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This is how Americans idenfity Robbie Williams (feddit.uk)
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[–] Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I don't understand. I know a Robin Williams, but not a robbie.

I'm out of the loop here, also terrible at celebrity names anyways.

[–] FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Massive in the UK from 90s to 00s

Comparable record sales to Tupac / Nirvana / Oasis

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Robbie Williams is famous in the UK, ever since the mid-90's. He was a member of a very popular boy band called Take That and has produced several smash hit songs like Angels and Rock DJ amongst others.

So it's pretty funny to identify him by some film when he's known for things that are way more known.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Way more than just the UK that lad was a worldwide icon at some point. Maybe he just wasn't that big in the US comparatively?