Robin Thicke Scores His First US Number One Album With Blurred Lines

Robin Thicke has landed his first ever Billboard 200 number one (WENN) His previous record was set by his 2008 album Something Else, which debuted at No. 3 with 137,000. The sales of Blurred Lines have no doubt been boosted by his smash hit summer single, also called Blurred Lines, featuring Pharrell Williams and rapper T.I. But unfortunately for the 36-year-old, he has probably spent most of the summer defending the single's video than enjoying its success! The video was slammed by women's rights activists who accused Thicke of objectifying women with the raunchy video and the lyrics. But he hit back and claimed the lyrics are “a feminist movement within itself” explaining the track was meant to stir up a debate about the relationships between women and men. Appearing on America's The Today Show the star, who said he ran the video past his wife before making it, said: "When we made the song, we had nothing but the most respect for women and - my wife, I've been with the same woman since I was a teenager." He later told GQ magazine that he, Pharrell and T.I (real name Clifford Joseph Harris) were the "perfect guys to make this" because they are all "happily married". He said: "We tried to do everything that was taboo.... everything that is completely derogatory towards women. "Because all three of us are happily married with children, we were like, 'We're the perfect guys to make fun of this.'" Watch the CLEAN version of the video below
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