''Para Olvidarte de Mí'' (English: ''To Forget About Me'') is the sixth and final

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band RBD, a group that gained popularity from

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's teenage-oriented TV series, ''

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''. The album was released on March 10, 2009 in

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and on March 24, 2009 in the

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. The album belongs to the

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and

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, with a melodic

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styling. For promotion purposes, only one single was released from the album, the title-track " Para Olvidarte de Mí". The single's

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was compiled from footage of RBD's previous music videos and live performances.

Background and production

The group announced in October 2008 that ''Para Olvidarte de Mí'' was slated to be RBD's last

, as the group was disbanding. Group member Maite Perroni announced during an interview that the recording of the farewell album had concluded in November 2008. The album was recorded in

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, under the production of Armando Ávila, Carlos Lara and

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. Following on the footsteps of '' Empezar Desde Cero'', RBD band member

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co-wrote two songs out of the 13 that are on the album. The two compositions are "Más Tuya Que Mía", a song that speaks about the end of a romantic relationship, and "Lágrimas Pérdidas", which deals with the hope of starting again after having gone through disillusion in a relationship.

Release

Contrary to the group's previous albums, ''Para Olvidarte de Mí'' is considered a limited edition, as only 40,000 copies were released for sale in each country. Being that the group officially disbanded after the final show of their Gira Del Adios on December 21, 2008, the album was released after the disbandment of the group. In doing so, no promotion other than the release of the single was made for the album. The anticipation for RBD's last release caused that the lead single from the album, the "

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", to be leaked onto the Internet on January 26, 2009. The whole album was eventually also leaked onto the Internet on March 1, 2009, more than a week before its official release date. On March 10, 2009, RBD regrouped with the exception of Herrera who had work commitments, and held a press conference in

, where they officially presented the album. Much later, in 2010, Dulce María herself presented through her official

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account a contest for RBD fans to create a music video made up of the best moments of the disbanded sextet, which would eventually be uploaded to her official

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channel. A few weeks after the contest was opened, a new song titled "Llévame" was revealed together with the winning fan-made video. The song was composed by Dulce María and fellow ex-RBD band member

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, likely during their final recording sessions for ''Para Olvidarte de Mí''.

Promotion

Para Olvidarte de Mí (single)

"Para Olvidarte de Mí" was released as the first and sole single off the album. The song was not only the final single released from the group, but was also released before the disband. The song was released for

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and as a digital download on January 26, 2009. No promotion whatsoever was given for the song nor an actual music video resulting in its failure to chart on any music charts. The melancholic song is the group's goodbye single to their fanbase. The

for "Para Olvidarte de Mí" premiered on the

TV network

. The video is composed of behind the scenes footage, live footage from the group's numerous performances and scenes from the telenovela ''

''. The music video served as a way to look back upon RBD's incredible trajectory and for fans to remember all the moments they shared together with the group.

Awards and nominations

Reception

Critical reception

Jason Birchmeier from the online music guide

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gave ''Para Olvidarte de Mí'' a 2 out of 5 star review. He considered that the album had a "heavy emphasis on emotional ballads ..oriented toward the group's core fan base rather than the

mainstream", while highlighting some of the album tracks like "Camino Al Sol", "¿Quién Te Crees?" and "Puedes Ver Pero No Tocar". Birchmeier ended his review by stating: "As it happened, however, RBD overran the course of their popularity and were left to bid farewell to a greatly diminished fan base, not to mention an otherwise uncaring Latin pop mainstream that had grown increasingly weary of the group as the years passed and the novelty wore thin."

Commercial performance

''Para Olvidarte de Mí'' is considered RBD's least successful

, as only 40,000 copies of the album were distributed in each country in which it was released, and also did not have any significant promotion. In

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, the album found its greatest success in the group's native

, where it debuted at #7 on the

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, compiled by AMPROFON, and later peaked at #3 on its second week of release. However, the album only managed to chart in Mexico for 11 weeks. In the

, the album peaked at #6 on the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums chart, and at #3 on ''Billboard'' Latin Pop Albums, charting in both rankings for six weeks. In

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, the album managed to chart in

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, where it debuted at #83 on the Argentine Albums Chart, compiled by

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, and later peaked at #10 in its second week on the chart. In

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, ''Para Olvidarte de Mí'' managed to enter the albums chart in

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(ranked by PROMUSICAE) at #17 and stayed on the ranking for 8 weeks.

Track listing

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Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. Recording locations *Igloo Music Studios (

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) *Cosmos Studios (

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) *Studio 19 (Mexico City, Mexico) *Fishhead Studios (

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) Mixing locations *Igloo Music Studios (Burbank, California) *Cosmos Studios (Mexico City, Mexico) *Sound Decision (

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) Mastering location * Precision Mastering (

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) Vocals * RBD – main vocals, choruses *Armando Ávila – choruses *Carlos Lara – choruses *Carlos Murguía – choruses Musicians *Armando Ávila –

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, B-3,

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, keyboards,

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*Jimmy Jonson – bass *Greg Bissonette – drums *Nick Baxter –

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*Michkyn Boyzo – guitars *Mark Goldberg – guitars *Javo González – guitars *Iván Machorro – guitars *Francisco Oroz – guitars *Ruy Folguera – keyboards *Jon Gilutin – keyboards *

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– strings Production *Fernando Grediaga – A&R *Camilo Lara – A&R *Armando Ávila – arrangements, direction, mixing engineer, producer, programming,

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*Gustavo Borner – arrangements,

, mastering, mixing engineer, recording engineer *Ruy Folguera – arrangements, programming *Iván Machorro – arrangements, programming *Juan Carlos Moguel – arrangements, mixing engineer, recording engineer *Justin Moshkevich – arrangements, programming, recording engineer *Nick Baxter – arrangements, programming, recording engineer *Luis Luisillo M. – associate producer *Carolina Palomo –

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*Carlos Lara – direction, producer, vocal direction *

– direction, producer *Emilio Ávila –

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– executive producer *hulahula.com.mx –

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*Manuel Luna –

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*B.J. Murphy – hairstyling * Televisa En Vivo –

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*Alfonso Castro –

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*Minerva García – make-up *Víctor Guadarrama – make-up *Don Tyler – mastering *Yvonne Venegas –

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*Nicolás Ortiz –

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*Daniel Borner –

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*Mónica Jiménez – production coordinator *Rotger Rosas – recording assistant *Fernando Roldán – recording engineer *Enrique Ávila –

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(Cosmos Studios) *Carlos Murguía – vocal direction *Carlos Valdés – vocal direction