Rebeldes

Rebeldes
Official Rebeldes logo
Background information
Also known as	RebeldeS RBR
Origin	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Genres	Pop, dance-pop, teen-pop
Years active	2011–2013
Labels	EMI Music Record Entretenimento
Associated acts	Rebel Rio, NX Zero, Rick Bonadio
Website	Rebeldes.com
Past members	Arthur Aguiar Chay Suede Lua Blanco Melanie Fronckowiak Micael Borges Sophia Abrahão

Rebeldes (also stylized as RebeldeS) was a Brazilian musical group that emerged in the Brazilian soap opera Rebel Rio, produced by Rede Record in partnership with Mexican Televisa and first displayed. In the plot, the six main characters – Alice, Carla, Diego, Pedro, Roberta and Tomás – form a fictitious band, and the six actors who play these characters – respectively Sophia Abrahão, Melanie Fronckowiak, Arthur Aguiar, Micael Borges, Lua Blanco and Chay Suede – started to act like a real band.

The band released the first album of his career with the same name set on 30 September 2011 by the label EMI Music, in partnership with the Record Entertainment and reached the third place in Brazil's official music chart, the CD – TOP 20 Weekly ABPD, for two consecutive weeks with the initial single disc, Do Jeito Que Eu Sou, have reached the seventeenth and twenty-first chart positions Hot 100 and Hot Pop, the Billboard Brazil, respectively. On 11 April 2012, the sextet released their first live album and DVD entitled Rebeldes - Ao vivo, recorded during shows in São Paulo to 7,000 people. Like the novel, which had its last chapter in October 2012, the end of the band was announced, closing with his last tour "Rebeldes Para Sempre".

Chay Suede singer participated in the fifth season of Brazilian reality show Ídolos and, shortly after being eliminated from the show in September 2010, it was contemplated to join the cast of the soap opera, because of its popularity with the public. Only at the end of October that would be announced the actors who interpret the protagonists and formed the band.

The Brazilian band NX Zero played a major role in the production of the album. The opening song, recorded by the six protagonists on 14 March 2011, was composed by Diego Ferrero, vocalist Gee Rocha and guitarist Rick Bonadio composed and also songs that were included on the first album, released on 30 September 2011. "Do Jeito Que Eu Sou" was released as single album, as well as an acoustic version originally included on the album Rebeldes as a bonus track. On 6 November 2011, the stage of the Programa do Gugu, the band won their first gold record, corresponding to the mark of 50,000 copies sold of the album Rebeldes certified by ABPD. The members said they dream of a national tour, since their relatives and friends have never attended a concert of the band. A tour began in Porto Alegre, in October 2011, with a show that was attended by Manu Gavassi. The tour was held under the title Rebeldes Teen Festival. The album has sold about 120,000 copies and is certified Platinum.