Robbie Nevil

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Robert S. "Robbie" Nevil (born October 2, 1958 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American pop singer , songwriter , producer and guitarist .

Career

Nevil's career began in the fall of 1986 with his self-named debut album. The single "C'est La Vie", which was released at the same time, brought him great success. By 1991 he released three solo albums, produced by Alex Sadkin and Phil Thornally in England . As a songwriter, he was also responsible for other projects.

In recent years he has written and produced for other artists. These included, for example, the high school musical soundtracks “The Start of Something New”, “We're All in This Together” and “I Can't Take My Eyes off of You”. He also co-wrote Vanity's hit single "Under the Influence" and the theme song for Hannah Montana . He also worked with the group The Cheetah Girls .

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1986 Robbie Nevil DE17 (14 weeks)
DE 		AT19 (6 weeks)
AT 		CH8 (12 weeks)
CH 		UK93 (1 week)
UK 		US37 (46 weeks)
US
First published: November 1986
1988 A place like this - - - - US118 (21 weeks)
US
First published: November 1988

more publishments

  • 1991: Day 1
  • 1998: The Best of
  • 1999: Wot's It To Ya: The Best Of

Singles (chart successes)

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1986 C'est la Vie
Robbie Nevil 		DE2 (14 weeks)
DE 		AT4 (10 weeks)
AT 		CH1 (10 weeks)
CH 		UK3 (13 weeks)
UK 		US2 (23 weeks)
US
First published: October 1986
1987 Dominoes
Robbie Nevil 		DE27 (11 weeks)
DE 		- CH17 (4 weeks)
CH 		UK26 (12 weeks)
UK 		US14 (16 weeks)
US
First published: January 1987
Wot's It To Ya
Robbie Nevil 		DE43 (6 weeks)
DE 		- - UK43 (8 weeks)
UK 		US10 (16 weeks)
US
First published: June 1987
1988 Back On Holiday
A Place Like This 		DE45 (8 weeks)
DE 		- CH28 (1 week)
CH 		- US34 (14 weeks)
US
First published: October 1988
1989 Somebody Like You
A Place Like This 		- - - - US63 (11 weeks)
US
First published: January 1989
1991 Just Like You
Day 1 		- - - - US25 (14 weeks)
US
First published: June 1991
For Your Mind
Day 1 		- - - - US86 (4 weeks)
US
First published: October 1991

swell

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US

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personal data
SURNAME Nevil, Robbie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nevil, Robert S.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer, songwriter, producer, and guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California