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RBD

RBD is a Mexican 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. RBD was nominated for the 2006 Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year, but lost to La Oreja de Van Gogh's Guapa. They are also popular in non-Spanish speaking countries, most notably in Brazil. RBD has sold over 12 million albums worldwide in less than three years of career.[1]

Biography

Rebelde

Rebelde is a Mexican "novela" (soap opera) produced by Televisa, starring the members of RBD. It is a remake of an Argentine telenovela Rebelde Way adapted for the Mexican audience therefore leading to differences in characters' backgrounds. The series ran for three seasons, the final episode airing in Mexico on 2006-06-02.

Rebelde was one of the biggest teen soaps in Mexico and had a huge impact among Latin-American youth. Theres no doubt this is and will always be one of the biggest band ever.

The series is set at the Elite Way School, a prestigious private boarding high school near Mexico City. The school's faculty and the parents often have their own subplots as well. One feature of the show is the random use of English words and phrases, commonly used by fresas (like Mia Colucci when she said to Giovanni "Talk to the hand, por favor! When he spread a vicious rumor about her.

One of the series' major plot lines revolves around a group of students forming a pop band. The actors, who play the members of this band, are also in a real band, abbreviated as RBD to distinguish it from the show. RBD performs most of the music used on the show, and has been extremely successful in its own right, becoming one of the highest-grossing acts in Mexico and touring internationally.

RBD debuted in December 2004 with the album Rebelde, released through EMI. The main writers for the project were DJ Kafka and Max di Carlo, and their songs proved just 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 poco de tu amor" reaching number two.

In 2005 a Portuguese languaged 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. Rebelde sold over 400,000 copies in the U.S.[2] and was certified diamond in both Mexico and Brazil, selling at least 1.4 million copies between the two of them.

In July 2005 a live CD/DVD, Tour Generación RBD En Vivo was released, including the group's sold-out tour of Mexico (35 sold-out concerts across the country, including six in Mexico City alone).

In October of the same year 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 for 3 weeks and again broke into the overall Top 100 (#88). The first four singles hit number one in Mexico. In the United States, only "Nuestro Amor" (#6), "Aún Hay Algo" (#24) and Este Corazón" (#10) charted on the Hot Latin chart.

The band in 2006: From left to right: Dulce Maria, Anahi, Maite Perroni. Below: Christopher Uckerman, Christian Chávez, Alfonso (Poncho) Herrera.

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.

Early in 2006, they RBD released a portuguese version of Nuestro Amor, entitled Nosso Amor Rebelde (Edição Brasil), specially for the Brazilian fans. Not long after, RBD toured the United States for the first time, issuing a second CD/DVD in April, titled Live In Hollywood, which peaked at number 6 on Billboard's Top Latin Albums Chart.

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

2006 also brought RBD a nomination for the Latin Grammy Awards in the category 'Best Pop Album by a Group or Duo' for their second studio album Nuestro Amor. However, they lost the award 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, in November 2006, they released their third studio album Celestial which debuted at number 15 in the Billboard 200, marking first-week sales of 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. Despite this, it became their first album to peak or chart within the top 20 of the Billboard 200.[3]

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Rebels, the 2006 first crossover album.

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.

The group is a huge phenomenon all over Latin America. In Colombia, they sold more records than successful 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 for 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 came out on a DVD, entitled Live In Rio. They also received a certification for selling over 2.5 million copies of their albums and DVDs sold in Brazil. In Spain, Rebelde spent 5 weeks on the top of the charts going 2x platinum for sales over 160,000. Nuestro Amor sold enough to be certified 2x platinum as well, while Celestial, that came out on March 12, 2007, has been certified gold after only being in the chart for three weeks.[4]

On March 2, 2007, Christian Chavez revealed that he is homosexual 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.[5]

The group is 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. In an interview in late March, Dulce María revealed that Sálvame will start operating on May 1 and that the RBD members were also thinking of starting the project in Brazil, Spain and Mexico too.[6].

RBD is also four times nominated in three categories for the 2007 Billboard Latin Music Awards. They are twice nominated in the category for 'Latin Pop Album Of The Year By A Duo Or Group', with Celestial and Live In Hollywood, which were both released in 2006. They also have a nomination for 'Top Latin Albums Artist Of The Year' and 'Latin Tour Of The Year' for the below mentioned Tour Generación 2006.[7] The show was be held on April 26 in Miami. They won in all categories they were nominated in; Celestial was the one which won the Latin Pop Album Of The Year By A Duo Or Group award.[8] The group has also prepared their 2007 world tour called Celestial, starting in Ecuador on April 20.

They performed as musical guests at the Miss Universe 2007 final in Mexico City, Mexico, on May 28, 2007. They were personally chosen by Donald Trump himself. RBD performed a medley of "Wanna Play", "Cariño Mio" and "Money Money" in the event. In June 2007, RBD recorded the video for "Bésame Sin Miedo" in Transylvania, while touring in Romania[9]. Later, they toured in Spain, and recorded a new live DVD, Live In Madrid, to be released in September [10]. Recently, they were chosen to headline, along with Black Eyed Peas, a series of Pepsi commercials to air on South America and Spanish-speaking countries.

On July 19, 2007, RBD performed their single "Bésame Sin Miedo" at Premios Juventud 2007, and also won 7 awards that night, including "Voice of the moment" and "Favorite Concert" (they were nominated). They have won a total of 24 Premios Juventud awards. On July 20, 2007, RBD showed their new tour bus on El Gordo Y La Flaca for their Celestial World Tour. On July 25, 2007, RBD performed and acoustic concert in Mexico City as part of a new Ritmoson Latino Show called Confesiones En Concierto. The group has become such a phenomenon they have been nominated as best international song of Tu Amor in France proving their huge success. They sang the single "Bésame Sin Miedo" in "Buscando A Timbiriche" and sang "Mexico" along side with Timbiriche, a popular group in the 80s and 90s. In October their 3rd DVD, recorded in Madrid, Spain, will be released worldwide. RBD is also planning to record new English songs and include them in the re-release of the CD crossover Rebels in collaboration with the Black Eyed Peas. The first worldwide RBD day will be on October 4, 2007.

Discography

Main article: RBD discography

Albums

Tours

Tour Generación RBD

Tour Generación RBD is RBD's first national tour. It spawned 35 sold out dates in Mexico, they visited Monterrey three times gathering over 50,000 fans. The live performances were viewed by more than 700,000 fans in Mexico. The tour was certified by OCESA as the fourth most rapidly sold tour in Mexico, behind The Cure's 2004 Sing to the Dead Tour (#1), Britney Spears' 2002 Dream Within a Dream Tour (#2), and Backstreet Boys 2001 Black & Blue Tour (#3).

Tour Generación 2006

The Tour Generación 2006 began in the United States in March 2006, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum with a crowd of more than 68,000 fans - a record-breaking act for a Latin group and a sure sign of their widespread success. 374,000 tickets worth a total of $18,200,000 were sold for the tour, putting them in the 15th place among all the US tours in the first half of 2006 by total ticket sales.

Tour Celestial 2007

The Tour Celestial 2007 is the RBD tour where they'll be performing in North and South America, Europe, and Asia.

On June 22, 2007 RBD filmed their concert in Madrid, Spain for a DVD said to be called "Tour Celestial 2007: Hecho En España".

RBD: La Familia

RBD: La Familia is RBD's sitcom made by Televisa about their fictional lives in the group. RBD and the producer, Pedro Damián, have stated that this sitcom is pure fictional and not based on the real lives of the members of RBD. The characters of the sitcom are not similar to the soap opera Rebelde, but are similar to the real people of RBD.

RBD: La Familia debuted on March 14 2007 in SKY television in Mexico. The opening song for the sitcom is "The Family", a song in English which is included on the Celestial: Fan Edition album. "Quiero Poder", a song composed and sung by Dulce Maria in Spanish, is also heavily featured in the show, it is also included on the RBD: La Familia. The first season of the series consists of 13 episodes.However, RBD'S La Familia, the first season will be premiering in the USA October 6, 2007.

Although the group has stated that the new sitcom's characters would be different than the characters in Rebelde, critics say that the new sitcom is oddly familiar to Rebelde due to Annie's obvious jealousy torwards Poncho's girlfriend; Dul's attraction to Ucker; Ucker's pranks towards Dul and May's and Chris' wild behavior as seen in the first episode.

Awards and nominations

Year Category Álbum Result
Latin Grammy Awards[11]
2006 Best Pop Album by a Duo or Group with Vocal Nuestro Amor Nominated
World Music Awards[12]
2006 Best Latin Artist of the World RBD Nominated
Billboard Latin Music Awards[13][14]
2006 Latin Pop Album of the Year - New Artist Rebelde Won
2006 Latin Pop Album of the Year - Duo or Group Rebelde Won
2006 Latin Pop Airplay Song of the Year - Duo or Group "Solo quédate en silencio" Won
2006 Latin Pop Album of the Year - New Artist Nuestro Amor Nominated
2006 Latin Pop Album of the Year - Duo or Group Tour Generación RBD en Vivo Nominated
2006 Latin Pop Album of the Year - Duo or Group Nuestro Amor Nominated
2006 Latin Artist of Albums In Top of the Stops of the Year Rebelde Nominated
2006 Latin Pop Airplay Song of the Year - New Artist "Solo quédate en silencio" Nominated
2006 Latin Ringtone of the Year "Solo quédate en silencio" Nominated
2007 Latin Pop Album of the Year - Duo or Group Live in Hollywood Nominated
2007 Latin Pop Album of the Year - Duo or Group Celestial Won
2007 Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year Celestial Won
2007 Latin Tour of the Year Tour Generación 2006 Won
Premios lo Nuestro[15]
2006 Latin Pop New Artist of the Year Rebelde Won
2007 Latin Pop Album of the Year - Duo or Group Nuestro Amor Won
2007 Duo or Group of the Year Nuestro Amor Won
Premios Oye![16][17]
2005 New Artist of the Year Rebelde Won
2005 Pop Album of the Year - Duo or Group Rebelde Won
2005 Best Selling Pop Album of the Year Rebelde Won
2006 Pop Album of the Year - Duo or Group Nuestro Amor Nominated
Premios Juventud[18][19] [20][21][22]
2005 Voz Del Memento RBD Won
2005 Celebridad Hispana RBD Won
2005 Me Muero Sin Ese CD Rebelde Won
2005 Mi Balada Favorita "Solo quédate en silencio" Won
2005 Tórrido Romance Dulce María & Alfonso Herrera' Won
2006 Voz Del Memento RBD Won
2006 Artista Pop Favorito RBD Won
2006 Mi Ídolo Es... RBD Won
2006 En La Mira Del Papparazzi RBD Won
2006 El Más Buscado En Internet RBD Won
2006 Mi Concierto Favorito RBD Won
2006 Me Muero Sin Ese CD Nuestro Amor Won
2006 La Más Pegajosa "Aún hay algo" Won
2006 Canción Corta-Venas "Este corazón" Won
2006 Quiero Vestir Como Ella Dulce María Won
2006 Quiero Vestir Como Ella Anahí Nominated
2006 Chica Que Me Quita El Sueño Dulce María Nominated
2006 Chica Que Me Quita El Sueño Anahí Nominated
2006 El De Mejor Estilo Alfonso Herrera Won
2006 ¡Esta Buenísimo! Alfonso Herrera Won
2006 ¡Esta Buenísimo! Christopher Uckermann Nominated
2007 ¡¡Qué rico que se mueve! Dulce María Nominated
2007 ¡¡Qué rico que se mueve! Anahí Nominated
2007 Voz del memento RBD Won
2007 La más pegajosa "Celestial" Nominated
2007 La más pegajosa "Ser o Parecer" Nominated
2007 Me muero sin ese CD "Celestial" Won
2007 Mi concierto favorito RBD Won
2007 Canción Corta-venas "Algún Día" Won
2007 Artista Pop favorito RBD Won
2007 Mi Video Favorito "Celestial" Nominated
2007 Mi Video Favorito "Ser o Parecer" Nominated
2007 Quiero Vestir Como Ella Anahí Nominated
2007 Quiero Vestir Como Ella Dulce María Nominated
2007 El De Mejor Estilo Alfonso Herrera Nominated
2007 El De Mejor Estilo Christopher Uckermann Nominated
2007 ¡Está buenísimo! Christopher Uckermann Nominated
2007 ¡Está buenísimo! Alfonso Herrera Won
2007 Chica que me quita el sueño Dulce María Nominated
2007 Chica que me quita el sueño Anahí Nominated
2007 Mi ídolo es... Anahí Nominated
2007 Mi ídolo es... Dulce María Nominated
2007 En la mira del Paparazzi. RBD Nominated
Brazil Music Awards
2006 Best Duo or Group RBD Won
Meus Prêmios Nick[23]
2006 Melhor Banda Internacional (Best International Band) RBD Won
2007 Artista Internacional Favorito (Best International Artist) RBD Nominated
Premios Orgullosamente Latinos[24]
2007 Grupo Latino 2007 (Latin Group) RBD Won
2007 Disco Latino 2007 (Latin Album) Celestial Won
2007 Cancion Latina 2007 (Latin Song) "No pares" Won
2007 Cancion Latina 2007 (Latin Song) "Ser o Parecer" Nominated
2007 Video Latino 2007 (Latin Video) "Ser o Parecer" Nominated
Les Etolies Cherie[25]
2007 Chanson Internationale De L'Anee ( Int.Song of the Year) Tu Amor Nominated

References

  1. ^ Sales over 12 million
  2. ^ Album sales in the U.S.
  3. ^ First (and only) debut within top 20
  4. ^ Spanish Albums Chart with certification sales at Los40.com
  5. ^ Christian reveils sexuality
  6. ^ Sálvame information
  7. ^ 2007 Billboard Latin Music Awards nominations
  8. ^ Billboard Latin Music Awards winners
  9. ^ http://www.rbdworld.org/
  10. ^ http://www.esmas.com/rbd/noticias/639662.html
  11. ^ 2006 Latin Grammy Awards
  12. ^ 2006 World Music Awards
  13. ^ Billboard Latin Music Awards 2006
  14. ^ Billboard Latin Music Awards 2007
  15. ^ Ganadores Premio lo Nuestro 2007
  16. ^ 2005 Premios Oye winners!
  17. ^ Nominaciones 2006 Premios Oye
  18. ^ Premios Juventud
  19. ^ 2006 Premios Juventud
  20. ^ Premios Juventud 2007 'Musica'
  21. ^ Premios Juventud 2007 'Imagen y Moda'
  22. ^ Premios Juventud 2007 'Cultura Pop'
  23. ^ Award won (Meus Prêmios Nick)
  24. ^ Premios Orgullosamente Latinos
  25. ^ [1]

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