Robbie is currently the best selling male artist in the world over the last decade and only madonna and britney spears beat him in sales. he has sold 100 million albums worldwide. he sold 1.6 million tickets for his world-wide tour in 1 day. In 2002, Williams signed a record-breaking £80 ($160) million contract with EMI, he is the best selling non latin artist in south america, biggest selling male western artist in asia. In 2006 he played to 3.5 million people, grossing over $340m, He is the best selling intl artist outside North America this century.