Editing Robbie Williams (section)

=== 2010–2012: ''In and Out of Consciousness'' and ''Take the Crown'' ===
{{Main|In and Out of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990–2010|Take the Crown}}
[[File:Robbiein2009.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Williams performing at the [[Sydney Super Dome]] in 2009]]
In October 2010, Williams released his second greatest hits album, ''[[In and Out of Consciousness: The Greatest Hits 1990–2010]]'', to celebrate 20 years as a performing artist. A single, "[[Shame (Robbie Williams song)|Shame]]", was also released, which was written and sung by Williams and Barlow.

On 21 October 2011 Williams signed with [[Island Records]] ([[Universal Music]]), following his departure from his previous record label EMI in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/robbie-williams-splits-with-emi-after-pound80-million-deal-that-went-sour-nvvxpdw698m|title=Robbie Williams splits with EMI after £80 million deal that went sour|date=22 October 2011|access-date=9 April 2019|via=www.thetimes.co.uk}}</ref>

Williams was the opening act at the [[Diamond Jubilee Concert]], which was co-organised by [[Gary Barlow]], held outside [[Buckingham Palace]] on 4 June 2012.<ref>{{cite news |title=Robbie Williams opens Queen's Diamond Jubilee concert |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/the_queens_diamond_jubilee/9311358/Robbie-Williams-opens-Queens-Diamond-Jubilee-concert.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605061221/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/the_queens_diamond_jubilee/9311358/Robbie-Williams-opens-Queens-Diamond-Jubilee-concert.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 June 2012 |work=The Telegraph |date=17 June 2018}}</ref> During the end of August his official website began a countdown to the release of information regarding his latest solo material, with an image of his face and his mind unveiled daily as the countdown expired.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/86107/Robbie-Williams-Teases-New-Single-Losers |title=Robbie Williams Teases New Single 'Losers' |work=Entertainmentwise.com |date=28 August 2012 |access-date=24 April 2014 |archive-date=25 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425170210/http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/86107/Robbie-Williams-Teases-New-Single-Losers |url-status=dead }}</ref> Titled ''[[Take the Crown]]'', the album debuted at number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] making it Williams' tenth number one album. It also marked the second time that Williams had a number one single ("Candy") and album at the same time on the chart. The first time was in 2001 when "[[Somethin' Stupid]]" and ''[[Swing When You're Winning]]'' were number one on the singles and albums chart respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/robbie-williams-crowned-king-of-the-charts-with-number-1-single-and-album-1701/ |title=Robbie Williams crowned king of the charts with Number 1 single and al |publisher=Officialcharts.com |access-date=11 November 2012}}</ref>

The album's lead single, "[[Candy (Robbie Williams song)|Candy]]", premiered on 10 September 2012 and was released on 11 September in most countries and 29 October in the UK. In the UK, "Candy" became Williams' first number one single since "[[Radio (Robbie Williams song)|Radio]]" (2004) and his seventh solo number one single. In its first week the song had sold 137,000 copies becoming the fastest-selling male artist single of the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/take-that-gary-robbie-williams-equals-gary-barlows-career-tally-as-candy-hits-number-1-1684/ |title=Take THAT, Gary! Robbie Williams equals Gary Barlow's career tally as |publisher=Officialcharts.com |access-date=7 November 2012}}</ref> On 26 November 2012 Williams announced a [[Take The Crown Stadium Tour|17 date stadium tour of Europe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a440965/robbie-williams-announces-17-date-european-stadium-tour.html |title=Robbie Williams announces 17-date European stadium tour – Music News |website=Digital Spy |date=26 November 2012 |access-date=24 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4music.com/news/news/7006/Robbie-Williams-announces-tour|title=Robbie Williams Announces Tour|publisher=4Music|date=26 November 2012|access-date=26 November 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512201716/http://www.4music.com/news/news/7006/Robbie-Williams-announces-tour|archive-date=12 May 2013}}</ref> Williams also confirmed that the support act for the tour would be [[Olly Murs]] who also duets with him on "Kids". Universal and EMI merged in 2012, bringing Williams' Chrysalis/Virgin recordings full circle to Universal.