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Take That are an English five-piece vocal pop group comprising Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams. Barlow acts as the lead singer and primary songwriter. In total, the group have had 27 top 40 singles and 16 top 5 singles in the United Kingdom alone, 11 of which have reached number 1, as well as having seven number 1 albums.












Take That Timeline

1991- First single "Do What U Like" released in July, this caused a bit of controversy for nudist video, fails to make significant chart impact.
Second single, "Promises," becomes first top 40 hit in November. My impression of Take That's image this early into their carea is that they are after the ladies and having a bit of fun, they are dancing around shirtless in leather jackets sowing off their bodies. There are lots of close-ups of their crutch areas, they look like they are wearing kinky clothes with the studded area around their crutch which stands out. They are playing around with cream and putting jelly all over their bodies Gary Barlow even has a girl massaging it into his body. They seem very playfull and exited.


1992- After missing the top 40 with third single, "Once You've Tasted Love," their fourth single, "It Only Takes a Minute" becomes their first top 10 hit in June.
First album, Take That and Party, is released in September.


1993- The seventh and final Take That and Party single, "Could It Be Magic," hits #3 in January.
At the Brit Awards, three Take That singles are nominated for Best British Single: "It Only Takes a Minute," "A Million Love Songs," and the winner, "Could It Be Magic."

In July, "Pray" becomes the group's first #1 hit; it debuts at #1 and stays there four weeks.

The group teams up with Lulu for its October single, "Relight My Fire," which becomes their second #1 hit.

Second album, Everything Changes, debuts at #1 in October and is the third-biggest album of the year.

In December, "Babe" becomes their third #1, but it just misses Christmas #1.


1994- "Pray" wins the Brit Award. They are also nominated for Best British Group.
"Everything Changes" becomes the group's fourth consecutive #1 hit in April."Sure," a single from their third album, becomes their fifth #1 hit in October.

1995- "Back for Good" spends 4 weeks at #1 in April. The song is the group's biggest hit, selling nearly a million copies and hitting #1 all over the world.


Third album Nobody Else is released in May and becomes their second #1 album.
During the time "Never Forget" is being promoted and Robbie Williams announces he is leaving Take That. Nobody Else is released in the US in the fall, featuring a new cover image without Robbie, eventually peaking at #69.


"Back for Good" becomes the group's first and only US hit, peaking at #7 in November.


1996- "Back for Good" wins Best British Single at the Brit Awards, their third win in this category.

In February, the group announces that it is breaking up.
A remake of the Bee Gee's "How Deep Is Your Love" is released as the group's final single in March, although without Robbie, since he'd already left. It spends 3 weeks at #1, the band's 8th #1 hit.


Solo Careers
1996-

1997-Robbie's second single Old Before I Die
-Gary scores a second #1 hit a month later with "Love Won't Wait."
-Gary's debut album, Open Road, is released in June and hits #1.
-Robbie releases his debut album, Life Thru a Lens, in October.
-Robbie releases a fifth single, the ballad "Angels."


1998-Gary and Robbie are both nominated for the Brit Award for British Male Solo.
-Robbie scores his first solo #1, Millennium.

1999- "Angels" wins the Brit Award for Best British Single, while "Millennium" is also nominated for that award and wins Best Video.


Take That: A New Beginning

2006- Gary, Howard, Jason and Mark re-form Take That. Take That's first single in 10 years, "Patience," is a massive #1 hit, spending 4 weeks at #1 just before Christmas. The group releases its first album in 11 years, Beautiful World, to instant success.


2007- Patience wins the Brit Award for Best British Single.'Shine' the second Beautiful World single, hits #1 in February. It is the group's 6th consecutive #1 hit.A one-off single, "Rule the World," is released in October.



2008- "Greatest Day" is released, becoming the group's 11th #1 hit.

The Circus, the group's fifth album, is released and like its predecessor, is another big hit, becoming 7x platinum and the year's second-best-selling album, behind Duffy's Rockferry.

2009- Robbie rebounds with Reality Killed the Video Star and hits #2 with its lead single, "Bodies,"



2010- Take That announces that Robbie will return to the group.
Robbie and Gary bury the hatchet with cheeky duet, "Shame,"



"The Flood" is released in November as the first single from Progress. It the group's first single to include Robbie Williams since "Never Forget" in 1995.