Take the Crown

For other uses, see Take the Crown (disambiguation).

Take the Crown
Studio album by
Robbie Williams
Released5 November 2012 (2012-11-05)
RecordedSeptember 2011 – August 2012
Studio
  • The Garage (Topanga, California)
  • Capitol (Hollywood)
  • Ocean (Burbank, California)
GenrePop rock[1]
Length43:45 (standard edition)
52:22 (deluxe edition bonus tracks)
Label
ProducerJacknife Lee[2]
Robbie Williams chronology
Reality Killed the Video Star
(2009) 		Take the Crown
(2012) 		Robbie Williams: Live at the O2
(2012)
Singles from Take the Crown
  1. "Candy"
    Released: 11 September 2012
  2. "Different"
    Released: 17 December 2012
  3. "Be a Boy"
    Released: 11 March 2013[3]

Take the Crown is the ninth studio album released by English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams. The album was released in the United Kingdom on 5 November 2012 via Island Records.[4]

Take the Crown is preceded by the lead single, "Candy", a track Williams co-wrote with Gary Barlow which became his seventh solo number one single in the UK and 14th career UK number one. The album also featured the original demo version of Take That's "Eight Letters", which is entirely performed by Williams. It is his first solo album in three years after his return to Take That in 2010.

According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), Take the Crown was the 36th global best-selling album of 2012, with sales of 1.2 million copies.[5] At the 2013 Brit Awards, "Candy" was nominated for British Single of the Year but lost to Adele's "Skyfall".

To promote the album, Williams started the Take the Crown Stadium Tour, which lasted from June to August 2013.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Telegraph was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cochrane, Greg (1 January 1970). "Newsbeat – Robbie Williams album Take The Crown out in November". BBC. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  3. ^ Corner, Lewis (24 January 2013). "Robbie Williams announces new single 'Be a Boy'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Take the Crown (Deluxe Edition) by Robbie Williams – Preorder Take the Crown (Deluxe Edition) on iTunes". iTunes Store. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  5. ^ "The Global Bestsellers of 2012" (PDF). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2014.