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take that in june 2011 gary barlow howard donald mark owen 1990 -- 96 2005 -- present bmg universal polydor interscope take that
 yes jason orange robbie williams group_or_band pop take 12 june 2011 4.jpg that & the pet shop boys , manchester manchester , england take that
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take that are an english pop group who formed in 1990 .
the group currently consists of gary barlow , howard donald , and mark owen .
the original line-up also featured jason orange and robbie williams .
barlow acts as the group 's lead singer and primary songwriter .
owen and williams would provide backing vocals , with donald and orange serving primarily as dancers .
the group have had 28 top 40 singles and 17 top 5 singles in the united kingdom , 12 of which have reached number 1 , as well as having seven number 1 albums .
internationally the band have had 56 number 1 singles and 37 number 1 albums .
they have received eight brit awards -- winning awards for best british group and best british live act .
robbie williams left the band in 1995 while the four remaining members completed their world tour and released a final single before splitting up in 1996 .
after filming a 2005 documentary about the group and releasing a new greatest hits album , a four-piece take that without williams officially announced a 2006 reunion tour around the uk , entitled the ultimate tour .
on 9 may 2006 , it was announced that the group were set to record new material together once again ; their fourth studio album , `` beautiful world '' , was released in 2006 and was followed up with `` the circus '' , in 2008 .
the group achieved new success as a four-piece , scoring a string of chart hits across the uk and europe while taking the number of records sold to 45 million worldwide .
williams rejoined take that in 2010 for the band 's sixth studio album , `` progress '' .
released on 15 november of that year , it was the first album of new material to feature take that 's original line-up since their 1995 album , `` nobody else '' .
it became the fastest selling album of the 21st century and the second fastest selling album in british history .
in 2014 the band recorded a seventh studio album , this time as a trio without williams and orange .
the album , titled `` iii '' , was released in november 2014 and became the band 's seventh number 1 .
it was preceded by the single `` these days '' , which became the band 's 12th number 1 single in the uk .
since 2011 , take that have set the new record for the fastest selling tour of all time in the uk with progress live , beating the previous record set by their in 2009 , won the 2011 brit award for best british group , and were named as amazon 's top-selling music artist of all time .
in 2012 , the band were announced by `` forbes '' as the fifth highest-earning music stars in the world .
in the same year , the official charts company revealed the biggest selling singles artists in british music chart history with take that currently placed at 15th overall , making them the most successful boy band in uk chart history with four of their albums listed in the best selling albums of the millennium .
