Robbie Carrico

Short Biography

With American Idol, #16 contestant from Season 7, Robbie has a musical history dating back to the 1990's. Born in Beckley, West v*rginia, his family moved to Melbourne, Florida in August of 1990 then on to Michigan in 2013.Robbie started to pursue his musical career as a teenager. First he rose to stardom as a young pop phenom. He joined a renowned pop group called Boyz N' Girlz United, at the tender age of 15. As a recording star with the group from 1999 to 2001 they toured with Brittney Spears during her "Baby One More Time" U.S. tour and "Oops I Did Again" European tour, N-sync's "No Strings Attached" U.S. tour and were also a part of the " All That Music and More Festival. The group's release "Messed Around" written and produced by JC Chasez of N-SYNC gained considerable notoriety on the pop charts. Short lived, Robbie used the band’sbreakup to transition from pop to rock and roll...Living the rock star life, which included sleeping in a van and lugging gear from town to town, Robbie toiled in the underground music scene while learning the rigors of rock and roll and finding a sound that was all his own... At the time of the American Idol auditions in Miami, Florida, Robbie agreed to audition if, for nothing else, the experience of it. After the show had auditioned over 104, 000 contestants, Robbie stood as one of only 24 final contestants who would later make it to the shows live broadcasts... Released from the show at number sixteen, Robbie immediately began working on his budding solo career which has included working with, among others, Kyle Cook (from the Grammy award winning group, Matchbox 20) and Grammy nominated singer/songwriter, JR Richards (from the group, Dishwalla).Robbie has a Country inspired project, a CD titled “Take The Hard Way” released in April of 2011.