Formed in 1990, split up 1996, reformed in 2006 (without Robbie Williams, who left in 1995). In mid 2010 Williams finally rejoined the group as well.
Take That's dance-pop tunes and soulful ballads dominated the British charts in the first half of the 1990s. They released two of the best selling albums of the decade with "Everything Changes" (1993) and "Take That: Greatest Hits" (1996). According to the AMG Music Guides, "at this time [they] were giant superstars in Europe with the main question about them not being about whether they could get a hit single, but how many and which would make it to number one".
The band reformed with the exception of Robbie Williams in 2006 and released their first new single in 10 years: "Patience." Following the success of Patience they released the album "Beautiful World" which topped sales in 2006 & sold more than the current release by Robbie!
During 2007 Take That also wrote a song for the motion picture Stardust titled "Rule the World" which reached number 2 in the UK charts and went on to be the 5th biggest selling single of 2007. Meanwhile the "Beautiful World" album was the fourth biggest selling album of 2007.
The 2008 Brit Awards provided Take That with a Brit for "Best Live Act" for their "Beautiful World'"European tour and "Best British Single of The Year" For "Shine".
In late 2008, the group released their second album since their reunion entitled "The Circus" which made it to the Christmas number one spot in 2008. Plans of a summer UK tour "The Circus" are in full swing, the band have said that it is due to be, "The best tour yet."
In July 2010, it was confirmed that Robbie Williams had rejoined the band, and that they would be releasing new material together in late 2010.
From Wikipedia:Take That are an English pop band consisting of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams. Barlow acts as the group's main singer songwriter. Formed in Manchester in 1990, the band achieved major success as a five person boyband selling more than 25 million records between 1991?96 alone before disbanding. In 2005 the group reformed without Williams and achieved new success as a four-piece scoring a string of chart hits whilst taking the number of records sold to over 40 million worldwide. In total the band have had 22 top forty singles in the UK alone, 11 of which have reached #1 as well as having five number 1 albums.
Their dance-oriented pop tunes and soulful ballads dominated the UK charts in the first half of the 1990s, spawning two of the best selling albums of the decade with Everything Changes (which was nominated for the 1994 Mercury Prize) and Greatest Hits 1996, and according to Allmusic, "at this time were giant superstars in Europe with the main question about them not being about whether they could get a hit single, but how many and which would make it to number one". The band also won multiple BRIT Awards. Williams having left the band in 1995, the rest of Take That split up in 1996. However, after a 2005 documentary and the release of a new greatest hits album, they officially announced a 2006 reunion tour around the United Kingdom, entitled The Ultimate Tour. On 9 May 2006, it was announced that Take That were set to record their first studio album in over ten years, which was eventually released as Beautiful World. The band have released a second post-reunion studio album entitled The Circus and have completed their Circus Live tour 2009. In July 2010, it was confirmed that Robbie Williams had rejoined the band, and that they would be releasing new material together in late 2010 and also touring in mid 2011.