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{{Short description|American singer (born 1962)}}
{{for|the German DJ|Robin Schulz}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Robin S.
| image            =
| caption          = 
| background       = solo_singer
| birth_name       = Robin Jackson Stone<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2006|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|edition=19th|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|location=London|isbn=1-904994-10-5|page=477}}</ref>
| alias            = 
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1962|1|27|mf=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Hempstead, New York]], U.S.<ref>"Fearless". ''Mobile Register'' (Mobile, Alabama). September 27, 1993. p. 5.</ref>
| instrument       = Vocals
| genre            = {{hlist|[[House music|House]]|[[R&B]]|[[Urban contemporary|urban]]|[[dance-pop]]|[[Gospel music|gospel]]|[[jazz]]}}
| occupation       = Singer
| years_active     = 1990–present
| label            = {{hlist|[[Big Beat Records (American record label)|Big Beat]]|[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]|Humble Sound Records}}
| website          = {{URL|iamrobins.com}}
}}

'''Robin Jackson Maynard''' (''[[née]]'' '''Stone'''; born January 27, 1962) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Robin S - Book - Active Talent Agency - Robin S Agent - Manager |url=https://activetalentagency.com/roster/robin-s/,%20https://activetalentagency.com/roster/robin-s/ |access-date=2025-08-04 |language=en-US}}</ref> is an American singer. She is best known for her 1992 debut single  "[[Show Me Love (Robin S. song)|Show Me Love]]", which peaked at number five on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], as well as its follow-up, "[[Luv 4 Luv]]", which peaked at number 52. A [[house music]] recording artist, she has scored three number one singles on the ''Billboard'' [[Dance Club Songs]] chart.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-07-29 |title=Here's the Scoop on Robin S., the Diva Who Inspired Beyoncé's "Break My Soul" |url=https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/a40476183/who-is-robin-s-singer/ |access-date=2025-08-04 |website=Oprah Daily |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jenke |first=Tyler |title=Golden Plains Adds US Singer Robin S. To 2025 Lineup |url=https://themusic.com.au/news/golden-plains-adds-us-singer-robin-s-to-2025-lineup/_TVDERATEhU/30-10-24 |access-date=2025-08-04 |website=The Music |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-23 |title=The Beyoncé effect: 'Break My Soul' propels '90s star Robin S and the Great Resignation |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-06-23/beyonce-robin-s-break-my-soul-great-resignation |access-date=2025-08-04 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Robin S. released the original version of the single "[[Show Me Love (Robin S. song)|Show Me Love]]" in 1990. The track was produced by [[Fred McFarlane]] and went on to become a moderate success. <ref name=":0" /> In 1993, the track was [[remix]]ed by the Swedish DJ and producer [[StoneBridge (DJ)|StoneBridge]] and re-released under the artist name "Robin S." with [[Big Beat Records (Atlantic Records subsidiary)|Big Beat Records]] in 1993. This release climbed the charts the same year, as did her first album, also titled ''[[Show Me Love (album)|Show Me Love]]''. The remixed version of "Show Me Love" peaked at No. 1 on the [[Hot Dance Music/Club Play]], No. 1 on the [[Hot Dance Singles Sales]], No. 7 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks]] and No. 5 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot 100]]. <ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-06-27 |title=Beyoncé's 'Break My Soul' and the Long Tail of 'Show Me Love' (Published 2022) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/27/arts/music/beyonce-break-my-soul-robin-s-show-me-love.html |access-date=2025-08-04 |language=en}}</ref> It also peaked at No. 4 on the [[Rhythmic Top 40]] chart. The success earned her a spot on the 1994 "[[American Music Award]]s" as a performer. The follow-up singles, "[[Luv 4 Luv]]" and "[[What I Do Best (song)|What I Do Best]]", saw similar success. As of 2004, the album ''Show Me Love'' had sold 303,000 copies in the US.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Michael|last=Paoletta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=thAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32|title=Where Have All The Divas Gone?|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=BPI Communications|date=May 1, 2004|access-date=July 24, 2015|page=32|issn=0006-2510|volume=116|number=18}}</ref>

After taking time off to work on her songwriting, she began working with producers Eric "E-Smoove" Miller and [[Todd Terry]] on her second album. Released in 1997 on [[Atlantic Records]], ''[[From Now On (Robin S. album)|From Now On]]'' reflected broader interests for Robin S., encompassing [[Gospel music|Gospel]] and [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] ballads in addition to [[Hi-NRG]] dance-floor material. The album's first single, "It Must Be Love", became a hit, spending two weeks at No. 1 on the [[Hot Dance Club Play]] chart. It was also a moderate crossover hit on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart, peaking at No. 35, and a minor pop hit, peaking at No. 91 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The follow-up single "Midnight" reached No. 1 on the Hot Dance Club Play, and got better success on the ''Billboard'' Top 100, peaking at No. 35. Robin S. performed the hit on the ''[[Ricki Lake (talk show)|Ricki Lake]]'' show during the week the single hit Top 10 on the U.S. dance charts. She also appeared on the [[RuPaul]] show to promote ''From Now On''; the album sold about 100,000 copies in the U.S. by the end of its album's chart run. "Midnight" was written by British singer [[Alison Moyet]] and it appears on the first [[Yazoo (band)|Yazoo]] album, ''[[Upstairs at Eric's]]''. In 1996 she did a song, "Givin You All That I Got", that was played in the movie ''[[Space Jam]]'' and was featured on the [[Space Jam (soundtrack)|soundtrack]].

Robin S. completed a successful European tour in 2004, where her music has historically found a larger audience. She has become a popular performer at 1990s-themed club/[[dance-pop]] concerts. As of early 2007, Robin S. was still recording though none of her new material has been released as she is seeking a new record label. Robin S. continued to perform on [[cruise liner]]s in Europe and Asia.

In 2008, she recorded a new song with the European artist Honest. In October 2008, the radio mix of her 1993 song "Show Me Love" reached the top of the [[Dutch Top 40]]. That made it Robin S.'s most successful song in the Netherlands. In 2009, she recorded new song with Corey Gibbons, the single "At My Best".

In 2016, Robin S.'s collaboration with DJ Escape on the track, "Shout It Loud", went to number one on the US dance chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2016-01-30/dance-club-songs|title=Dance Club Songs|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|date=January 30, 2016|access-date=January 20, 2016}}</ref> In 2023, she signed with independent music label Humble Sound Records to release a series of new singles, and collaborations.

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Album details
! colspan="6"| Peak chart positions
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="30"| [[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref name="allmusic">{{cite magazine|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p168649|pure_url=yes}}|title=US Charts > Robin S.|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=October 14, 2012}}</ref>
! width="30"| [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|US<br />R&B]]<br /><ref name="allmusic" />
! width="30"| [[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]<br /><ref name="can">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=ssh3dmkoff1c06845hamo3abr6&q1=Zhane&q2=&interval=20|title=CAN Charts > Robin S.|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|access-date=October 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116174407/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=ssh3dmkoff1c06845hamo3abr6&q1=Zhane&q2=&interval=20|archive-date=January 16, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
! width="30"| [[Media Control Charts|GER]]<br /><ref name="ger">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=robin+s.&x=6&y=5&country=de&kategorie=alles|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140707094939/http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=robin+s.&x=6&y=5&country=de&kategorie=alles|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 7, 2014|title=GER Charts > Robin S.|publisher=[[Media Control Charts]]|access-date=October 14, 2012}}</ref>
! width="30"| [[MegaCharts|NLD]]<br /><ref name="nld">{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Robin+S%2E|title=NLD Charts > Robin S.|publisher=[[MegaCharts]]|access-date=October 14, 2012}}</ref>
! width="30"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28480/robin-s/|title=UK Charts > Robins S.|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=October 14, 2012}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1993
| align="left"| '''''[[Show Me Love (album)|Show Me Love]]'''''
* <small>Released: July 6, 1993</small>
* <small>Label: [[Big Beat Records (Atlantic Records subsidiary)|Big Beat]] / [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]</small>
* <small>Formats: CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]]</small>
| 110
| 37
| 67
| 84
| 20
| 34
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1997
| align="left"| '''''[[From Now On (Robin S. album)|From Now On]]'''''
* <small>Released: June 3, 1997</small>
* <small>Label: Big Beat / Atlantic</small>
* <small>Formats: CD, cassette</small>
| —
| 79
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| —
| —
|-
|-
| colspan="8" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Title
! colspan="10"| Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2"| [[List of music recording certifications|Certifications]]
! rowspan="2"| Album
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="30"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br /><ref name="allmusic" />
! width="30"| [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AUT]]<br /><ref name="aut">{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Robin+S%2E|title=AUT Charts > Robin S.|publisher=[[Ö3 Austria Top 40]]|access-date=October 14, 2012}}</ref>
! width="30"| [[VRT Top 30|BEL]]<br /><ref name="bel">{{cite web|url=http://top30-2.radio2.be/#/artist-info/2710|title=BEL Charts > Robin S.|publisher=[[VRT Top 30]]|access-date=October 14, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409063716/http://top30-2.radio2.be/#/artist-info/2710|archive-date=April 9, 2012}}</ref>
! width="30"| [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]<br /><ref name="fra">{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Robin+S%2E|title=FRA Charts > Robin S.|publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]]|access-date=October 14, 2012}}</ref>
! width="30"| [[Media Control Charts|GER]]<br /><ref name="ger" />
! width="30"| [[Irish Singles Chart|IRE]]<br /><ref name="ire">{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement|title=IRE Charts Search > Robin S.|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|access-date=October 14, 2012}}</ref>
! width="30"| [[MegaCharts|NLD]]<br /><ref name="nld" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/robin-s|title=Robin S &#124; Top 40-artiesten|website=Top40.nl|access-date=April 27, 2025}}</ref>
! width="30"| [[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br /><ref name="swe">{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Robin+S%2E|title=SWE Charts > Robin S.|publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|access-date=October 14, 2012}}</ref>
! width="30"| [[Swiss Music Charts|SWI]]<br /><ref name="swi">{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Robin+S%2E&titel=Show+Me+Love&cat=s|title=SWI Charts > Robin S.|publisher=[[Swiss Music Charts]]|access-date=October 14, 2012}}</ref>
! width="30"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="uk" />
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| rowspan="3"| 1993
| align="left"| "[[Show Me Love (Robin S. song)|Show Me Love]]"
| 5
| 15
| 9
| 14
| 11
| 29
| 13
| 10
| 9
| 6
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* [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]: Gold<ref name=riaa>{{cite certification|region=United States|artist=Robin S|access-date=June 28, 2020}}</ref>
* [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]: 2× Platinum<ref name="bpi1">{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/12437-4003-1|title=Robin S.: Show Me Love|publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]]|access-date=January 10, 2025}}</ref>
| align="left" rowspan="5"| ''Show Me Love''
|-
| align="left"| "[[Luv 4 Luv]]"
| 53
| 16
| 7
| 15
| 20
| 24
| 4
| 21
| 20
| 11
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|-
| align="left"| "[[What I Do Best (song)|What I Do Best]]"
| 112
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| 36
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| 23
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| 43
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|-
| rowspan="2"| 1994
| align="left"| "[[I Want to Thank You (song)|I Want to Thank You]]"
| 103
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| 39
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| 48
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|-
| align="left"| "Back It Up"
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| 37
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| 40
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| 43
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|-
| rowspan="3"| 1997
| align="left"| "Show Me Love '97"
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| 9
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| {{N/A}}
|-
| align="left"| "It Must Be Love"
| 91
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| —
| —
| —
| —
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| 37
|
| align="left"| ''From Now On''
|-
| align="left"| "You Got the Love" <small>(with T2)</small>
| —
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| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
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| 62
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| {{N/A}}
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| 1998
| align="left"| "Midnight"
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| align="left"| ''From Now On''
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| rowspan="2"| 1999
| align="left"| "Dance" <small>(featuring [[Mary Mary]])</small>
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| align="left"| ''[[Dr. Dolittle (soundtrack)|Dr. Dolittle]]''
|-
| align="left"| "Show Me Love 99"
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| rowspan="22" {{N/A}}
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| 2002
| align="left"| "Show Me Love 2002"
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| —
| 55
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| 80
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| 98
| 61
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|-
| 2006
| align="left"| "Show Me Love 2006"
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| —
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| —
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| 72
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|-
| 2008
| align="left"| "Show Me Love 2008"
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| 24
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| 1
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| rowspan="2"| 2009
| align="left"| "Show Me Love 2009" <small>(with [[Steve Angello]] & [[Laidback Luke]])</small>
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| 64
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| 25
| 93
| 25
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| 11
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| align="left"| "At My Best" <small>(with Corey Gibbons)</small>
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| 2010
| align="left"|"Straight to the Sky" <small>(with Sandy Vee)</small>
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| 2011
| align="left"|"Shake It" <small>(with Ctk)</small>
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| 2012
| align="left"|"All of Me" <small>(with DJ Roland Clark)</small>
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| 2013
| align="left"|"Rise Again" <small>(with DJ Roland Clark)</small>
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| 2015
| align="left"|"Love Thing"
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| 2015
| align="left"|"Blessing Me (Over & Over)"
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| 2015
| align="left"|"Shout It Out Loud"
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| 2018
| align="left"|"Get Up and Get In Line" <small>(with Chris Curry)</small>
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| 2019
| align="left"|"I Believe" <small>(with Phoenix Lord)</small>
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| 2019
| align="left"|"The Way You Are" <small>(with Preston Glass)</small>
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| 2020
| align="left"|"All That I Got" <small>(with [[Todd Terry]])</small><ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/all-that-i-got-single/1532552988|title=All That I Got – Single by Todd Terry & Robin S. on Apple Music|website=Apple Music|access-date=November 1, 2020}}</ref>
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|2022
| align="left" |"See It My Way" <small>(with James Artissen)</small>
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|2022
| align="left" |"Love One Another" <small>(with [[Crystal Waters]] & Soul Central)</small>
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| 2023
| align="left" |"What About U" <small>(featuring James Artissen)</small>
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|2023
| align="left"|"Live Tonight" <small>(with Young Grey)</small>
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|2023
| align="left"|"Tonight" <small>(with Mothers Favorite Child)</small>
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|2025
| align="left"|"One More Thing" <small>(with James Artissen)</small>
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| colspan="16" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}

==See also==
* [[List of Billboard number-one dance club songs]]
* [[List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p168649}}

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