Overview
- ‘BRITPOP’ opens atop the Official Albums Chart, giving Williams 16 UK Number One albums and moving him past The Beatles’ 15.
- Official Charts chief executive Martin Talbot hailed the achievement as “extraordinary,” calling Williams the UK’s number one album artist of all time.
- Williams postponed the album from an original October 2025 date before dropping it without warning on January 16 in pursuit of the milestone.
- The record is billed as his 13th studio album and features singles including Rocket, Spies, Human, Pretty Face and All My Life, with collaborators Gary Barlow, Chris Martin, Tony Iommi, Gaz Coombes and Jesse & Joy.
- This week’s Top 5: Robbie Williams (‘BRITPOP’) at No. 1, Olivia Dean at No. 2, Madison Beer’s career-best ‘Locket’ at No. 3, Nathan Evans & Saint PHNX at No. 4 and Fleetwood Mac at No. 5.