Celestial (RBD album)

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Celestial

Studio album by RBD
Released	November 21, 2006 November 24, 2006^[1] March 12, 2007^[2]
Recorded	2006 Los Angeles, US Mexico
Genre	Latin pop/rock
Label	EMI
Producer(s)	Carlos Lara and Armando Ávila
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RBD chronology
Live in Hollywood (2006)	Celestial Celestial Versão Brasil (2006)	Rebels (2006)

Celestial is the third Spanish studio album from Mexican Latin pop group, RBD.

1 Album information
2 Track listings
3 Reviews
4 Singles
5 Chart performance and sales
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Album information

The album was released on November 21, 2006 through EMI Records in Mexico and November 24 in the United States. The lead off single "Ser o parecer" is already a success on the Mexican airplay and singles charts. RBD also recorded this album in Portuguese, see Celestial Versão Brasil. The Brazilian edition includes 8 Portuguese tracks and 3 Spanish tracks and was released on November 25, 2006.Celestial was produced by both Carlos Lara and Armando Ávila, who are responsible for the success of the first two studio albums Rebelde and Nuestro Amor.

The album climbed to number-two of Mexican Top 100 Albums Chart.^[3]

The album sold 137,000 copies in 4 days in the U.S., making it debut at number one on the Billboard 200.^[4] The album however did not have a full week of album sales, due to its release being on Friday. However both facts, it's their first album to peak at the top of the Billboard 200 and has charted at number one for 12 weeks selling over 980,000 almost being certified Platnium.

The album debuted at number one in Chile and stayed there for 6 consecutive weeks.

The album debuted at number 10 in Brazil, with the Portuguese version not appearing in the charts yet. The next week, it moved up to #8 and then to #6 to eventually peak at #4. The Portuguese version debuted at number 27 in Brazil and peaked at #17.^[5] In Brazil, both albums (the brazilian and spanish edition together) has sold over 200,000 copies.^[6]

The track "Tu Dulce Voz" is the spanish cover of a song called "Little Voice", originally recorded by Swedish singer Sahlene, but most recently by American pop singer Hilary Duff.

It is now known that RBD is releasing three singles simultaneously all over America. While Mexico is getting "Celestial", "Besame Sin Miedo" will be sent to Colombia, and at the same time the United States and Puerto Rico will be able to hear "Dame" on their local radio station. "Dame" has already received airplay on the Latin radios in the U.S, resulting into the song appearing on the Hot Latin Songs chart at number 42 and even number 18 on the Latin Pop Airplay chart.^[7] While the song is also slated for a Peru release, it's "Algún Día" that has started getting airplay there, managing to chart at number 91 on the Peruvian Airplay chart.^[8]

The album was released in Spain on March 12, 2007.^[2]

[edit] Track listings

Standard edition

#	Title	Time
1.	"Tal vez después"	3:08
2.	"Ser o parecer"	3:33
3.	"Dame"	4:06
4.	"Celestial"	3:27
5.	"Quizá"	3:34
6.	"Bésame sin miedo"	3:33
7.	"Tu dulce voz"	3:21
8.	"Algún día"	4:09
9.	"Me cansé"	2:43
10.	"Aburrida y sola"	3:55
11.	"Es por amor"	3:19
12.	Rebels ("Tu amor/Wanna Play/Cariño mio/I Wanna Be the Rain")"	2:00

iTunes exclusives

#	Title	Time
13.	"Ser o Parecer" [Remix] [Pre-Order Only]	6:33
14.	Digital Booklet

International Version

#	Title	Time
12.	"Quisiera ser"	4:09
13.	Rebels ("Tu amor/Wanna Play/Cariño mio/I Wanna Be the Rain")"	2:00

[edit] Reviews

All Music Guide

“

For Celestial, their third Spanish-language studio album, ... it generally pays off to give customers what they want and expect, and Celestial should indeed please the teen pop group's hemisphere-spanning fan base as well as the suits at EMI ...

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[edit] Singles

"Ser o parecer"


Released	September 18, 2006
Recorded	2006
Writer(s)	Armando Ávila
Producer(s)	Armando Ávila, Carlos Lara

Main article: Ser o parecer

"Ser o parecer" is RBD's first single of their third Celestial. It is noted to be RBD's first number one single in the U.S Hot Latin Track Charts (for two consecutive weeks), with "Solo quédate en silencio" previously helding their record for highest position in the chart, which peaked at number 2. This marks the song as their most successful Spanish single in the U.S. Also, it is their second song (and their first Spanish song) to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the first one being "Tu amor".

Chart positions

#1 (US Hot Latin), #1 (Mexico).^[9], #1 Costa Rica, #2 (Chile/Hispanic America), #2 (Ibero América), #3 (Colombia), #6 (Dominican Republic), #21 (Brazil), #23 (Peru), #84 (US Hot 100)

Track listing

CD single/Digital download

"Ser o parecer" – 3:32

"Celestial"


Released	February 2007
Recorded	2006
Writer(s)	Carlos Lara, Pedro Damian
Producer(s)	Carlos Lara
Video director	Esteban Madraso

Main article: Celestial (song)

"Celestial" was confirmed by Carlos Lara as RBD's second single off Celestial.^[10] According to EsMas.com, RBD was to start recording the video at the end of January, but this was delayed and in the end, they recorded it in Mid-February. The music video has a hippie look and will premier later in February on Televisa's Ritmoson Latino.

Chart positions

#6 (Mexico), #25 (Chile)

Track listing

Digital download

"Celestial" – 3:27

"Dame"


Released	February 2007
Recorded	2006
Writer(s)	Carlos Lara

Main article: Dame (song)

"Dame" is confirmed as the second single off of Celestial in the U.S. and in Peru.^[11] The song has already started getting airplay on the American Latin charts.

Chart positions

#38 (US Hot Latin), #14 (US Latin Pop Airplay),

Track listing

TBA

"Bésame sin miedo"


Released	March 2007
Recorded	2006
Writer(s)	Chico Bennett, John Ingoldsby

Main article: Bésame sin miedo

"Bésame sin Miedo" is the second single in the rest of Latin America.

Chart positions

TBR

Track listing

Digital download

"Bésame sin miedo" – 3:31

[edit] Chart performance and sales

Chart (2006)	Peak	Certification	Sales	Notes
Mexican Album Chart^[12]	2	Platinum	150,000+
Colombian Album Chart	1	Platinum	200,000
Venezuelan Album Chart^[13]	1 (1)	Platinum	1,500,000
Chilean Album Chart^[14]	1 (6)	Platinum	1,000,000
Peruvian Album Chart^[15]	2	Platinum	3,000,000
Brazilian Album Chart^[16]	3	Platinum	2,000,000	Spanish & Brazilian Edition
Spanish Album Chart^[17]	2(3)	Gold	400,000
Canadian Album Chart	?	Gold	500,000
U.S. Billboard 200^[18]	1	Platnium & 2x Platinum	1,000,000
U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums^[18]	1 (9)	Platnium & 2x Platinum	1,000,000
United World Chart^[19]	2	11x platnium	11,323,000

¹: Portuguese version of the album.
The small digit between brackets "()" represents the amount of weeks at its peak position.

Billboard Hot Latin Albums
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	5	7	4	7	8	9	9	12
Sales Total	137,184 137,184	54,254 191,438	38,952 230,390	44,435 275,342	63,552 338,894	21,657 360,551	17,964 378,515	10,567 389,082	9,657 398,739	8,091 406,830	7,019 413,849				436,050	5,012 441,062	5,021 446,083

[edit] References

[edit] External links

RBD Celestial Official site Listen the entire CD

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Discography
Albums: Rebelde · Nuestro Amor · Celestial · Rebels Tour Generación RBD en Vivo · Live in Hollywood · RBD: La Familia Rebelde (Edição Brasil) · Nosso Amor Rebelde · Celestial (Versão Brasil)
Singles: "Rebelde" · "Solo quédate en silencio" · "Sálvame" · "Un poco de tu amor" "Nuestro amor" · "Aún hay algo" · "Tras de mí" · "Este corazón" "Ser o parecer" · "Tu amor" · "Wanna Play" · "Celestial" · "Dame" · "Bésame sin miedo"
Other songs: "Otro día que va" · "Enséñame" · "México, México" · "No pares" · "Lento"
DVDs
Tour Generación RBD en Vivo · Live in Hollywood Que Hay Detrás de RBD · Live in Rio
Related
Rebelde · RBD: La Familia · Tours · Audio samples