Border Girl is the first English-language album and the sixth solo studio album of the Mexican singer Paulina Rubio. The album was released in North America by Universal Records on June 18, 2002. Border Girl includes Rubio's most successful single in English, "Don't Say Goodbye", which opened doors for Rubio in new markets such as the United Kingdom. The next singles, "The One You Love", "Casanova", and "I'll Be Right Here (Sexual Lover)" failed to gain airplay due the medium promotion of the album. The album has sold more than 4 million copies.
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[edit] Critical reception
The album has received positive reviews.
Ken Micallef from Rolling Stones Magazine gave a positive review, rating the album four out of five stars, and saying "her taste for combining techno, pop and Mexican flavors quickly asserts her unique potential."[2] Jose F. Promis of Allmusic stated that it "is a winning combination of different musical styles, successfully bridging pop, dance, hip-hop, rock, ballads, Latin, and even ranchera into one delicious package."[1]
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The album debuted at #11 on the Billboard 200, becoming Rubio's highest charting album on the U.S. and being certified gold for shipments of over 500,000 units. The album managed to become a top ten hit on the Canadian Album's chart peaking at #9. The album has been successful on the Japan Album Chart reaching #5 and selling 100,000 units being certified gold. The album managed to chart on countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Dutch, Germany, Austria, and on the Swedish album charts where Paulina had not charted before.
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| Chart (2002–2003) |
Peak
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| Italian Albums Chart |
15 |
| Japanese Albums Chart |
5 |
| Mexican Album Chart |
1 |
| Spanish Albums Chart |
3 |
| Russian Albums Chart |
3 |
| U.S Billboard 200 |
11 |
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Promis, Jose F.. Border Girl at Allmusic
- ^ a b Micallef, Ken (June 25, 2002). "Paulina Rubio: Border Girl : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Archived from the original on 2008-06-17. http://web.archive.org/web/20080617125214/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/paulinarubio/albums/album/104917/review/5943801/border_girl. Retrieved 2011-06-16.
- ^ "Mexican album certifications – Paulina Rubio – Border Girl" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. http://www.amprofon.com.mx/certificaciones.php?artista=Paulina+Rubio&titulo=Border+Girl&categoria=ALBUM&contenido=buscar.
- ^ "American album certifications – Paulina Rubio – Border Girl". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Border+Girl%22. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
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