Robin Thicke

Robin Thicke (2019)

Robin Charles Thicke (* 10. March 1977 in Los Angeles , California ) is an US-American - Canadian R & B - singer , songwriter and actor .

biography

childhood

Robin Thicke was born in Los Angeles in March 1977 as the second child of the Canadian actor and songwriter Alan Thicke and the American singer and soap actress Gloria Loring . Influenced by the careers of both parents, he already had guest appearances at the age of twelve in television series such as the 1960s drama Wonderful Years or the sitcom Our Loud Home . Although both father and mother supported him in his plan, Thicke decided a little later to turn away from acting. At 16, he finally met André Hall, the chairman of Interscope Records , who Thicke offered a record deal with the Nu America Records sub-label. Although he first time in 1996 on the soundtrack to Demi Moore film Striptease be heard, however, he set out in the following years, primarily as a songwriter for Brandy , Michael Jackson , Mýa , Usher , Pink , Christina Aguilera or Mary J. Blige a name .

Private

At the age of 14, Thicke met Paula Patton , who was around a year older and is now a well-known actress. The two had been married since 2005 and have had a son since April 6, 2010. On February 24, 2014, the couple announced their separation. Patton filed for divorce on October 9, 2014, which ended in March 2015. Two months later, Thicke appeared in public for the first time at the Cannes International Film Festival with his new partner April Love Geary (* 1994). In February 2018, the two parents of their first daughter Mia. In August 2018, April Love Geary published an ultrasound image of their second child who was born in late February 2019. In December 2016, Thicke's father died, in November 2018 his villa burned down in Malibu in California in a forest fire .

Music career

Thicke (2008)

In 2000 Thicke finally began recording his debut album Cherry Blue Skies . Two years later, when I Get You Alone was released in June 2002, the first single from the neo-soul- inspired long player was released. The song, based on Beethoven's 5th Symphony , developed into a global chart success and reached number 29 in the USA and number 17 in Australia. In the course of the success, Interscope and Nu America Records decided to re-release the album, which was finally released again in 2003 under the name A Beautiful World - including some new recordings. Despite a second single ( Brand New Jones ), the album was hardly commercially successful.

After further collaborations with Will Smith and rapper Lil Wayne , Thicke finally moved from Nu America to Pharrell Williams ' Star Trak Records in 2005 . From the joint studio time with Williams and co-producer Chad Hugo, the single Wanna Love U Girl emerged in the same year . Although the mid-tempo track was initially only released in English-speaking countries and was only successful on radio air, it was even released a second time as a remix with Busta Rhymes the following year .

Thicke's second album The Evolution of Robin Thicke was released on October 3, 2006 in North America . The record has sold more than 900,000 copies so far and helped Thicke to achieve a commercial breakthrough in Australia. In the dance film Stomp the Yard , released in mid-2007, alongside Ne-Yo , he can be seen again as an actor for the first time. He can be heard in a song on the album Curtis des rapper 50 Cent . On the soundtrack to the film Valentine's Day he can be heard together with the singer Leighton Meester in the song Somebody to Love .

In 2013, Thicke released Blurred Lines , which he co- wrote and produced with Pharrell Williams . Blurred Lines, in German: blurry borders, refers to sex with a drunk who is consensual from the singers' point of view, but in view of the very harsh and rough description clearly indicates sexual abuse. Many musicians then criticized both Thicke and the rest of the music industry for sexism and the frequent portrayal of women as sex objects. Despite this criticism, the single developed into his most commercially successful hit to date and reached number 1 in the charts in Germany , Switzerland and Great Britain . The success of the single is due, among other things, to the fact that the song was used for a Beats by Dr. Dre was used. The accompanying music video also caused a stir due to the freedom of movement of the female protagonists. In March 2015, however, an American court ruled that the song was largely a plagiarism of Got to Give It Up by Marvin Gaye , to whose heirs Thicke and Williams had to pay a total of 7.4 million dollars.

In July 2014, the album Paula was released , which Thicke dedicated to his ex-wife Paula Patton. In the UK, however, the album was sold just under 500 times in the first week of sales, in Australia just under 160 times, and in the USA the album sold a total of just under 25,000 times.

Since January 2019, Thicke has been a juror for the US version of The Masked Singer .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2003	A beautiful world	-	-	-	-	US152 (1 week) US	First published: April 15, 2003
2006	The Evolution of Robin Thicke	-	-	-	UK30 (3 weeks) UK	US5 platinum (56 weeks)US	First published: October 3, 2006
2008	Something Else	-	-	CH65 (1 week) CH	UK83 (1 week) UK	US3 (28 weeks) US	First published: September 26, 2008
2009	Sex Therapy	-	-	-	-	US9 (28 weeks) US	First published: December 15, 2009
2011	Love After War	-	-	-	-	US22 (11 weeks) US	First published: December 6, 2011
2013	blurred lines	DE2 (10 weeks) DE	AT5 platinum (9 weeks)AT	CH1 gold (13 weeks)CH	UK1 gold (23 weeks)UK	US1 (36 weeks) US	First published: July 5, 2013
2014	Paula	-	-	CH63 (2 weeks) CH	-	US9 (5 weeks) US	First published: July 1, 2014

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2003	When I Get You Alone A Beautiful World	DE55 (7 weeks) DE	AT60 (5 weeks) AT	CH62 (12 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: April 7, 2003
2006	Lost Without U The Evolution of Robin Thicke	-	-	-	UK11 (9 weeks) UK	US14th platinum (23 weeks)US	First published: October 2006
2007	Can U Believe The Evolution of Robin Thicke	-	-	-	-	US99 (2 weeks) US	First published: March 2007
2008	Magic Something Else	-	-	CH64 (3 weeks) CH	UK95 (1 week) UK	US59 (17 weeks) US	First published: May 20, 2008
2009	Sex Therapy Sex Therapy	-	-	-	-	US54 (19 weeks) US	First published: October 20, 2009
2013	Blurred Lines Blurred Lines	DE1 diamond (55 weeks)DE	AT1 platinum (42 weeks)AT	CH1 × 3 Triple platinum (47 weeks)CH	UK1 × 3 Triple platinum (63 weeks)UK	US1 diamond (48 weeks)US	First published: March 26, 2013 ( feat.TI & Pharrell Williams )
	Give It 2 ​​U Blurred Lines	DE36 (12 weeks) DE	AT62 (2 weeks) AT	-	UK15 (12 weeks) UK	US25 (10 weeks) US	First published: August 9, 2013 ( feat.Kendrick Lamar ; remix with 2 Chainz )
2014	Get Her Back Paula	-	-	-	-	US82 (1 week) US	First published: May 19, 2014

More singles

• 2003: Brand New Jones
• 2005: Wanna Love You Girl (feat. Pharrell Williams )
• 2007: Got 2 Be Down (feat. Faith Evans )
• 2008: The Sweetest Love
• 2009: Dreamworld
• 2010: Rollacoasta (feat. Estelle )
• 2010: It's in the Mornin ' ( feat.Snoop Dogg )
• 2011: Shakin 'It 4 Daddy (feat. Nicki Minaj )
• 2011: Love After War
• 2011: Pretty Lil 'Heart (feat.Lil Wayne)
• 2012: All Tied Up
• 2012: Exhale (Shoop Shoop)
• 2013: For the Rest of My Life
• 2013: Feel Good
• 2015: Morning Sun
• 2015: Back Together ( feat.Nicki Minaj )
• 2016: Deep (with Nas )
• 2016: One Shot (with Juicy J )
• 2018: Testify

Chart placements as a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2014	Calling All Hearts Paradise Royale	-	-	-	UK6 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 20, 2014 ( DJ Cassidy feat. Robin Thicke & Jessie J )
2015	I Don't Like It, I Love It My House	DE19th gold (23 weeks)DE	AT7 (18 weeks) AT	CH25 (15 weeks) CH	UK7th gold (20 weeks)UK	US43 platinum (14 weeks)US	First published: March 31, 2015 ( Flo Rida feat. Robin Thicke & Verdine White )

Further guest contributions

• 2006: Shooter (with Lil Wayne )
• 2009: Lay Back (with Rick Ross )
• 2009: Somebody to Love (with Leighton Meester )
• 2010: Fall Again (with Kenny G )

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 2003: for the single When I Get You Alone 2014: for the single Give It 2 ​​U  France 2013: for the album Blurred Lines  Italy 2016: for the single Back Together  Canada 2014: for the album Blurred Lines  Mexico 2014: for the album Blurred Lines  Poland 2014: for the album Blurred Lines

Platinum record  Australia 2015: for the single I Don't Like It, I Love It  Belgium 2013: for the single Blurred Lines  Denmark 2013: for the single Blurred Lines 2015: for the single I Don't Like It, I Love It  Italy 2016: for the single I Don't Like It, I Love It  United States 2007: for the mastertone Lost Without You 2 × platinum record  Norway 2013: for the single Blurred Lines  Sweden 2013: for the single Blurred Lines

3 × platinum record  Mexico 2014: for the single Blurred Lines  Norway 2013: for streaming blurred lines 4 × platinum record  Denmark 2014: for streaming blurred lines  Italy 2014: for the single Blurred Lines 9 × platinum record  Australia 2014: for the single Blurred Lines  Canada 2014: for the single Blurred Lines Diamond record  France 2013: for the single Blurred Lines

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	2 × gold2	10 × platinum10	-	770,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	platinum1	-	30,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	6 × platinum6th	-	90,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	gold1	-	diamond1	1,200,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	gold1	-	diamond1	300,000	snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	gold1	5 × platinum5	-	195,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	gold1	9 × platinum9	-	760,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	gold1	3 × platinum3	-	210,000	amprofon.com.mx
Norway (IFPI)	-	5 × platinum5	-	20,000	ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI)	-	2 × platinum2	-	45,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	gold1	-	-	10,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Sweden (IFPI)	-	2 × platinum2	-	80,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold1	3 × platinum3	-	105,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	-	4 × platinum4th	diamond1	14,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	-	2,300,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	11 × gold11	53 × platinum53	3 × diamond3

Filmography (selection)

• 1988–1989: Our Loud Home ( Growing Pains , TV series, 3 episodes)
• 1989: The Wonder Years ( The Wonder Years , television series, 2 episodes)
• 2014: Abby in the Summer

swell

1. ↑ Robin Thicke Biography. Retrieved September 21, 2015 . 
2. ↑ tz.de : Robin Thicke: Woman files for divorce , accessed on October 14, 2014
3. ↑ April Love Geary in the Internet Movie Database (English)
4. ↑ Robin Thicke and girlfriend are expecting their second child. Echo online . August 22, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
5. ↑ Bayern3.de: mansions of the stars burned down
6. ^ Dorian Lynskey: Blurred Lines: the most controversial song of the decade . In: The Guardian . November 13, 2013, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed August 30, 2019]).
7. ↑ 'Blurred Lines' Banned By YouTube As Robin Thicke's Video Features Nude Models . 
8. ↑ Marc Vetter: Rolling Stone : Verzockt: Robin Thicke goes swimming with his new album "Paula" - only 530 records sold in the first week
9. ↑ Mikael Wood: Every singer wants a hit. Robin Thicke's nearly destroyed him. In: Los Angeles Times . December 5, 2019, accessed on July 13, 2020 . 
10. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US

Web links

Commons : Robin Thicke  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Robin Thicke at the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official website of Robin Thicke