''Rebelde'' is the debut studio album by Mexican

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RBD RBD was a Mexican Latin pop group that gained popularity from Televisa's telenovela ''Rebelde'' (2004–2006). It was composed of Anahí, Dulce María, Maite Perroni, Alfonso Herrera, Christopher von Uckermann and Christian Chávez. The group ac ...

, released on November 30, 2004, in Mexico and on January 11, 2005, in the United States and the rest of

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. The album belongs to the pop and

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genres, with

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and

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stylings. The album was produced by Carlos Lara, Max di Carlo and Armando Ávila. A Brazilian Portuguese version of the album was also recorded and released on November 1, 2005. On March 2, 2006, a Diamond Edition of the album was released. The album reached the top spot in the music charts of Mexico, selling 550,000 copies in the country and gaining a diamond and gold certification by AMPROFON. In the United States, the album topped the ''

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chart, while reaching the runner-up slot in the main ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums chart and selling over 400,000 copies in the country, attaining a 4× platinum certification from the

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(RIAA) in its Latin field. As part of the album's promotion, four

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were released. The first three, "

Rebelde ''Rebelde'' ( English: ''Rebel'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Pedro Damián for Televisa, broadcast by Canal de las Estrellas (now known simply as Las Estrellas). It is a remake of the Argentine telenovela, '' Rebelde Way'', adapted f ...

", " Sólo Quédate En Silencio", and " Sálvame", became number one hits in Mexico, while " Un Poco de Tu Amor" was only serviced to Mexican radios. The album sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide in its first two years of release, and was the tenth best selling EMI album of 2006. It is the 41st best-selling album in Mexico.

Background and recording

In 2004, filming began on the Mexican

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''; its six main young actors

Anahí Anahí Giovanna Puente Portilla (born 14 May 1983), known Mononymous person, mononymously as Anahí, is a Mexican singer, songwriter and actress. In 1986, she started her acting career when she was cast on ''Chiquilladas''. After working on man ...

Alfonso Herrera Alfonso Herrera Rodríguez (, born 28 August 1983) is a Mexican actor and singer. Born in Mexico City, Herrera made his television debut in ''Clase 406'' in 2002. In the same year, he made his film debut in ''Amar te duele'' and won a MTV Movi ...

Dulce María Dulce María Espinosa Saviñón (, born 6 December 1985), simply known as Dulce María, is a Mexican singer and actress. Dulce María began her career at age 5, participating in more than 100 TV commercials. At the age of eleven, she was part ...

Maite Perroni Maite Perroni Beorlegui (born 9 March 1983) is a Mexican actress, singer, songwriter and producer. She gained international fame in 2004 after starring in the Mexican youth telenovela ''Rebelde'', which launched the pop-rock and Latin Grammy-nom ...

Christopher Uckermann Christopher Alexander Luis Casillas von Uckermann (born 21 October 1986) is a Mexican singer and actor. He started his acting career when he was only two years old in TV commercials, and became known worldwide after his roles as Diego Bustaman ...

and

Christian Chávez José Christian Chávez Garza (, born August 7, 1983), most often known as Christian Chávez is a Mexican singer, songwriter and actor, best known for his role as List of Rebelde characters#Giovanni Méndez Lopez, Giovanni Méndez López in th ...

would go on to form the musical group

, having their first

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released on November 30, 2004, in

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. The album's vocals were recorded in just two days, as stated by the members of RBD themselves. RBD's six vocalists sung all of the album's 11 songs in the studios of two of the album's producers: Armando Ávila and Carlos Lara. The album was executive produced by renowned Mexican

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. The album was later released on January 11, 2005, in the

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and the rest of

Promotion

Singles

As part of the album's promotion, starting September 2004, four

were released. The

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off the album, "

", was released on September 30, 2004, and reached number 1 on the Mexican charts. The second single was " Solo Quédate en Silencio", which, after being released on December 2, also became a number one hit in Mexico. The third single was the

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" Sálvame", which was named the most-played song on Mexican radio in 2005. The song has singer Anahí performing its main vocals while the rest of the band sings the chorus. The single was released on March 15, 2005. The fourth and last single from the album was " Un Poco De Tu Amor", which was released on July 4, 2005, only to Mexican radio. The album's singles were used as part of the telenovela's

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, with lead single "Rebelde" becoming the TV show's main theme. Three music videos were filmed to promote the singles "Rebelde", "Solo Quédate En Silencio", and "Sálvame", and were all directed by Pedro Damián. Aside from the album's four official singles, two other songs from the album had radio promotion: "Otro Día Que Va" and "Enséñame".

Tour

RBD's first national tour,

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, sold out every single date. The group offered 35 concerts in Mexico, starting January 3, 2005, and ending August 28, 2005, in the Auditorio Nacional. On October 21, 2005, an expanded international leg for the tour led the group to visit

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for the first time. This was soon followed with first visits to

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and

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, experimenting the same level of success in these countries as in the band's native Mexico. The group also visited the United States and Brazil in 2006. Three concerts spawned live CDs and DVDs. The first was ''Tour Generación RBD En Vivo'', which was filmed at the

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arena in

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on 27 May 2005, and released on 19 July, while its DVD counterpart followed on 26 August. The second live album came from their show at the

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, their first show in

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, recorded on 21 January 2006. Released under the name ''Live in Hollywood'', it featured the songs from the band's second studio album, ''Nuestro Amor'', and included a medley of the first three singles from ''Rebelde''. The third DVD was recorded in

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, on 7 October 2006. Performing for an audience of 100,000 people, the setlist included songs from both albums, and the show was released as ''Live in Rio'' on 2 February 2007.

Commercial performance

The album went on to be certified diamond and gold in Mexico, shipping 550,000 copies and topping the

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for twelve non-consecutive weeks. Due to the success of the

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album, the band recorded a

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version of ''Rebelde'' for their growing fanbase in

, titled '' Rebelde (Edição Brasil)''. RBD became the first foreign act in Brazil to have two albums in different languages (Portuguese and Spanish) in the top ten of the Brazilian Albums Chart at the same time, with both albums reaching number one. In 2006, the original Spanish-language version of the album was also released in

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. RBD eventually topped the Spain Albums Chart with their debut album for five consecutive weeks. The album also spent more than 50 weeks in the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums chart in the United States, peaking at number two and spending over 2 months in the chart's top 5, selling over 400,000 copies in the country and being certified 4× platinum ( Latin field) by the

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. Worldwide, the album went on to sell more than 1,500,000 copies.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. Performance credits *

– All vocals,

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*Güido Laris – background vocals Instruments *Armando Ávila – all instruments, background vocals *Max di Carlo – all instruments Production *Camilo Lara – A&R *Melissa Mochulske – A&R coordination *Güido Laris –

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, vocal producer *Carlos Lara – background vocal arrangement, producer *René Cárdenas, Juan Carlos Moguel –

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–

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*Luis Luisillo Miguel – associate producer *hulahula.com.mx –

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*Marisol Alcelay –

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*Max di Carlo – mixer, producer, vocal producer, arrangement,

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*Migliano Paglinio – additional musician *Gib Taylor – additional musician *Ramoncín Sosa – additional musician *Emilio Ávila –

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*Jorge González –

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*Armando Ávila – song translation to

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, producer *Michkin Boyzo – song translation to Spanish, recording assistant *Ricardo Trabulsi –

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Awards

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

Notes

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