RBD

RBD

RBD is a Latin Grammy Award-nominated Mexican musical Pop group that gained popularity from Televisa's teenage-oriented telenovela Rebelde. To date, RBD has achieved a great commercial success with cross-over appeal, and in non-spanish speaking countries, most notably in Brazil. RBD has sold over 9.5 million albums worldwide.

Biography

RBD debuted in December 2004 with the album Rebelde, released by EMI. The main writers for the project were DJ Kafka and Max di Carlo, and their songs proved nearly as popular as the show. The first three singles ("Rebelde", "Solo quédate en silencio" and "Sálvame") were all number one hits in Mexico, with the fourth single, "Un póco de tu amor" reaching number two.

In 2005 a Portuguese language edition of the album was released for the Brazilian market called Rebelde (Edição Brasil). And though no English language edition was released, Rebelde sold well in the States, breaking into the Top 100 of the album chart (#95) and reaching number two on the Top Latin Albums chart.

In July came a live CD/DVD, Tour Generación RBD en Vivo, including the group's sold-out tour of Mexico (35 sold-out concerts across the country, including six in Mexico City alone).

In October came their second studio album, Nuestro Amor, which set new sales records in Mexico, selling 160,000 copies in its first week alone. In the U.S., the album topped the Latin Albums chart and again broke into the overall Top 100 (#88). The first four singles hit number one in Mexico. In the United States, only "Aún hay algo" (peaked at 24)," Este corazón"(peaked at 10), and "Nuestro Amor" (peaked at 6) charted.

The following year, 2006, brought no rest for RBD. Tragedy struck early, when a 38-year-old woman and her children, ages 11 and 13, were trampled during an autograph rush in the parking lot of a shopping mall in São Paulo, Brazil on February 4. The three died and another 42 were injured in the incident, which involved the breach of a security fence holding back an estimated 15,000 rabid fans.

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Performing at the 2006 Latin Grammys

Early in 2006, they RBD released a Portuguese version of Nuestro Amor, entitled Nosso Amor Rebelde. Not long after, RBD toured the United States for the first time, issuing in April a sophomore CD/DVD, Live in Hollywood, wich peaked at number 6 in Billboard's Top Latin Albums chart.

With the June 2 finale of (Rebelde) (after three seasons), came news that the group would begin filming a movie and recording an English language album comprised of songs from their first two albums.

RBD also received a nomination for the 2006 Latin Grammy Awards in the category "Best Pop Album by a Group or Duo" for their second studio album Nuestro Amor. However, they lost to La Oreja de Van Gogh, but made a performance, singing a new version of Tras de mí.

Several months after the release of Live in Hollywood, they released their third studio album Celestial which debuted at number 15 in the Billboard 200, marking sales over 137,000 copies in the U.S. The album however did not have a full week of album sales, due to its Friday release. However, it became their first album to peak or chart within the top 20 of the Billboard 200.

Two weeks later they released their first English album, Rebels which debuted at number 40 on the Billboard 200 album chart with first-week sales of 94,000 copies. On the day of release, the cover of the album was altered by the changing of the group's logo from white to pink. Ironically, the band's third Spanish album Celestial sold 43,000 copies more than Rebels in its first week.

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Rebels, the 2006 first crossover album.

The group is a huge phenomenon all over Latin America. In Colombia, they sold more records than sucessful local act Juanes and in Chile they sold over 5,000 tickets in a few hours. In Brazil, after the tragedy, they came back in October to a 12-city stadium tour, including a concert on the world's biggest-stadium Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, selling over 50,000 of the 78,000 seats in just 2 hours. The historical concert will come out on DVD, to be called RBD Live from Rio. They also received a certification for 2.5 million copies of their albums and DVDs sold in Brazil. In Spain, Rebelde spent 5 weeks on the top of the charts and has gone 2x platinum for sales over 160,000, while Nuestro Amor is still in the charts and has already sold 160,000 copies, enough to be certified 2x platinum as well.

On March 2, 2007, Christian Chavez revealed that he is gay after pictures of him getting married to another man in Canada surfaced on the Internet. In a letter on the group's website, he asked fans for understanding and acceptance. [2]

The group is also currently working on two other projects; Sálvame, an organization that helps homeless youth get an education and shelter, and RBD: La Familia, their new sitcom.

Tours

Tour Generación RBD

Main article: Tour Generación RBD

Tour Generación RBD (2005), RBD's first national tour, became one of the most successful tours in Mexican music history. The tour had 35 sold out dates in Mexico. They had 3 visits to Monterrey and completely sold out all 6 concerts at Palacio de los Deportes and Ciudad de México), gathering more than 700,000 fans in Mexico overall.

A Tour Generación DVD and Tour Generación CD were released to promote the tour.

Tour Generación 2006

Main article: Tour Generación 2006

Tour Generación 2006 started in Panama in March 11 2006 and then went to the United States, where it started at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum with a crowd of more than 70,000 fans - a record breaking act for a Latin group and a sure sign of their widespread success. With this, they broke the record of the top gross artist as Madonna, U2 and The Rolling Stones. Additionally, the Coliseum sold out faster than ever, in about 30 minutes. U.S. dates ended grossing over $19 million. They also toured South America.

Discography

Main article: RBD discography

Albums

Spanish Studio Albums

1. Rebelde (2004)
2. Nuestro Amor (2005)
3. Celestial (2006)

English Studio Albums

1. [[Rebels (album)[Rebels]] (2006)

Portuguese Studio Albums

1. Rebelde (Edição Brasil) – Portuguese version of Rebelde (2005)
2. Nosso Amor Rebelde – Portuguese version of Nuestro Amor (2006)
3. Celestial (Versão Brasil) – Portuguese version of Celestial (2006)

Live Albums/DVDs

1. Tour Generación RBD en Vivo (2005)
2. Live in Hollywood (2006)
3. Live in Rio (2007)

Compilations

1. RBD: La Familia (2007)

Awards and nominations

Year	Category	Recording	Result
Latin Grammy
2006	Best Pop Album By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Nuestro Amor	Nomination
Billboard Latin Music Awards
2006	Latin Pop Album Of The Year - New Artist	Rebelde	Won
2006	Latin Pop Album Of The Year - New Artist	Nuestro Amor	Nomination
2006	Latin Pop Album Of The Year - Duo or Group	Rebelde	Won
2006	Latin Pop Album Of The Year - Duo or Group	Nuestro Amor	Nomination
2006	Latin Pop Album Of The Year - Duo or Group	Tour Generación RBD en Vivo	Nomination
2006	Top Latin Albums Artist Of The Year		Nomination
2006	Latin Pop Airplay Song Of The Year - Duo or Group	"Solo quédate en silencio"	Won
2006	Latin Pop Airplay Song Of The Year - New Artist	"Solo quédate en silencio"	Nomination
2006	Latin Ringtone Of The Year	"Solo quédate en silencio"	Nomination
2007	Best Pop Album Of The Year By A Duo Or Group	Celestial	Nomination
2007	Best Pop Album Of The Year By A Duo Or Group	Live in Hollywood	Nomination
2007	Best Album Of The Year	Celestial	Nomination
2007	Tour Of The Year	Tour Generación 2006	Nomination
Premio Lo Nuestro
2006	Pop New Artist Of The Year	Rebelde	Won
2007	Pop Album Of The Year	Nuestro Amor	Won
2007	Group or Duo Of The Year	Nuestro Amor	Won
World Music Awards
2006	World's Best Latin Artist		Nomination
Oye! Awards
2005	New Artist Of The Year	Rebelde	Won
2005	Pop Album Of The Year By Group	Rebelde	Won
2005	Pop Album Of The Year Best Seller	Rebelde	Won
2006	Pop Album Of The Year	Nuestro Amor	Nomination
Premios Juventud (4)
2005	Group Of The Year	Rebelde	Won
2005	Best Album	Rebelde	Won
2005	Song Of The Year	Solo Quédate En Silencio	Won
2005	My Idol	RBD	Won
2006	Artist Of The Year	RBD	Won
2006	Song Of The Year	Aun Hay Algo	Won
2006	Best Album	Nuestro Amor	Won
2006	Best Concert	RBD	Won
2006	Best Song	Este Corazón	Won
2006	Pop Artist Of The Year	RBD	Won
2006	My Idol	RBD	Won

References

4. http://www.terra.com/ocio/articulo/html/oci96266.htm

External links

Official

• Official Mexican Website Template:Es icon
• Official American website Template:En icon
• Official Brazilian website Template:Pt icon
• RBD's MySpace page Template:Es icon
• Official soap opera website