Robbie Williams has a new recording deal, with a new album on the way. And an old friend is back on board.
The British pop star used the platform of his social media accounts to reveal he’s working with Sony Music U.K. on a new set of recordings.
“Managed to keep this secret for a whole week,” he tweeted. “I’m working on my new album with @SonyMusicUK x http://bit.ly/rwcolumbia #excited #newalbum.”
Managed to keep this secret for a whole week: I’m working on my new album with @SonyMusicUK x https://t.co/PSJoSN92cE #excited #newalbum
— Robbie Williams (@robbiewilliams) May 8, 2016
The LP will also reunite Williams with his long-time collaborator Guy Chambers, who together wrote some of the artist’s most enduring hits, including “Angels,” “Rock DJ”, “Feel”, “Millennium”, and “Let Me Entertain You”.
Neither party has shared the name of the album, his eleventh studio recording, though the music major has slated it for release “later this year” through Columbia Records.
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A separate statement from Sony Music quotes Williams as saying: “The team at Sony are professional, incredibly hungry, and have a great energy. They’re inspired, I’m inspired. I’m more ready than I ever have been and I’m totally convinced I’m in the right place. I look forward to working on this album, which is an album I’m immensely proud of, in this exciting new partnership with Sony Music.”
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Robbie Williams is Britain’s greatest modern-day pop star. A one-time Take That hearthrob, the entertainer set off on his own path in 1995. He’s never looked back. The singer has shifted more than 18 million solo albums in Britain alone, where he can effortlessly sell-out stadiums. His most recent set, Swings Both Ways,” became Williams’ 11th solo U.K. No. 1 album, a streak dating back to his 1997 debut Life Thru a Lens. Swings Both Ways was released through Universal Island. Williams’ worldwide sales top 55 million units.
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“We are delighted to be working with Robbie,” says Sony Music U.K.’s chairman and CEO Jason Iley. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime signing with the biggest male solo artist of our generation. Robbie Williams is one of the most charismatic, unique and creative artists this country has ever produced and his incredible achievements continue to make him one of the most successful in the world today. When he met the team, there was an immediate connection and we are immensely proud to be releasing what is sure to be an album that defines an exciting new chapter for Robbie.”