I’ve been informed that people outside UK generally don’t know or care (not caring is the correct response BTW.).

Still seems bizarre to me.

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    Usa, no idea. I now know its robbie williams, and can double confirm ive never heard of him before this post.

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    Possibly the saddest fact I know in my entire life is that in the musical colossus that is the UK this bellend has the most number one albums of all time…

    What. The. Fuck?

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    Didn’t recognize the image, not at all.

    I’ve heard of the name Robbie Williams… And I’m pretty sure he’s a musician. That’s as much as I’ve got.

    Can’t say if I’ve ever heard his music.

    To be fair, a year ago I could have said the exact same thing about Taylor Swift. But you know, now I’ve heard “shake it off”, so I can recognize 1 song. I still wouldn’t recognize her face.

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      Same. Not only do I not recognize him, I doubt I’ve ever seen him before. And I do catch a few shows out of the UK from time to time. Never stumbled across whomever this is.

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      Plus he did that song with Kylie, so if anyone didn’t know him before then they certainly knew him afterwards.

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    Im from Germany and Im quite shocked right now that there are people who dont know him. I was under the impression he was famous all around the world, kind of like Michael Jackson or Elvis. I think if you ask 100 random people in Germany at least 90 will know him.