Laura! Still think 25-30M is a maximum without US market and it's rather fine results (again, without US). If streaming and sales will be fine everybody will forget about all these 'commercial flop' headlines. But need to work on it: let's continue to inform people around us :)

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1.5 months until Oscars 2025 ceremony. All news, facts and funny moments around Oscars can be discussed here (if Better Man movie topic is not enough). ------ Just remind this week's happy news: Oscars Academy Awards - 02.03 - Best Visual Effects (Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs)[/indent]

Albums Charts for Better Man (OST) #5 - Australia #3 - Germany #1 - Ireland * #1 - UK ** (including Scotland #1) * It's 10th Number 1 album for Robbie in Irish Charts ** It's 15th Number 1 album for Robbie in UK Charts

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Robbie Williams admits he didn't record his high notes in Take That's 'I Found Heaven' Robbie Williams joined Nicki Chapman on Magic to chat about his new film Better Man, released in December 2024, along with the soundtrack. The film is a biopic about Robbie, and features many songs by Take That and Robbie, as it follows him throughout his life. The soundtrack to the film features re-sung versions of the songs, and Robbie said many are better than the original and he breathed new life into them. However, when talking about a Take That favourite from back in the day, 'I Found Heaven', he revealed that he didn't actually sing all of the notes he appeared to. Back in 1992 when the song was released, despite Gary Barlow and Robbie being the lead singers on that release, another vocalist was brought in to sing the higher notes. Robbie told Nicki: "Let me let you into a secret about 'I Found Heaven', you remember 'I Found Heaven'? In those verses of the original the high notes aren't me! That is a singer who was drafted in to do the bits that I couldn't do in the vocal booth at the time!" Robbie went on to sing some of the higher notes, saying: "Not me!" "And, so there's a bit of an inside story," Robbie finished, before going on to say it was "admin" having to re-record the songs. Robbie re-sung all of the songs for the soundtrack, including the higher notes, he couldn't previously reach, admitting: "What is created, and the end product is actually mind-blowing to me. Like, 'Rock DJ' is better than the original 'Rock DJ', there's loads of things in the Better Man soundtrack that have just bettered the original and breathed new life into them." CggiMJ59U1Q

Could it be the name of a new album? :D --- Better Man review – We are the chimpions January 24, 2025 by Noelle Adams Talk about good timing. Musical biopic Better Man releases in South Africa just as its central figure, British pop star Robbie Williams, is touring the country. And fans thrilled by the live shows locally will definitely want to extend the experience by checking out this crowd-pleasing take on Williams’s life, made with the performer’s rather unconventional involvement, and peppered with his biggest hits. Williams narrates Better Man, and provides vocals but a no point does he appear on-screen. Because, throughout, he’s portrayed as a chimpanzee, courtesy of CGI visuals and a motion-captured performance by Jonno Davies. It’s an odd creative choice, but proves less jarring in a two-hour-plus film versus a two-minute trailer clip. It also makes a bit more sense with greater context. More specifically, there have been a flood of big screen musical biographies in recent years, delving into the troubled lives of everyone from Freddie Mercury and Whitney Houston, to Elton John, Amy Winehouse, Bob Marley and, most recently, Bob Dylan. Most of these icons are deceased, or in their golden years. Robbie Williams is just 50 years old, making new music and touring with vigour. Though it’s questionable why Williams is a receiving a biopic treatment now, the primate addition does put some distance between the singer-songwriter and the fictionalised take on his life, helping the project feel less like a documentary. It also drives home the cinematic approach of Better Man, because the film is far from subtle. At one point, Williams speaks explicitly about how the movie reflects his feelings about himself – which is as someone “less evolved.” Get it? Better Man, in fact, devotes a lot of time to conveying the star’s struggles with imposter syndrome; the insidious inner voices of depression; and anxieties about being found out as a talentless nobody who hides behind his stage persona, and the various iterations he’s passed through during a career that kicked off at just 15 when he joined boy band Take That. Narratively, Better Man may be a true story but there’s little we haven’t seen before for this niche genre. The film hits most of the same plot beats as Elton John-centred Rocketman, from the AWOL father and encouraging nan in the protagonist’s formative years, through a long downward spiral of self-loathing and addiction, right to a half-hearted suicide attempt and, finally, self-admission to rehab to change things around. The only difference is that Williams has supportive family and friends, who he is shown treating increasingly badly. In these moments, it’s clear that Better Man certainly isn’t an uncritical, ego-stroking exercise for its former bad boy star. In the midst of its familiar tune, the biopic does at least offer some fresh thematic explorations. It’s signposted in neon for viewers again, but Williams is obsessed with pursuing fame and audience adoration, as he’s convinced that these will provide the fulfilment he craves. But it becomes a desperate pursuit of hollow, transient highs. Ultimately, the film delivers the message that it’s about loving what you’re doing, and, by extension, yourself, as opposed to fixating on others loving you for what you do perfomatively – which is highly relevant in the era of algorithm- and metric-chasing influencers. Meanwhile, a couple of non-Williams focused moments give the film extra punch, like fiancé Nicole Appleton (Raechelle Banno) being forced to terminate her pregnancy by her record label, and Williams’s beloved grandmother Betty (Alison Steadman) breaking down as she realises her dementia is advancing. As already mentioned, Better Man lacks subtlety, but that’s Williams himself and he is well aware of, and unapologetic about, that fact. Director Michael Gracey, who made The Greatest Showman (and, interestingly enough, was initially lined up to direct Rocketman) leans into that fact, with trippy fantasy sequences, and high-energy musical numbers that use digital wizardry to seamless transition between scenes, creating the impression that whole segments have been captured in a single take, and giving things the air of a grand theatrical production with always-on-point choreography. On that note, Better Man features extensive use of CGI. At times it’s gratingly weightless and fake-looking, but that hasn’t stopped the film from earning a nomination for Best Visual Effects at this year’s Academy Awards. Clearly voters were still impressed by the convincing primate reimagining of the movie’s star. The point is that the flaws of Better Man are apparent, but Williams himself is a flawed figure, trying to do better, by himself and those around him. One of his signature songs is Let Me Entertain You, and that is evidently the guiding principle behind Better Man, which is always visually interesting and never boring. The film’s mental staying power may be limited, but in the moment it’s involving, rousing and even got the cinema audience to applaud at the end of screening I attended. Just like they were in a concert venue. How often does that happen? Narratively, Better Man, offers nothing new as a musical biopic, hitting almost every beat covered already in Rocketman, for example. However, that doesn’t stop the film from being an energetic and emotionally involving crowd-pleaser. Its highly unusual creative choices have actually paid off. 8/10 https://www.pfangirl.com/entertainment/bett...-the-chimpions/

I could add this podcast interview (w/o Rob) in the podcast thread but it's calm, positive and good for listening so I'm posting it here. Very good conversation from US bloggers: https://www.piecingpod.com/home/better-man-...ourtney-howard/

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In a recent interview for LA based podcast Robbie told the new album is coming out in May. https://onwithmario.iheart.com/featured/on-...ic-better-man-/

ARIA Albums Chart (Australia) #5 - Better Man (OST) The soundtrack to the new Robbie Williams biopic Better Man debuts at #5. The album features 13 old and new tracks by Robbie, including some re-recordings. It’s Robbie’s 15th top 10 solo album here. He reached #1 with Greatest Hits in 2004, Intensive Care in 2005, Rudebox in 2006, Reality Killed The Video Star in 2009 and The Christmas Present in 2019. As a member of Take That, he landed two top 10 albums. https://www.aria.com.au/charts/news/a-great-day-for-gracie

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