''Celestial (Versão Brasil)'' (English: ''Heavenly (Brazil Version)'' and also known as ''Celestial (Versão Português)'' (EN: ''Heavenly (Portuguese Version'') in 2020 limited version) is the third and final

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pop group

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, released on December 4, 2006 through the

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. The album is also the Portuguese version of ''

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'', RBD's third

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studio album. The album contains 8 tracks in Portuguese, and 3 bonus tracks in Spanish. The album sold more than 600,000 copies throughout

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and the

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Album information

With the end of the

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'', from which RBD originated, the group's members could finally dedicate more time to music. Thus, as in the previous

ian editions of the group's

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, the songs that made up the original

version of ''

'' were translated and adapted by Cláudio Rabello, under the direction of

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. During the group's Tour Generación RBD (in

called Tour Brasil 2006), the group was adapting to the tour repertoire in

. Soon after, the group announced that they would record a Brazilian Portuguese edition of the ''Celestial'' album. Despite the group's willingness to please their Brazilian fanbase, RBD band member

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revealed that "singing in Portuguese 'hurt'" while training for the tour in the language. As they had done the previous two years, the group re-recorded their latest studio album at the time in Portuguese, and released it on December 4, 2006. This time, however, different to the group's previous Portuguese albums, the recording and initial promotion for the album were done in Brazil. Also different from the group's previous Portuguese editions was that the Spanish songs included on the album were re-recorded too, and slightly rearranged. The album was recorded in studios in

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and

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. The album was also released and marketed in the

starting December 19, 2006.

Single

" Ser Ou Parecer" was released as the album's only official

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on September 20, 2006, and became RBD's final promotional single in Portuguese. The single was released only to

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to promote both versions of ''Celestial'' in Brazil. " Beija-me Sem Medo" was planned to be sent to Brazilian radio as well to serve as the album's second single, but the plan was eventually canceled.

Track listing

Translated songs

The tracks that were translated and recorded in

from their original

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versions in the original album ''

'' (2006) are: *" Ser Ou Parecer" ("Ser O Parecer") *"

" ("Celestial") *"Talvez Depois" ("Tal Vez Después") *" Me Dar" ("Dame") *"Me Cansei" ("Me Cansé") *" Sua Doce Voz" ("Tu Dulce Voz") *" Beija-me Sem Medo" ("Bésame Sin Miedo") *"Quem Sabe" ("Quizá")

Charts

Release history

References

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