About RBD
There may be little that is musically authentic about RBD, a prefabricated pop/rock act that was initiated on television, yet the group of Mexican teens achieved astounding commercial success, quickly becoming a multilingual pop culture juggernaut whose market impact stretched from Brazil to the United States. The group is comprised of six youths, three of them boys, three girls -- Alfonso Herrera, Christian Chávez, Dulce María, Maite Perroni, Christopher Uckermann, and Anahí Portilla -- all of them telegenic, able actors, and physically fit to perfection, each with a uniquely fashionable look. They're like a supergroup comprised of both Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys -- manufactured for optimal appeal, no doubt, and forcefully marketed across a range of entertainment mediums, television above all. In fact, music came second for the group, who began as the cast of a prime-time telenovela, Rebelde. The show proved so popular throughout Latin America that the extension of the brand into pop music seemed natural (if not prearranged), for this is a common practice in Hispanic media, as numerous Latin pop stars -- from Thalía and Shakira to Carlos Vives and Chayanne -- got their starts in telenovelas. RBD doesn't write their own songs or play any of the music; they sing, act, dance, and give the music a marketable face. Moreover, there's little that's "Latin" about the group in terms of music. They may be Mexican and sing primarily in Spanish, but their music is tried-and-true pop/rock, modeled primarily after arena rock and power ballads of the '80s. Critics, of course, loathed RBD, often mocking the notion that there was anything "rebellious" about the act. Still, that didn't stop RBD from garnering legions of young fans across the world and selling tons of CDs and DVDs in the process.
It all began with a television show. The telenovela Rebelde debuted in October 2004 and concluded in June 2006, running for three seasons, 440 episodes in total. The show was produced by Pedro Damián for Televisa, the largest media company in the Hispanic world, headquartered in Mexico City. (Televisa owns a stake in Univisión, the leading Hispanic television company in the United States.) A remake of an Argentine telenovela of the same name, Rebelde is set in an elite private boarding school near Mexico City. The main characters are upper-class adolescents, and the major plot point is that they decide to form a band. That band is RBD, which provides a reality show touch to the music. Likewise, real-life music stars frequently make guest cameos on the show, among them Hilary Duff, Luny Tunes, Gorillaz, and JD Natasha. Too, the show employs extensive product placement -- for instance, lots of Cola-Cola is drunk by the characters. Overall, Rebelde isn't all that different from a typical telenovela, with the exception of its popularity, which was international. Not only did Rebelde earn top ratings in the Spanish-speaking world, but it also proved extremely popular in Brazil and the United States.
Albums List:
RBD - Best of R.B.D
RBD - Best of Remixes
RBD - Celestial
RBD - Celestial (Fan Edition)
RBD - Celestial (Portuguese Version)
RBD - Empezar Desde Cero
RBD - Hits Em Português
RBD - La Familia
RBD - Live in Río
RBD - Nosso Amor Rebelde (Edição Brasil)
RBD - Nuestro Amor
RBD - Para Olvidarte de Mí
RBD - R.B.D. Greatest Hits
RBD - R.B.D. Tour Celestial 2007 Hecho en España
RBD - RBD Live In Hollywood (Live)
RBD - Rebelde
RBD - Rebelde (Edição Brasil)
RBD - Rebels
RBD - Tour Generación RBD (En Vivo)
RBD - Tour Generacion RBD (Live)
EPs & Singles List:
RBD - 6 Éxitos por un Tostón - EP
RBD - Acoustic (Live) - Single
RBD - Llevame - Single
RBD - Plug & Play RBD (Live) - EP
RBD - Sálvame - Single
RBD - Sálvame (En Vivo Tour Del Adios) - Single
RBD - Tu Amor - Single
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