Paulina Rubio
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Paulina Rubio is a nominated Grammy, Latin Grammy and winner of many Billboard Latin Music Awards Mexican singer and actress. She is known as "The Golden Girl" and "Queen of Latin Pop".
Paulina Rubio is a symbol of strength and change. Her albums have garnered double gold and double platinum status in the U.S., triple platinum and diamond in Mexico, and platinum in Columbia, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Her style and music have seduced and connected with all types of people throughout the world. Her songs of peace, love, liberty and passion speak to men and women of all ages. She is vibrant and unpredictable, a hurricane of energy and sensuality, an icon of her generation.
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[edit] About
Paulina Rubio Dosamantes (born June 17, 1971), the daughter of one of Mexico’s most beloved film stars, Susana Dosamantes, Paulina was raised in Mexico, Los Angeles and Spain and traveled extensively in her youth. Paulina is the older of two siblings; she has a younger brother named Enrique. She was taking singing, acting, jazz, painting, and dance lessons and at age 5 and by the age of 10, Julisa and Guillermo del Bosque contacted Paulina's parents for their approval in Paulina joining a band that would be formed by children from the center, so her presence and star quality shined so bright that she was chosen to be part of the children’s pop group, Timbiriche.
[edit] Solo Career
After almost a decade as part of the group, In 1991, Paulina 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 1,200,000 copies worldwide.
In 1993, she released 24 Kilates (24 Karats), which sold more than 150,000 copies in its first three weeks of 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.
[edit] Paulina's 2000 strong comeback
In 2000, Paulina Rubio launched Paulina, the album that broke her as one of the most important international stars of Latin music and catapulted her as the Queen of Latin Pop, selling over 3 million copies worldwide. Upon its release, the album spawned a succession of number one hits, including: ‘Lo haré por ti,’ ‘El último adiós,’ ‘Y yo sigo aquí’ and ‘Yo no soy esa mujer.’ Paulina was nominated for three Latin Grammys, named Best Latin Album by Billboard Magazine as well as Best Pop Album at the Premio Lo Nuestro a La Música 2001 in which she also received the coveted Best Female Pop Star award.
[edit] Border Girl
Later on, she broke down the language barriers with her English debut, Border Girl, which made her known in the Anglo world and helped her reach markets she had not before, such as Asia and Australia. With songs that fused rock, pop, and dance with traditional Mexican rhythms, Border Girl shows all of the influences Paulina has received throughout her life; R&B, Flamenco guitars, mariachi and the passion of a Latin heart which touched a global audience. 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 5 in Mexico and 14 in 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 Gold selling over 500,000 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.
[edit] Pau-Latina
Paulina Rubio's 2004 comeback album, Pau-Latina, proved to be a success. It was no exception. It showed Paulina as a more mature, evolved and almost chameleon-like artist who still managed to remain a visionary. Proud of her heritage and her homeland, Paulina was once again able to mix her international folklore with today’s modern sounds. Pau-Latina brought along many hits, making Paulina the best selling female artist of 2004. ‘Te Quise Tanto,’ ‘Algo Tienes,’ ‘Dame otro tequila’ and ‘Mía,’ helped position the artist as an international favorite, acquiring a number of nominations as well as various awards in Premios Juventud and The Billboard Latin Music Awards. Additionally, she was the only female artist nominated to the 47th Annual Grammy Awards in the category of Best Latin Pop Album.
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. Paulina Rubio was also named People En Espanol's 2005 Star of the Year. She began the Pau-Latina Tour in 2005.
[edit] Ananda
Paulina Rubio released her album Ananda September 19th, 2006 in the U.S. and on the 18th worldwide. the album debuted #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 #18 at the United World Chart Top 40 albums with first week sales of 83,000 copies worldwide, 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 2 "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 performed in Buenos Aires before 180,000 people, along with Shakira, Calle 13, Mercedes Sosa, Alejandro Sanz and Gustavo Cerati.
[edit] Gran City Pop
Paulina released the album Gran City Pop, on June 23, 2009. Speaking to a Mexican radio program, the "Golden Girl" said that the new material presented many changes, "but at the same time I remain very loyal to my music, my rancheras, boleros with my, those rhythms with children, those children's songs such simple rhythms." This production has songs by Mario Domm, the leader of Camila, and Estefano, but "there are some songs of mine with Coti, is a disc to get the child within us," she said. It also includes works by Los Rabanes and Jeremias. Paulina performed at the 2009 Billboard Latin Music Awards. The album sold 10,788 copies in it's first week of release in the Unites States which made it debut at number 2 on the Top Latin Albums Chart and number 44 at the Billboard Top 200 albums. It was subsequently certified platinum for shipments of with total sales of 300,000 copies in the USA, Latin America and Spain though the album did not even make an appearance on the UWC Top 40.
[edit] Singles
All regularly released singles and their chart positions on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, the Hot Latin Songs and the Latin Pop Airplay, and in Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Spain and Latin America.
| Year | Title | Album | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. | U.S. H.L.T | U.S. L.P.A | ARG | COL | MEX | SPA | Latin America | |||
| 1992 | "Mio" | La Chica Dorada | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| "Amor de Mujer" | - | 8 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | ||
| 1993 | "Sabor a Miel" | - | 22 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | |
| "Nieva, Nieva" | 24 Kilates | - | 27 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| 1994 | "El Me Engañó" | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | |
| "Asunto de Dos" | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | ||
| 1995 | "Te Daría Mi Vida" | El Tiempo es Oro | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| "Nada de Ti" | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | ||
| "Hoy Te Dejé de Amar" | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | ||
| 1996 | "Siempre Tuya Desde La Raíz" | Planeta Paulina | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| "Enamorada" | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | ||
| "Sólo Por Ti" | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | ||
| 2000 | "Lo Haré Por Ti" | Paulina | - | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
| "El Último Adios" | - | 18 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | ||
| 2001 | "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| "Vive El Verano"2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | ||
| "Yo No Soy Esa Mujer" | - | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| "Sexi Dance" | - | 34 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 9 | ||
| "Tal Vez, Quizá" | - | - | 20 | - | 7 | 5 | - | - | ||
| 2002 | "Don't Say Goodbye/Si Tú Te Vas" | Border Girl | 41 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| "The One You Love/Todo Mi Amor" | 97 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 9 | ||
| 2003 | "Baila Casanova" | - | 37 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2004 | "Te Quise Tanto" | Pau-Latina | 105 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| "Algo Tienes" | 121 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | ||
| "Dame Otro Tequila" | 105 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | ||
| "Mia" | - | 8 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 37 | 2 | ||
| 2006 | "Ni Una Sola Palabra" | Ananda | 98 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | "Nada Puede Cambiarme" | - | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |
| "Ayúdame" | - | 36 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 17 | ||
| 2009 | "Causa y Efecto" | Gran City Pop | 104 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Total Number-one hits | - | - | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | |
[edit] Music videos
| Year | Video | Album | Director | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Mío | La Chica Dorada | Ángel Flores | |
| 1993 | Amor de Mujer | La Chica Dorada | Ángel Flores | |
| 1993 | Nieva, Nieva | 24 Kilates | Ángel Flores/Pedro Torres | |
| 1994 | Él Me Engañó | 24 Kilates | Daniel Gruner | |
| 1994 | Asunto de Dos | 24 Kilates | Fernado De Garay | |
| 1995 | Te Daría Mi Vida | El Tiempo Es Oro | Carlos Marcovich | |
| 1995 | Nada de Ti | El Tiempo Es Oro | Carlos Marcovich | |
| 1996 | Siempre Tuya Desde la Raíz | Planeta Paulina | Fernando De Garay | |
| 1997 | Solo Por Ti | Planeta Paulina | Fernando De Garay | |
| 1997 | Enamorada | Planeta Paulina | Fernando De Garay | |
| 2000 | Lo Haré Por Ti | Paulina | Carlos Somonte | |
| 2000 | El Último Adiós | Paulina | Pedro Torres | |
| 2001 | Y Yo Sigo Aquí | Paulina | Gustavo Garzón | |
| 2001 | Yo No Soy Esa Mujer | Paulina | Gustavo Garzón | |
| 2000 | Tal Vez, Quizás | Paulina | Gustavo Garzón | |
| 2001 | El Último Adios | Paulina | Emilio Estefan | |
| 2002 | Don't Say Goodbye/Si Tú Te Vas | Border Girl | Brothers Strause | |
| 2003 | The One You Love/Todo Mi Amor | Border Girl | Wayne Isham | |
| 2002 | I'll Be Right Here (Sexual Lover) | Border Girl | Simon Brand | |
| 2003 | Casanova/Baila Casanova | Border Girl | Simon Brand | |
| 2004 | Te Quise Tanto | Pau-Latina | Gustavo Garzón | |
| 2004 | Algo Tienes | Pau-Latina | Dago Gonzales | |
| 2004 | Dame Otro Tequila | Pau-Latina | Dago Gonzales | |
| 2005 | Mía | Picky Talarico | ||
| 2006 | Ni Una Sola Palabra | Ananda | Paul Boyn | |
| 2006 | Nada Puede Cambiarme | Ananda | Dago Gonzales | |
| 2007 | Ayúdame | Ananda | Paul Boyn | |
| 2007 | Que Me Voy A Quedar | Ananda | - | |
| 2009 | Causa y Efecto | Gran City Pop | Rudi Dolezal |
[edit] Timbiriche discography
- "Timbiriche (1982)
- "La Banda Timbiriche" (1982)
- "En Concierto" (1983)
- "Disco Ruido" (1983)
- "Que No Acabe Navidad" (1983)
- "Timbiriche Vaselina" (1984)
- "Timbiriche Rock Show" (1985)
- "Timbiriche VII" (1987)
- "Timbiriche 8-9" (1988)
- "Los Clásicos De Timbiriche" (1989)
- "Timbiriche 10" (1990)
- "El Concierto" (1998)
- "Timbiriche Clásico" (1998)
- Only in this albums Paulina appeared.
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