Celestial is the third Spanish studio album from Mexican Latin pop group RBD.

Album information

The album was released on November 21 2006 through EMI in Mexico and on November 24 in the United States. RBD also recorded this album in Portuguese, see Celestial (Versão Brasil). The album has been re-released as "Celestial - Edición Especial" on June 15 2007, now including "Family", theme song from their sitcom RBD: La Familia, and remixes of "Tu amor", "Tal vez después" and "Ser o parecer". The album made its first re-entry at #82 in the Mexican Top 100 albums chart, the week before the album's re-release.

The Brazilian edition includes 8 Portuguese tracks and 3 Spanish tracks and was released on November 25 2006.Celestial was produced by both Carlos Lara and Armando Ávila, who are responsible for the success of the first two studio albums Rebelde and Nuestro Amor.

The track "Tu Dulce Voz" is the Spanish cover of a song called "The Little Voice", originally recorded by Swedish singer Sahlene, and covered by American pop singer Hilary Duff.

The lead off single "Ser o parecer" was a success all over Latin America topping the Mexican airplay and U.S. singles charts. It is now known that RBD is releasing three singles simultaneously all over America. While Mexico is getting "Celestial", "Bésame Sin Miedo" will be sent to Colombia, and at the same time the United States and Puerto Rico will be able to hear "Dame" on their local radio stations. "Dame" has already received airplay on the Latin radios in the U.S, resulting into the song appearing on the Hot Latin Songs chart at number 38 and even number 18 on the Latin Pop Airplay chart.

In Peru, it's "Algún Día" that has started getting airplay there, managing to peak at number 91 on the Peruvian Airplay chart.

Release details

Country	Date
Mexico	November 21, 2006
United States	November 24, 2006
Spain	March 12, 2007

Chart performance

The album sold 137,000 copies in 4 days in the U.S., making it debut at number 15 in the Billboard 200 (extremely high for a Latin American act) and number one on the Billboard Top Latin Albums, and staying there for 9 consecutive weeks. The album however did not have a full week of album sales, due to its release being on Friday. However both facts, it's their first album to peak at the top 20 of the Billboard 200. The last position of Celestial was in the edition of March 17, 2007, selling a total of 480,000 copies until then.

The album climbed to number-two of Mexican Top 100 Albums Chart. In Mexico, on its day of release, the album sold 100,000 copies, enough to be certified platinum.

The album debuted at number one in Chile and stayed there for 6 consecutive weeks. It was later certified platinum there for sales over 15,000.

The album debuted at number 10 in Brazil, with the Portuguese version being released a couple of weeks later. The next week, it moved up to #8 and then to #6 to eventually peak at #3. The Portuguese version debuted at number 27 in Brazil and peaked at #17. In Brazil, both albums (the Brazilian and Spanish edition together) have sold over 300,000 copies.

The album was released in Spain on March 12, 2007. It debuted and peaked at number 2 for 2 weeks, selling enough to be certified Gold in those 2 weeks.

Track listings

• Basic
• "Tal Vez Después (Too Late)" (Rick Nowels, Kara DioGuardi, Michkin Boyzo) — 3:08
• "Ser o Parecer" (Armando Ávila) — 3:33
• "Dame" (Carlos Lara) — 4:06
• "Celestial" (Carlos Lara, Pedro Damián) — 3:27
• "Quizá" (Ángel Reyero, Armando Ávila, Michkin Boyzo) — 3:34
• "Bésame Sin Miedo (Kiss Me Like You Mean It)" (Chico Bennett, John Ingoldsby) — 3:33
• "Tu Dulce Voz (The Little Voice)" (Patrick Berger, Kara DioGuardi, Michkin Boyzo) — 3:21
• "Algún Día" (Carlos Lara) — 4:09
• "Me Cansé" (Gabriel Esle, Carolina Rosas) — 2:43
• "Aburrida y Sola" (Carlos Lara) — 3:55
• "Es por Amor" (Sandra Baylac, Cachorro López, Sebastián Schon) — 3:19

¹: Album sampler containing the following songs:"Tu amor/Wanna Play/Cariño mio/I Wanna Be the Rain".

iTunes exclusives

1. "Ser o Parecer" (Remix) — 6:33
2. Digital Booklet

International version

1. "Quisiera Ser" — 4:09
2. Rebels ("Tu amor/Wanna Play/Cariño mio/I Wanna Be the Rain")" — 2:00

¹: The song is a sampler of "Tu amor", "Wanna Play", "Cariño mio" and "I Wanna Be the Rain".

Re-release

The album was re-released as Celestial (Fan Edition) on July 10 2007 in the U.S. and on June 26 in Mexico. The Fan Edition features an Open Disc CD containing the songs off the basic album plus the theme song of "La Familia" series called "The Family" and remixes from the songs "Tu amor", "Tal vez después" and "Ser o parecer". The edition also comes with a DVD with the exclusive rehearsal of songs like "Nuestro amor", the karaoke of 10 of the band's hits and videos for "Tu amor", "Ser o parecer" and "Celestial". Also, after insertin the CD in your PC, it is possible to get access an exclusive site with photo galleries, downloads and a lot more surprises. The American edition includes a DVD with the soundproof done before their performance at Walmart and interviews with the group's members.

The album made its first re-entry at #93 in the Mexican Top 100 albums chart, 3 weeks before the album's re-release. The re-released album entered the chart at #30.

The Fan Edition re-entered Billboard's Top Latin Albums at #10, on the July 18 issue, the album's 31st week. It also re-entered the Billboard 200 at #192 with 3,818 sales in its first week.

Track listing

1. "Tal Vez Después" (Rick Nowels, Kara DioGuardi, Michkin Boyzo) — 3:08
2. "Ser o Parecer" (Armando Ávila) — 3:33
3. "Dame" (Carlos Lara) — 4:06
4. "Celestial" (Carlos Lara, Pedro Damián) — 3:27
5. "Quizá" (Ángel Reyero, Armando Ávila, Michkin Boyzo) — 3:34
6. "Bésame Sin Miedo" (Chico Bennett, John Ingoldsby) — 3:33
7. "Tu Dulce Voz" (Patrick Berger, Kara DioGuardi, Michkin Boyzo) — 3:21
8. "Algún Día" (Carlos Lara) — 4:09
9. "Me Cansé" (Gabriel Esle, Carolina Rosas) — 2:43
10. "Aburrida y Sola" (Carlos Lara) — 3:55
11. "Es por Amor" (Sandra Baylac, Cachorro López, Sebastián Schon) — 3:19
12. "Quisiera Ser" (Pedro Damián, Carlos Lara, Diane Warren) — 4:09
13. "Rebels" (Andrea Martin, RedOne, Diane Warren) — 2:00 ¹
14. "The Family" (Carlos Lara) — 3:43
15. "Tu Amor" (Chico Latino Remix)
16. "Tal Vez Después" (Remix)
17. "Ser O Parecer" (Remix)

¹: The song is a sampler of "Tu Amor", "Wanna Play", "Cariño Mio" and "I Wanna Be The Rain".

Reviews

• Allmusic

For Celestial, their third Spanish-language studio album, ... it generally pays off to give customers what they want and expect, and Celestial should indeed please the teen pop group's hemisphere-spanning fan base as well as the suits at EMI ...

Charts, Certifications and Sales

Chart (2006/07)	Peak	Certification	Sales
Brazil	3	2x Platinum	355.000+
Mexico	2	2x Platinum	200.000
Venezuela	1	2x Platinum	40.000
United States Billboard 200	15	Gold	500.000
United States Latin	1	2x Platinum	For Spanish albums.
Colombia	1	Platinum	35.000
Chile	1	Platinum	25.000
Spain	2	Platinum	100.000
Ecuador	1	Platinum	25,000+
Slovenia	2	-	-
Romania	1	Platinum	25,000
Puerto Rico	1	Platinum	30,000
Peru	1	Platinum	22,500+
Canada	-	Gold	55,000+
Europe	44	-	-
United World Chart	23	-	2.500.000

References

External links

• RBD Celestial Official site Listen the entire CD