RBD

Posted April 7, 200718 yr

You can find about RBD on the official site RBD, Rebelde

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 11.8 million albums worldwide

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The girls, left to right: Anahí, Mayte and Dulce Maria

The boys, left to right: Christopher, Christian and Alfonso.

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 languaged 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 US[2] and was certified diamond in both Mexico as Brazil, selling at least 2 million copies worldwide.

In July of 2005 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 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.

Performing at the 2006 Latin GrammysEarly in 2006, they RBD released a Portuguese version of Nuestro Amor, entitled Nosso Amor Rebelde, specially for the Brazilian fans. Not long after, RBD toured the United States for the first time, issuing in April a sophomore CD/DVD, 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. However this all, 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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