Fans join the critics in rejecting Paula
Apparently Canadians weren’t eager to get back together with Robin Thicke.
The 37-year-old singer’s latest album, Paula, was a notable flop in its first week, selling a mere 550 copies in Canada according to numbers supplied to The Canadian Press by Nielsen SoundScan.
That’s a far cry from the 13,000 units sold by Thicke’s 2013 hit Blurred Lines in its first week of Canadian release.
The new album didn’t fare much better Stateside, where Nielsen reported sales of 24,000.
Paula is dedicated to Thicke’s estranged wife, actress Paula Patton, with confessional lyrics and song titles including Get Her Back and Too Little Too Late.
Beyond the anemic sales, Paula has received a chilly reception from critics.
The Atlantic deemed it “one of the creepiest albums ever made.”