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Robert Kelly Thomas was born on a military base in Germany on February
14, 1972, he spent much of his childhood between his mother's house in
Florida and his grandmother's place in South Carolina. At the age 17,
after quitting high school and eventually settling in the Orlando, Florida
area, the singer + songwriter teamed with Paul Douchette and Brian Yale;
they began playing music together as Tabitha's Secret; in 1996 the guys
formed Matchbox 20, the band became
one of the most popular Alternative-Rock acts of the recent years, with
over 25 million albums sold worlwide.
During 1999, Thomas, had an unexpected success with the song "Smooth",
taken from the multi-platinum Santana album
"Supernatural", the track co-written and sung by Rob Thomas,
won three Grammys: Song Of The Year, Record Of The Year and Best Pop Collaboration
With Vocals.
April 2005 saw the release of "...Something To Be", his eagerly
anticipated debut solo album which made history as the first album by
a male artist from a Rock or Pop group to debut at #1 on The Billboard
200 since the chart was launched 50 years earlier. The album was a worldwide
hit peaking at #2 in Canada and #3 in Great Britain. The disc included
the Adult Contemporary #1 single "Lonely No More", it also peaked
at #6 on The Billboard Hot 100 and was followed by three more Hot Adult
Top 40 radio smashes: "This Is How A Heart Breaks", "Ever
The Same" and "Streetcorner Symphony".
Thomas returned to the Hot Adult Top 40 chart at the start of 2007 with
"Little Wonders", a single featured in the film "Meet The
Robinsons" and in the fall he released a new record with Matchbox
20.
In June 2009, arguably the most accomplished singer + songwriter of his
generation, released his sophomore solo studio effort called "Cradlesong",
the disc debuted at #3 on The Billboard 200 and quickly bulleted into
the top 10 of the Canadian Albums charts. The first single off the CD,
the mid-tempo track entitled "Her Diamonds", hit #23 on The
Billboard Hot 100.
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