thank you both vs Thanks to both of you

Some examples from the web:

• This may seem a little bit out of character for me, but I want to thank you both for putting up with me the way that you have.
• Well, then, thank you both.
• Congratulations again, and thank you both for what you've done.
• Anyways, thank you both for your kindness.
• Thank you both for letting me stay here.
• Rani Chandra, Clyde Langer, thank you both.
• And I would like to thank you both for opening up your home to me.
• I want to thank you both for staying with this like you have, but it has to stop now, before anybody else gets hurt.
• I have a debriefing at the Pentagon, but I just wanted to thank you both personally.
• However this plays out, thank you both for everything you've done to get us here.
• Thank you both for stepping out from behind your avatars.
• Thank you both for taking me in.
• Thank you both for agreeing to sit down.
• Thank you both for meeting with me.
• Thank you both very much, but the donation booth is officially closed.
• Thank you both, Sandro and Francesca.
• Thank you both for failing to list the dementia that will surely follow.
• Thank you both for making our stay with you so special!
• Thank you both this wonderful place have created, where people and animals can be equally comfortable.

Some examples from the web:

• Thanks to both of you, I will do as you both suggested and sit it inside a larger clay pot for the weight and enjoy the bud... which has now opened since posting my original message.
• Many thanks to both of you.
• Now is as good a time as any to say thanks to both of you.
• My deepest thanks to both of you for a job well done.
• That girl has a future now, thanks to both of you.
• Actually, This Is My Footage, And Thanks To Both Of You, I Think I Got A New Angle On My Subject.
• Info and review by Roberto Merico; already reported by Leonardo Di Vincenzo... thanks to both of you!
• So thanks to both of you, thank you very much, but no.
• Thanks to both of you.
• Thanks to both of you!
• Well, thanks to both of you.