Editing Robbie Williams (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Estatua de RW, Madame Tussauds.jpg|thumb|upright|Wax statue of Williams at [[Madame Tussauds]] in London]]
By 2008, Williams had sold more albums in the UK than any other British solo artist in history.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/01_january/05/one_superstars.shtml |title=The One And Only |publisher=BBC |date=5 January 2008}}</ref> His record sales stand at over 77 million worldwide, making him one of the [[List of best-selling music artists|best-selling artists of all time]].<ref name="Reporter">{{cite news|url=http://www.shieldsgazette.com/what-s-on/robbie-williams-makes-jarrow-girl-s-dream-come-true-1-6693089|title=Robbie Williams makes Jarrow girl's dream come true|first=Shields Gazette|last=Reporter|publisher=[[Shields Gazette]]|date=25 June 2014|access-date=27 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202155524/http://www.shieldsgazette.com/what-s-on/robbie-williams-makes-jarrow-girl-s-dream-come-true-1-6693089|archive-date=2 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Williams was entered in ''[[The Guinness Book of World Records]]'' when, after he announced his World Tour for 2006, [[List of fastest-selling concert tours|1.6&nbsp;million tickets were sold in one day]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/Robbie-Williams-Enters-The-Guinness-Book-of-World-Records-13394.shtml |title=Robbie Williams Enters The Guinness Book of World Records |publisher=News.softpedia.com |access-date=23 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515094603/http://news.softpedia.com/news/Robbie-Williams-Enters-The-Guinness-Book-of-World-Records-13394.shtml |archive-date=15 May 2011 }}</ref>

{{Quote box|width=23%|align=left|quote="It's his [[self-deprecating]] sense of humour — in person and in his lyrics — that helps explain his wide appeal in Australia. Perhaps only [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] and [[Ed Sheeran]] have such a wide mix of demographics at their concerts; that's why Williams will play to nearly 60,000 people in Victoria alone."|source=—Cameron Adams on the appeal of Williams.<ref>{{cite news |title=Is Robbie Williams the last great showman of modern pop music? |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/is-robbie-williams-the-last-great-showman-of-modern-pop-music/news-story/4e879389a0270500ce92329aea6c1f6f |work=News.com.au. |date=17 June 2018}}</ref>}}

Caroline Sullivan of ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrote that Williams is "a perfect meeting of ego, self-deprecation and hits", adding "there really is nobody else, in pop music anyway, who combines monumental hamminess and bone-deep vulnerability quite so effectively."<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/sep/25/robbie-williams-review-a-perfect-meeting-of-ego-self-deprecation-and-hits | title= Robbie Williams review – a perfect meeting of ego, self-deprecation and hits | work=The Guardian | first=Caroline | last=Sullivan | date=25 September 2016 | access-date=16 June 2018}}</ref>

Williams has won significantly more [[Brit Awards]] than any other artist, a record eighteen—[[Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist|Best British Male Artist]] four times, two awards for Outstanding Contribution to Music and the 2017 Brits Icon for his "lasting impact on British culture", and eight German [[ECHO (music award)|ECHO]] awards.<ref name="Brits Winners" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://brits.co.uk/show/2005/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702072306/http://brits.co.uk/show/2005/ |title=The BRIT Awards 2005 |publisher=BRIT Awards |archive-date=2 July 2007}}</ref><ref name="rhein-zeitung.de">{{cite web |url=http://rhein-zeitung.de/on/07/03/28/magazin/musik/t/rzo323926.html |title=Echo-Verleihung mit hohem Kreischfaktor |publisher=Rhein-Zeitung Online |language=de |access-date=30 November 2008 |archive-date=15 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091115074411/http://rhein-zeitung.de/on/07/03/28/magazin/musik/t/rzo323926.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2004, he was inducted into the [[UK Music Hall of Fame]], after being voted as the Greatest artist of the 1990s.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4005595.stm |title=Robbie joins UK pop Hall of Fame |work=BBC News |date=12 November 2004}}</ref> He appeared in the 2009 edition of the ''Guinness Book of World Records'' when his sell-out show at the BBC Electric Proms at London's Roundhouse was screened by more than 250 cinemas across 23 countries to set a new record for the most simultaneous cinematic screenings of a live concert.<ref name="Guinness">{{cite news |title=Robbie Williams comeback concert sets world record |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/6389336/Robbie-Williams-comeback-concert-sets-world-record.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/6389336/Robbie-Williams-comeback-concert-sets-world-record.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Telegraph |date=19 June 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Williams appears in the list of the all-time Top 100 biggest selling albums in the UK six times–with [[List of best-selling albums in the United Kingdom|four albums in the top 60]].<ref name="The Times">{{cite news |title=UK's 100 best-selling |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article638531.ece?print=yes&randnum=1217442812968 |work=[[The Times]] |location=London |access-date=26 November 2006 |first1=Jenny |last1=Booth |first2=Sadie |last2=Gray}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

In 2005, the British public voted "[[Angels (Robbie Williams song)|Angels]]" the song they would most like played at their funeral.<ref>{{cite news |title=Angels 'favourite funeral song' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4336113.stm |access-date=17 June 2018 |work=BBC |date=10 March 2005}}</ref> In October 2009, it was announced that he would receive the Outstanding Contribution to British Music award at the [[2010 Brit Awards]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8321080.stm | title=Robbie to get lifetime Brit Award | publisher=BBC.co.uk |date=22 October 2009 |access-date=23 December 2009}}</ref> In September 2010, Williams switched on the [[Blackpool illuminations]], stating that it was one of the greatest honours he had achieved.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-11174416|title=Robbie Williams switches on Blackpool illuminations|publisher=The BBC|date=3 September 2010|access-date=21 September 2010}}</ref> In October, [[Media Control]] named Williams the most successful album-artist of the millennium due to the fact that he had spent No. 1 on the [[German Albums Chart]] for 38 weeks since 2000. He also reached that chart's Top Ten 135 times.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gfk-entertainment.com/news/robbie-williams-ist-der-erfolgreichste-album-kuenstler-des-jahrtausends.html |title=Robbie Williams ist der erfolgreichste Album-Künstler des Jahrtausends – media control |publisher=Media-control.de |date=18 October 2010 |access-date=2 October 2011 |archive-date=14 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614171606/http://www.gfk-entertainment.com/news/robbie-williams-ist-der-erfolgreichste-album-kuenstler-des-jahrtausends.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was ranked at No. 11 the greatest frontman of all time in a reader poll by ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Liam Gallagher crowned best-frontman. |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/7519708/Liam-Gallagher-crowned-best-frontman.html  |access-date=26 March 2010 |work=Q Magazine}}</ref>

===Influence on other artists===
Contemporary artists have expressed their admiration for Williams and cited him as one of their influences. The English rapper [[Example (musician)|Example]] admitted his obsession with Williams and how he had been inspired by Williams' performances when he was younger. He described his own performance on stage as "a combination of rap, rock and Robbie Williams".<ref>{{cite news |title=Example admits obsession Robbie Williams. |url=https://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/example-admits-obsession-robbie-williams-26137072
|access-date=29 May 2022}}</ref>{{deprecated inline|date=March 2023}}

Ed Sheeran, in an interview with El Hormiguero, revealed the first album he ever bought was ''Life Thru a Lens''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ed Sheeran el primer disco que tuve fue uno de Robbie Williams. |url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/4888261/0/ed-sheeran-en-el-hormiguero-el-primer-disco-que-tuve-fue-uno-de-robbie-williams-en-cinta-de-casete/
|access-date=29 May 2022}}</ref> [[Olly Murs]] paid tribute to Williams' "Angels" music video in the music video for his single "[[Hand on Heart]]". One of [[Louis Tomlinson]]'s earliest influences was Williams, of whom he declared he is a big fan.<ref>{{cite news |title=One Direction Book. |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=NU3uDwAAQBAJ&dq=harry+styles+robbie+williams+influence&pg=PT58|access-date=29 May 2022| last1=French | first1=Holly | date=30 June 2020 }}</ref>