I’m here to educate y’all, so RBD was one of the biggest Mexican pop groups of all time. The six members were first casted in a soap opera called “Rebelde” in 2004 and they were told that they were going to be in a band together. #RBDisBack

The members are Dulce María, Anahi, Maite Perroni, Christian Chavez, Christopher Von Uckermann, and Alfonso Herrera. The soap opera was a huge success both in Latin American and the U.S. They released the Album “rebelde” and “Nuestro Amor” while the soap opera was airing.

Rebelde reached #95 in Billboards 200 and Nuestro Amor was released in 2005 selling 160,000 copies in its first week and peaked at #88 in Billboard 200 album charts. They also released Portuguese versions of their albums. Their third album “Celestial” was released in 2006...

Selling 137,000 copies in its first week. The group also released a live CD in 2006 which peaked at #6 in Latin Album charts. In 2006 they released an English album titled “Rebels” which debuted at #40 in billboard 200 and sold 250,000 copies. In 2007 they released...

“Empezar desde cero” debuting at #1 in Billboard Latin album charts and peaked on the top 5 on various countries. Since 2008 “Empezar Desde Cero” has sold over 1 million copies. In 2008 RBD performed a free concert in Brasilia in Brazil with an audience of 500,000.....

Still on April, RBD was stated to be the first artist ever in the history of Slovenia charts to have 6 different albums in the Top 10 at the same weekend. LEGEND THINGZ PERIODT....

TOURS

“Tour Generación RBD” was RBD's first national tour. With 80 sold out dates in Mexico, they visited Monterrey three times gathering over 150,000 fans. The tour was certified by OCESA as the fourth most rapidly sold tour in Mexico.

The second phase of the tour began in the United States in 2006 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum with a crowd of more than 68,000 fans which was a record-breaking act for a Latin group... 694,655 tickets were sold in 2006 accounting for North American Shows.....

worth a total of $23,600,000 worldwide tickets sells reached 749,485 they came in as the 14th top selling act of 2006 worldwide. RBD also did a stadium tour through Brazil. They were the first Mexican pop group to perform in big venues such as as Maracanã and Morumbi...

In 2007 RBD performed in Brazil for over 500,000 people, breaking the Rolling Stones's record (already mentioned). In September, they did a series of concerts in Slovenia, the first concert was sold out in only 30 minutes breaking records

On August 14, 2008, the group RBD announced its last tour, named Gira Del Adiós or Tour Del Adiós.

RBD was one of the most important phenomenon of Latin pop culture in the 2000s with a dedicated fanbase that will continue on with the legacy even after years of the band being disbanded.

On August 15, 2008, RBD announced through a press release that they would disband in 2009 (saddest day of my life btw).. Anywho thank you for coming to my ted talk now you know the basic facts of the best and most iconic Mexican groups of all time.