Celestial (RBD album)

Celestial
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 23, 2006 (2006-11-23)
Recorded2006
StudioIgloo Music
(Los Angeles, California)
Montecristo Studios
(Mexico City, Mexico)
Genre
Length40:30
LanguageSpanish
LabelEMI
Producer
  • Carlos Lara
  • Armando Ávila
RBD chronology
Nosso Amor Rebelde
(2006)
Celestial
(2006)
Celestial
(Versão Brasil)

(2006)
Singles from Celestial
  1. "Ser o Parecer"
    Released: September 18, 2006
  2. "Celestial"
    Released: March 13, 2007
  3. "Bésame Sin Miedo"
    Released: June 28, 2007
  4. "Dame"
    Released: August 12, 2007

Celestial (English: Heavenly) is the third studio album by Mexican Latin pop vocal group RBD, released on November 23, 2006, in Mexico and on November 24, 2006 in the rest of Latin America and the United States.[1] The album was recorded in Los Angeles and Mexico City, and was produced by Carlos Lara and Armando Ávila. The group also recorded a special version of the album for their fanbase in Brazil. This edition of the album, recorded in Portuguese, was released on December 4, 2006 and was titled Celestial (Versão Brasil).

In the US, the album reached number one on the Billboard Latin Pop Albums chart and Top Latin Albums chart. The album reached positions number two and nine in the albums charts of Spain and Mexico, respectively, and sold 40,000 copies in the former country and 150,000 in the latter, gaining Gold certification in Spain and being certified Platinum and Gold in Mexico. In Brazil, the album reached position number three, while in Ecuador, Romania and Chile the album was certified Gold, with sales of 5,700, 10,000 and 12,000 copies, respectively. The album also charted at number 37 in Croatia.

"Ser o Parecer" served as the album's lead single and was released on September 18, 2006, and had the support of a CGI-assisted music video. It garnered commercial success, peaking at number one in various charts worldwide for weeks. With this song, the group gained the best single chart performance of their career on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart, where it became their first number-one hit, while also debuting and peaking at number 84 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The album's second single was the title track, which had an accompanying hippie-style music video. The third single released was "Bésame Sin Miedo", which had its music video filmed in Romania. Lastly, "Dame" was released as the fourth and final single.

  1. ^ "Celestial – RBD". Amazon. November 24, 2006. Retrieved June 16, 2013.