Rbd: From Beginning To Now
Jason Lancaster
In Mexico, television is something very important. It is a vital part of Mexican culture. Soap opera producers will do anything for viewers to get hooked on their programs. A producer of the soap opera Rebelde, a modification of an Argentine soap entitled Rebelde Way, had the idea of creating a musical group to promote the characters and story of the soap opera. This is how, in the year 2004, RBD was born.
The popularity of the band soon exceeded that of the soap opera. As the television audience became fans of the band, they wanted to hear RBD's music more than watching the show. The show aired for three seasons only: 2004, 2005, and 2006. A new television series emerged to document the life of RBD and its members: Maite Perroni, Anah, Cristopher Uckermann, Dulce Mara, Alfonso Herrera, and Christian Chvez. The first season of RBD - La Familia, which means RBD - The Family, has thirteen chapters about the band's life which include: the personal life of each member, recording in the studio, the concerts and backstage.
The group has already recorded albums in three different languages including Spanish, English, and Portuguese. The band's greatest success has been in Brazil, but they have followers from around the world. The band is known in almost all of Latin America except Argentina, where they still have not released any albums. The most surprising thing about the group is the amount of awards they have been nominated for and won in the four years they have been in the music industry.
In the World Music Awards, they were nominated for the "Best Latin Artist on the World." In the Latin Grammy Awards, they were nominated for "Best Pop Album by a Duo or Group with Vocal." In the Premios Juventud, or Young People's Awards, they were nominated for twenty-one awards and won seventeen. They won, in Brazil, "Best Duo or Group" and "Melhor Banda Internacional", or "Best International Band."
In the Billboard Latin Music Awards, they have been nominated in thirteen different categories and won awards including: "Solo Qudate en Silencio," meaning "Just Stay in Silence," for Latin Pop Airplay Song of the Year - Duo or Group, "Rebelde" and "Celestial" for Latin Pop Album of the Year 2006 and 2007, and "Tour Generacin 2006" for Latin Tour of the Year.
"Tour Generacin RBD" was the fourth most sold tour in Mexico with Cure as the first, followed by Britney Spears as the second, and The Backstreet Boys as the third.
RBD has surpassed their beginnings. Although they were initially created to promote a soap opera, they have already accomplished many things within the music industry. With such potential, they should continue to succeed in this industry, winning many more awards that they definitely deserve. Merely writing about such great band has been fun!
Author Jason Lancaster is a student of Argentine affairs and has a http://www.tonosdecelulares.net/tonos_de_celulares.html gratis tonos website featuring http://www.tonosdecelulares.net/tonos_de_celulares.html tonos gratises. Learn more about Argentina by visiting Wikipedia.
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