Paulina Rubio

BIO

The beautiful Mexican singer Paulina Rubio Dosamantes was born on June 17, 1973 in Mexico City, Mexico. Paulina is also the daughter of Susana Dosamantes, a talented Mexican actress of "telenovelas" which are spanish soap operas. Rubio's music is very popular in Latin America, Spain and in the United States. She began her career when she was nine years old in 1980 debuting with a music group called Timbiriche, recording ten albums with the popular group.

Rubio then turned to acting in telenovelas on Televisa. She landed her first role in 1988, as a villain in "Pasion y Poder" ("Passion and power"). In 1990 she starred in "Baila Conmigo" and in 1994 she made her film debut in the low-budget Mexican film called "Bésame en la Boca" and in 1995 she starred in the telenovela "Pobre Niña Rica."

In 1990, Rubio left Timbiriche and focused on launching a solo career. In 1992, she released her first album titled, "La Chica Dorada." In 1993 she released 24 kilates. In 1995, El tiempo es oro. In 1996 she released "Planeta Paulina" and in 2000 "Paulina." This album was nominated at the second annual Latin Grammy Awards, and in 2002 "Border Girl", which included her first foray into English language-Pop. Her smash hit "Don't Say Goodbye" rose to the number one spot on the Billboard list. Although her debut English album did not launch her into superstardom, it did give Paulina the international recognition she sought after for years.

In 2004, Rubio returned with a Spanish language album titled "Pau-latina." Rubio explained that "Pau-latina" has several meanings, such as similarity to her name Paulina, the Catalan word "pau" meaning peace, and latina. Recently songs on the album such as "Algo Tienes" and "Dame Otro Tequila" have become major hits making her one of the best selling female pop artist of México and Latin America. "Paulatina" Rubio received an award at "Premio Lo Nuestro", as the Best Female of the Year and also from "Premios Juventud", which is given by the audience who vote online and in polls nationwide. Paulina Rubio is to this day a household name in the Spanish speaking world.

Paulina's best year is definately 2005 where she won female artist of the year by "People Magazine en Español" along with awards at the Latin Grammys, Premios Lo Nuestro, Premios Juventud and many other awards that were well deserved by the successful Mexican artist known as La Chica Dorada.