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RBD is a Mexican music group that gained popularity from Televisa's teenage-oriented telenovela Rebelde. To date, RBD has achieved major commercial success with cross-over appeal in non-Spanish speaking countries, most notably in Brazil. They're the best-selling acts in Latin American countries for the last three years, having sold over 7 million copies of their albums.
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[edit] Biography
The group is made up of six youngsters, three boys, and three girls — Alfonso Herrera, Christian Chávez, Dulce María, Maite Perroni, Anahí and Christopher Uckermann.
Three members of the group began their acting and singing careers since they were toddlers: Anahi and Christopher dedicated their time to telenovelas, the other--Dulce--worked at Disney Channel, Plazo Sesamo (Mexican version of Sesame Street), and was in a singing group. But, after winning prizes for best actor on telenovelas and on movies, their most famous project was a prime-time telenovela Rebelde. The show was such a huge success throughout Latin America that the extension of the brand into pop music seemed natural (if not prearranged), for this is a common practice in Latino media, as numerous Latin pop stars — from Thalía, Carlos Vives and Chayanne — got their starts in telenovelas. The group doesn't write their own songs, but they sing, act, dance, and give the music a marketable face. Everywhere they go, they make legions of fans across the world and they can sell millions of records and dvd's in only a few weeks.
It all began with a television show. The telenovela Rebelde debuted in October 2004 and concluded in June 2006, running for three seasons, 440 episodes in total. The show was produced by Pedro Damián for Televisa, the largest media company in the Hispanic world, headquartered in Mexico City. The main characters are upper-class adolescents, and the major plot point is that they decide to form a band. That band is RBD, which provides a reality show touch to the music. Likewise, real-life music stars frequently make guest cameos on the show, among them Hilary Duff, Luny Tunes, Gorillaz, and JD Natasha. The show also employs extensive product placement — for instance, lots of Cola-Cola is drunk by the characters. Overall, Rebelde isn't all that different from a typical telenovela, with the exception of its popularity, which was international. Not only did Rebelde earn top ratings in the Spanish-speaking countries, but it also proved extremely popular in Brazil and the United States.
The group RBD debuted in December 2004 with the album Rebelde, released by EMI, and opened with the show's theme song of the same name. The primary 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. A Portuguese language edition of the album was released for the Brazilian market, in 2005, 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. The releases continued with little pause. 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). And 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 were not number ones, but they went top 10: "Nuestro amor", "Aún hay algo", "Tras de mí" and "Este corazón". These singles were hits in the U.S., but didn't do any chart-topping.
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 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. For more information see Brazilian tragedy below. 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, in April issuing a sophomore CD/DVD, Live in Hollywood. Several months later, the telenovela (Rebelde) came to an end with the finale of its third season on June 2. With the finale came promising news for fans; this being the fact the group announced that they would begin filming a movie and recording an English language album comprised of songs from their first two albums. Plus, the group recently announced on their official English website that they would continue to tour and finish new material for the Celestial.
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 Von Gogh; but made a performace, singing a new version of "Tras de Mi" with their new wardrobe.
The group is a huge phemonenum all over Latin America even though most of their fans are teenagers. In Colombia, they sold more than huge local acts Juanes and in Chile they sold over 5,000 tickets in a few hours (only U2 has sold more). 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 double platinum.
The group is currently promoting all over the US for their Rebels album, appearing on TV morning talk shows (such as the "Megan Mullay Show") and radio stations (most notably in 96.5 KISS-FM with host Ryan Seacrest). They will also be performing on Disney's Christmas Parade and Dick Clark's "New Year's Rockin' Eve."
Celestial debuted at number 15 in the Billboard 200, marking sales over 117,000 copies in the U.S. The album however did not have a full week of album sales, due to its release being on Friday. However both facts, it's their first album to peak or chart within the top 20 of the Billboard 200.<ref>[1]</ref>
As soon as promotion slows down for their Rebels album, they will start shooting again for their new sitcom, RBD: La Familia, which is scheduled to come out in February 2007.
[edit] Brazilian tragedy
On February 4, 2006 during an autograph session on the parking lot of a shopping mall in São Paulo, a 38 year-old woman and two children, ages 13 and 11, were killed due to suffocation while another 42 people, mostly teenagers, were injured. Authorities said some of the fans were trampled when a security fence keeping them from getting too close to the singers collapsed. Apparently fans rushed forward as the band began preparing for a brief impromptu performance after the autograph session. More than 15,000 people were present at the event, rather than the 5,000 that were expected. The members of the group RBD were dismayed and deeply saddened by the death of these three people. They cancelled their events in Brazil, appearing only in a condolence message to the families of the victims on Brazil's popular TV show Domingo Legal.<ref>RBD - Tragedy in Brazil</ref>
[edit] Tours
[edit] Tour Generación
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.
[edit] Tour Generación 2006
Tour Generación 2006 started in Panama in March11 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. As if this 'record' wasn't enough, something even more surprising no one had ever done is that they sold out completely the stadium at only 30 minutes since the release of the tickets! U.S. dates ended grossing over $19 millions. They also toured South America performing in Colombia, Bolivia, Panama, Venezuela, Chile, Peru and Brazil, the RBD Brazilian tour became the biggest tour of a non-Brazilian act in that country, performing in 12-cities, incluiding the historical Maracanã.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Spanish Studio Albums
- Rebelde (2004)
- Nuestro Amor (2005)
- Celestial (2006)
- English Studio Albums
- Rebels (TBR December 19, 2006)
- Portuguese Studio Albums
- Rebelde (Edição Brasil) - Portuguese version of Rebelde (2005)
- Nosso Amor Rebelde - Portuguese version of Nuestro Amor (2006)
- Celestial (Versão Brasil) - Portuguese version of Celestial (2006)
- Live Albums
- Tour Generación RBD en Vivo (2005)
- Live in Hollywood (2006)
- RBD Live from Rio (2007)
[edit] Awards and nominations
| Year | Category | Recording | Result | |
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| 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 | |
[edit] Notes
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[edit] External links
Official
Unofficial
- (Spanish) RebeldeRBD.com Página no oficial de RBD
- (Spanish) RBD en Univision.com
- Play - Mexican Teenage band
- RBD-rebelde.com A thorough RBD fansite
- RBD Videos, pictures, fashion and more.
- RBDRebels.com New Rebels CD Unofficial Website
- RBD Profile, Pictures, Videos and Interview
- RBD in the Top Latino Year end chart
- Rebels Fansite - English Site dedicated to RBD
- Historia do RBD
- - A Dulce Maria Fan Site
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