Robin Thicke was born March 10, 1977. He is an American Grammy Award winning R&B and pop singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and occasional actor as well. He is the son of soap-opera actress/vocalist Gloria Loring and Canadian actor, songwriter and game show host, Alan Thicke. Robin performed solely using his surname, Thicke, until 2005. He is currently married to actress Paula Patton.
In 2000 Thicke went to work on his debut album, entitled Cherry Blue Skies. The album focused more on blue-eyed soul, than his pop-offerings for other artists. Mixing in influences from British funk Jamiroquai and, Canadian neo-soul singer, Remy Shand, the album was tipped for huge things and to be released in the fall of 2002. Later in 2002 Thicke released “When I Get You Alone”. The track sampling Walter Murphy’s “A Fifth of Beethoven”, which itself sampled Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. The video was unlike anything out around at that time. It featured Thicke, with long, grungy hair, as a courier racing through the streets of Manhattan of a bicycle. Rotation on MTV 2 and BET’s “Rated Next” and was spun moderately on urban radio. On the Hot 100, it reached #29 quickly, before falling out the chart just as fast. Globally, the song was popular, peaking at #17 in Australia, #15 in Belgium, #15 in Italy, #8 in New Zealand and #5 in the Netherlands. The success was enough to signal the re-release of the album, with its name changed to A Beautiful World, with a few extra songs. It received very little promotion, despite the release of a second single “Brand New Jones”. The album debuted at #152 in the Billboard 200 and sold a mere 59,000 copies. Whilst the album did not sell well, it’s received well by some critics and peers, such as Trevor Nelson and Lil’ Wayne as well as many fans.
In 2000 Thicke went to work on his debut album, entitled Cherry Blue Skies. The album focused more on blue-eyed soul, than his pop-offerings for other artists. Mixing in influences from British funk Jamiroquai and, Canadian neo-soul singer, Remy Shand, the album was tipped for huge things and to be released in the fall of 2002. Later in 2002 Thicke released “When I Get You Alone”. The track sampling Walter Murphy’s “A Fifth of Beethoven”, which itself sampled Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. The video was unlike anything out around at that time. It featured Thicke, with long, grungy hair, as a courier racing through the streets of Manhattan of a bicycle. Rotation on MTV 2 and BET’s “Rated Next” and was spun moderately on urban radio. On the Hot 100, it reached #29 quickly, before falling out the chart just as fast. Globally, the song was popular, peaking at #17 in Australia, #15 in Belgium, #15 in Italy, #8 in New Zealand and #5 in the Netherlands. The success was enough to signal the re-release of the album, with its name changed to A Beautiful World, with a few extra songs. It received very little promotion, despite the release of a second single “Brand New Jones”. The album debuted at #152 in the Billboard 200 and sold a mere 59,000 copies. Whilst the album did not sell well, it’s received well by some critics and peers, such as Trevor Nelson and Lil’ Wayne as well as many fans.
