Editing Robbie Williams (section)

===1999–2001: ''Sing When You're Winning'' and ''Swing When You're Winning''===
{{Main|The Ego Has Landed|Sing When You're Winning|Swing When You're Winning}}
In 1999, Williams was signed to [[Capitol Records]] in the United States, a part of [[EMI]]. He embarked on a United States promotional tour and released his first United States and Canadian single, "[[Millennium (song)|Millennium]]". The compilation album ''[[The Ego Has Landed]]'' was released in July 1999 in the United States and Canada. In the middle of promotion and the tours in 1999, Williams began work on his third studio album.

[[File:Robbie paparazzi V sign.jpg|thumb| Williams, alongside [[Steve Furst]], in London in 2000, [[V sign#As an insult|gesturing]] to a paparazzi photographer]]

The first single taken from the album was "[[Rock DJ]]", a song inspired by Williams's [[UNICEF]] mentor, the late [[Ian Dury]]. The video created by Fred & Farid<ref>{{cite web |title=Yahoo! Big Idea Chair: A feast of Fred & Farid |url=http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/607923 |publisher=Campaign}}</ref> showed Williams in an attempt to get noticed by a group of women, first stripping and then tearing chunks of skin and muscle from his body, and caused controversy in the United Kingdom and many other countries. The video was edited by ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' for its graphic content and many other channels followed suit.<ref>{{cite news |title=Controversial Robbie single hits the shops |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/859988.stm |date=31 July 2000 |work=BBC News}}</ref> The song became an instant hit, reaching number one in the UK (becoming his third number one single as a solo artist) and New Zealand. The song went on to win "Best Song of 2000" at the [[MTV Europe Music Awards]], "Best Single of the Year" at the [[Brit Awards]] and an [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Special Effects]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2001/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828041551/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2001/|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 August 2008|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2001|publisher=MTV|access-date=17 June 2018}}</ref>

When the album, ''[[Sing When You're Winning]]'' was released in August 2000, it topped the charts in many different countries.<ref>{{cite web |title=Robbie Williams – Sing When You're Winning (album) |url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Robbie+Williams&titel=Sing+When+You%27re+Winning&cat=a |publisher=GfK Dutch Charts |access-date=17 December 2015}}</ref> In the UK the album was certified 2× Platinum on its first week of release.<ref>{{cite web |title=Award Certification for "Sing When You're Winning" |url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=29046 |publisher=BPI |access-date=4 January 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071106095819/http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=29046 |archive-date = 6 November 2007}}</ref> After the success of his third album, Williams wanted to take another musical direction. He took two weeks off from his tour to record ''[[Swing When You're Winning]]'', his fourth studio album. Born from his lifelong love for [[Frank Sinatra]]{{spaced ndash}}combined with the success of the track "[[Have You Met Miss Jones?]]" that he recorded for the film ''[[Bridget Jones' Diary]]'' in 2001{{spaced ndash}}the album was recorded at [[Capitol Studios]] in Los Angeles.

Williams took the chance to duet with his long-time friend [[Jonathan Wilkes]], ''Little Voice'' star [[Jane Horrocks]], ''Saturday Night Live'' star [[Jon Lovitz]], [[Rupert Everett]] and actress [[Nicole Kidman]]. The first single released from the album was a duet with Kidman, on "[[Somethin' Stupid]]". Originally a hit for [[Frank Sinatra|Frank]] and [[Nancy Sinatra]], the song became Williams' fifth number one hit in the UK.<ref>{{cite web  |url= http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all_singles_song.php?id=916 |title="Somethin' Stupid" first week sales in the United Kingdom |publisher=Theofficialcharts.com |date=22 December 2001 |access-date=23 December 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080529052550/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all_singles_song.php?id=916 |archive-date = 29 May 2008}}</ref> It eventually went on to become one of the biggest hits of 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=29997 |title=Award Certification for 'Something Stupid' |publisher=BPI |access-date=4 January 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071106095133/http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=29997 |archive-date = 6 November 2007}}</ref> "Beyond the Sea" was featured over the credits of the film ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' in 2003 and was also released on the film's soundtrack CD. A DVD, ''Robbie Williams Live at the Albert Hall'', was released in December of that year and has become one of the best selling music DVDs in Europe, being certified 6× Platinum in the United Kingdom<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=32440 |title=Award Certification for 'Live at the Albert Hall' |publisher=BPI |access-date=4 January 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071106095926/http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=32440 |archive-date = 6 November 2007}}</ref> and 2× Platinum in Germany.<ref>{{Certification Cite|region=Germany|artist=Robbie Williams}}</ref>