Robbie Williams

Solo Artist

Photo: Kevin Payravi · CC BY-SA 4.0
Active 1990-present
Origin Stoke-on-Trent, England
Albums 13
Tracks 181
Most frequent collaborator Robert Williams · 144 tracks
Genres PopPop RockSwing
Songwriter
80%
Authorship

Holds writing credit on 144 of 181 tracks

Does Robbie Williams write his own songs?

He is credited on 144 of his 181 studio tracks, but only two of those carry his name alone. Almost everything he has written has a co-writer on it, most often Guy Chambers.

By the Numbers

13
Studio Albums
181
Tracks Credited
80%
Self-Written
36
Years Active
181
Collaborators

Authorship Breakdown 144 / 181 self-written

Who wrote the songs?

Across all 181 tracks: how many Robbie Williams wrote alone, how many they co-wrote, and how many were written by others. The bracket marks every track they hold any writing credit on.

Robbie Williams has a writing credit80%
80%
20%
Sole author0tracks0%
Co-written144tracks80%
Outside writers37tracks20%

Role Fingerprint how they contribute

Lyricist Performer Composer Producer
Robbie Williams's roles across the catalogue

Share of all 181 tracks where they are personally credited, by role.

Lyricist (words)80%
Composer (music)0%
Producer25%
Performer100%

Authorship Over Time writing credit per album

Robbie Williams's writing credit per album, in release order. Hover any bar for the album.

avg 80%
100%
93%
100%
7%
100%
100%
63%
92%
91%
54%
91%
75%
100%
1997Life thru a Lens
1998I've Been Expecting You
2000Sing When You're Winning
2001Swing When You're Winning
2002Escapology
2005Intensive Care
2006Rudebox
2009Reality Killed the Video Star
2012Take the Crown
2013Swings Both Ways
2016The Heavy Entertainment Show
2019The Christmas Present
2026Britpop
Early · 78% written
Mid · 78% written
Late · 85% written

Authorship by Decade track-weighted

96%
1990s
Life thru a Lens, I've Been Expecting You
75%
2000s
Sing When You're Winning, Swing When You're Winning +4 more
76%
2010s
Take the Crown, Swings Both Ways +2 more
100%
2020s
Britpop

Authorship Spectrum pure performer to complete author

Where Robbie Williams sits on the scale from a pure performer (0%, sings songs written by others) to a complete author (100%, writes everything). The bright marker is their catalogue authorship score, plotted against other artists on the site.

Robbie Williams
Other artists on the site

Reference artists spread across the scale, closest by genre and era.

Aaliyah0%
Backstreet Boys25%
Hilary Duff42%
One Direction57%
Jesse McCartney67%
Gwen Stefani88%
Rob Thomas96%
80%Robbie Williams
Pure Performer0%
Songwriter~50%
Complete Author100%

Discography 13 albums

All thirteen solo studio albums. The Take That records, the Better Man soundtrack, the live albums, the compilations including XXV, and the Lufthaus releases sit outside this catalogue.

Collaborator Network who they worked with most

Robbie Williams181 tracks
RW144Robert Williams, 144 tracks GC113Guy Chambers, 113 tracks SP54Steve Power, 54 tracks KA25Kelvin Andrews, 25 tracks CF21Candy Flip, 21 tracks KB18Karl Brazil, 18 tracks SD14Stephen Duffy, 14 tracks on Duran Duran's page TH13Trevor Horn, 13 tracks WT13with the exception of "Wedding Bells" which was produced by Steve Power, 13 tracks FF11Flynn Francis, 11 tracks JL11Jacknife Lee, 11 tracks RS10Richard Scott, 10 tracks OP10Owen Parker, 10 tracks CH8Chris Heath, 8 tracks TM8Tim Metcalfe, 8 tracks MT8Martin Terefe, 8 tracks RF7Richard Flack, 7 tracks SR6Scott Ralph, 6 tracks SM4Soul Mekanik, 4 tracks MR4Mark Ronson, 4 tracks RW4Rufus Wainwright, 4 tracks TL4Tom Longworth, 4 tracks JM3Jerry Meehan, 3 tracks GB3Gary Barlow, 3 tracks SP3Stuart Price, 3 tracks KO3Konrad Olsen, 3 tracks DD3David Davidson, 3 tracks AG2Antony Genn, 2 tracks FE2Fil Eisler, 2 tracks FP2Freddie Perren, 2 tracks DF2Dino Fekaris, 2 tracks IM2Irving Mills, 2 tracks HA2Harold Arlen, 2 tracks SC2Sammy Cahn, 2 tracks AD2Adrian Deevoy, 2 tracks BO2Boots Ottestad, 2 tracks AH2Ashley Hamilton, 2 tracks PS2Pet Shop Boys, 2 tracks BC2Brandon Christy, 2 tracks CR2Craig Russo, 2 tracks WO2William Orbit, 2 tracks DB2Don Black, 2 tracks BR2Benjamin Roy Castle, 2 tracks PS2Philipp Steinke, 2 tracks SM2Sam Miller, 2 tracks DC1Desmond Child, 1 track EB1Eric Bazilian, 1 track MS1Martin Slattery, 1 track RH1Richard Hawley, 1 track LB1Leslie Bricusse, 1 track JB1John Barry, 1 track LW1Loudon Wainwright III, 1 track KW1Karl Wallinger, 1 track NP1Nelson Pigford, 1 track EP1Ekundayo Paris, 1 track MB1Marc Blitzstein, 1 track BB1Bertolt Brecht, 1 track KW1Kurt Weill, 1 track CP1Carson Parks, 1 track DE1Duke Ellington, 1 track BR1Bob Russell, 1 track ED1Ervin Drake, 1 track NK1Nat King Cole, 1 track CP1Cole Porter, 1 track JJ1Jerry Jeff Walker, 1 track JM1Johnny Mercer, 1 track BD1Bobby Darin, 1 track JV1Jimmy Van Heusen, 1 track GG1George Gershwin, 1 track IG1Ira Gershwin, 1 track LH1Lorenz Hart, 1 track RR1Richard Rodgers, 1 track DD1Dave Dreyer, 1 track AJ1Al Jolson, 1 track BR1Billy Rose, 1 track JL1Jack Lawrence, 1 track DP1Daniel Pierre, 1 track BL1Bill Laswell, 1 track CA1Carl Aiken, 1 track BC1Bootsy Collins, 1 track SD1Sly Dunbar, 1 track RS1Robbie Shakespeare, 1 track WC1William Collins, 1 track LT1Lewis Taylor, 1 track MC1Manu Chao, 1 track AK1Anouk Khelifa, 1 track NT1Neil Tennant, 1 track on Pet Shop Boys's page CL1Chris Lowe, 1 track on Pet Shop Boys's page BC1Brandon Christy & Craig Russo, 1 track JC1Jo Callis, 1 track PO1Phil Oakey, 1 track PA1Philip Adrian Wright, 1 track AW1Adrian Wright, 1 track MR1My Robot Friend, 1 track CZ1Chris Zippel, 1 track DL1Dave Lee, 1 track FH1Françoise Hardy, 1 track CJ1Chaz Jankel, 1 track AS1Andy Stubbs, 1 track JH1Jonathan Hand, 1 track SC1Stephen Cadman, 1 track PB1Paul Beard, 1 track TT1Todd Terje, 1 track TO1Terje Olsen, 1 track BG1Barbara Gruska, 1 track EG1Ethan Gruska, 1 track L1Lissie, 1 track RM1Richard M. Sherman, 1 track RB1Robert B. Sherman, 1 track OM1Olly Murs, 1 track FP1Frederick Perren, 1 track FA1Fabian Andre, 1 track GK1Gus Kahn, 1 track WS1Wilbur Schwandt, 1 track LA1Lily Allen, 1 track RS1Rich Scott, 1 track MB1Michael Bublé, 1 track IB1Irving Berlin, 1 track BR1Bobby Russell, 1 track KC1Kelly Clarkson, 1 track CC1Cab Calloway, 1 track CG1Clarence Gaskill, 1 track YH1Yip Harburg, 1 track SG1Serge Gainsbourg, 1 track GK1Greg Kurstin, 1 track SP1Sergei Prokofiev, 1 track BF1Brandon Flowers, 1 track on The Killers's page DK1Dave Keuning, 1 track on The Killers's page MS1Mark Stoermer, 1 track on The Killers's page RV1Ronnie Vannucci Jr., 1 track on The Killers's page JM1Johnny McDaid, 1 track on Snow Patrol's page GG1Gary Go, 1 track JC1Jonny Coffer, 1 track JG1Jackson Guthy, 1 track KD1Kara DioGuardi, 1 track J1Jewel, 1 track ES1Ed Sheeran, 1 track BB1Benny Blanco, 1 track SR1Steve Robson, 1 track BL1Benjamin Levin, 1 track MC1Mike Curb, 1 track MD1Mack David, 1 track FB1Felix Bernard, 1 track RB1Richard Bernhard Smith, 1 track RB1Richard B. Smith, 1 track NH1Noddy Holder, 1 track JL1Jim Lea, 1 track JC1Jamie Cullum, 1 track JS1Jule Styne, 1 track RW1Robert Wells, 1 track

Bubble size = tracks worked on together. Showing the 150 most frequent of 180. RW Robert Williams · GC Guy Chambers · SP Steve Power · KA Kelvin Andrews · CF Candy Flip · KB Karl Brazil

Photo credits

Portraits in the web and the rail come from Wikimedia Commons. The artist's own photo carries its credit under the picture.

The Authorship Story

Data Insight

He is credited on 144 of his 181 studio tracks and only two of them carry his name and nobody else. Every era has one partner doing the other half: Guy Chambers on 63 tracks, Kelvin Andrews on 25, Danny Spencer on 21, Stephen Duffy on all twelve of Intensive Care. He writes constantly and he almost never writes alone.

Quick Facts

  • Self-written144 of his 181 studio tracks
  • Written alone2 tracks in thirteen albums
  • Main partnerGuy Chambers co-wrote 63 tracks
  • Biggest albumI've Been Expecting You, 2,630,892 in Britain
  • Thirteen albums1997 to 2026, two of them swing records
  • Before thisTake That, which he left in 1995

Creative Fingerprint

A writer on four songs in five, and a solo writer on almost none of them.

The Story

Robbie Williams left Take That in 1995 and has been a solo act ever since, with Life thru a Lens in 1997 and twelve more albums after it. Four of his records have sold over two million in Britain alone. He has never had the same success in America.

Frequently Asked Questions Robbie Williams

Does Robbie Williams write his own songs?
He is credited on 144 of his 181 studio tracks, but only two of those carry his name alone. Almost everything he has written has a co-writer on it, most often Guy Chambers.
Who wrote "Angels"?
Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers, on the first solo album.
Who is Guy Chambers?
The songwriter and producer who co-wrote 63 of his tracks, covering the first five albums and returning for the two swing records.
How many albums has he released?
Thirteen solo studio albums, from Life thru a Lens in 1997 to Britpop in 2026. The Take That records are separate.
Which album sold the most?
I've Been Expecting You, at 2,630,892 in the United Kingdom.
Which albums are covers?
Swing When You're Winning in 2001 is almost entirely standards, and Swings Both Ways in 2013 splits between covers and new songs.
Who else has he written with?
Kelvin Andrews on 25 tracks, Danny Spencer on 21, Karl Brazil on 15 and Stephen Duffy on 14, all of Intensive Care.
Did he chart in America?
The discography publishes no Billboard Hot 100 positions for any of his singles.
Was he in Take That?
Yes, from 1990 until 1995, and again from 2010 for one album. Those records are not in this catalogue.
Is he still recording?
Britpop came out in January 2026, his thirteenth solo album.

Sources

Wikipedia: Robbie Williams Wikipedia: Robbie Williams discography