Take That

Profile

Members
Gary Barlow
Howard Donald
Jason Orange
Mark Owen
Robbie Williams

Albums

Take That & Party (1992)
Everything Changes (1993)
Nobody Else (1995)
Beautiful World (2006)
The Circus (2008)
Progress (2010)

Biography

Take That are an English five-piece pop group comprising Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams. Barlow is the group's lead singer and songwriter. Formed in Manchester in 1990, the band achieved major success, selling more than 25 million records between 1991–96 alone before disbanding. In 2005 the group reformed without Williams and achieved new success as a four-piece scoring a string of chart hits whilst taking the number of records sold to over 40 million worldwide. In July 2010, Robbie Williams' return to the band was confirmed. In total the band have had 25 top forty singles and 16 top 5 singles in the UK alone 11 of which have reached #1 as well as having five number 1 albums.

Their dance-oriented pop tunes and soulful ballads dominated the UK charts in the first half of the 1990s, spawning two of the best selling albums of the decade with Everything Changes (which was nominated for the 1994 Mercury Prize) and Greatest Hits 1996, and according to Allmusic, "at this time were giant superstars in Europe with the main question about them not being about whether they could get a hit single, but how many and which would make it to number one". The band also won multiple BRIT Awards. Williams having left the band in 1995, the rest of Take That split up in 1996. However, after a 2005 documentary and the release of a new greatest hits album, they officially announced a 2006 reunion tour around the United Kingdom, entitled The Ultimate Tour. On 9 May 2006, it was announced that Take That were set to record together as a band once again. Their fourth studio album, Beautiful World was released in 2006 and was followed up with The Circus, released in 2008. Their sixth studio album, Progress was released on 15 November 2010 and is the first album featuring the original line-up since their 1995 album, Nobody Else.

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Links

Official Website: http://www.takethat.com/
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_That