Paulina Rubio Dosamantes, born under the zodiac sign of Gemini, was born on June 17th 1971 in the city of Mexico, product of the love of her parents Susana Dosamantes and Enrique Rubio. She is the oldest of two siblings.

Paulina's artistic career began while she was merely a girl. She recorded her first song when she was three, and as soon as she was 5, she enrolled at the Centro de Capacitación Infantil de Televisa (now CEA), the television empire of the Azcarrage family. Here, she took singing, dancing, acting, painting, and jazz classes every afternoon.

After two years of being there, Pedro Damián and Martha Zavaleta called her parents to ask for their approval for Paulina to join a band which would be formed by children from the center.

A while later, after months of rehearsing, on the 30th of April 1982 and under the guidance of the Spaniard Miguel Bosé, the Timbiriche band appeared for the very first time. The following are its original members:

Alix Bauer, Benny Ibarra, Diego Shoening, Mariana Garza, Paulina Rubio, and Sasha Sökol. A newelement would join only a year later. It was Erick Rubin who joined the banned, but did not substitute anyone. Timbiriche was simply growing.

To describe Timbiriche in extense is no easy task. It would be to refer to about an entire decade of success. Success of which I myself am entirely ignorant of.

I think it's enough if I told you that Paulina recorded--as a member of Timbiriche--10 full albums, participated in countless tours and concerts across the Mexican Republic and hundreds in the exterior, and contributed to the sales of more than 6 million copies of albums! Timbiriche was, without a doubt, the most internationally famous and important band in Mexico. Paulina was of the few members of Timbiriche that stayed until its disappearance. To be exact, she was the second to last. Diego was the one who was always present in the band to the very end.

While she was in Timbiriche, Paulina Rubio appeared for the very first time on the small screen in the year of 1988, with the role of the villain in the Mexican soap opera "Pasión y Poder" (which means Passion and Power in English). In this role, she gave life to the character of Paulina Montenegro.

However, it wasn't the very first time that she participated in a story-line. Paulina had previously (in 1985 to be exact) participated in the musical "Vaselina" (based on the movie "Grease") along with all of the members of Timbiriche.

Paulina had been successful with the band, but now, her goal was to be successful as a soloist. Having been part of a very important band in the music industry and with projects to debut as a soloist, anyone would have suffered from some serious headaches. Paulina, being the way she was, simply took her baggage and travelled to Spain to begin her work on her first album as a soloist. Little did she know that this album's title would become her title as well in the Latin Music world. LA CHICA DORADA (which means the Golden Girl in English) was born.

The single "Mío" (which means Mine in English) was the first single, and a classic in her career. With her solo debut album, she won her first Golden album, and later in 1993, it would become a platinum album.

Her second album, 24 KILATES (which means 24 Karats in English), became a platinum-selling album after the more than 150,000 copies sold in just three weeks after its release.

In 1994, Paulina Rubio took the role of the protagonist in the film BÉSAME EN LA BOCA (which means Kiss My Lips in English). This movie was cataloged as a "churro", even worse than the soap operas of Televisa. It wasn't so much for Paulina's acting, but rather its far from original story line that didn't give it neither pain nor glory.

Her following albums were EL TIEMPO ES ORO (which means Time is Gold in English) and PLANETA PAULINA (which means Planet of Paulina in English), released in 1995 and 1996 in chronological order.

After PLANETA PAULINA, Paulina took the greatest rest in her career. She moved to Spain, where she did a little bit of everything. Among the most important things she did was host a summer TV show called "Vive el Verano" (which means Long Live the Summer in English). This show gave her a lot of exposure and terrain in fame--especially when she interpreted the program's theme song which was also titled "Vive el Verano".

To having provoked a lot of scandals (the greatest of them having a first and last name) she simply says: "I don't feel intimidated by the press."

¿What about Love?

Leaving behind her romances with Diego Shoening and Erick Rubín, who doesn't know about her relationship with Ricardo Boffil?

He is the man that has made her happy. Their relationship is more than strong, despite destiny's surprises. They both seem very happy together. This Spaniard is the biggest scandal in her life.

In 2000, she releases her 5th album, PAULINA, and steps more solid than ever. This album has quickly become the most successful in her career. 6 singles have been released from this album. The singles include: "Lo Haré Por Ti" (which means I'll Do It For You in English), "El Último Adios" (which means The Last Goodbye in English), "Tal Vez, Quíza" (which means Maybe, Perhaps in English), "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" (which means And I'm Still Right Here in English), "Sexi Dance" (self-explanatory), and "Yo No Soy Esa Mujer" (which means I'm Not That Kind of Woman in English). It's also possible to say that with this album, she became the top-selling Latin recording artist for that year. PAULINA has become a Golden and Platinum selling album all over Latin America selling more than 2.5 million copies and beating all of her competition when it comes to sales such as the Mexican singer Thalía.

After the great success of PAULINA, Paulina decides to record in English, and declared that her next discographic production would be in that language. After the long wait for her new production, her fist single, titled "Don't Say Goodbye" is finally released on the radio and has been on the air all over the US--and all over the world, for that matter. It has received airplay in places where Paulina had never been heard of before like Russia, Poland, Hungary, and Japan, to name a few. The Spanish version of "Don't Say Goodbye" was also released in all the Latin radio stations and was titled "Si Tu Te Vas" (which means If You Leave in English). It has managed to stay in the top countdowns all over Latin America. The video of "Don't Say Goodbye" has been able to appear in the Top 10 of MTV's TRL with Carlson Daly.

Finally, on June 18th 2002, BORDER GIRL, the Golden Girl's English debut album is released. After a week of its release, she debuts in the Billboard Charts for Top-Selling Albums in the US at the 11th position. On the 21st of June 2002, she appeared at radio station 104 KRBE in Houston, Texas, for autographs and to promote her new album. In honor of Paulina, 104 KRBE has declared the 21st of June as "Paulina Day" in Houston. Paulina Rubio has begun to appear, like an International Super Star, in programs like "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", and performing in events like the "Wango Tango".

BORDER GIRL has gone Golden and Platinum in more than 8 countries in the world. It's the album that has made her dream come true. She is finally known beyond Spanish-speakers and is performing all over the world. She has appeared in magazines where she had never appeared before such as "Rolling Stones", Maxim's "Blender", and "Stuff" to name a few. It can also be said that Japan has fallen in love with Paulina. BORDER GIRL has been able to be the 2nd Top-Selling Album in Japan.