Singles On September 18, 2006, the first single off
Celestial, titled "
Ser O Parecer", was released. Two days later, the
Portuguese version of the single, "Ser Ou Parecer", was released in Brazil. In the United States, the single reached the No. 1 spot on both the
Billboard Latin Pop Airplay and the
Billboard Hot Latin Songs charts. The single also ranked at position #84 on the all-encompassing US
Billboard Hot 100, becoming RBD's first Spanish single to do so. The single received a nomination at the
2007 Premios Juventud in the category "My Favorite Ringtone". The single's music video was directed by Esteban Madrazo and was filmed in
São Paulo, Brazil. The music video was also nominated at the 2007 Premios Juventud in the category "My Favorite Music Video". The single's music video was filmed in Mexico, and shows the members of RBD as
hippies enjoying a day in a field between the volcanoes
Iztaccihuatl and
Popocatepetl, and was also directed by Esteban Madrazo. The single was also nominated at the 2007 Premios Juventud in the categories "My Favorite Music Video" and "My Favorite Ringtone". On August 12, 2007, "
Dame" was released as a
promotional single only in the United States. The promotional release managed to chart at No. 14 on the
Billboard Latin Pop Airplay chart and at No. 38 on the
Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart. That year, the band also appeared on the music television show
CD USA, where they performed "Celestial" and "Ser O Parecer". In June 2007, during their visit to Romania, the group performed the track "Ser O Parecer" on
Acasă TV. On July 19, 2007, the group attended the
4th annual Premios Juventud, where they performed their single "Bésame Sin Miedo". On July 20, the group returned to
Sábado Gigante and performed "Celestial" and "Bésame Sin Miedo". On July 25, the group appeared at the
Ritmoson Latino-organized concert titled "Confesiones en Concierto", where they performed "Ser O Parecer", along with "Quizá", "Bésame Sin Miedo", and "Celestial". In August 2007, the group appeared on the Mexican TV show
Muévete, where they also performed "Ser O Parecer". In September 2007, the group performed "Ser O Parecer" on the Mexican daily morning program
Hoy and appeared on the ninth episode of the reality show
Buscando a Timbiriche, La Nueva Banda to perform "Bésame Sin Miedo". In December 2007, the group appeared on the Mexican
Teletón, where they performed their singles "Celestial" and "Bésame Sin Miedo". On December 12, RBD performed their No. 1 hit "Ser O Parecer" at the Premios Fox Sports awards show in
Miami Beach, Florida. On December 15, the group appeared on the TV program
Mi TRL, broadcast in the United States by
MTV Tr3s, and performed "Celestial" and "Bésame Sin Miedo". To close 2007, the band also appeared on the Mexican TV program
Otro Rollo and on the Miami-based
El Show de Cristina, where they performed "Bésame Sin Miedo", "Celestial" and "Ser O Parecer" at both venues. After the promotion for
Celestial had officially ended, on February 1, 2008, RBD performed at the festivities preceding
Super Bowl XLII, where they sang again "Ser O Parecer". On March 20, 2008, the group performed their single "Bésame Sin Miedo" on the US television special
Feliz 2008, hosted by
Don Francisco. On March 25, 2008, the group appeared in Spain's
TVE gala, where they again performed their successful single "Ser O Parecer". On July 19, 2008, the band performed at the concert organized to celebrate the 50-year anniversary of
Televisa in
Monterrey, Mexico, where they sang "Celestial", "Bésame Sin Miedo" and "Ser O Parecer". Lastly, on October 25, 2008, the group performed songs from
Celestial in one of the last performances of their career at the
Exa TV concert in Mexico, which was broadcast through the Mexican television network
TeleHit.
Tour On April 20, 2007, RBD started their third worldwide
concert tour, titled Tour Celestial 2007, in
Guayaquil, Ecuador. The tour visited the United States and Europe, as well as
Central and South America. The band also continued to increase their string of successes internationally; the band's visits to Romania and Spain during 2007 surprised the Latin American
entertainment industry, while giving the band the opportunity to win over the Spanish
music market, one of the most competitive music markets in the world. On June 22, 2007, as a result of their successful performances in Spain, as part of the band's tour, in a unique concert in the
Vicente Calderón Stadium in Madrid in front of 40,000 people, they recorded their third live album and
live concert video,
Hecho en España, where the group displayed their unique material and their command of the stage. In early October 2007, it was announced through Roptus.com that the rest of the tour was postponed until later announcement. The reason given through RBD's website was that the group wanted to give their public a better show by performing songs from their then upcoming album
Empezar Desde Cero, which would be released on November 20, 2007. With the tour, RBD collected $5,400,000 in ticket sales just in North America, and sold a combined total of 293,742 tickets to their concerts worldwide. == Critical reception ==