Robyn Adele Anderson

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Robyn Adele Anderson is a multilingual vocalist, based in New York City. She is a cast member and featured artist for Postmodern Jukebox with over 140 million YouTube views of her music videos. She is credited with the band's breakthrough cover of "Thrift Shop" in 2013.[1][2][3] Anderson performed lead vocals for performances on Good Morning America (ABC) in 2013,[4] and TEDx in 2014.[5]

Early life & Education

Robyn Adele Anderson was born in Albany, NY. She has German, Dutch, English, Scottish and Native American heritage, and grew up in Glenmont, NY. Anderson attended Bethlehem Central High School, and is one of the notable alumni from there.

She graduated from Binghamton University in 2011, with majors in Political Science and Arabic, with focuses on Middle Eastern Studies and International Affairs. Her academic accomplishments won her the distinguished Dr. Israel J. Rosefksy Language and Culture Scholarship, which is awarded to help students engage in study abroad programs. She studied at the University of Seville in Spain for one semester, and subsequently was a study-abroad peer adviser.[6] She was selected as the intern for Binghamton's Planet Library project, an internationalization effort.[7] She received the Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence in 2011.[8]

Career

From 2012 to 2015, Anderson worked for the ANSOB Center for Refugees in Astoria, NY. She became a staff writer for KpopStarz in January 2014.[9]

In addition to serving as Postmodern Jukebox' primary vocalist, prior to the band's change of focus to a variety act, Anderson is active in New York Theatre. In 2015, Anderson was cast as Lilyan Tashman, in Cynthia von Buhler's, Speakeasy Dollhouse: Ziegfeld's Midnight Frolic at the Liberty Theatre.[10][11] Beginning June 8, 2016, Anderson will play the part of Lucile in The Flying Doctor at the Lower East Side Art Gallery, scheduled through July 10.[12]

In addition to arranging pop lyrics for her Postmodern Jukebox cover songs, Anderson possesses the ability to musically present text-message threads from a random audience member's cell phone. She demonstrates this improvisational skill on Postmodern Jukebox's TEDx Talks presentation,[5] and it is a crowd favorite when she makes guest appearances with The Skivvies, a New York area club band.[13]

Anderson splits her time between joining Postmodern Jukebox for parts of their annual tour as well pursuing her own creative endeavors: plays, promotional work, private events, and her YouTube channel where she uploads her own covers of famous songs.

Postmodern Jukebox videography

As of April 1, 2016, music videos featuring Anderson account for 140 million of Postmodern Jukebox' 447 million total YouTube viewcount.[14][15]

Anderson became a founding member of Postmodern Jukebox alongside American pianist and musical arranger Scott Bradlee. In 2011, Anderson’s vocal contributions to the Postmodern Jukebox cover of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis', "Thrift Shop" (2012)[16] that helped skyrocket the group to viral success, racking up 1 million views in its first week and 4 million in its first year.[17][1][18][19]

Postmodern Jukebox music videos featuring Robyn Adele Anderson[14]
Video title Date published YouTube
viewcount		 Notes
"We Can't Stop - 1950's Doo Wop Miley Cyrus Cover ft. Robyn Adele Anderson, The Tee - Tones" Sep 3, 2013 15,417,387 feat. the Tee-Tones[20]
"Thrift Shop (Vintage "Grandpa Style" Macklemore Cover)" Feb 11, 2013 9,938,251 [1][2][3]
"Burn - Vintage '60s Girl Group Ellie Goulding Cover with Flame-O-Phone" Apr 8, 2014 9,628,612
"Timber - Vintage 1950's Doo Wop Pitbull / Ke$ha Cover" Feb 3, 2014 8,593,249
"Careless Whisper - Vintage 1930's Jazz Wham! Cover ft. Dave Koz" Feb 25, 2014 8,581,670 [21]
"Blurred Lines - Vintage "Bluegrass Barn Dance" Robin Thicke Cover" Oct 22, 2013 7,873,512 [22][21]
"Call Me Maybe - Vintage Carly Rae Jepsen Cover [The Original Video]" Jul 30, 2013 6,908,826
"Anaconda - Vintage Bluegrass Hoedown - Style Nicki Minaj Cover" Sep 30, 2014 5,934,238
"Talk Dirty - Vintage Klezmer Jason Derulo Cover (with 2 Chainz Rap in Yiddish)" Mar 25, 2014 5,820,353
"Gangsta's Paradise - Vintage 1920's Al Capone Style Coolio Cover ft. Robyn Adele Anderson" Mar 10, 2015 5,486,520
"Say Something - Jazz / Soul A Great Big World Cover ft. Hudson Thames" Apr 2, 2014 5,269,350 Duet w Hudson Thames
"Wake Me Up - Mariachi Style Avicii / Aloe Blacc Cover en Español" Dec 4, 2013 4,789,282
"Gentleman (Vintage 1920s Gatsby - Style Psy Cover)" May 21, 2013 4,766,615
"Don't You Worry Child (Vintage 'Great Gatsby' Style Swedish House Mafia Cover)" Apr 24, 2013 4,354,664
"Wiggle - Vintage 1920s Broadway Jason Derulo / Snoop Dogg Cover" Jul 22, 2014 4,241,751
"Just (Tap) Dance - Vintage 1940's Jazz Lady Gaga Cover" Nov 19, 2013 3,511,410
"Beauty And A Beat (Vintage 1940's Swing Justin Bieber / Nicki Minaj Cover)" May 1, 2013 3,491,838
"Die Young - "Kesha Gone Country" Wild West Ke$ha Cover" Feb 27, 2013 3,410,443
"Problem - Vintage '50s Doo-Wop Ariana Grande Cover ft. The Tee - Tones" Sep 9, 2014 3,397,988 feat. the Tee-Tones
"Come And Get It - Vintage 1940s Jazz Selena Gomez Cover" Aug 5, 2013 3,303,844 [20]
"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Vintage 1912 Bioshock Infinite - Style Waltz Cover" Aug 19, 2014 3,198,987
"Like a Prayer - Vintage 1940's Swing Madonna Cover" May 13, 2014 2,997,183
"I Kissed A Girl - Vintage '50s Doo Wop Katy Perry Cover ft. Robyn Adele Anderson" Jul 16, 2015 2,836,536 [23]
"We Found Love - Vintage Jazz Rihanna / Calvin Harris Cover" Apr 15, 2014 2,031,668
"Birthday - Vintage Doo Wop / Soul Katy Perry Cover ft. The Tee - Tones" Jun 3, 2014 1,595,342 feat. the Tee-Tones
"Summer - Vintage Latin Style Calvin Harris Cover" Oct 21, 2014 1,462,827
"Paper Planes - Vintage 1940's Style MIA Cover ft. Robyn Adele Anderson" Apr 16, 2015 1,379,518
"Do What You Want - Live Acoustic Lady Gaga Cover ft. Marie Digby" Feb 19, 2014 629,526 Duet w Marie Digby
Total view count: April 1, 2016 140,851,390
Totals do not include music videos where Anderson performed in a backup vocalist capacity

Discography

Albums
  • Introducing Postmdern Jukebox (Apr 23, 2013)
#9 Billboard magazine Jazz Albums[4]
"Don’t You Worry Child"
"Thrift Shop"
"Die Young"
"Beauty and a Beat"
"Thrift Shop (Bart & Baker Electro Swing remix)"
"Thrift Shop (Vintage Phonograph mix)"
"Don’t You Worry Child (Vintage Phonograph mix)"
  • Twist is the New Twerk (Jan 31, 2014)
  • Clubbin' with Grandpa (May 2, 2014)
  • A Very Postmodern Christmas (Dec 2, 2014)
"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
"Hark! The Herald Angels We Have Heard On High"
"My Favorite Things"
"The First Noel"
  • Selfies on Kodachrome (Jan 13, 2015)
"Anaconda"
  • Emoji Antique (Apr 23, 2015)
"Paper Planes"
"Gangsta's Paradise"
  • Swipe Right for Vintage (Jul 30, 2015)
#19 Billboard magazine Top Heatseekers[24]
"I Kissed A Girl"
  • PMJ is for Lovers (Jan 21, 2016)
"We Found Love"

YouTube

As of April 20, 2015, Anderson has maintained her own YouTube page where she's uploaded covers of famous songs. Collectively, her videos have received over 700,000 views.

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