History Music / RobinThicke

* AdamWesting: In his 2016 appearance on ''Series/TheRealHusbandsOfHollywood'', he parodies the troubles his career went through in 2014.
* BiggerIsBetterInBed: The unrated version of the music video of "Blurred Lines" features the words "Robin Thicke has a big dick" made from balloons.

Things changed in 2013 when he released "Blurred Lines", the lead single to his sixth album of the same name. The song became one of the best-selling singles in history, while its music video quickly went viral, amidst considerable controversy for its content. This culminated in an infamous performance at the [=2013 VMAs=] with Music/MileyCyrus. The song gained further controversy when the family and estate of the late Music/MarvinGaye and music publisher Bridgeport Music successfully sued Thicke and co-writer/co-performer PharrellWilliams for copyright infringement towards Gaye's 1977 song "Got to Give It Up", which led to Gaye's family earning US$7.4 million (though later lowered to US$5.3 million) in damages and Gaye receiving a songwriting credit.

Things changed in 2013, when he released "Blurred Lines", the lead single to his sixth album of the same name. The song became one of the best-selling singles in history, while its music video quickly went viral, amidst considerable controversy for its content. This culminated in a (in)famous performance at the [=2013 VMAs=] with Music/MileyCyrus.

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Things changed in 2013, when he released "Blurred Lines", the lead single to his sixth album of the same name. The song became one of the best-selling singles in history, while its music video quickly went viral, admist considerable controversy for its content. This culminated in a (in)famous performance at the [=2013 VMAs=] with Music/MileyCyrus.

Robin Alan Thicke (born March 10, 1977) is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter and producer. He is the son of Canadian actor Creator/AlanThicke and American singer and actress Gloria Loring.

Robin Charles Thicke (born March 10, 1977) is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter and producer. He is the son of Canadian actor Creator/AlanThicke and American singer and actress Gloria Loring.

Robin Alan Thicke (born March 10, 1977) is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter and producer. He is the son of Canadian actor Creator/AlanThicke and American singer and actress Gloria Loring.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: From "Blurred Lines": ''" You wanna hug me? [[ClusterFBomb What]] rhymes with 'hug me'?"''

''"I know you want it..."'', "'''[[IntercourseWithYou Blurred Lines]]'''"

Following this, however, his life soon became embroiled in drama. In 2014, he divorced from his wife of 21 years, Paula Patton, who alleged he had a reputation for infidelity, drug, and physical abuse. The rest of the year was tumultuous; he was heckled on Twitter, the estate of Music/MarvinGaye filed a lawsuit, alleging that "Blurred Lines" ripped off Gaye's song "Got To Give It Up", which controversially resulted in him being forced to pay $7.4 million to the estate, and his seventh album, ''Paula'', in part a tribute to his ex-wife, became an embarrassment to him and one of the worst critical and commerical flops of the entire decade in music. The year's events caused him to take a brief hiatus from music.

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Robin Alan Thicke (born March 10, 1977) is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter and producer.

A son of the late Creator/AlanThicke, he got his start in the music industry as a songwriter, working with the likes of Music/LilWayne and Music/{{Usher}}, among others. In 2002, he released his debut single, "When I Get You Alone", and a year later, his first album, ''A Beautiful World''. Although it and his following albums were successful, he remained obscure.

Robin Alan Thicke (born March 10, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter and producer.

Robin Alan Thicke (born March 10, 1977) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter and producer.

Following this, however, his life soon became embroiled in drama. In 2014, he divorced from his wife of 21 years, Paula Patton, who alleged he had a reputation for infidelity, drug, and physical abuse. The rest of the year was tumultuous; he was heckled on Twitter, the estate of Music/MarvinGaye filed a lawsuit, alleging that "Blurred Lines" ripped off Gaye's song "Got To Give It Up", which controversially resulted in him being forced to pay $7.4 million to the estate, and his seventh album, ''Paula'', in part a tribute to his ex-wife, became an embarrassment to him. The year's events caused him to take a brief hiatus from music.

Robin Charles Thicke (born March 10, 1977) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter and producer.

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* AWildRapperAppears: Music/{{TI}} in "Blurred Lines", Music/KendrickLamar and Music/TwoChainz in "Give It 2 U", and Music/NickiMinaj in "Back Together".

A son of the late Creator/AlanThicke, he got his start in the music industry as a songwriter for other artists. In 2002, he released his debut single, "When I Get You Alone", and a year later, his first album, ''A Beautiful World''. Although it and his following albums were successful, he remained obscure, known more for his writing and production for other artists, like Music/LilWayne and Music/{{Usher}}, among others.

The son of the late Creator/AlanThicke, he got his start in the music industry as a songwriter for other artists. In 2002, he released his debut single, "When I Get You Alone", and a year later, his first album, ''A Beautiful World''. Although it and his following albums were successful, he remained obscure, known more for his writing and production for other artists, like Music/LilWayne and Music/{{Usher}}, among others.

The son of Creator/AlanThicke, he got his start in the music industry as a songwriter for other artists. In 2002, he released his debut single, "When I Get You Alone", and a year later, his first album, ''A Beautiful World''. Although it and his following albums were successful, he remained obscure, known more for his writing and production for other artists, like Music/LilWayne and Music/{{Usher}}, among others.

Following this, however, his life soon became embroiled in drama. In 2014, he divorced from his wife of 21 years, Paula Patton, who alleged he had a reputation for infidelity, drug, and physical abuse. The rest of the year was tumultuous; he was heckled on Twitter, the estate of Music/MarvinGaye filed a lawsuit, alleging that "Blurred Lines" ripped off Gaye's song "Got To Give It Up", which controversially in him being forced to pay $7.4 million to the estate, and his seventh album, ''Paula'', in part a tribute to his ex-wife, became an embarrassment to him. The year's events caused him to take a brief hiatus from music.

* BiggerIsBetterInBed: The unrated version of the music video of Creator/RobinThicke's song "Blurred Lines" features the words "Robin Thicke has a big dick" made from balloons.