It may have took him a little over 10 years, but Robin Thicke has earned his first No. 1 album.

The 36-year-old's sixth studio record, Blurred Lines, debuted at the top of Billboard's Hot 200 chart this week. It sold 177,000 copies in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

With this record, Thicke also achieved his greatest first week sales to date. Sales surpass his previous greatest numbers with 2008's Something Else, which debuted at No. 3 and sold 137,000 copies.

The achievement of Blurred Lines follows in the footsteps of the album's successful lead single of the same name. Despite the song's controversy, Blurred Lines has become the biggest hit of his entire career.

The song, featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams, is the longest-running No. 1 song for 2013, according to Billboard. The catchy tune has topped Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' hit Thrift Shop, which dominated the charts for six nonconsecutive weeks from February to April.

Still, the multi-platinum song has faced opposition, primarily from female critics who deemed it inappropriate. The video's unrated version, which appears on VEVO, was even banned in the country because of the nudity.

"That's just America," Thicke told Billboard in a May report. "I definitely don't have any problem with nudity. I think people that are uncomfortable in their own bodies or are uncomfortable with their own bodies don't want to see other peoples'."

The video's female director, Diane Martel, also doesn't agree with the negative criticism.

"I directed the girls to look into the camera. This is very intentional, and they do it most of the time; they are in the power position. I don't think the video is sexist," she said in an interview with GrantLand in June.

"That said, I respect women who are watching out for negative images in pop culture and who find the nudity offensive, but I find [the video] meta and playful," she added.

The clean version of the video has over 100 million views on YouTube since it premiered in March.

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