Robbie: I WAS scared of Swift

Album delayed to surpass Beatles

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ROBBIE Williams has come clean and admitted he WAS running scared of Taylor Swift in the charts.

The star recently delayed the release of his new album Britpop until next February, shortly after Taylor announced her latest The Life Of A Showgirl would drop on the same day.

During a performance of Britpop at an intimate gig at London's Dingwalls, Rob revealed: “We had to make a decision because Taylor Swift - we are all pretending it's not about Taylor Swift but is f***ing is, isn't it?

"Here's the truth right, I want 16 No1 albums! Taylor decided to put her album out the same week as me and I thought, 'For f***'s sake.”

Rob tried to come up with ways around it because landing a 16th Nol would surpass greats like The Beatles, who have 15 chart toppers.