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Robert Kelly "Rob" Thomas (born February 14 1972) is an American pop-rock recording artist and songwriter. He was the primary songwriter and the lead singer of the band Matchbox Twenty and formerly of the band Tabitha's Secret. Thomas also records and performs as a solo artist. Thomas earned three Grammy awards for co-writing and singing on the Carlos Santana triple-platinum hit "Smooth", on the album Supernatural in 1999. He has lent his songwriting talents to such artists as Willie Nelson, Mick Jagger, Marc Anthony, Pat Green and Taylor Hicks.
Thomas was born on a military base in Landstuhl, Germany and raised in South Carolina and later Florida where he attended Lake Brantley High School. He stated his desire to become a musician at age 13. The first concert he attended was Genesis on its Invisible Touch Tour. His greatest influence was Steve Burry, another Florida musician. Thomas dropped out of high school and left his home as a teenager to pursue his goal of becoming a career musician. He later received a GED degree. He married Marisol Maldonado in 1999 and has a son named Maison Avery Williams Thomas from a former relationship with Kerry Williams. He has an older sister he calls Missy. He also has two nieces, a nephew and a new great-niece.
Solo careerOn April 19 2005, he released a solo album, ...Something to Be. This marked the first time that a male artist from a rock or pop group has debuted at No 1 with their first solo album since Billboard introduced the chart 50 years ago. His first single off that album, "Lonely No More," reached No. 6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. The aforementioned single debuted in the Top 10 of the Australian ARIAnet singles chart on the week of April 4, 2005. The second single, "This Is How a Heart Breaks," which was used during a majority of telecasts for ABC's coverage of the NBA Playoffs, was not as successful, but the third single, Ever The Same, went gold and became a top five Adult Contemporary hit.
On October 5 2005, Rob started his first solo tour backed by a band of talented musicians including Matt Beck and Frank Romano. The all-female band "Antigone Rising" performed in the warm-up role. In the summer of 2006, Thomas toured with Jewel and Toby Lightman. In September 2006, ABC started using his song Streetcorner Symphony in promotional ads for its Thursday-night lineup (Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy, and Six Degrees). In January 2007, Thomas released a single entitled "Little Wonders" from the soundtrack to the Disney animated feature Meet the Robinsons. As of March 24, 2007, "Little Wonders" has reached #8 on Billboard's Hot Adult Contemporary chart. Trivia
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