Rbd: From Beginning To Now

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 band quickly became much more popular than the soap opera. Soon the television audience was more concerned with hearing the music of RBD than they were with the storylines of the soap opera. As a result, Rebelde had only three seasons: 2004, 2005, and 2006. Then began a new television series called RBD - La Familia, meaning RBD - The Family, starring the members of the band: Dulce Mara, Anah, Christian Chvez, Maite Perroni, Cristopher Uckermann and Alfonso Herrera. The thirteen chapters that make up the first season document the different aspects of the band's life: the concerts, backstage, recording in the studio, and the personal life of each member.

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."

They have been nominated for awards in thirteen different categories in the Billboard Latin Music Awards and have won awards for: "Rebelde" (Rebel) and "Celestial" for Latin Pop Album of the Year 2006 and 2007, "Tour Generacin 2006" for Latin Tour of the Year, and "Solo Qudate en Silencio" (Just Stay in Silence) for Latin Pop Airplay Song of the Year - Duo or Group.

In Mexico, the tour "Tour Generacin RBD" was certified as the fourth most sold tour in Mexico. First comes The Cure, followed by Britney Spears, The Backstreet Boys, and finally RBD.

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!