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Para olvidarte de mí

Para Olvidarte de Mí (English: To Forget About Me) is the sixth and final studio album by Mexican pop band RBD, a group that gained popularity from Televisa's teenage-oriented TV series, Rebelde.[4] The album was released on March 10, 2009, in Mexico and on March 24, 2009, in the United States.[3] The album belongs to the musical genres of Latin pop and pop rock, with a melodic dance-pop styling.[3]

Para Olvidarte de Mí
Studio album by
RBD
ReleasedMarch 10, 2009[1]
RecordedOctober – November 2008[2]
StudioIgloo Music Studios (Burbank, California), Cosmos Studios (Mexico City, Mexico), Studio 19 (Mexico City, Mexico), Fishhead Studios (Gothenburg, Sweden)
GenreLatin pop[3]
Length45:19
LanguageSpanish
Label
Producer
RBD chronology
Greatest Hits
(2008) 		Para Olvidarte de Mí
(2009) 		Best Of Remixes
(2009)
Singles from Para Olvidarte de Mí
  1. "Para Olvidarte de Mí"
    Released: January 26, 2009

For promotion purposes, only one single was released from the album, the title-track "Para Olvidarte de Mí".[5] The single's music video was compiled from footage of RBD's previous music videos and live performances.[6][7]

Background and production

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The group announced in October 2008 that Para Olvidarte de Mí was slated to be RBD's last studio album, as the group was disbanding.[8] Group member Maite Perroni announced during an interview that the recording of the farewell album had concluded in November 2008. The album was recorded in Mexico City, under the production of Armando Ávila, Carlos Lara and MachoPsycho.[9]

Following on the footsteps of Empezar Desde Cero, RBD band member Dulce María co-wrote two songs out of the 13 that are on the album.[10][11] The two compositions are "Más Tuya Que Mía", a song that speaks about the end of a romantic relationship, and "Lágrimas Pérdidas", which deals with the hope of starting again after having gone through disillusion in a relationship.

Release

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Contrary to the group's previous albums, Para Olvidarte de Mí is considered a limited edition, as only 40,000 copies were released for sale in each country.[12] Being that the group officially disbanded after the final show of their Gira Del Adios on December 21, 2008, the album was released after the disbandment of the group. In doing so, no promotion other than the release of the single was made for the album. The anticipation for RBD's last release caused that the lead single from the album, the "title track", to be leaked onto the Internet on January 26, 2009. The whole album was eventually also leaked onto the Internet on March 1, 2009, more than a week before its official release date. On March 10, 2009, RBD regrouped with the exception of Herrera who had work commitments, and held a press conference in Mexico, where they officially presented the album.[13]

"If I could explain with words what they [the fans] made us feel in each country, in each concert, I would. We have a compromise and will be forever indebted to them, there is no way how to tell them goodbye, because they deserve so much more."

—RBD band member Anahí talking about the album.[9]

Much later, in 2010, Dulce María herself presented through her official Twitter account a contest for RBD fans to create a music video made up of the best moments of the disbanded sextet, which would eventually be uploaded to her official YouTube channel.[14] A few weeks after the contest was opened, a new song titled "Llévame" was revealed together with the winning fan-made video. The song was composed by Dulce María and fellow ex-RBD band member Alfonso Herrera, likely during their final recording sessions for Para Olvidarte de Mí.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [15]

Critical reception

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Jason Birchmeier from the online music guide AllMusic gave Para Olvidarte de Mí a 2 out of 5 star review. He considered that the album had a "heavy emphasis on emotional ballads [...] oriented toward the group's core fan base rather than the Latin pop mainstream", while highlighting some of the album tracks like "Camino Al Sol", "¿Quién Te Crees?" and "Puedes Ver Pero No Tocar". Birchmeier ended his review by stating: "As it happened, however, RBD overran the course of their popularity and were left to bid farewell to a greatly diminished fan base, not to mention an otherwise uncaring Latin pop mainstream that had grown increasingly weary of the group as the years passed and the novelty wore thin."[16]

Commercial performance

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Para Olvidarte de Mí is considered RBD's least successful studio album, as only 40,000 copies of the album were distributed in each country in which it was released, and also did not have any significant promotion.[17][18]

In North America, the album found its greatest success in the group's native Mexico, where it debuted at #7 on the Mexican Albums Chart, compiled by AMPROFON, and later peaked at #3 on its second week of release. However, the album only managed to chart in Mexico for 11 weeks. In the United States, the album peaked at #6 on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, and at #3 on Billboard Latin Pop Albums, charting in both rankings for six weeks.

In South America, the album managed to chart in Argentina, where it debuted at #83 on the Argentine Albums Chart, compiled by CAPIF, and later peaked at #10 in its second week on the chart.

In Europe, Para Olvidarte de Mí managed to enter the albums chart in Spain (ranked by PROMUSICAE) at #17 and stayed on the ranking for 8 weeks.

Track listing

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Para Olvidarte de Mí
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Camino Al Sol"
3:58
2."Mírame"
  • Cachorro López
  • Sebastián Schon
3:43
3."Para Olvidarte de Mi"
  • Lara
  • Pedro Muñoz Romero
3:23
4."¿Quién Te Crees?"
MachoPsycho3:05
5."Esté Donde Esté"Armando ÁvilaÁvila3:36
6."Más Tuya Que Mía"
Ávila3:41
7."Hace Un Instante"Lara
3:43
8."Desapareció"
Ávila3:20
9."Olvidar"
3:00
10."Yo Vivo Por Ti"
  • MachoPsycho
  • Campany
  • Marr
MachoPsycho3:24
11."Lágrimas Perdidas"
  • Ávila
  • Dulce María
Ávila3:36
12."Puedes Ver Pero No Tocar"
Ávila3:13
13."Adiós"ÁvilaÁvila3:37
Total length:45:19
Notes
  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer

Personnel

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Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

Recording locations

Mixing locations

Mastering location

Vocals

Musicians

Production

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Charts (2009) Peak
Position
Argentine Albums Chart[19] 10
Mexican Albums Chart[20] 3
Spanish Albums Chart[21] 17
US Billboard 200[22] 192
US Billboard Top Latin Albums[23] 6
US Billboard Latin Pop Albums[24] 3

Release history

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Country Date Format Label
Mexico March 10, 2009 CD, digital download EMI
Spain March 17, 2009[25]
Brazil March 23, 2009
United States March 24, 2009[3]
Ecuador April 7, 2009
Colombia April 20, 2009
Venezuela May 11, 2009

References

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  1. ^ "RBD lanza último álbum". People en Español (in Spanish). March 6, 2009. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  2. ^ "Siempre seré una RBD".
  3. ^ a b c d "Para olvidarte de mí - RBD". Allmusic. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  4. ^ "Filtraron el adiós de RBD". Univision. March 2009.
  5. ^ "RBD lanza su nuevo sencillo promocional 'Para olvidarte de mí'". Terra USA (in Spanish). Archived from the original on April 16, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  6. ^ "RBD lanza su nuevo sencillo promocional 'Para olvidarte de mi'". Terra (in Spanish). March 5, 2009. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  7. ^ "RBD se despide con ultimo disco "Para olvidarte de mi"". Excélsior (in Spanish). March 24, 2009. Archived from the original on April 16, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  8. ^ "RBD to release highly anticipated CD and DVD GREATEST HITS on November 25th" Archived 2009-02-21 at the Wayback Machine EMI Televisa.
  9. ^ a b "El grupo mexicano RBD lanzó su disco de despedida". Perú 21. March 10, 2009. Archived from the original on April 16, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  10. ^ "RBD: Para olvidarte de mi, su álbum despedida". Musica.pro. Archived from the original on 2009-02-08. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
  11. ^ "Dulce María estará dedicada a telenovela y carrera de solista". Grupo-rbd.com. Retrieved 2010-10-13.[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ "RBD lanza su disco de despedida "Para olvidarte de mí"". Noticias cada día (in Spanish). March 12, 2009. Archived from the original on 2014-04-16. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  13. ^ "RBD se despide con nuevo disco". EMOL (in Spanish). March 10, 2009. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  14. ^ DulceMarriaLive (February 14, 2010). "Llevame". Youtube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  15. ^ Birchmeier, Jason. "RBD - Para Olvidarte De Mi U.S. Release". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
  16. ^ "RBD lanza disco de despedida". Quien (in Spanish). March 11, 2009. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  17. ^ "Presentan disco del adiós". Milenio (in Spanish). March 11, 2009. Archived from the original on September 4, 2013. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  18. ^ "Argentina Top 20 Albums". Allcharts.org. 2010-02-06. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
  19. ^ Steffen Hung. "Ultratop archive". Mexicancharts.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-03. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
  20. ^ Spanish Top 100 Albums Archived April 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  21. ^ Billboard 200
  22. ^ "RBD Billboard history". Billboard.com. 2010-10-09. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
  23. ^ "Latin Pop Albums". Billboard. 2 January 2013.
  24. ^ "RBD lanza su disco "Para olvidarte de mí"". Espectáculos TV (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2013-10-25. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
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