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Take That's decision to let Robbie Williams back into the fold has paid off, with their new album Progress becoming the fastest-selling of the century so far.
Their first record in 15 years with the original line-up sold more than 235,000 copies on its release day.
Monday's sale was more than the combined efforts of all the other albums in the Top 20.
An insider admitted Robbie has relit the Take That fire and said: " ey are over the moon."
Gary Barlow, who performed live with Robbie for the rst time in 15 years on The X Factor on Sunday, admitted when they decided to see if Robbie could return to the group, it was all about the music.
He said: "First and foremost, we wanted to make a great album. We didn't think about touring or anything else like that."
It's the biggest album sale since Oasis's Be Here Now sold just over 424,000 on its first day in 1997. The Gallagher brothers' third album went on to sell almost 700,000 copies in a week.
And Progress's success even dwarfs singing phenomenon Susan Boyle's first day tally of 130,000 for I Dreamed A Dream, which went on to become the fastest-selling debut in the UK ever.
Official Charts Company boss Martin Talbot said: "This is a phenomenal achievement from an already phenomenally successful band."
Critics were sharpening the knives when their comeback single The Flood failed to go to No.1 on Sunday, stalling at No.2 behind Rihanna, but the fans were waiting for the album and Progress has had the best reviews of any Take That record.
It is the favourite to stay at the top of the charts at Christmas.
Earlier this month, ticket sales for next year's Progress tour broke all records to become the fastest and biggest selling tour in UK history with a total of 1.34million tickets sold, the first million going in just eight hours.
Between them, Take That and Robbie have sold more than 80million albums, played to 14.5million people live, won 19 BRIT Awards and ve Ivor Novello awards and scored 13 No.1 albums and a staggering 17 No.1 singles.
Progress is the first album Take That have released as a five-piece since 1995's Nobody Else.
It looks set to challenge the achievements of the last Take That album (as a four-piece), The Circus, which sold 1 million copies in just 18 days.
Take That's decision to let Robbie Williams back into the fold has paid off, with their new album Progress becoming the fastest-selling of the century so far.
Their first record in 15 years with the original line-up sold more than 235,000 copies on its release day.
Monday's sale was more than the combined efforts of all the other albums in the Top 20.
An insider admitted Robbie has relit the Take That fire and said: " ey are over the moon."
Gary Barlow, who performed live with Robbie for the rst time in 15 years on The X Factor on Sunday, admitted when they decided to see if Robbie could return to the group, it was all about the music.
He said: "First and foremost, we wanted to make a great album. We didn't think about touring or anything else like that."
It's the biggest album sale since Oasis's Be Here Now sold just over 424,000 on its first day in 1997. The Gallagher brothers' third album went on to sell almost 700,000 copies in a week.
And Progress's success even dwarfs singing phenomenon Susan Boyle's first day tally of 130,000 for I Dreamed A Dream, which went on to become the fastest-selling debut in the UK ever.
Official Charts Company boss Martin Talbot said: "This is a phenomenal achievement from an already phenomenally successful band."
Critics were sharpening the knives when their comeback single The Flood failed to go to No.1 on Sunday, stalling at No.2 behind Rihanna, but the fans were waiting for the album and Progress has had the best reviews of any Take That record.
It is the favourite to stay at the top of the charts at Christmas.
Earlier this month, ticket sales for next year's Progress tour broke all records to become the fastest and biggest selling tour in UK history with a total of 1.34million tickets sold, the first million going in just eight hours.
Between them, Take That and Robbie have sold more than 80million albums, played to 14.5million people live, won 19 BRIT Awards and ve Ivor Novello awards and scored 13 No.1 albums and a staggering 17 No.1 singles.
Progress is the first album Take That have released as a five-piece since 1995's Nobody Else.
It looks set to challenge the achievements of the last Take That album (as a four-piece), The Circus, which sold 1 million copies in just 18 days.
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