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Robin Charles Thicke (born March 10, 1977) is a R&B and soul singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and occasional ...

Robin Charles Thicke was born to vocalist Gloria Loring and Canadian entertainer Alan Thicke (best known for his role on the sitcom Growing Pains). At a young age, Thicke showed an interest in music and has often cited classic soul singers like Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder as his influences. At the ages of 12 and 13, Thicke was a guest actor on several episodes of The Wonder Years and Growing Pains (Such as the episode "Mom of the Year". He is the kid in the blue jacket with the ice cream cone). He decided to pursue a music career at the age of sixteen, Thicke became a friend to the president of Uptown Records, Andre Harrell, and struck a deal with the fledgling Nu America Records, a subsidiary of Interscope Records.

Thicke also penned a wide range of hits for pop artists such as Jordan Knight, writing and co-producing an extensive share of his self-titled album, Usher, Christina Aguilera, Mya, Brandy, Michael Jackson and Marc Anthony. In 2005 Thicke won his first Grammy award for his collaborations on Usher's 2004 release Confessions. He married actress Paula Patton in June 2005, who is pictured on the cover of his A Beautiful World album.

As an artist, he recorded and performed solely under his surname, Thicke. He would continue to do so until 2005.

In 2000, Robin, who simply went by his last name Thicke, went to work on material for his debut album, initially entitled Cherry Blue Skies. The album focused more on blue-eyed soul, than his pop-offerings for other artists.

In 2002, Robin Thicke released his debut single "When I Get You Alone". The track samples Walter Murphy's "A Fifth of Beethoven", which contains samples of a recording of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. The music video for the song features an unshaven Thicke, with long, grungy hair, as a night courier racing through the streets of Manhattan on a bicycle. It received some rotation on MTV2 and BET's Rated Next and was spun moderately on urban radio. Globally, however, "When I Get You Alone" became a chart success when it peaked within the top 20 in Australia, Belgium, and Italy, and reached the top ten of the singles charts in New Zealand and the top three in the Netherlands. The tune was featured for the soundtrack of Agent Cody Banks.

The moderate success was enough to signal the release of the album, with its name changed to A Beautiful World. Despite the release of a second single, "Brand New Jones", the album received very little promotion, and debuted at a low number 152 on the Billboard 200, eventually selling 63,000 copies domestically.[1]

The song "When I Get You Alone" was performed by runner-up Blake Lewis during the 2007 season of American Idol when the top 3 chose a song to sing. Lewis has often put Robin Thicke in his list of musical influences in interviews and on the American Idol website.

In 2005, Thicke got married to now wife Paula Patton. Thicke also performed as a guest on the remix of Will Smith's international hit, "Switch". After being signed to The Neptunes label, Star Trak, he began working on his second album entitled The Evolution of Robin Thicke. The first single, "Wanna Love U Girl", featured producer Pharrell and experienced chart success on urban radio in the United Kingdom. For the video, Thicke changed his appearance, cutting off his trademark long hair. In 2006, a remix version of the song was filmed with rapper Busta Rhymes.

Nearly a year after the single was released, the album was released on October 3, 2006. The Evolution of Robin Thicke includes songs with Lil Wayne and Faith Evans (on "Got 2 Be Down"), as well as Pharrell. To promote the album Thicke toured with India.Arie, and then opened for John Legend in late 2006.

His second single, the ballad "Lost Without U" began getting a lot of radio airplay in Urban & Rhythmic stations towards the end of 2006 and early 2007. He also sang it on Oprah and American Idol. With the assistance of radio airplay the song became his breakout hit, reaching as high as number fourteen on the Billboard Hot 100, and number one on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, the first caucasian artist to top that chart since George Michael.[2] The singer performed this popular single on Good Morning America in June. "Lost Without U" became Thicke's first number one hit on the R&B singles chart and he became the first white male artist since George Michael to top the chart. He appears in the music video of this single with his wife, actress Paula Patton. The video is currently on Big Ten rotation on MTV, where it is also a Discover and Download artist. The song has also been remixed by Boston's Termanology.

With album sales over 1.3 million copies sold domestically after the re-release as a Deluxe Edition (with three new bonus tracks) on February 13, 2007, The Evolution of Robin Thicke has become a commercial success in the United States. The album has currently peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 and number one on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart [1], garnering Thicke his first R&B number one album of his career. From February 24, 2007 to March 3, 2007 the single "Lost Without U" and album The Evolution of Robin Thicke simultaneously spent two consecutive weeks at number one on the R&B singles and albums charts respectively. On the March 3, 2007 issue of Billboard magazine, Thicke simultaneously topped four Billboard charts; Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, and Hot Adult R&B Airplay.

In March 2007, The Evolution of Robin Thicke was certified Platinum by the RIAA. Thicke and his record label Interscope soon considered potential tracks to be released as the album's next and third single. Thicke's preference was the track "Can U Believe", which has since peaked at number fifteen on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and at number ninety-nine on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [2] [3]

In April 2007, Thicke co-wrote a song with Mexican-American singer Angela Via called "Wrong For You", a single from Via's upcoming debut album Supergirl. He will also appear on 50 Cent's new album "Curtis" on a song called "Follow My Lead". The album was released on September 11, 2007. It's been announced that Thicke will be the opening act for Beyoncé's world wide tour, The Beyoncé Experience. [4] It is likely that he is slated to be performing during the North American leg of the tour only. Also he is planning a one off UK concert in London's Koko Arena on the 24th of September in 2007. Thicke is also currently working on his third studio album, which is reportedly "almost done". As of yet this new album does not have a known name or a release date.[3][4]

• 2003: A Beautiful World
• 2006: The Evolution of Robin Thicke
• 2008: TBA

Awards and nominations

Year Category Recording Result

BET Awards
2007 Best Male R&B Artist N/A Nominated
2007 Viewers' Choice Award "Lost Without U" Nominated

Soul Train Awards
2007 Best R&B/Soul Album, Male The Evolution of Robin Thicke Nominated

MTV Video Music Awards
2007 Male Artist of the Year "Can U Believe", "Lost Without U", "Wanna Love U Girl" Nominated

MOBO Awards
2007 Best Song "Lost Without U" Nominated American Music Awards
2007 Favorite Breakthrough Artist N/A Nominated

VH1 Soul/VIBE Awards
2007 Breakthrough Artist of the Year N/A Winner

References

1. ^ a b Artist Chart History - Robin Thicke Albums. Billboard. Retrieved on 2006-09-29.
2. ^ a b Artist Chart History - Robin Thicke Singles. Billboard.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-27.
3. ^ a b Thicke Penning New Songs As Current Set Sizzles. Billboard.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-04.
4. ^ a b Tour With Beyoncé and New Album. AHotCelebrityMess.com. Retrieved on 2006-05-23.

• Official Website
• Robin Thicke at TV.com
• Robin Thicke at the Internet Movie Database
• Thicke-Ness
• Official MySpace

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