Rebelde | ||||
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Studio album by RBD | ||||
Released | November 30, 2004 | |||
Recorded | 2004 | |||
Studio | Cosmos Studios México (Mexico City, Mexico) The Box (Los Angeles, California) |
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Genre | Pop, teen pop, pop rock | |||
Length | 37:13 | |||
Label | EMI | |||
Producer | Armando Ávila, Carlos Lara, Max di Carlo, Pedro Damián (executive) | |||
RBD chronology | ||||
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Rebelde Edición Diamante | ||||
Singles from Rebelde | ||||
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Rebelde is the debut studio album of Mexican pop group RBD, released November 30, 2004 in Mexico and on January 11, 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 November 1, 2005. On March 2, 2006 a 'Diamond Edition' of the album was also released.
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 4x Platinum certification. The album reached the top spot in the music charts of Mexico, selling 550,000 copies there and gaining a Diamond and Gold certification by AMPROFON.
As part of the album's promotion, four singles were released. The first three, "Rebelde", "Solo Quédate En Silencio", and "Sálvame", became number one hits in Mexico.
The album has sold more than 5,000,000 copies worldwide.
In 2004, filming began on the Mexican telenovela Rebelde; its six main young actors (Anahí, Alfonso Herrera, Dulce María, Christian Chávez, Christopher Uckermann and Maite Perroni) would go on to form the musical group RBD, having their first studio album released on November 30, 2004 in Mexico. The album had its vocals 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 January 11, 2005 in the United States and the rest of Latin America.