Unlike many kids who grow up dreaming of stardom, singer Paulina Rubio didn't have to wait for adulthood to get her first taste of fame. By the time she was ten, Rubio, the daughter of Mexican film star Susana Dosamantes, was part of the children's group Timbiriche. A decade later her solo debut, La Chica Dorada, was released, followed the next year by 24 Kilates. Though she had by this point become a recognizable face on the Latin ... Show more...

Unlike many kids who grow up dreaming of stardom, singer Paulina Rubio didn't have to wait for adulthood to get her first taste of fame. By the time she was ten, Rubio, the daughter of Mexican film star Susana Dosamantes, was part of the children's group Timbiriche. A decade later her solo debut, La Chica Dorada, was released, followed the next year by 24 Kilates. Though she had by this point become a recognizable face on the Latin pop scene, it wasn't until 2000, when her fifth album, Paulina, was issued, that she began to get recognition stateside, hitting number one on the Billboard Latin chart and earning Latin Grammy nominations, success that was only augmented with the subsequent releases Pau-Latina (2004) and Ananda (2006). Her first English-language record, Border Girl (2002), was her only stumble after moving from EMI to Universal for Paulina. Her early recordings for EMI, generally subpar by a considerable margin to her latter-day Universal work, have been recyled internationally on endless budget-line compilations like Historia (2003) and Mio: Paulina y Sus Exitos (2006). ~ Marisa Brown & Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide