Gran City Pop
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Gran City Pop is the ninth studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by Mexican
Mexican people
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 singer Paulina Rubio
Paulina Rubio
Paulina Susana Rubio Rue is a Mexican singer and actress. Rubio achieved international stardom with her fifth studio album, Paulina...

 released by Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group
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 on June 23, 2009 . The album's first single "Causa y Efecto
Causa y Efecto
"" is a song performed by Mexican singer Paulina Rubio. The song was recorded for her ninth studio album Gran City Pop, and was released as the lead single on March 30, 2009. Causa y Efecto became a hit reaching number 1 in the U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Songs and Hot Latin Airplays. Causa y Efecto...

" became Rubio's first number one single on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs since Ni Una Sola Palabra
Ni Una Sola Palabra
"Ni Una Sola Palabra" is the first official single released from Paulina Rubio's Spanish language album Ananda. It is Paulina's third American pop hit, entering at #98 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.-The song:...

 in 2006. It was also Rubio's fourth number one single in her career to reach number one on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs; and her 3rd consecutive album to come out with a number one single on the Hot Latin tracks chart.

On December 2, Gran City Pop received a Grammy nomination for "Best Latin Pop Album".

On December 11, Gran City Pop placed at number 39th in the Top 100 most successful Latin Albums in the USA per Billboard Magazine. In addition, Rubio herself placed as the fifteenth most successful Latin Artist of the last ten years in the Latin Music Market in the USA and Puerto Rico.

Production

The production features compositions by Estefano
Estéfano
Fabio Alonso Salgado, better known as Estéfano, born in Cali, Colombia is a musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. Along with Donato Poveda formed the duo Donato & Estéfano, releasing three studio albums through 1995-1999...

, Los Rabanes
Los Rabanes
Los Rabanes is a Latin Grammy winner Rock band from Chitré, Herrera, Republic of Panama. Originated in the year 1992 after the end of the bands "Rum & Coke" and "El Decimo Piso". They formed the band with the idea to play in small pubs and bars at weekends. Soon the group won international...

, Jeremias
Jeremias
Carlos Eduardo López Avila, better known under his stage name Jeremías, is a British-Venezuelan singer-songwriter who was born in London, England on September 19, 1973, of Venezuelan parents. He moved to Venezuela at the age of 2, although he still maintains a British passport...

, Noel Schjris (Sin Bandera
Sin Bandera
Sin Bandera was a Latin pop duo based in Mexico that consisted of Leonel García, and Noel Schajris. They became one of the most popular artists after their debut album "Sin Bandera" was released in 2001.-Biography:...

), Gianmarco Zignago
Gianmarco Zignago
Gian Marco Javier Zignago Alcóver is a singer-songwriter. He has won the Grammy Latino 2005 for the best 'álbum Cantautor' and also the Grammy Latino Awards of 2011 for the best Singer-Songwriter Album "Días Nuevos"...

, Lester Méndez, and Mario Domm
Mario Domm
Mario Alberto Domínguez Zarzar , known professionally as Mario Domm, is a Mexican pop singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Torreón, in the Mexican state of Coahuila, he enrolled in various performing arts schools, where he studied singing on stage...

. Paulina prepared her album with her own songs with the help Coti Sorokin, who played a big influence in the writing of the album. Speaking to a Mexican radio program, the "Golden Girl" said that the new material presented many changes, "but at the same time I remain very loyal to my music; my rancheras, boleros, and simple rhythms like the songs we used to listen to as children". She also added, "This new production will have songs by Mario Domm, the leader of Camila, and Estéfano, but there are some songs of mine with Coti; is a disc to get the child within us," she said.

Content

According to her web site, the idea of Gran City Pop is "an imaginary and enormous city where Paulina groups in one vision, some of the vitals and musicals experiences, lived during the last years in many cities of the world, experiences that have marked her life forever and now she wants to share in ten songs with influences that enrich this new stage of her career. In the album collaborates Estéfano, Chris Rodríguez, Cachorro López, Léster Méndez and Coti".

Rubio started working on Gran City Pop in her Miami house studio in 2008 as a follow-up to her eighth album, Ananda
Ananda
Ānanda was one of the principal disciples and a devout attendant of the Buddha. Amongst the Buddha's many disciples, Ānanda had the most retentive memory and most of the suttas in the Sutta Pitaka are attributed to his recollection of the Buddha's teachings during the First Buddhist Council...

, released in 2006. The album includes a variety of styles, which took months of recording.

On iTunes
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, those that pre-ordered the album got two bonus tracks: an acoustic version of "Causa y Efecto" and a bonus song called "El Tren de La Vida."

First confirmed by Amazon
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, a special edition including a DVD was available to pre-order. Both versions, the special edition and the normal edition, were released on June 23, 2009.

Reception

The album received positive reviews from the critics, stating that the album is a great pop album.
  • Phil Freeman, from Allmusic, gave a positive review, giving it 4 out of 5 stars, saying:
    "Paulina Rubio's giddy, silly personality bubbles forth all over this album; she sounds like she's having a blast on every song, even the ones that are about the pitfalls of love...Arrangements run the gamut from the acoustic guitar and organ of "Amanecí Sin Ti" to the big sampled Gary Glitter beat of first single "Causa y Efecto," the New Order-style pulsing bassline of "Enséñame," and "Algo de Ti," with sampled strings rubbing against hard synth lines...one of its definite high points, is the hip-hop/ranchero fusion "Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes,"it's exactly the kind of culture-blending, boundary-dissolving sound that encapsulates modern Latin pop, and it's brilliant. Almost miraculously, this album's style-hopping, from electro to pop/rock (sometimes sounding like Electronic, as on "A Contraluz") to indefinable blends of whatever works, never becomes tiresome. That's a tribute not only to Rubio's producers, but to her own force of personality. She's one of the most vibrant performers in Latin pop".

  • Rachel Devitt, from Rhapsody.com, gave a positive, though not rated, review saying:
    "An imaginary utopia inspired by Miami, Madrid and Mexico City, Paulina Rubio's Gran City effortlessly blends the sounds of those scenes, jumping from Mexican regional-infused pop (don't miss the bonus banda version of "Causa Y Efecto") to Latin alt to almost ABBA-esque Euro-disco (the dramatic "Algo de Ti"). Rubio's flexible voice and diva charisma allow her to carry off each style with attitude and flair. It's a potent reminder of why she is such a mega-star in the Latin pop world, and poses the question of when the English-speaking pop world is going to wake up and take notice."

Promotion

Paulina's big come back took place in the month of April at the 2009 Billboard Latin Music Awards
Billboard Latin Music Awards
The Billboard Latin Music Awards grew out of the Billboard Music Awards program from Billboard Magazine, an industry publication charting the sales and radio airplay success of musical recordings. The awards began in 1990...

 where Rubio performed her lead single Causa y Efecto for the first time.

Paulina also performed live at Univision's Premios Juventud.

Rubio made a private concert at Gotham Hall in New York City
New York City
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 on May 11, 2009 to promote Gran City Pop. The concert was presented by Univision Radio.

During her stay in New York, she visited the MTV Tr3s Studios
One Astor Plaza
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, she taped the show ESL
ESL
ESL is a common abbreviation for English as a Second Language, see English language learning and teaching.ESL may also refer to:-Companies:...

, and presented fans the single Causa y Efecto. The performance was aired on May 14.

Paulina appeared at Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2009
Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2009
The eighth annual Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2009 took place on October 15, 2009 in Bogotá, Colombia at Corferias, at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, United States, Mexico City, Mexico and Buenos Aires, Argentina....

 on October 15 along with Cobra Starship
Cobra Starship
Cobra Starship is an American synthpop band created by former Midtown bassist and lead vocalist Gabe Saporta in 2003 in New York City, New York...

 performing Good Girls Go Bad
Good Girls Go Bad
"Good Girls Go Bad" is a song recorded by American pop punk band Cobra Starship with guest vocals by Leighton Meester. It was the first single released from their third studio album, Hot Mess. The song was released digitally through iTunes on May 11, 2009...

 and Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes
Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes
"" is a song performed by Latin pop singer Paulina Rubio. The song was recorded for her ninth studio album Gran City Pop, and was released as the second single. Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes was produced by Cachorro López and written by Claudia Brant, Noel Schajris and Gianmarco Zignago. It was announced...

. Shere was the female performer with the most nominations (and second most overall):
Video of the Year, Mejor Artista, Mejor Artista Pop, Mejor Solista y Artista del Ano, winning Mejor Solista becoming her first award. Rubio and Cobra Starship won an MTV Award for "Best Performance", as voted by the public, beating artist such as Shakira
Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...

, Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtado
Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...

, and Wisin & Yandel
Wisin & Yandel
Wisin & Yandel are a Puerto Rican reggaeton Duo, consisting of Juan Luis Morera Luna and Llandel Veguilla Malavé Salazar . They started their career in 1998 and have been together since, winning several awards during that time....

.

On November 1, Paulina performed Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes on ¡Viva el Sueño!
¡Viva el Sueño!
¡Viva el Sueño! is a reality competition to find new solo musical talent. Many are those who dream of being big but very few who reach the success in the music world. ¡Viva el Sueño! will give that opportunity to one of the 14 participants who were chosen from hundreds of applicants...

, a reality competition show similar to American Idol
American Idol
American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...

.

On November 12, Paulina performed at the 2009 Premios Telehit which take place in Mexico and was given the award for being the Mexican female artist with most international fame.

Paulina performed at the Miss Colombia 2009
Miss Colombia 2009
Miss Colombia 2009, the 75th Miss Colombia pageant, was held at the Centro de Convenciones in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on Monday, November 16, 2009. Miss Colombia 2008, Michelle Rouillard, crowned Natalia Navarro from the department of Bolívar as the new Miss Colombia...

 ceremony on November 16.

Paulina performed at Premios OYE! and won the award for "Premio del Publico" given to her by her mother Susana Dosamantes
Susana Dosamantes
Susana Dosamantes , is a Mexican actress. She is the mother of Mexican pop diva Paulina Rubio, and has worked in around 50 movies and TV series, including a number of telenovelas...

.

On February 5, Paulina performed at the 2010 Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam.

On February 18, Paulina performed at the 2010 "Premios Lo Nuestro".

Paulina performed "Algo De Ti" for the first time at the "2010 Billboard Latin Music Awards" on April 29 as a duet with rapper/singer Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean is a Haitian musician, record producer, and politician. At age nine, Jean moved to the United States with his family and has spent much of his life in the country...

.

Tour

In September 2009, Rubio started her the third solo concert tour Gran City Pop Tour
Gran City Pop Tour
The Gran City Pop Tour is the third solo concert tour by Mexican pop and rock singer Paulina Rubio. The tour began in September 2009 in support of her ninth studio album Gran City Pop...

 in support of this album.

Singles

Year Single Peak Chart Positions
U.S. Hot Latin Songs
U.S. Latin Pop Songs
Spain Singles Chart
2009 "Causa y Efecto
Causa y Efecto
"" is a song performed by Mexican singer Paulina Rubio. The song was recorded for her ninth studio album Gran City Pop, and was released as the lead single on March 30, 2009. Causa y Efecto became a hit reaching number 1 in the U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Songs and Hot Latin Airplays. Causa y Efecto...

"
1 1 7
"Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes
Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes
"" is a song performed by Latin pop singer Paulina Rubio. The song was recorded for her ninth studio album Gran City Pop, and was released as the second single. Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes was produced by Cachorro López and written by Claudia Brant, Noel Schajris and Gianmarco Zignago. It was announced...

"
9 5 3
2009 "Algo De Ti
Algo De Ti
"" is a song performed by Latin pop singer Paulina Rubio. The song was recorded for her ninth studio album Gran City Pop, released as the third single to radios on March 22, 2010 in Spain and on May 19, 2010 in USA...

"
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  • "Causa y Efecto
    Causa y Efecto
    "" is a song performed by Mexican singer Paulina Rubio. The song was recorded for her ninth studio album Gran City Pop, and was released as the lead single on March 30, 2009. Causa y Efecto became a hit reaching number 1 in the U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Songs and Hot Latin Airplays. Causa y Efecto...

    ", the first single from Gran City Pop was released to U.S. radio on March 30 and worldwide April 1. The song was well received by critics and fans. The music video for this song was released on May 6 by Universal Music Spain. Causa y Efecto has been successful reaching #1 on the Hot Latin Songs becoming Rubio's fourth #1 on the chart. It peaked at #7 on Spain.

  • "Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes
    Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes
    "" is a song performed by Latin pop singer Paulina Rubio. The song was recorded for her ninth studio album Gran City Pop, and was released as the second single. Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes was produced by Cachorro López and written by Claudia Brant, Noel Schajris and Gianmarco Zignago. It was announced...

    " was released as the second single from Gran City Pop. The music video was directed by Jessy Terrero on August 26 on New York; The video premiered on October 8. Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes has so far peaked at number 9 on the Hot Latin Songs, becoming her second top ten hit from the album and number 5 on the Latin Pop Songs. On October 21 it entered the Spanish Top 50 Songs at number 37 and has so far peaked at number 3, becoming her first top five hit from the album in Spain and second top ten hit from the album overall.

  • "Algo De Ti
    Algo De Ti
    "" is a song performed by Latin pop singer Paulina Rubio. The song was recorded for her ninth studio album Gran City Pop, released as the third single to radios on March 22, 2010 in Spain and on May 19, 2010 in USA...

    " was released as the third single from Gran City Pop. Paulina filmed the music video on February 26 in Miami. The director was Steven Oritt and was produced by Jessy Terrero who filmed both video versions of "Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes". The video premiered April 30. "Algo De Ti" debuted at number 50 in Spain on the issue of week 17.

Credits

  • Executive Producer: Paulina Rubio
    Paulina Rubio
    Paulina Susana Rubio Rue is a Mexican singer and actress. Rubio achieved international stardom with her fifth studio album, Paulina...

  • Art Direction: Eli Tersse
  • Design: Pon un Diseñador Gráfico en tu Vida (www.ponlo.es)
  • Photography: Gustavo López-Mañas (www.glm-studio.com)
  • Hairstyling: Tony Lucha
  • Stylist: Cristina Cellini
  • Makeup: Jennifer Daranyi using Dior
  • Engineer: Enrique Larreal

Tracklisting

Bonus DVD

  • Días De Trabajo En Gran City Pop - 16:33 (Making Of Video)
  • "Causa y Efecto" - 3:23 (Music Video)
  • Behind the Scenes - 3:29 (Photoshoot)
  • Photo Gallery

Special Edition

  • Causa y Efecto (Angel & Khriz
    Angel & Khriz
    Angel & Khriz is a well known Puerto Rican reggaeton duo, consisting of Angel Rivera Guzmán,31 and Christian Colón,30.Also known as "The Mvps of Reggaeton" "Los Jugadores Estrella" and now "Los Internacionales" They worked largely with Luny Tunes,and were introduced in 2002 in the CD MVP, by Hector...

     Remix)
  • Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes ft Pitbull (Mr. 305 Remix)
  • Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes (Juan Magan Remix)

Chart performance

The album sold 9,400 copies in its first week of release debuting at #44 on the Billboard 200 in the United States. It debuted at #2 on the Latin Albums and #1 on the Latin Pop Albums charts. Gran City Pop has been awarded a platinum award for shipments of over 300,000 copies in Europe, Latin America and the United States combined.

The album debuted at #2 on the Mexican Album Chart where it has been certified Gold for sales of over 30,000. On the Spain Album Chart, the album debuted at #3, while debuting at #11 on the Argentine Album Chart. In Colombia, the album reached the #1 position and reached a gold certification for over 10,000 copies sold.

Charts

Chart (2009)) Peak
position
Argentina Top Album Chart 11
Colombia Top Album Chart 1
European Top 100 Albums
European Top 100 Albums
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43
Mexico Top 100 Albums 3
Spain Albums Chart 2
U.S. Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

44
U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums
Billboard Top Latin Albums
Latin Albums is a record chart published by Billboard magazine and is labeled as the most important music chart for Spanish language, full-length albums in the American music market. Like all Billboard album charts, the chart is based on sales...

2
U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Albums
Latin Pop Albums
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Certifications

Awards and nominations

! Year !! Award !! Category !! Result>
2009 Premios People en Español Best Musical Comeback Winner
Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2009
Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2009
The eighth annual Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2009 took place on October 15, 2009 in Bogotá, Colombia at Corferias, at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, United States, Mexico City, Mexico and Buenos Aires, Argentina....

 
Best Solo Artist Winner
Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2009
Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2009
The eighth annual Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2009 took place on October 15, 2009 in Bogotá, Colombia at Corferias, at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, United States, Mexico City, Mexico and Buenos Aires, Argentina....

 
Best Performance Winner
Premios OYE! Premio del Publico
Winner
Latin Grammy Awards of 2009
Latin Grammy Awards of 2009
The 10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards took place on November 5, 2009 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. This was the second time the show took place in Las Vegas. Juan Gabriel was honored as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year on November 4, the day prior to the...

 
Producer of the Year: Cachorro Lopez (for his work on Gran City Pop) Winner
Premios Telehit 2009 Mexicana Más Internacional Winner
Gobierno de Quintana Roo Embajadora de Turismo en Quintana Roo Winner
Revista GQ Mexico a la Mujer del Año Woman of the Year Winner
52nd Grammy Awards
52nd Grammy Awards
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Best Latin Pop Album Nominated
Premios Paoli Cantante Internacional Femenina Winner
Premios ASCAP Pop Song: Causa y Efecto Winner
2010 2010 Billboard Latin Music Awards Top Álbum Latino, Artista del Año, Femenino Winner
2010 Premios Principales 2010 Mejor Cancion Internacional en la lengua Espanola: "Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes" Nominated
2010 Premio Lo Nuestro 2010 Mejor Artista de Pop Nominated
2010 Premios Clarin 2010 Mejor Solista Internacional Nominated
2010 Premios Clarin 2010 Mejor Sex Symbol Nominated
2010 Premios Clarin 2010 Mejor Sex Symbol Nominated
2010 Premios Clarin 2010 Mejor Show (Teatro San Rex) Nominated
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