Rebelde (album)

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Rebelde

Studio album by RBD
Released	November 2004 January 11, 2005 July 17, 2006
Recorded	2004
Genre	Latin pop
Length	37:45
Label	EMI
Producer(s)	Armando Ávila, Carlos Lara, Max di Carlo
All Music Guide link ARTISTdirect link
RBD chronology
	Rebelde Rebelde Edição Brasil (2004/2005)	Tour Generación RBD en Vivo (2005)
Alternate cover

Diamond Edition

Rebelde is the debut album by the Mexican pop group RBD, released in November 2004 in Mexico and on January 11, 2005 in the United States. The album was produced by Max DiCarlo, Carlos Lara, Armando Avila with Camilo Lara and Pedro Damián being the executive producers. The album features the 3 consecutive Mexican chart toppers hits, "Rebelde", main theme from the soap opera with the same name, "Solo quédate en silencio" and "Sálvame", which was named the most played song of 2005 by a Mexican Group in their homeland^[1]. A fourth single was released on radio only, "Un poco de tu amor", peaking at #2 on the Official Mexican Top 100.

1 Track listing
2 Album information and sales
3 Chart performance & certifications
4 Notes

[edit] Track listing

#	Title	Time
1.	"Rebelde"	3:36
2.	"Solo quédate en silencio"	3:40
3.	"Otro día que va"	3:29
4.	"Un poco de tu amor"	3:27
5.	"Enséñame"	3:42
6.	"Futuro ex-novio"	3:02
7.	"Tenerte y quererte"	3:26
8.	"Cuando el amor se acaba"	3:22
9.	"Santa no soy"	3:10
10.	"Fuego"	3:03
11.	"Sálvame"	3:43

[edit] Album information and sales

The album went Diamond in Mexico with sales over 850,000 copies, and worldwide sales surpass the 3 million copies.^{[citation needed]}

Their first national tour, Tour Generación RBD, sold out every single date. The group offered 35 concerts in Mexico, starting May 13 and ending August 28 in Auditorio Nacional.

The album has spent more than 50 weeks in Billboard's Top 50 Latin Albums, peaking at number two and spending over 2 months in the Top 5. In March 2006, it was pushed back of the Top 5 at number seven, but came back to number five on March 23, 2006.

The album was also certified platinum in Brazil. Due the success of the Spanish languaged album, they recorded a Portuguese languaged version of Rebelde too, this being Rebelde (Edição Brasil). RBD became the first foreign act in Brazil to have two albums in different languages (Portuguese version and Spanish version of Rebelde) in the top ten at the same time (both albums peaked at number one).

Audio samples:

"Rebelde" (2004) (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- First single off the album.
"Solo quédate en silencio" (2004) (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- Second single off the album.
"Sálvame" (2005) (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- Third single off the album.
"Un poco de tu amor" (2005) (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- Fourth single off the album.
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In 2006, the album was released in Spain too. RBD topped the AFYVE Spain Albums Chart with their debut album "Rebelde" for five consecutive weeks and it has been certificed double platinum with sales over 160,000 units.

Facts

The album topped the Mexican Album Chart for twelve non-consecutive weeks.
The album was recorded in two days, said by RBD. The six members of RBD sung all 11 songs in the two producers' studios: Armando Avila and Carlos Lara.
This album had 3 promotional videos for the singles:

The album's official singles were "Rebelde", "Solo quédate en silencio", "Sálvame", and "Un poco de tu amor", although there were 2 songs that had radio promotion: "Otro día que va" and "Enséñame".

[edit] Chart performance & certifications

[edit] Album

Chart (2004)	Peak
Mexican Album Chart	1 (12)
Chart (2005)	Peak
U.S. Billboard 200	75
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	1
U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Albums	1
U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums	2
Chart (2006)	Peak
Spain Albums Chart	1 (5)

[edit] Singles

All regularly released singles off the album and their chart peak position in Hot Latin Tracks (HLT), Latin Pop Airplay (LPA), Latin Tropical Airplay (LTA), in Mexico (MX) and in Spain (SP).

Year	Title	Chart positions ^[2]
Year	Title	HLT	LPA	LTA	MX	SP
2004	"Rebelde"	37	21	–	1	1
2005	"Solo quédate en silencio"	2	1	4	1	3
2005	"Sálvame"	–	27	–	1	–
2005	"Un poco de tu amor" ¹	–	–	–	2	–

¹: Only released in Mexico as a radio single.

[edit] Certifications

Country	Certification	Sales	Note
Brazil	Diamond	600,000^[3]	Also Brazilian edition
Canada	Gold	50,000	^{[citation needed]}
Mexico	Diamond	850,000^[4]
Spain	2x Platinum	160,000^[5]
United States		400,000^[6]
	Total	± 3,800,785	only in above countries

[edit] Notes

RBD

Dulce María · Anahí · Maite
Alfonso · Christopher · Christian

Discography

Albums: Rebelde · Nuestro Amor · Celestial · Rebels
Tour Generación RBD en Vivo · Live in Hollywood · RBD: La Familia
Rebelde (Edição Brasil) · Nosso Amor Rebelde · Celestial (Versão Brasil)