# Robbie Williams British \*Megastar\* - Why no love in the US?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 30, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-williams-british-megastar-why-no-love-in-the-us/172149 "2003-04-30T14:13:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-williams-british-megastar-why-no-love-in-the-us/172149/41 "2003-05-03T20:00:59Z")

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My theory as to why Robbie Williams isn’t as successful in the US is because of his aforementioned “Rock DJ” video. A lot of teenagers here have seen it, and I don’t know anyone who likes it. It’s so gross–I get the joke about it, but ugh.

That, and what **Mojo** said–his songs have fewer hooks. This may pass in the UK because of his built-in fan base, but as a new artist, he sounds average and same-y.

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