Robin Thicke’s ‘Paula’ Album Fails to Woo Wife or More Than 530 People in the UK

Dismal opening week performance for the singer’s tribute to his estranged wife is just 2 percent of “Blurred Lines” first week sales

Paula Patton, Robin Thicke
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Was “Blurred Lines” really that much of an anomaly? Robin Thicke‘s follow-up album, “Paula,” had the dubious honor of hitting the Official UK Chart at #200, with a paltry 530 copies sold in its opening week. It didn’t fare much better in the US, where it sold 25,000 copies in its first week.

Also read: Robin Thicke: Paula Patton Hasn’t Listened To Full ‘Paula’ Album

Compare that to “Blurred Lines,” which sold 25,981 in its first week in the UK, and 177,000 in the U.S. In the U.S., Thicke’s sales were was just 14 percent of “Blurred Lines’” first week, while it was even worse in the UK at only 2 percent.

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