Rebelde (album)


Rebelde is the debut studio album by Mexican Latin pop vocal group RBD, released on 30 November 2004 in Mexico and on 11 January 2005 in the United States and the rest of Latin America.
The album belongs to the pop and latin pop genres, with teen pop and pop rock 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 1 November 2005. On 2 March 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 Billboard Latin Pop Albums 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 Recording Industry Association of America in its Latin field.
As part of the album's promotion, four singles were released. The first three, "Rebelde", "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. In 2025, it was ranked number 81 on Billboards list of the Top Latin Albums of the 21st Century.
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Background and recording

In 2004, filming began on the Mexican telenovela Rebelde; its six main young actors Anahí, Alfonso Herrera, Dulce María, Maite Perroni, Christopher Uckermann and Christian Chávez would go on to form the musical group RBD, having their first studio album released on 30 November 2004, in Mexico. 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 television producer Pedro Damián. The album was later released on 11 January 2005, in the United States and the rest of Latin America.
A Latin pop and pop rock album with lyrics derivative of teen pop, Rebelde contains songs about being rebellious, heartbreak, love, and romance. The album contains a cover of "I Ain't No Saint" by German singer Vanessa Struhler from her 2003 album Ride with Me. Adapted by Michkin Boyzo, the track titled "Santa No Soy" is performed mainly by Anahí and Dulce María, with Perroni providing backing vocals and Chávez singing on the chorus. The track "Tenerte Y Quererte" was originally written in English, but its first recording was done by RBD. Just like "Santa No Soy", the song was also performed majorly by Dulce and Anahí, with backing vocals from the group.

Promotion

Singles

As part of the album's promotion, starting September 2004, four singles were released. The lead single off the album, "Rebelde", was released on September 30, 2004, and reached number 1 on the Mexican charts. The second single was "Sólo Quédate en Silencio", which, after being released on December 2, also became a number one hit in Mexico. The third single was the ballad "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 soundtrack, 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, Tour Generación RBD, 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 Colombia for the first time. This was soon followed with first visits to Venezuela, Puerto Rico and Ecuador, 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 Palacio de los Deportes arena in Mexico City 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 Hollywood Pantages Theatre, their first show in Los Angeles, California, 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 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 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 Mexican Albums Chart for twelve non-consecutive weeks. Due to the success of the album, the band recorded a Portuguese language version of Rebelde for their growing fanbase in Brazil, titled Rebelde (Edição Brasil). RBD became the first foreign act in Brazil to have two albums in different languages 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 Spain. 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 by the RIAA. Worldwide, the album went on to sell more than 1,500,000 copies.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.
Performance credits
Instruments
  • Armando Ávila – all instruments, background vocals
  • Max di Carlo – all instruments
Production