she first achieved recognition as a member of the successful pop group Timbiriche from 1982 through 1991, which she has rejoined on occasion for reunion tours.
Rubio's first two studio albums, La Chica Dorada and 24 Kilates, were commercial successes and made her then EMI Latin's best-selling Mexican female artist. In the mid-1990s, she adopted a more mature and electronic style for her next two albums, El Tiempo Es Oro and Planeta Paulina. Following a series of concerts with Timbiriche and ending her contract with EMI Latin, Rubio's career was interrupted before the release of her fifth album and first with Universal Music Group, the homonym Paulina , which is critically referred to as her best album. Paulina was an international success and made her the best-selling Latin music artist of the Billboard Year-End (2001-2002).
She returned to the top of the charts again with her sixth and seventh albums, the crossover Border Girl and Pau-Latina, respectively. Rubio garnered critical praise, including nominations for the Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award. Her next albums, Ananda and Gran City Pop, were also critically and commercially successful. She followed it with Brava!, which delved into American dance-pop, during the promotion of her eleventh studio album, Deseo, she returned on La Voz... España and La Voz Senior.
Rubio has scored three number one albums on the Billboard Top Latin Albums. Five of Rubio's singles have reached number one on the US Billboard Hot Latin Songs: "Te Quise Tanto", "Dame Otro Tequila", "Ni Una Sola Palabra", "Causa Y Efecto", and "Me Gustas Tanto", making her the fifth best performing female artist on the chart. Other singles, "Mío", "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" and "Don't Say Goodbye", topped the charts in most Hispanic countries.
Rubio is regarded as a pop icon and is credited Latin pop era-defining during the 2000s. As one of the most influential female Mexican artists, she was included twice in 2012 and 2013 among the "50 Most Powerful Women in Mexico" by Forbes Mexico. Additionally she was included in their "Celebrity 100: Twitter's most-followed superstars" list in 2015. In 2008, Univision ranked her among the most powerful Latin celebrities in the United States and as one of the Greatest Latin Artists of All Time by Billboard in 2020. According to a 2021 ranking by YouGov, Rubio is the 26th most popular Latin music artist and the 17th most famous.
Rubio has been recognised with many honorific nicknames. When she released her debut solo album La Chica Dorada in the early 1990s, several media gave her the title of the album. Since then, she has been known as "La Chica Dorada" ("The Golden Girl"), especially in Mexico and Latin America. By 2000, Rubio achieved internationalization in Europe with her album Paulina, then the Spanish press named her "El Huracán Mexicano" ("The Mexican Cyclone"). During that time, the media also called her "Madonna Latina" especially in United States and Mexico, due to the great similarity of her music videos and provocative shows with the American artist. Rubio was consecrated as an international music star in 2000, and was referred as the "Queen of Latin Pop". In 2014, while serving as a coach on the third season of The X Factor, the Fox television network cemented her title as "Queen of Latino Pop" referring to her as "the Mexican superstar who has sold millions of records, she's spicy."
According to the critic José Noé Mercado, Rubio is an icon of pop culture in Latin America, and thanks to the success of her career "she helps us understand the now of our musical status in the pop and even rock world."[254] Los Angeles Times's Alicia Civita included her in her article on "Latina Women on the War Foot in a Male-Dominated Music Industry" and said that Rubio along with her three other countrywomen of her generation "have managed to beat time with their proposals in order to maintain a certain validity with collaborations with exponents of the new generations."
Paulina identifies as a feminist, and is considered a "feminist icon". On feminism in Mexico she has mentioned to Los Angeles Times in 2002, "the stereotype of the Mexican woman as fragile, full of children and powerless has completely disappeared. I believe I am a woman with a strong character who knows the value of discipline and decisiveness." Spanish journalist Lorena Maldonado from online newspaper El Español wrote "The Mexican, by dint of a summer song and playful music, has more than once put the points on the i's with powerful lyrics", cite Rubio's most feminist songs like "Yo No Soy Esa Mujer", "Causa Y Efecto" y "Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes".
In 2002 Premios Oye! recognized Rubio as "Mexican Artist with Greatest International Projection". Univision included her in their list of "Most powerful Latinos" and "25 most influential Mexican musicians" en 2008 and 2011, respectively., She is the fifth female Latin artist on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart with the most number-one singles.
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Ni Una Sola Palabra
Paulina Rubio Lyrics
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El corazón escucha tu cabeza
Pero a dónde vas
Me estás escuchando
Qué hay de tu orgullo
Que habíamos quedado
La noche empieza y con ella mi camino
Te busco a solas con mi mejor vestido
Pero a dónde estás
Qué es lo que ha pasado
Qué es lo que queda después de tantos años
Miro esos ojos que un día me miraron
Busco tu boca, tus manos, tus abrazos
Pero tú no sientes nada
Y te disfrazas de cordialidad
Ni una sola palabra
Ni gestos ni miradas apasionadas
Ni rastro de los besos que antes me dabas
Hasta el amanecer
Ni una de las sonrisas
Por las que cada noche y todos los días
Sollozan estos ojos
En lo que ahora, te ves
Como un juguete que choca contra un muro
Salgo a encontrarte
Y me pierdo en cuando busco
Una oportunidad, un milagro o un hechizo
Volverme guapa y tu, guapo conmigo
Frente a los ojos que un día me miraron
Pongo mi espalda y aquí unos cuantos pasos
Y me apunto otra derrota
Mientras mi boca dice, "nunca mas"
Ni una sola palabra
Ni gestos ni miradas apasionadas
Ni rastro de los besos que antes me dabas
Hasta el amanecer
Ni una de las sonrisas
Por las que cada noche y todos los días
Sollozan estos ojos
En lo que ahora, te ves
No puede ser, no soy yo
Me pesa tanto el corazón
Por no ser de hielo cuando el cielo
Me pide paciencia
Ni una sola palabra
Ni gestos ni miradas apasionadas
Ni rastro de los besos que antes me dabas
Hasta el amanecer
Ni una de las sonrisas
Por las que cada noche y todos los días
Sollozan estos ojos
En lo que ahora, te ves
Ah, ah, ah, ahha
Ah, ah, ah, ahha
Ah, ah, ah, ahha
Palabras
The lyrics of Paulina Rubio's song "Ni Una Sola Palabra" (Not a Single Word) describe the pain and confusion of a woman who is trying to reconnect with her lover after a long period of distance and silence. She feels like she is shouting to be heard, but he remains unresponsive and distant. She tries to rebuild their relationship, dressing up and searching for him at night, but he continues to avoid her, offering only polite and empty gestures. She realizes that she is just banging her head against a wall, and eventually decides to give up, walking away with a heavy heart.
These lyrics reflect the universal experience of trying to rekindle a lost love, only to find that the other person has moved on. They convey the frustration and sadness of a situation where one person is still deeply invested while the other has emotionally checked out. Through the repetition of the phrase "ni una sola palabra" (not a single word), the song also highlights the power of silence and the damage it can do to a relationship.
Overall, "Ni Una Sola Palabra" is a poignant and relatable exploration of love, loss, and the struggle to move on.
Line by Line Meaning
Esta gritando, ya se que no se entera
He's shouting, but I know he's not listening
El corazón escucha tu cabeza
Your heart is listening to your head
Pero a dónde vas
But where are you going
Me estás escuchando
Are you listening to me
Qué hay de tu orgullo
What about your pride
Que habíamos quedado
What happened to what we agreed upon
La noche empieza y con ella mi camino
The night begins and with it my journey
Te busco a solas con mi mejor vestido
I'm looking for you alone in my best outfit
Qué es lo que ha pasado
What has happened
Qué es lo que queda después de tantos años
What's left after so many years
Miro esos ojos que un día me miraron
I look into those eyes that once looked at me
Busco tu boca, tus manos, tus abrazos
I search for your mouth, your hands, your hugs
Pero tú no sientes nada
But you don't feel anything
Y te disfrazas de cordialidad
And you disguise yourself with cordiality
Ni una sola palabra
Not a single word
Ni gestos ni miradas apasionadas
Not passionate gestures or looks
Ni rastro de los besos que antes me dabas
No trace of the kisses you used to give me
Hasta el amanecer
Until dawn
Ni una de las sonrisas
Not a single smile
Por las que cada noche y todos los días
That every night and every day
Sollozan estos ojos
These eyes are crying
En lo que ahora, te ves
At what you have become now
Como un juguete que choca contra un muro
Like a toy crashing into a wall
Salgo a encontrarte
I go out to find you
Y me pierdo en cuando busco
And I get lost when I search
Una oportunidad, un milagro o un hechizo
An opportunity, a miracle or a spell
Volverme guapa y tu, guapo conmigo
To become beautiful again and you, handsome with me
Frente a los ojos que un día me miraron
In front of the eyes that once looked at me
Pongo mi espalda y aquí unos cuantos pasos
I turn my back and take a few steps away
Y me apunto otra derrota
And I mark another defeat
Mientras mi boca dice, "nunca mas"
While my mouth says, "never again"
No puede ser, no soy yo
It can't be, it's not me
Me pesa tanto el corazón
My heart is so heavy
Por no ser de hielo cuando el cielo
For not being made of ice when the sky
Me pide paciencia
Asks me for patience
Ah, ah, ah, ahha
Ah, ah, ah, ahha
Ah, ah, ah, ahha
Palabras
Words
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Xabi San Martin
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