Not even fans are buying Robin Thicke's apology album to estrange wife Paula Patton.
Thicke's album "Paula" failed to impress fans in Australia with only 54 copies sold in its first week, according to a report by News.com.au. The R&B singer's latest album did not even place in the country's Aria top 500 Chart.
"Paula" hit the Official UK Chart at #200 with only 530 copies sold during opening week. The album only sold 25,000 copies in its debut week in the United States, according to Billboard Magazine. Thicke's "Get Her Back" single peaked at #82 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #25 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
The numbers are a far cry from Thicke's "Blurred Lines" album, which sold over 177,000 copies when it debuted in July. "Blurred Lines" was the No. 1 song of 2013, selling 7 million tracks.
"Paula" is a collection of love songs directed at the singer's estranged wife. Thicke and Patton separated in February after nine years together.
"In some ways Robin Thicke had an incredible year in 2013 ... but I think there can be a downside to that fame overload. You can be too famous, too big," Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone senior editor, said. "There was a backlash to 'Blurred Lines,' and I think we're really seeing the aftermath of that backlash play out."
He added: "Last year 'Blurred Lines' walked a really careful line between making people dance and creeping them out; the way he sort of sang about pushing boundaries of women made a lot of people really uncomfortable. And I think unfortunately his new album has only made that impression worse."
