Celestial | ||||
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Studio album by RBD | ||||
Released | November 23, 2006 | |||
Recorded | 2006 | |||
Studio | Igloo Music (Los Angeles, California) Montecristo Studios (Mexico City, Mexico) |
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Genre | Pop rock, dance-pop | |||
Length | 40:30 (Standard edition) 44:29 (International edition) 47:03 (iTunes exclusive) |
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Label | EMI | |||
Producer | Carlos Lara, Armando Ávila Pedro Damián (executive) Camilo Lara (executive) Emilio Ávila (executive) |
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Singles from Celestial | ||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
Amazon.com | Negative |
MSN Music | |
Territorio da Música |
Celestial Fan Edition | |
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Studio album (reissue) by RBD | |
Released | June 26, 2007 |
Recorded | 2006–2007 |
Studio | Igloo Music (Los Angeles, California) Montecristo Studios (Mexico City, Mexico) |
Genre | Pop rock, dance-pop |
Length | 60:33 |
Label | EMI |
Producer | Carlos Lara, Armando Ávila Pedro Damián (executive) Camilo Lara (executive) Emilio Ávila (executive) |
Celestial (English: Heavenly) is the third studio album recorded by Mexican pop group RBD. It was released on November 23, 2006 in Mexico and on November 24, 2006 in the United States and the rest of Latin America by the EMI label.
The album was recorded in Los Angeles, California and Mexico City, Mexico and was produced by Carlos Lara and Armando Ávila. RBD also recorded a special version of the album for their fanbase in Brazil. This edition of the album, recorded in Portuguese, was released on December 4, 2006 and was titled Celestial (Versão Brasil).
In the United States, the album reached number one on Billboard magazine's Latin Pop Albums and Top Latin Albums charts. The album reached positions #2 and #9 in the albums charts of Spain and Mexico, respectively, and sold 40,000 copies in the former country and 150,000 in the latter, gaining Gold certification in Spain and being certified Platinum + Gold in Mexico. In Brazil, the album reached position #3, while in Ecuador, Romania and Chile the album was certified Gold, with sales of 5,700, 10,000, and 12,000 copies, respectively. The album also charted at #37 in Croatia.
"Ser O Parecer" served as the lead single for the album, and was released on September 18, 2006 and had the support of a CGI-assisted music video. The song garnered great success, being number one in various music charts worldwide for weeks. With the song, RBD gained the best single chart performance of their career on the US Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart, where it became their first #1 hit, while also debuting and peaking at number 84 on the main Billboard Hot 100. The album's second single was "Celestial", which had an accompanying hippie-style music video. The third single released was "Bésame Sin Miedo", which had its music video filmed in Romania. Lastly, "Dame" was released as the final promotional single from Celestial.