Nuestro Amor

Nuestro Amor (English: Our Love) is the second studio album by Mexican Latin pop group RBD. The album was released on September 22, 2005 in Mexico, selling over 127,000 units in its first seven hours of release in the country, and 160,000 in the first week, enough for it to be certified Platinum almost instantly.[1] It was eventually certified 3× Platinum and Gold in Mexico. In the United States, the album was released on October 4, 2005 and peaked at number 88 on the Billboard 200 chart. It also spent three weeks in a row at number one on the Top Latin Albums chart, selling over 100,000 units just in its first week of release.[2] The album was released in Spain on October 30, 2006 and has been certified 2x Platinum. The album was nominated for a Latin Grammy in the "Best Pop Album by a Duo/Group with Vocals" category at the 2006 Latin Grammy Awards.

Nuestro Amor
Studio album by RBD
Released	September 22, 2005
Recorded	2005
Genre	Latin pop pop rock
Length	48:24
Label	EMI
Producer	Carlos Lara Max di Carlo Armando Ávila Pedro Damián (executive)
RBD chronology
Tour Generación RBD En Vivo (2005) Nuestro Amor (2005) Rebelde (2005)
Nuestro Amor Edición Diamante
Singles from Nuestro Amor
"Nuestro Amor" Released: August 25, 2005 "Aún Hay Algo" Released: November 18, 2005 "Tras de Mi" Released: January 23, 2006 "Este Corazón" Released: March 10, 2006

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On March 2, 2006, a "Diamond Edition" of the album was released, which included the original 14 tracks, plus an interactive CD including wallpapers, videos, screensavers, plus two new unreleased tracks. The group eventually recorded a Portuguese-language version of the album for their fanbase in Brazil; this edition was released on May 22, 2006 and was titled Nosso Amor Rebelde.

Background, release and composition

Having released their first live album, Tour Generación RBD En Vivo, on July 19, 2005, the band decided to release their second studio album less than three months later on September 22, 2005 in Mexico and on October 4, 2005 in the United States. On March 2, 2006, a 'Diamond Edition' of the album is released, which includes interactive content and the Portuguese-language song "Quando O Amor Acaba". On May 22, 2006, the Portuguese version of the album is released in Brazil, titled Nosso Amor Rebelde.

Nuestro Amor incorporates pop and Latin pop in its music, with rhythmic and melodic stylings. It was produced by Armando Ávila, Max di Carlo, Carlos Lara and Pedro Damián. Among its tracks, the album contains "Me Voy", a Spanish cover version of "Gone", by American recording artist Kelly Clarkson. "Gone" was originally released on Clarkson's multi-platinum album Breakaway (2004). "Me Voy" keeps the same meaning as the original – a heartbroken woman who gains pride and a sense of self-worth forces herself to get over the one who harmed her. The track "Feliz Cumpleaños" is as well a Spanish cover version, this time of Swedish singer Mikeyla's "Happy Worst Day". Both songs were eventually also recorded in English for RBD's English debut, Rebels (2006), and its Japanese deluxe edition, We Are RBD!

Promotion

Singles

On August 25, 2005, the first single off the album was released, the title-track "Nuestro Amor". The song was used as the opening theme of the second season of the telenovela Rebelde. The music video for the single was filmed in Pedregal de San Ángel, Mexico and was directed by Amín Azali. The song became RBD's second song to reach the top ten of the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart in the United States, reaching a peak of No. 6 and becoming the album's highest-charting song in the country.

"Aún hay algo" was released as the album's second single on November 18, 2005. In 2006, the song wong the award for "Catchiest Tune" at the 2006 Premios Juventud. The song debuted and peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Latin Pop Songs chart and at No. 24 on Billboard Hot Latin Songs.

The album's third single was "Tras de mí", which was released on January 23, 2006. Although the song did not have an accompanying official music video, it was very well accepted among the public. RBD performed the song at the 7th Annual Latin Grammy Awards (2006).

The fourth and last single from the album was the ballad "Este corazón", which was released on March 10, 2006. The song was used as the opening theme of the 3rd season of Rebelde. The song won the award for "Best Ballad" also at the 2006 Premios Juventud.

Tour

The album's promotional tour, titled "Tour Generación 2006" or "Nuestro Amor Tour", started on February 21, 2006 at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles, California and later continued throughout the United States. RBD managed to fill out venues such as the Madison Square Garden in New York City, the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. This last particular concert was filmed and broadcast through various television channels in the US.

On September 20, 2006, a promotional leg of the tour, titled "RBD Tour Brasil 2006", visited more than thirteen Brazilian cities. In October 2006, RBD performed in Rio de Janeiro at the Maracanã Stadium to 50,000 fans and became the first Spanish-language musical act to perform a concert as a main act in the history of the stadium. The tour reached its end on March 14, 2007, at the concert performed in Corpus Christi, Texas. That same year, RBD wins the award for "Latin Tour of the Year" at the 2007 Latin Billboard Music Awards.

Live performances

As part of the promotion for Nuestro Amor, RBD presented themselves and performed in a number of outlets in various countries. In 2005, the band first performed on the Mexican TV show Otro Rollo the album's first single and title track "Nuestro Amor". On November 13, 2005, they presented a benefit concert in the Estadio Azteca in Mexico, where they performed "Aún hay algo" and "Nuestro Amor". On November 17, the group appears in the "El Evento 40", an event organized by the Mexican radio program Los 40 Principales, which was broadcast through the Ritmoson Latino music channel. On February 23, 2006, they perform "Nuestro Amor" at the 2006 Premios Lo Nuestro Awards and on May 13, 2006 they perform it again at the 24th TVyNovelas Awards.

Later in 2006, the group performs at the Exa TV concert in Monterrey, Mexico and participated on the MTV Latinoamérica program Rock Dinner, which premise consists in bringing fans closer to their favorite artists; the group shared an evening with a young Mexican fan and also performed the single "Aún Hay Algo". In the 2006 edition of "Walmart Soundcheck", a program sponsored by the Walmart chain to promote albums being released, the band sang "Tras de mí", which was the single being promoted at the time. On April 11, 2006, the group again visits Otro Rollo, where they now performed "Qué Hay Detrás" and "Este corazón".

In August 2006, RBD appears on the Chilean program Mekano to perform "Nuestro Amor" and "Aún Hay Algo", then on October 1, 2006, they visited Brazil and performed the mentioned tracks on the show Domingo Legal. In late October, the band again performs at an Exa TV concert, but this time in Guadalajara, Mexico, where they now performed the hits "Este Corazón" and "Tras De Mí", among others.

On November 2, 2006, RBD performs the single "Tras De Mí" at the 7th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. On November 14, the band appears on the American TV show Don Francisco Presenta, where they perform "Nuestro Amor". On November 21, they present themselves once more on Otro Rollo, this time to perform "Tras De Mí". In December, the group appears at the Teletón México to perform the album tracks "Así Soy Yo", "A Tu Lado", "Fuera", "Qué Fue Del Amor", "Me Voy" and the singles "Nuestro Amor", "Aún Hay Algo" and "Este Corazón". Lastly, long after the album's promotion ended, on February 1, 2008, the band perform "Nuestro Amor" once more on the festivities prior to Super Bowl XLII.

Commercial performance

Nuestro Amor garnered great success in North America. The album reached number-one on the Mexican Albums Chart, and was certified platinum only seven hours after being released for sales of over 127,000 copies. Eventually, the album was certified 3x platinum + gold by AMPROFON for sales of 350,000 copies in Mexico. In the United States, the album became RBD's first to reach the number-one spot on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, while on the main Billboard 200 albums chart it peaked at No. 88, even higher than their debut, Rebelde. With that, the RIAA granted the album a 2x Latin platinum certification for its sales of 120,000 copies in the country.

In Europe, the album also achieved a welcome reception. Nuestro Amor debuted at No. 6 on the albums chart in Spain, eventually peaking at No. 3 and spending 32 weeks on the chart. That allowed PROMUSICAE to grant the album a 3x platinum certification for sales of 200,000 copies in Spain.

In South and Central America the album was well received since its release. In Brazil, the album reached No. 1 on the Brazilian Albums Chart, where ironically its Portuguese-language version peaked at No. 22 later on. Nuestro Amor was also certified in Costa Rica, where it received a Gold certification for the sales of 5,000 copies in the country.

Track listing

Nuestro Amor – Standard edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Nuestro Amor"	Memo Méndez Guiú, Emil "Billy" Méndez	Armando Ávila	3:34
2.	"Me Voy"	Kara DioGuardi, Mauri Stern	Carlos Lara, Max di Carlo	3:25
3.	"Feliz Cumpleaños"	Jade Ell, Mats Hedström, Lara	Lara, di Carlo	2:58
4.	"Este Corazón"	Ávila	Ávila	3:30
5.	"Así Soy Yo"	Fernando Rojo	Ávila	3:08
6.	"Aún Hay Algo"	Lara, Karen Sokoloff[3]	Lara, di Carlo	3:34
7.	"A Tu Lado"	Lara, Sokoloff	Lara, di Carlo	3:47
8.	"Fuera"	Mauricio L. Arriaga	Ávila	3:37
9.	"Qué Fue del Amor"	Ávila	Ávila	3:44
10.	"Qué Hay Detrás"	Lara, Sokoloff	Lara, di Carlo	3:17
11.	"Tras de Mí"	Lara, Sokoloff, Pedro Damián	Lara, di Carlo	3:11
12.	"Solo para Ti"	Mario Sandoval	Ávila	3:41
13.	"Una Canción" (Live)	José Roberto Matera,[4] CJ Turbay Daccarett[5]	Ávila	3:43
14.	"Liso, Sensual"	Polen Thomas,[6] Sokoloff	Lara, di Carlo	3:10
15.	"Nuestro Amor" (Video)			3:35
Total length:				48:24

Nuestro Amor – Edición Diamante (bonus disc)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Quando Amor O Acaba"	José Manuel Pérez Marino, Cláudio Rabello	Lara, di Carlo	3:19
2.	"Una Canción" (Studio Version)	Matera, Daccarett	Ávila	3:27
Total length:				55:26

Nuestro Amor – Edición Diamante (Enhanced content)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Emoticons"
2.	"Photo Gallery"
3.	"Game"
4.	"Aún Hay Algo" (Music video)
5.	"Screensavers"
6.	"Wallpapers"

Notes

• "Me Voy" is the Spanish cover version of Kelly Clarkson's "Gone", originally released on Clarkson's multi-platinum album Breakaway (2004).
• "Feliz Cumpleaños" is the Spanish version of Mikeyla's "Happy Worst Day".
• "Liso, Sensual" was originally released on their live album, Tour Generación RBD En Vivo.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

Recorded locations Los Angeles, California (at The Box) Mexico City, Mexico (at Cosmos Studios México) Mixtlán, Mexico Mixed in Los Angeles, California (at The Box) Vocals RBD – all vocals Clair Gómez – additional chorus vocals Pepe Garza – additional choir vocals

Musicians

Armando Ávila – all instruments Migliano Paglinio – bass guitar Kyle Sokoloff – drums

Javier Calderón – guitars (solo in "Nuestro Amor"), Gibby Tyler, Max di Carlo Max di Carlo – keyboards

Production

• Camilo Lara – A&R, executive producer
• Melissa Mochulske – A&R coordination
• Armando Ávila – arrangement, mixing, producer, recording, vocal direction
• Güido Laris – arrangement, recording, vocal direction
• Carlos Lara – arrangement, chorus arrangement, music direction, producer
• Max di Carlo – arrangement, music direction, producer, programming
• René Cárdenas – engineer
• Migliano Paglinio – engineer
• Pedro Damián – executive producer
• Luis Luisillo Miguel – associate producer
• Emilio Ávila – executive musical producer
• hulahula.com.mx – graphic design
• OM Entertainment – management
• Marisol Alcelay – marketing, product manager
• Rodolfo Vázquez mastering
• Juan Carlos Moguel – mixing, recording, vocal direction
• Kitaro Mizei – mixing
• Amín Azali – music video director ("Nuestro Amor", for Topfilms Productions)
• Olga Laris – photographer
• Jorge González – production assistant
• Jorge González Montaut – production coordinator
• Carolina Palomo Ramos – production coordinator
• Carlos Valdés – recording, vocal direction
• Michkin Boyzo – recording, vocal direction
• Andrew Rose – recording assistant
• Iván Machorro – vocal direction assistant

Accolades

Year	Ceremony	Award	Result
2006	7th Annual Latin Grammy Awards	Best Pop Album by a Duo or Group with Vocals	Nominated
	Billboard Latin Music Awards	Latin Pop Album of the Year, New Artist	Nominated
		Latin Pop Album of the Year – Duo or Group	Nominated
	Premios Oye!	Pop Album of the Year – Duo or Group	Nominated
	Premios Juventud	CD to Die For	Won
2007	Premios Lo Nuestro	Latin Pop Album of the Year – Duo or Group	Won

Charts

Weekly charts Chart Peak Position Brazilian Albums Chart 1 Mexican Albums Chart 1 Spain Albums Chart[7] 3 US Billboard 200 88 US Billboard Top Latin Albums[8] 1 US Billboard Latin Pop Albums[9] 1 Venezuelan Albums Chart 1

Year-end charts Charts (2005–2007) Peak Position Brazilian Albums Chart 3 Spain Albums Chart (2006) 15 Spain Albums Chart (2007) 32 US Billboard Top Latin Albums 4 US Billboard Latin Pop Albums 1

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[10]	2× Platinum	250,000^*
Chile (IFPI)[11]	Gold	5,000^^
Colombia (ASINCOL)[10]	3× Platinum	30,000^^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[12]	3× Platinum+Gold	350,000^^
Romania (UFPR)[13]	Gold	10,000^*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[14]	2× Platinum	160,000^^
United States (RIAA)[15]	2× Platinum (Latin)	200,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Mexico	September 22, 2005	CD, digital download	EMI
United States	October 4, 2005
Worldwide	March 2, 2006	'Edición Diamante' – CD, digital download

See also

• List of certified albums in Romania
• List of best-selling albums in Brazil

Notes

1. "ARTISTA .: Principal". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2006.
2. "Charts".
3. Max di Carlo billed as Karen Sokoloff
4. Joe Carvajal billed as José Roberto Matera
5. Johann Daccarett billed as CJ Turbay Daccarett
6. Lynda Thomas billed as Polen Thomas
7. Hung, Steffen. "spanishcharts.com – RBD – Nuestro amor".
8. https://www.billboard.com/charts/latin-albums/2005-11-05
9. https://www.billboard.com/charts/latin-pop-albums/2006-01-21
10. Inc, Nielsen Business Media (May 27, 2006). Billboard May 27, 2006 issue. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 31. Archived from the original on July 24, 2020.
11. http://lucasrbd.xpg.uol.com.br/2.html. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
12. "Certificaciones Amprofon | Amprofon". www.amprofon.com.mx. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
13. "Fenomenul RBD a cuprins Romania" [The RBD-phenomeon got over Romania]. Evenimentul Zilei (in Romanian). May 16, 2007. Archived from the original on March 6, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
14. "El post de las certificaciones en España: Todos los Oros y Platinos". SPICEHEART FORUMS. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
15. "American album certifications – RBD – NUESTRO AMOR". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click Type, then select Latin, then click SEARCH.