The album was followed that July by a live CD/DVD, Tour Generación RBD en Vivo, commemorating the group's 35-date, sold-out tour of Mexico.
And though no English-language edition appeared, Rebelde sold well in the States, breaking into the Top 100 of the album chart and reaching number two on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart. A Portuguese-language edition of the album was released for the Brazilian market in 2005. The album proved just as popular as the show, and the first three singles ("Rebelde," "Solo Quedate en Silencio," "Sálvame") were all number one hits in Mexico. It included the show's theme song and featured writing and production contributions by DJ Kafka, Max di Carlo, Armando Ávila, and others.
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Several months after the premiere of their TV show, RBD released their debut album, 2004's Rebelde, on EMI. An international sensation, Rebelde earned top ratings in the Spanish-speaking world, and proved extremely popular in Brazil and the United States. Real-life music stars frequently made guest cameos on the show, among them Hilary Duff, Luny Tunes, Gorillaz, and JD Natasha. A remake of an Argentine telenovela of the same name, Rebelde was set in an elite private boarding school near Mexico City and revolved around a group of teens and the drama surrounding their pop group RBD. At the same time, they enjoyed a massive fan following in the United States, where Rebelde aired on Univisión and helped propel albums like 2005's Nuestro Amor, 2006's Celestial, and 2007's Empezar Desde Cero, to number one on the Billboard Latin Albums chart.įormed in 2004 in Mexico City and launched in tandem with the telenovela Rebelde, RBD featured the singing and acting talents of Alfonso Herrera (as Miguel Arango Cervera), Christian Chávez (as Giovanni Méndez López), Dulce María (as Roberta Alejandra Pardo Rey), Maite Perroni (as Guadalupe "Lupita" Fernández), Christopher Uckermann (as Diego Bustamante), and Anahí Portilla (as Mía Colucci Casares). Both during their time on Rebelde, and even after the show's 2006 finale, RBD remained chart favorites in Mexico, Spain, and Brazil, where each of their albums reached the Top Five, spawning hits like "Rebelde," "Solo Quédate en Silencio," "Nuestro Amor," "Inalcanzable," and many more. Beginning with the 2004 debut of Rebelde, the members of RBD gained widespread fame, starring as characters on the popular teen drama, as well as touring and recording under their actual names. A pop group in real life and as stars of the massively successful telenovela Rebelde, RBD are a multilingual pop culture sensation whose impact stretched from their native Mexico to the United States.