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.
Britty McBritface?
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He looks like the king of the oompa loompas
Canadian here. He was something special in the 90s but fell off since then.
I live in the United States and I’m in my 40s; no idea who this is.
Kiwi here and yep, he used to be up there on the charts
Well yeah, who doesn't know Robbie Williams? Isn't he more or less one of the best known solo artists internationally?
Though he now isn't as young as in that picture anymore.
For reference: I'm Swiss, and in my early 30s
Never heard of him. Is that who is in the picture?
I'm in the US, in my late 40s
I don't.
Aussie here. He made some of the coolest music videos ever.
robin williams rip
He caused quite a few wet spots among danish teenage girls in the 90's - 00's.
He had a song called Millennium which was about the millennium. I don’t think I have heard anything about him since.
Delta Goodrem is another artist like this who locals in AU would consider 'famous' but otherwise don't make it on the international charts let alone bring anything unique that anyone cares to remember. It's even worse watching them pad their gigs with covers of bigger artists' songs. If not for constant TV appearances I suspect these artists would struggle to stay relevant even locally.
That is a perfect example. 100% of my exposure to Delta Goodrem is she was the answer on a quiz on a radio show.
Robbie Williams? (from US, best friend used to have "Millennium" on repeat for a spell) I honestly thought at first that this was a Jonas brother or maybe post-reconstructive surgery Zac Ephron, but that didn't make sense with the UK part of the question.
Edit: I see I'm correct. But I honestly only dug into that part of my mind because I recalled both the aforementioned single and the general thing, stemming back to those days, that he was like huge in the UK but practically nowhere else. In other words, the question itself served as a clue to who he was (meaning he is apophatic--I only recognize him because I am aware of his absence)
I grew up in the US but have been living in Japan for 11 years and spent maybe one total month in the west between 2017 and 2023. I've seen a picture of this person before, I think, but couldn't tell you who he is. Looking at the other comments, I do know the name but only from watching UK panel shows on YouTube.
Right in the Feel.
US here, no clue dont recognize it at all
Robbie Williams. Grew up in Indonesia and in the 90s and 00s US and UK boybands/pop acts were quite popular. UK/Irish bands might be more popular than US ones. I would say my friends would know more Westlife songs than they do *NSYNC songs
No idea who that is, no.
Canadian here, never seen him to my awareness.
Noooope
Taiwanese here. No. And many white people look just resemblant for me in my small Asian eyes.
He was huge in Australia in the early 2000s.
Yes, he's the dude that's famous for not being famous enough for Americans to recognize, which pisses off British people who insist that he's so famous everyone on earth has to know about him.
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That's the guy that used to host TRL on MTV
TIL I haven't seen a photo of Robbie Williams in 20 years.
Swiss here yes, he is super famous here. This year, he had a show that was sold out quite quickly, so he got a second show that sold out as well. I remeber my sis being obssessed with his song Angels back in the early 2000s...
Never heard of him. Pulled up some of his top songs and never heard those either 🤷🏼♂️
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You telling me Robbie Williams isn't actually a monkey?