TAKE THAT
Take That
The current line from Take That (L to R: Donald, Barlow and Owen) performing in Glasgow, Scotland in 2017
The current line from Take That (L to R: Donald, Barlow and Owen) performing in Glasgow, Scotland in 2017
Background information
Origin
Manchester, England
Genres
Poppop rockdance-pop
Years active
1990–1996
2005–present
Labels
BMGUniversalPolydorInterscopeAtlanticRCA[1]
Associated acts
LuluSigma
Website
takethat.com
Members
Gary Barlow
Howard Donald
Mark Owen
Past members
Robbie Williams
Jason Orange
Logo
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The group have had 28 top 40 singles and 17 top 5 singles within the UK Singles Chart,[6] 12 of which have reached preferred, including "Back for Good", "Never Forget", "Patience" and "Greatest Day". they need also had eight preferred albums on the united kingdom Albums Chart.[7] Internationally, the band have had 56 preferred singles[8][9] and 39 preferred albums.[10] they need received eight Brit Awards—winning for Best British Group and Best British Live Act.[11][12] In 2012 they received an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music.[13] in step with country Phonographic Industry (BPI), Take That has been certified for 14 million albums and 10.8 million singles within the UK.[14]
Williams left the band in 1995 while the four remaining members completed their world tour and released a final single before splitting up in 1996. After filming a 2005 Take That: For the Record about the group and releasing a replacement greatest hits album, a four-piece Take That without Williams officially announced a 2006 reunion tour round the UK, entitled the last word Tour. On 9 May 2006, it had been announced that the group were set to record new material together once again; their fourth studio album, Beautiful World, was released in 2006 and was followed up with The Circus, in 2008. The group achieved new success as a four-piece, scoring a string of chart hits across the united kingdom and Europe while selling over 45 million records worldwide.[15][16][17] Williams rejoined Take That in 2010 for the band's sixth studio album, Progress. Released on 15 November of that year, it had been the primary album of recent material to feature Take That's original line-up since their 1995 album, Nobody Else. It became the fastest-selling album of the 21st century[18] and also the second fastest-selling album in British history.[19]
In 2014, the band recorded a seventh studio album, now as a trio without Williams and Orange. The album, titled III, was released in November 2014 and have become the band's seventh preferred. it had been preceded by the only "These Days", which became the band's 12th preferred single within the UK.[20]
In 2011, Take That set the new record for the fastest-selling tour of all time within the UK with Progress Live, beating the previous record set by their Circus Live Tour in 2009.[21] At the 2011 Brit Awards they won Best British Group.[12] In 2012, Forbes named them the fifth highest-earning music stars within the world.[22] The group performed at the London 2012 Olympic Games closing ceremony, playing "Rule the World" while the Olympic Flame was extinguished. within the same year, the Official Charts Company revealed the biggest-selling singles artists in British music chart history with Take That currently placed at 15th overall, making them the foremost successful boy band in UK chart history.[23] Four of their albums are listed within the best-selling albums of the millennium, with three of them among the 60 best-selling albums in UK chart history.[24]
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