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RBD Biography
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Dulce Maria
Anahí
Maite
Christopher
Alfonso
Christian
What would it take for a music group to be justly called a phenomenon? While it might ultimately require a historical look back, consider these facts about the Mexican pop group RBD.
Upon its release in January 2005, RBD's debut album Rebelde initially shipped only 25,000 copies in their home country. Rebelde was such an immediate sensation that when RBD followed with Nuestro Amor eight months later, the new disc shattered the record books by going platinum in just seven hours. Rebelde soon reached diamond sales status, and the group's sold out Mexican tour - which included a six night stand at the capital's 22,500-person Palacio de los Deportes arena - was the country's fastest selling tour that year by a national act. Furthermore, their 2005 albums Rebelde, Nuestro Amor and the live Tour Generación RBD en Vivo took three of the four nominations for Best Pop Album of the Year at the 2006 Billboard Latin Music Awards, with Rebelde winning. Fan fervor quickly spread to South America and led the group to re-record both albums in Portuguese for Brazilian fans. Even in another language, the albums each topped the charts and achieved multi-platinum sales, and RBD will return to Rio de Janeiro in October as the first Spanish act ever to headline Maracanã Stadium, the world's largest, before 120,000 fans. Having already sold two million copies in the States, RBD launched its U.S. tour last March with a 65,000-person show at the L.A. Coliseum, selling out the stadium in 30 minutes and becoming the venue's second highest-grossing concert ever (trailing only the Rolling Stones). The group sold out every show on its inaugural U.S. outing, from New York's Madison Square Garden to Miami's American Airlines Arena, and then returned to the Coliseum to headline a radio festival. Now, less than two years after releasing Rebelde, RBD is set to make its English-language debut with Rebels.
The six young charismatic vocalists that power RBD - Anahí, Dulce Maria, Maite, Christopher, Christian and Alfonso (who goes by the nickname "Poncho") - already created waves with their new bilingual radio hit "Tu Amor," which debuted on L.A.'s KIIS FM after being leaked ahead of its add date. The song was written by none other than Diane Warren, a multiple Grammy- and Academy Award-nominated songwriter who's penned more Billboard hits than the Beatles.
"Tu Amor" is a romantic song that explains to your partner, family or friends how we say 'I love you' in Spanish," says Christian. "The music is so sweet - it's pure pop with a Latin mix. I think it's going to be a classic."
Warren also wrote the album track "I Wanna Be the Rain," about which Maite remarks, "It's beautiful the way it tells your partner that you love him and would do anything to protect him and be near him."
Maite also singles out "El Musical" as a great dance song, while Anahí favors "Want To Play" for its "sexy and Latin" sound. The album even touches on hip-hop with "My Philosophy," which Christopher counts among his favorites. Overall, the album features 11 songs, including five English-language remakes from their previous Spanish hits.
By remaking their songs in other languages, the group came to appreciate the universal nature of human experience. RBD hopes that others see the same and that their music can help break down walls between different cultures.
Maite notes, "On the tour, we noticed that every boy and girl everywhere is the same. We are young people. We will always have hopes, and we will always want to grow up. We might have different languages, different countries and different situations, but we are still the same. We are people with interests and hopes and feelings to be the best."
As far as tackling the English-speaking market, Christopher adds, "It is just a compliment to what we've been doing. We did the same thing in Colombia, in Ecuador, in Venezuela, in Puerto Rico, in Spain... the only thing that changes is the language. That is the amazing part of music, it's a universal language."
Looking back at their recent beginning, RBD arose out of the TV show Rebelde, which featured the sextet as the lead characters. Debuting on Televisa in October 2004, the show followed six students at an elite boarding school in Mexico City who rebelled against their aristocratic classmates by starting a band. Under the guidance of producer Pedro Damián (who previously guided Timbiriche to stardom), the six actors formed RBD as an extension of the show. Like the group itself, Rebelde turned into a television sensation that drew 23 percent of all Mexican households. It became so popular that artists ranging from Lenny Kravitz to Hilary Duff appeared on Rebelde to help promote their own music in the Latin market. The Gorillaz even chose to debut their "Dare" video on Rebelde rather than on MTV Mexico. By the time it wrapped last summer, Rebelde was the country's longest-running telenovela with 440 episodes, which continue to air in the U.S., Asia, Indonesia, and in over a dozen other countries. A feature film and a new spin-off show with the RBD stars are currently in development.
Though RBD is its own entity and does not mirror the show, the group certainly incorporates theatrics, costumes and stage settings into the live act. Given this large platform, RBD is vocal about ecological and environmental concerns as well as demonstrating pride in their Mexican heritage. Fittingly, RBD was asked to record "México, México," a huge radio hit and the official theme song for Mexico's national team in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
So far, the band claims three Spanish albums, two Portuguese editions, and two live albums, but RBD notes that Rebels offers something special that the other releases do not. "It is the first album we did with all six of us together," explains Poncho. "We were doing the TV show [during the other recordings], so while one person was acting, the other was singing in the studio. Having us all together really made a difference. We had a lot of fun, and it sparked a vibe, an energy, that got passed onto the record. It is not something that you can see, but it is definitely something you can feel."
Christian adds, "We showed people in Mexico and Latin America that people still like pure pop music, and we hope that America enjoys it, too. It is a good time to show the world that people from Mexico can do good music and make the world sing their songs."
The group is ready to introduce the U.S. to the charismatic charm and pure pop personalities that make RBD a true candidate for pop phenomena status. As the New York Times wrote in a front-page feature, "This is the making of Mexico's first worldwide pop brand." |
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Review about RBD
#1 fan | Reviewer: Anonymous | 12/31/2007
i lov rbd. yo amo a todos igual. yo no soy una persona quejudge people como son. yo rsepeto a los artistas como ustedes.yo los e segido en las buenasa y en las malas. yo tengo todos ls discos de ustedes. cuando ustedes came to sacramento,california por la primera vez, mi madre me took me a ver los. ella estaba enferma ,pero toda vea me llevo. ella tambien era una fan
dul | Reviewer: Daniela | 12/13/2007
Dulce you are the best and please dont believe all the idiots that say that anahi is better cause its not true your the best.LOVE and all my friends think your SEXY.
i adore rbd | Reviewer: natalie | 11/5/2007
RBD,one of my favorite group of all time actually,my favorite group of all time.Poncho is really hot and anahi is really pretty.Christopher is really cute too but poncho i cuter and i luv all ther songs in the album Celestial especialy the reggeton it's cool.
rbd is the best | Reviewer: jane | 11/4/2007
RBD is my favorite group of all time i luv everyone 4rm there especially anahi i luv her the most.I watched almost all her novelas like rebelde,clase 406,primer amor,mujeres enganadas,mi pequenia travies,el diario de daniela,alondra,tu y yo,angeles sin paraiso,and vivo por elena.She is so beautiful and i live for her.
anahi is the best | Reviewer: andrew | 10/31/2007
i like the group RBD and the girls are really hot but, the hottest of all of them is anahi she is so damn hot. I know she got her boobs done and her teeth but she sill looks hot.even though she's not a blond anymore.
anahi is number 1 | Reviewer: carlos | 11/1/2007
I really like the girls 4rm rbd their hot and all but. the hottest of all of them is anahi. She is so damn hot and has an incredible body i would'nt blame dulce and maite to be jealous of her i mean she is the finest.oh and their songs are good too.
i luv any | Reviewer: pablo | 10/27/2007
i luv any 4rm RBD she is hot and sexy and really nice unlike her character in clase 406 and she's really hot and has an incredible body,and she started to eat so thats good oh and she does not look anorexic to all you haters and morans who say that
did u know | Reviewer: emily | 10/27/2007
did you know i heard somewhere that dulce's ex-boyfriend cheated on her,but then she forgave him and he did it again with two other girls.I bet if it was anahi no one would cheat on her because she is so pretty.
anahi is the best | Reviewer: daisy | 10/27/2007
anahi is the best and prettiest of all the girls, dulce and maite are so jelous that they don't have a beautiful face like hers.Oh yeah it was really funny when dulce's boyfriend cheated on her,any way anahi rocks
*RBD is Sexy* | Reviewer: Ariel | 8/9/2007
I love RBD. You rock my world. When i hear your music it opens my mind and touches my heart and makes me think in new ways like I never thought before and makes me so I am not afraid. When I see video of you guys at a concert I see how you really focus and work hard to make your fans happy and that makes me want to go out of my way and want to do nice things for all my friends and family. Dulce, I hope to see you in Miami and because you make me smile, I am going to make you smile with a beautiful present. I am also planning on getting Anahi a present but yours will be better because everytime I hear you sing, it makes me fall right into your words and understand your feeling that you put into the song and thats no matter what choices any of the band decides to make, I will stick with you because that is what a true fan does.
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