The son of Growing Pains actor Alan Thicke and Days of Our Lives actress Gloria Loring, R&B singer Robin Thicke was born in Los Angeles, California on March 10, 1977. After signing a contract with Interscope Records he worked with artists such as Christina Aguilera, Marc Anthony, Jordan Knight and Usher, before embarking on a solo singing career. He released a debut album, Cherry Blue Skies, in 2002, that was re-released as A Beautiful World in 2003, but made little impact in the US. He signed to Pharrell William's Star Trak label and began work on 2006âs The Evolution of Robin Thicke, which went platinum and hit the top 5 on the Billboard 200. The second single from the album, âLost Without Uâ, gave him his first U.S. chart hit, making it to Number 14. 2008âs Something Else, featured the singles âMagicâ and âThe Sweetest Loveâ, which both hit number 2 on the Adult R&B chart. His fourth album, Sex Therapy, was released at the end of 2009 and featured the Polow da Don-produced single of the same name. He had an Adult R&B Number 1 with the title track to 201âs Love After War, but it would be the title track of 2013âs Blurred Lines that would forever alter Robin Thickeâs career. The song was a was a worldwide smash, topping the pop charts in dozens of countries, but he and the songâs co-writers and producers were sued by the estate of Marvin Gaye for plagiarizing that Motown legendâs 1977 song âGot to Give It Upâ. The case was eventually settled out of court. After 2014âs Paula, he stayed quiet for a few years, occasionally releasing a single. It would be 2021 before he released his next LP, On Earth, and in Heaven, which featured his fifth Number 1 Adult R&B hit, âThatâs What Love Can Doâ.
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