Robin Thicke comes from a truly Hollywood family. His dad is Canadian actor Alan Thicke, most well-known for his role as psychiatrist and father Dr. Jason Seaver on the ABC sitcom Growing Pains. His mother Gloria Loring is a charting musician and starred on the soap-opera Days of Our Lives for several seasons in the 1980s. Together his parents also composed theme songs for two popular 80's sitcoms, Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life. Thicke was raised in Beverly Hills, but his star parents split-up when he was only seven.
Well-known R&B artist Brian McKnight was the first to discover Robin Thicke's soulful voice when he popped in a demo tape that the young Thicke recorded when he was only 14 years old. According to Thicke, his peers during these early years teasingly branded him Brian McWhite. After hearing the demo McKnight mentored Thicke, and a friendship with Bad Boy Entertainment head Andre Harrell helped him score a record deal with Interscope Records by 16. He got his feet wet writing songs for artists like Brandy, Christina Aguilera and Jordan Knight.
In 2005 Robin received his first Grammy Award for his work on Usher's 2004 album Confessions. The album earned three awards: Best Contemporary R&B Album, Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal (for "My Boo") and Best Rap/Song Collaboration (for "Yeah!") and Robin is recognized for his production on the track "Can U Handle It?" He continues writing and producing, churning out tracks for megastars like Michael Jackson, Pink and Marc Antony. By age 21 he had penned songs on over 20 gold and platinum-selling albums.
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