| Paulina Rubio | |
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| Birth name | Paulina Rubio Dosamantes |
| Also known as | La Chica Dorada, Queen Of Latin Pop |
| Born | June 17, 1971 |
| Origin | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Genre(s) | Dance-Pop, Latin Pop, Pop/Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
| Voice type(s) | Alto |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Label(s) | EMI, Universal Records |
| Associated acts | Timbiriche |
| Website | www.PaulinaRubio.com |
Paulina Rubio Dosamantes (born June 17, 1971) is a nominated Grammy, Latin Grammy and winner of many Billboard Latin Music Awards Mexican singer and actress. Known as "The Golden Girl" and "Queen Of Latin Pop"[1], she achieved international stardom with her fifth studio album, Paulina (2000), and has sold over 17 million albums worldwide.[2]
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The daughter of Mexican actress Susana Dosamantes, Rubio was born in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. Her music is popular in Latin America, Spain, and the United States. English-speakers recognize her from her 2002 hit single "Don't Say Goodbye (Si Tu Te Vas).
Ni Una Sola Palabra, her next album reached the #1 spot on radio in many Latin American countries, as well as the U.S. and Spain. It reached #1 on U.S. Billboard's "Hot Latin Tracks." Paulina Rubio's last three Spanish-language albums have all consecutively peaked at the #1 spot on Billboard's "Top Latin Albums" chart.[3]
On April 30, 2007, she married Spanish public relations executive Nicolas Vallejo Najera "Colate" in Xcaret, a Mexican eco-tourism park on the Mayan Riviera.
In the spring of 2008, she recorded a Public Service Announcement (PSA) in Spanish for Rock the Vote about why she believes it is important to vote. It can be found on Rock the Vote's Youtube channel.[4]
In October 2007, Rubio was involved in a government probe into whether or not she had desecrated Mexico's flag. The Spanish edition of Cosmopolitan featured her apparently naked underneath a red, white, and green sheet. The Mexican government said she may have violated an article in the National Flag, Shield and Anthem Law, which states that "private individuals will give the appropriate respect to the national symbol and handle it with care." The offence can be punished by fines ranging from $45,000 to $50,000 MXN (Mexican pesos) and jail time of up to 36 hours.[5] However, in a published report, her mother, Susana Dosamantes, said that the artist did not authorize such photos.
Paulina Rubio is the older of two siblings; she has a younger brother named Enrique. At age 5, Paulina was taking singing, acting, jazz, painting, and dance lessons while enrolled at what is now the Centro de Educación Artística (CEA) in Mexico. After two years of being there, Pedro Damián and Martha Zavaleta contacted Paulina's parents for their approval in Paulina joining a band that would be formed by children from the center.
On April 30, 1982, she began her career when she was ten years old, under the guidance of Miguel Bosé and debuting in a children's pop group called Timbiriche. The original band had 7 members: Alix Bauer, Benny Ibarra, Diego Schoening, Mariana Garza, Paulina Rubio, Sasha Sökol, and Erick Rubin (who joined a year later). Rubio recorded a total of 11 albums as part of Timbiriche. In 1985, Timbiriche participated in the musical Vaselina (Spanish adaptation of the American musical Grease). While in Timbiriche, Rubio also turned to acting in telenovelas with Televisa. She landed her first role in 1988, as the villain Paulina Montenegro in Pasión y Poder (Passion and Power). In 1992, she also starred in Baila Conmigo (Dance With Me) as Andrea, one of the biggest telenovelas of that year. Two soundtracks, Baila Conmigo and Recuerdos de Baila Conmigo, were released. Many members of the popular soap opera made television performances on Siempre en Domingo (Always on Sunday), among other TV programs.
In 1991, Rubio left Timbiriche and focused on launching a solo career. She traveled to Spain to begin work on her first project as a solo artist. In 1992, she released her solo debut album, La Chica Dorada (The Golden Girl) under the EMI the golden girl became one of her trademark songs. La Chica Dorada was certified Diamond in 1997, and she was presented with an award during her promotion of Planeta Paulina on Veronica Castro's extinct music show, La Tocada. After many reissues in countries like Mexico, USA, and Spain, the album "La Chica Dorada" has gone on to sell more than 1.2 million copies worldwide.
In 1993, she released 24 Kilates (24 Karats), which sold more than 150,000 copies in just three weeks after its release. In 1995, El Tiempo Es Oro (Time Is Gold) was released. It included the hit Te Daría Mi Vida (I Would Give My Life For You) and the theme song to the 1994 Mexican film Bésame En La Boca (Kiss Me on My Mouth), which starred Paulina Rubio. In 1996, she released her last album with the EMI Latin record label, Planeta Paulina, which included the hit single Enamorada (In Love) and featured the theme song of the 1995 telenovela of the same name in which Rubio starred as Alma, Pobre Niña Rica (Poor Rich Girl). Rubio also recorded English versions of the songs appearing in the album. Some of these would be released years later in a hits compilation.
After Planeta Paulina, Rubio took the longest retirement of her career. She left the music scene and moved to Spain where she did a little bit of everything. Except for her participation in 1998's Reencuentro Tour with Timbiriche, Paulina was absent from the music scene for nearly four years.
Rubio's strong comeback to the music scene began in summer of 1999 when she recorded Vive El Verano (Live In The Summertime), the theme song to a summer TV show she was presenting in Spain, which was her first single under her new contract with Universal. In early 2000, the single Lo Haré Por Ti (I'll Do It For You) launched her fifth studio album, the self-titled Paulina. Paulina was nominated three times at the second annual Latin Grammy Awards for "Album Of The Year," "Song Of The Year," and "Best Female Pop Vocal Album." She became the winner of multiple awards. It became Rubio's first no. 1 album on Billboard's "Top Latin Albums" chart, as well as the highest selling Latin album of 2001. The album Paulina has sold more than 4 million albums worldwide to this date. Other singles released from the album include the ranchera El Ultimo Adios (The Last Goodbye), Y Yo Sigo Aquí (I'll Be Right Here), Yo No Soy Esa Mujer (Not That Kind Of Girl), Sexi Dance, and Tal Vez, Quizá (Maybe, Perhaps). Such was the success of Paulina that Universal Records decided it was time for Rubio to prepare her first English-language production.
Paulina Rubio's presence in the English-language market came in 2002. The hit single "Don't Say Goodbye" peaked at the 41st position on the U.S. "Billboard Hot 100" Chart and the music video became a regular on MTV's Total Request Live. On June 18, 2002, Border Girl, Rubio's first foray into English-language-Pop, was released. The album peaked at number 1 in Mexico and Spain, and at number 9 in Canada. In the US, the album debuted at #11 on the "Billboard Top 200 Album" Chart and was certified double platinum selling over 2 million copies. Her debut English album gave Paulina the international recognition she had sought for years. As of June 21, 2002, the Houston, TX radio station 104 KRBE declared the 21st of June as "Paulina Day" in Houston. Rubio also appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, and CD:UK, among others. She also performed at many international festivals, including Wango Tango, Festivalbar, and Festival di Sanremo in Italy. With Border Girl, Rubio appeared in magazines like Rolling Stone, Stuff, and Blender. In Fall 2002, Rubio toured and performed material from Border Girl with fellow Latin pop star Enrique Iglesias.
Paulina Rubio's 2004 comeback album, Pau-Latina, proved to be a smash success. The album's first single, Te Quise Tanto, became her biggest single to date, reaching the top position on Billboard's "Hot Latin Tracks" for five weeks. Pau-Latina became Rubio's second consecutive album to debut at #1 on Billboard's "Top Latin Albums." Other singles released from the album include the #1 track Dame Otro Tequila (Give Me Another Tequila) and the top ten hits Algo Tienes (Something You've Got) and Mia (Mine). Pau-Latina won several awards during the year and was nominated for a Latin Grammy for "Best Pop Female Vocal Album" in 2004. In 2005, she was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Latin Pop Vocal Album." She was the only woman nominated in that category.
The success of Pau-Latina opened doors for Paulina, as she hosted The MTV Latin America Awards for the first time. It was the first time a female artist hosted and Paulina proved that she's a force to be reckoned with. Paulina Rubio was also named People En Espanol's 2005 Star of the Year.
Paulina Rubio released her latest Album Ananda on September 19th, 2006. It reached the #1 spot in the U.S. and countries all over Latin America. It reached #25 on U.S. Billboard's "Billboard Hot 200" albums chart, and it reached the #1 spot on Billboard's "Top Latin Albums." Ni Una Sola Palabra has reached the #1 spot on radio in many Latin American countries, as well as the U.S. and Spain. It reached #1 on U.S. Billboard's "Hot Latin Tracks."Ananda received 3 "Billboard" awards for "Ananda" 1 of them was for "Album Of The Year".
Ananda was certified a multi-platino award for album sales of 250,000 in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
Paulina performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Gala in Oslo, Norway, alongside such acts as Rihanna, John Legend, and Lionel Richie, who also lined up to honor 2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Muhammad Yunus.
In addition, in 2007 Paulina is chosen by Miguel Bose with the theme Nena, to be the first song to promote the disc Papito commemorating the 30-year career of Spanish singer. In 2008, Paulina participated in the mega event ALAS, developed simultaneously in Mexico and Argentina. Paulina was released in Buenos Aires before 180,000 people along with Shakira, Calle 13, Merecdes Sosa, Alejandro Sanz and Gustavo Cerati.
It was announced that Paulina is in Miami working on her new album . There is a rumor that Paulina's ninth studio album will be called Pausión and its first single would be Mi Vida Es Tua. Indeed, this production will feature compositions Estefano, Los Rabanes, Jeremias and the group Camila. Work is well under way, say several sources, and could be released on February. The album includes a duet with Miguel Bosé. Paulina is preparing her album with her own themes and Coti will also take a big part in the album with a variety of styles, which took months recording. The Mexican singer announced that her new album, the ninth of her career, will be published in February 2009.
Rubio's voice is described as being a Lyric Alto.
Paulina Rubio also did a lipstick line with M.A.C. “I love make-up and I use products of that brand on and off stage because it is good for any occasion,” Rubio said in a press release issued last Monday to announce the release of the product. The name was chosen to “celebrate” the international success of her last album, “Ananda,” according to the cosmetics brand. With a price of 14 dollars, this lipstick has a golden touch and was designed specially by the singer. “I loved that this company proposed me to create the new lipstick and I immediately thought it should be something daring and vibrating that looked sexy in all women,” the artist added. Paulina will also be releasing her own fragrance titled "Oro" in reference to the precious metal with which many call it at the same time of the release of Pausión.
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Compilations
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The following singles reached number one in the U.S. Hot Latin Songs, U.S. Latin Pop Airplay, Colombia, Mexico, Spain and Latin America. For a full singles discography, see Paulina Rubio singles discography.
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| U.S. | U.S. Hot Latin Songs | U.S. Latin Pop Airplay | COL | MEX | SPA | L.A. | |||||||
| 1993 | "Nieva Nieva" | - | 27 | - | - | 1 | - | - | |||||
| 2000 | "Lo Haré Por Ti" | - | 13 | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | |||||
| "El Último Adios" | - | 18 | 13 | - | 1 | - | - | ||||||
| 2001 | "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2002 | "Don't Say Goodbye" | 41 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| 2003 | "Baila Casanova" | - | 37 | 22 | - | 3 | 1 | - | |||||
| 2004 | "Te Quise Tanto" | 105 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| "Algo Tienes" | 121 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| "Dame Otro Tequila" | 105 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | - | 5 | ||||||
| 2006 | "Ni Una Sola Palabra" | 98 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2007 | "Nada Puede Cambiarme" | - | 21 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 14 | |||||
| Total Number-one hits | - | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | ||||||
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