Robin Alan Thicke was born on March 10,1977 and is an American singer, songwriter and record producer.
60 Facts About Robin Thicke
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Robin Thicke is currently a judge on the Fox musical competition show The Masked Singer.
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Robin Thicke was born in Los Angeles, California, on March 10,1977.
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Robin Thicke's parents are American actress-singer Gloria Loring, who appeared on the NBC daytime drama Days of Our Lives, and Canadian actor Alan Thicke, known for his role on the TV sitcom Growing Pains.
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Robin Thicke has an older brother, Brennan, who worked as a voice actor and voiced the titular character on the Dennis the Menace cartoon, and a younger half-brother, Carter.
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Robin Thicke appeared in small roles on The Wonder Years, The New Lassie, Just the Ten of Us and several episodes of Growing Pains.
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Robin Thicke's parents were supportive of his musical inclinations; his father helped him to write and structure his first songs.
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Robin Thicke was signed to McKnight's production company; "Anyway", a song co-written with Robin Thicke, was featured on McKnight's second album I Remember You.
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Robin Thicke later joined a hip hop duo with future Beverly Hills 90210 actor Brian Austin Green.
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Robin Thicke moved out on his own at the age of 17, during his senior year of high school, earning a living and supporting himself as a professional record producer and songwriter.
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Robin Thicke has noted that while his parents did not attempt to dissuade him from his desire to be in the music industry, their own experience with the nature of the entertainment business made them leery in the beginning.
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Robin Thicke co-wrote the song "When You Put Your Hands on Me" for Christina Aguilera's debut album and co-wrote and produced three songs for Mya's sophomore release, Fear of Flying.
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In 1999, Robin Thicke co-wrote the song "Fall Again" with Walter Afanasieff, which was intended to be a track on Michael Jackson's 2001 album Invincible, but it failed to be presented as a completed song.
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At the age of 22, after an involvement with Tommy Mottola and Epic Records following the end of his first deal with Interscope, Robin Thicke resolved himself to work chiefly on material for his debut album, initially titled Cherry Blue Skies, planning to use his own money to fund the project.
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In 2002, Robin Thicke released his debut single "When I Get You Alone".
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On March 23,2007, The Evolution of Robin Thicke was certified Platinum by the RIAA.
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In late 2007, Robin Thicke finished promotion for the album as the featured opening act for the North American leg of Beyonce's US tour, The Beyonce Experience.
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Robin Thicke performed a one-off UK concert at KOKO in London on September 24,2007.
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Robin Thicke released his third solo album, titled Something Else, on September 30,2008.
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Robin Thicke appeared on an episode of ABC's The Bachelor to perform "Magic" and "The Sweetest Love" for the remaining female contestants.
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Robin Thicke wrote and produced a track for the movie Precious in which his wife Paula Patton starred, though it did not appear on the soundtrack and remains unreleased.
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Robin Thicke co-headlined a US tour with Jennifer Hudson, which began March 31,2009, in Albany, New York, and wrapped up 25 shows later in Biloxi, Mississippi.
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At the start of the tour, Robin Thicke released "Dreamworld" as the official third single from Something Else.
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Robin Thicke told MTV he hoped to have Lil Wayne on the album.
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Robin Thicke pointed out that he was featured on Lil Wayne's last two albums, and Lil Wayne was on his last two albums.
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Robin Thicke appeared on ABC's New Year's Rockin' Eve on January 1,2010, and performed three songs in Las Vegas, in a pre-recorded segment.
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On February 5,2010, Robin Thicke participated in BET's SOS Saving Ourselves: Help For Haiti telethon concert, held in response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
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Later that year, Robin Thicke released his fifth studio album, Love After War, on December 6,2011.
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The music video features his wife Paula Patton and consists of Robin Thicke making up with his wife after a fight.
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In July 2012, Robin Thicke made his feature film debut starring alongside Jaime Pressly in Jimbo Lee's Abby in the Summer, produced by Gabriel Cowan, John Suits, Dallas Sonnier and Jack Heller.
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Robin Thicke served as a judge on the ABC television show Duets which premiered May 24,2012, and which featured John Legend, Jennifer Nettles, and Kelly Clarkson.
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Robin Thicke said he had received the approval of his wife Paula Patton before shooting the video.
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Robin Thicke was unable to rejoin the cast for the shooting of the second season, opting instead to focus on his music.
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Robin Thicke received twice as many votes as the poll's runner up, Prime Minister David Cameron.
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On January 26,2014, Robin Thicke performed live with Chicago at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, celebrating the induction of Chicago's debut album, The Chicago Transit Authority, into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
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In February 2014, Robin Thicke collaborated with DJ Cassidy and British singer Jessie J to record Calling All Hearts.
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In June 2014, Robin Thicke announced that his next album would be called Paula, dedicated to his estranged wife, Paula Patton.
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Robin Thicke debuted the song on the same day with a performance at the Billboard Music Awards where he won four awards for "Blurred Lines".
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Robin Thicke appeared on the season finale of The Voice singing "Get Her Back" with finalist Josh Kaufman.
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Robin Thicke then performed the song "Forever Love" at the BET Awards 2014.
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Robin Thicke rejoined the cast of Real Husbands of Hollywood in 2016 for its fifth season.
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In January 2019, Robin Thicke began appearing as a panelist on the reality competition series The Masked Singer.
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Robin Thicke has drawn influence from a variety of artists including James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Sting, Prince, Alanis Morissette, The Beatles, John Lennon, Bob Marley and Michael Jackson.
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Robin Thicke has said that he considers himself a soulful singer but does not like his music being described as "blue-eyed soul", finding the term too pigeonholing.
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Robin Thicke began his career by writing and producing songs for popular artists.
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Robin Thicke co-wrote and produced the Color Me Badd song "Sexual Capacity" in 1996.
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Robin Thicke co-wrote on the self-titled debut album by Christina Aguilera, which sold 17 million copies worldwide.
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In 2004, Robin Thicke co-wrote and produced "Out With My Baby" with Guy Sebastian, along with being credited for work on two additional songs from Sebastian's second album, Beautiful Life.
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Robin Thicke co-wrote and produced the song "Tie My Hands" on Lil' Wayne's multi-platinum selling album Tha Carter III which went on to win Best Rap Album.
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In total, albums on which Robin Thicke has been credited for his work have sold over 60 million copies worldwide.
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Robin Thicke often enlists veteran session guitarist and songwriter Bobby Keyes as well as keyboardist and music director Larry Cox to contribute to his projects.
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In 2005, Robin Thicke performed as a guest on the remix of Will Smith's song "Switch".
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In 2007, Robin Thicke appeared on 50 Cent's album Curtis on a song called "Follow My Lead".
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Robin Thicke was featured along with a number of his contemporaries on the 2010 release Q Soul Bossa Nostra, an album in tribute to famed composer and music producer Quincy Jones, which consisted of reinterpretations of Jones' work.
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In 2014, Robin Thicke joined Jessie J on the DJ Cassidy produced song "Calling All Hearts".
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Robin Thicke was featured along with bassist Verdine White on Flo Rida's "I Don't Like It, I Love It" in 2015 which found success on several international charts and peaked among the top 10 singles in seven countries.
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At age 14, Robin Thicke first met actress Paula Patton, who was then 15, in 1991 at an under-21 hip-hop club called Balistyx on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, when he asked her to dance.
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Robin Thicke was present for Usher's engagement to Tameka Foster, serenading the couple with his song "The Stupid Things" as Usher proposed among family and friends.
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On November 10,2018, Geary revealed in an Instagram story she and Robin Thicke had lost their Malibu home to the Woolsey wildfire that had been consuming the area.
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In early October 2021, fragments from Ratajkowski's forthcoming book, My Body, were leaked online, where the model allegedly claimed that Robin Thicke groped her breasts without her consent in 2013 during the filming of the music video for the song "Blurred Lines".