Folks, Robbie is still the biggest male solo artist since Elvis Presley. I don't care what the NME says the only people buying the new Take That album are old fans. Rob on the other hand has aquired millions of new and loyal fans since going solo.
Keep it solid Rob - you still got another 15 Nr. 1 albums in you yet and yes without Guy!!!!

Jo, South Africa

jonelle, rustenburg, south africa

Yeah. People run Robbie down but that album's pretty good if you bother to listen to it. Its people like the NME who just like to knock people down if they get too big.

Good point about them both being number 4. terrible picture though!

Sadie, Chester, UK

Robbie's Rudebox voted worst album, are you serious?
Rude box was one of the best I'd heard all year. Definately different from what we are used to hearing from Robbie but it's a really deep album, brings back lots of past memories for me. Some of the tunes were quite haunting.
Anyway what does NIME stand for, never heard of it. as for delivering the trophy to Arizona, that shows real class. No wonder I have never heard of these awards, they just do not really mean anything except bad taste to those who organise it.

Jack, Adelaide, Australia

This article just demonstrates how hypocritical; pointless; predictable; and spineless these so called music award ceremonies and music magazines are! The Rudebox album actually got very good reviews from all the main music magazines eg, MoJo, Uncut , Music Weekly and NME) when it was first released. Especially, the NME Magazine which gave it a review score of 8/10. Although, the magazine will claim that this stupid made-up award was voted for by its so-called music loving readers, it’s pretty obvious that they would vote this to be the worst album of the year. As there has been a relentless vicious brainwashing campaign since the release of this album, by our good old mainstream British Press to discredit Mr. Williams and his work. I also think it is quite suspicious that the name of the winner of this award was leaked to the press in advance on the eve of the ceremony with the sponsors name attached. Call me cynical, but this smells of using Mr. Williams name in order to obtain free publicity for the NME Magazine and its Sponsors. As they know that any negative stories about Mr. Williams will be gleefully taken up by the spiteful negative press in this country.

Karma Killer, Salisbury,

To try and deliver something like this to someone in rehab is as insensitive as it gets. Do these people have no morals? no compassion? however, it does seem that they have a very short memory, considering that they gave this album the following review:


NME gives Rudebox 8/10
Pop and Indie bible 'NME' has declared Rudebox to be an amazing pop album and given it an impessive 8 out of 10.

The magazine also calls Rudebox the 'best thing' Robbie has ever done and goes on to call 'She's Madonna' his most bonkest song ever'

Rudebox, it says, is a 'fun, frantic, pisstaking mixtape of crystalline 80's electropop' and musically, 'he's just getting started'. 'Love it', it chirps. Cheers!

Source: www.robbiewilliams.com

Foxygranma, Chichester, England

What a loser. Doesn't surprise me - he's never been any good anyway.

Clare, Harrogate, UK