Paulina by Paulina Rubio

Paulina is the fifth studio album by Mexican singer Paulina Rubio. It was released on May 23, 2000 internationally by Universal Latino and marks her first record production with American global music corporation. Rubio worked with writers and producers such as Estéfano (mostly), Chris Rodríguez, Armando Manzanero, Juan Gabriel, Christian De Walden, and Richard Daniel Roman. The album explores a more variety sounds much different to the vein of her albums with EMI Music, and has an overall latin pop and dance-pop vibe, with influences from rock, ranchera, bolero, funk and house. Elaborating a "synthesis of the end of the millennium" theme for the album, Rubio reinvented her image. Paulina was generally acclaimed by most critics and earned Latin Grammy Award nominations. In 2001, Billboard cited it as the best-selling Latin album of 2001 in the U.S. The record was a commercial success, reaching at number one both the Top Latin Albums and Latin Pop Albums charts, and debuted on the Billboard 200, making it her first album to appear on that chart. It received worldwide certifications, including octuple platinum (Latin) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for 800,000 units shipped in the United States. In Mexico, is one of the best-selling albums according to Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON). Paulina is Rubio's most successful album with sales of over 3 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling "Latin" albums. Seven singles were released from the album. The lead single, "Lo Haré Por Ti" became an international hit. Its second single "El Último Adiós" peaked at number one in Latin America. Its third single "Y Yo Sigo Aquí", which is often recognised as Rubio's signature international song, received a nomination for the Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the 2001 ceremony became a massive commercial success. Follow-up singles "Yo No Soy Esa Mujer" and "Vive El Verano" also performed well on charts internationally. The latest singles "Sexi Dance" and "Tal Vez, Quizá" are often considered classic Rubio songs. To promote the album, she embarked on her concert tour Paulina. ℗ 2000 Universal Music Mexico S.A. de C.V.