Editing Paulina Rubio (section)

===1982–1990: Timbiriche===
{{Main|Timbiriche}}

Rubio began her singing career as a 9-year-old, when the children's band [[Timbiriche]] made its official debut on 30 April 1982 on the Mexican television show ''[[Siempre en Domingo]]'', featuring Spanish singer [[Miguel Bosé]] as its "artistic godfather".<ref>{{cite web |title=La Historia de Timbiriche |url=http://www.lasnoticiasmexico.com/th0001.html |website=lasnoticiasmexico.com |publisher=Las Noticias de México |access-date=12 October 2019 |archive-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806055834/http://www.lasnoticiasmexico.com/th0001.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The first song they performed was "Don Diablo" with Bosé.<ref>{{cite web |title=Timbiriche a 39 años: Alix Bauer recordó los inicios de la banda |date=May 2021 |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/entretenimiento/2021/05/01/timbiriche-a-39-anos-alix-bauer-recordo-los-inicios-de-la-banda/ |publisher=Infobae |access-date=26 May 2021 |archive-date=26 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526162507/https://www.infobae.com/america/entretenimiento/2021/05/01/timbiriche-a-39-anos-alix-bauer-recordo-los-inicios-de-la-banda/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The band's name refers to the a [[paper-and-pencil game]] of mathematical structure (known in the United States as [[dots and boxes]]), and the idea of naming the musical group was a response to the Spanish children's musical group [[Parchís (group)|Parchís]], whose name is also inspired by a table game. Timbiriche was initially made up of [[Mariana Garza]], [[Alix Bauer]], [[Diego Schoening]] and Rubio, and they were eventually joined by [[Benny Ibarra]] and [[Sasha Sokol]]. Mexican actress and producer Martha Zavaleta was in charge to recruiting the group of children, who were part of the children's area of the Centro de Educación Artística (CEA). The six children were formed by the major Latin American mass media corporation [[Televisa]] with Televisa's producers Victor Hugo O'Farril, [[Luis de Llano Macedo]] and María Eugenia "La Gorda" Galindo as part of Timbiriche's team creative.

Timbiriche's first homonym albums (''[[Timbiriche (album)|Timbiriche]]'' and ''[[La Banda Timbiriche]]'') released through [[Fonovisa Records]] in 1982 was a success in Mexico. They were known as a children's band and songs like "Somos Amigos", "Hoy Tengo Que Decirte Papá", "Mamá" and "México" was successful on the radio. In 1983 Timbiriche went on their first international tour and released the first live album ''[[En Concierto (1983 Timbiriche album)|En Concierto]]''.<ref name="bioTim">{{cite web|title=Grupo Timbiriche|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=EDT/1988/06/19/14/Ar01403.xml&CollName=EDT_1980_1989&DOCID=1487319&PageLabelPrint=14&skin=ElSiglo&AppName=2&sLanguage=English&Content=ALL&selLanguage=&sPublication=EDT&sDateFrom=01%2F01%2F1988&sDateTo=12%2F31%2F1988&dummy=1988&sQuery=timbiriche%2boro&x=0&y=0&ViewMode=HTML|date=19 June 1988|access-date=26 May 2021|work=[[El Siglo de Torreón]]|language=es|archive-date=26 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526164054/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=EDT/1988/06/19/14/Ar01403.xml&CollName=EDT_1980_1989&DOCID=1487319&PageLabelPrint=14&skin=ElSiglo&AppName=2&sLanguage=English&Content=ALL&selLanguage=&sPublication=EDT&sDateFrom=01/01/1988&sDateTo=12/31/1988&dummy=1988&sQuery=timbiriche%2Boro&x=0&y=0&ViewMode=HTML|url-status=live}}</ref> One of the selected songs was a cover version of the song "[[Mickey (Toni Basil song)|Mickey]]" by [[Tony Basil]].<ref name="mickey">{{cite web|title=El mundo del espectaculo: La B. Timbiriche interpreta a "Mickey"|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=EDT/1983/07/26/23/Ar02300.xml&CollName=EDT_1980_1989&DOCID=487017&PageLabelPrint=23&skin=ElSiglo&AppName=2&sLanguage=English&Content=ALL&selLanguage=&sPublication=EDT&sDateFrom=01%2F01%2F1983&sDateTo=12%2F31%2F1983&dummy=1983&sQuery=Timbiriche&x=0&y=0&ViewMode=HTML|date=26 July 1983|access-date=26 May 2021|work=[[El Siglo de Torreón]]|language=es|archive-date=26 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526164052/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=EDT/1983/07/26/23/Ar02300.xml&CollName=EDT_1980_1989&DOCID=487017&PageLabelPrint=23&skin=ElSiglo&AppName=2&sLanguage=English&Content=ALL&selLanguage=&sPublication=EDT&sDateFrom=01/01/1983&sDateTo=12/31/1983&dummy=1983&sQuery=Timbiriche&x=0&y=0&ViewMode=HTML|url-status=live}}</ref> The track was chosen because it was one of the most popular in the tour's performances. ''En Concierto'' was gold-certified and marked the debut of Timbiriche's seventh member [[Erik Rubin]]. The third studio album, ''Disco Ruido'', released in December 1983, continued with the same concept line of children's songs, but [[Rock music|rock]]-style influences.

In 1984, Timbiriche participated in the musical ''Vaselina'', a Spanish-language adaptation of the American musical ''[[Grease (musical)|Grease]]''; The band record a studio album inspired from the musical, and is known to be the last "child type" record of the group.<ref>{{cite web |title=La Evolución de Timbiriche |url=https://www.pressreader.com/el-salvador/la-prensa-grafica/20151223/282480002757508 |via=PressReader |publisher=La Prensa |access-date=12 October 2019 |archive-date=12 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012161346/https://www.pressreader.com/el-salvador/la-prensa-grafica/20151223/282480002757508 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was the first act of Rubio on a professional musical theatre, she performed the role of Licha and sang solo a Spanish version of "[[Freddy, My Love]]". The band members became teenage idols in Mexico, but for Rubio it implied pressure to look much older than she was. Rubio has stated that at age 13 "I wanted to grow up and look tall, and have big eyelashes" because unlike her groupmates she looked much thinner and shorter. She confessed to having suffered [[bullying]] in Timbiriche and felt like "[[the ugly duckling]]" of the band.<ref>{{cite web |title=Paulina Rubio confiesa terribles traumas que vivió en Timbiriche |url=https://www.starmedia.com/entretenimiento/paulina-rubio-confiesa-terribles-traumas-que-vivio-en-timbiriche/ |website=starmedia.com |date=31 October 2018 |publisher=People |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=es |archive-date=26 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526190510/https://www.starmedia.com/entretenimiento/paulina-rubio-confiesa-terribles-traumas-que-vivio-en-timbiriche/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

''[[Timbiriche Rock Show]]'', released on 1 July 1985, marked the "teenage transition" of the band, with lyrics more aimed at teenagers and sounds more [[pop-rock]] mainstream. The album contains Spanish-language covers of notable pop hits during the 1980s. It was certified gold<ref name="Live">{{cite web|title="Timbiriche" entra a la adolescencia|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=EDT/1987/11/05/16/Ad01601.xml&CollName=EDT_1980_1989&DOCID=1346480&PageLabelPrint=16&skin=ElSiglo&AppName=2&sLanguage=English&Content=ALL&selLanguage=&sPublication=EDT&sDateFrom=01%252F01%252F1987&sDateTo=12%252F31%252F1987&dummy=1987&sQuery=timbiriche&x=0&y=0&ViewMode=GIF&FontSize=l1|date=5 November 1987|access-date=26 May 2021|work=[[El Siglo de Torreón]]|language=es|archive-date=23 May 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170523063401/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=EDT/1987/11/05/16/Ad01601.xml&CollName=EDT_1980_1989&DOCID=1346480&PageLabelPrint=16&skin=ElSiglo&AppName=2&sLanguage=English&Content=ALL&selLanguage=&sPublication=EDT&sDateFrom=01%252F01%252F1987&sDateTo=12%252F31%252F1987&dummy=1987&sQuery=timbiriche&x=0&y=0&ViewMode=GIF&FontSize=l1|url-status=live}}</ref> and spawned several hit singles, including "Soy un Desastre", "Corro, Vuelo, Me Acelero", "Teléfono" and "Me Plantó", which established the group as a viable act in the music industry. Rubio totally changed her image during that time, leaving her innocent and childish style to a more "rocker" style, and sporting voluminous and large hairdos.<ref>{{cite web |title=Así se veía Paulina Rubio cuando formaba parte de Timbiriche |date=17 June 2020 |url=https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/famosos/paulina-rubio-asi-lucia-la-cantante-cuando-era-parte-de-timbiriche |publisher=Milenio |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=es |archive-date=26 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526083820/https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/famosos/paulina-rubio-asi-lucia-la-cantante-cuando-era-parte-de-timbiriche |url-status=live }}</ref> When the promotion of ''Timbiriche Rock Show'' ended in the summer of 1986, two founding members of Timbiriche left and two new ones entered, which marked a change in the line-up. It was reflected in the album ''[[Timbiriche VII]]'', released on 29 June 1987. The pop-rock style record was a massive success in Latin America, selling 1 million copies and becoming one of the best-selling Mexican albums of all time.<ref>{{Citation  | last = González  | first = Carlos Ignacio  | title = Timbiriche  | magazine = [[Revista ERES]] | date = 15 May 1988 | url = https://scontent.fssa12-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/12694648_907453616036004_3820326553241345752_o.jpg?_nc_cat=109&_nc_sid=cdbe9c&_nc_ohc=sQPBeei-7t4AX8Yw_fy&_nc_ht=scontent.fssa12-1.fna&oh=9a8a7be9af579cefd7b07ac62db4ed30&oe=5F9AE70E | archive-url = https://archive.today/20201001040943/https://scontent.fssa12-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/12694648_907453616036004_3820326553241345752_o.jpg?_nc_cat=109&_nc_sid=cdbe9c&_nc_ohc=sQPBeei-7t4AX8Yw_fy&_nc_ht=scontent.fssa12-1.fna&oh=9a8a7be9af579cefd7b07ac62db4ed30&oe=5F9AE70E  |archive-date=1 October 2020 |publisher=Editorial Televisa}}</ref> The record features some of the group's most widely known songs such as "Mírame (Cuestión de Tiempo)" and "Con Todos Menos Conmigo".

When the double-album ''[[Timbiriche VIII & IX]]'' was released in May 1988, Rubio become as one of the most notorious members and her voice exced{{typo help inline|reason=similar to exceed|date=September 2021}} in songs such as "Rompecabezas", "Soy Como Soy", "Me Estoy Volviendo Loca" and "Acelerar", which was number one in Mexico charts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Los Discos Más Populares - Notitas Musicales (1 January) |website=[[Facebook]] |url=https://www.facebook.com/notitasmusicalesmusicchart/photos/a.547901288729211/547904938728846/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/437678429751498/547904938728846 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|access-date=5 October 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The album sold 500,000 copies,<ref name="ochonueve">{{cite web|title=El juvenil grupo Timbiriche obtiene disco de platino por ventas de discos.|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=EDT%2F1989%2F03%2F27%2F29%2FAr02902.xml&CollName=EDT_1980_1989&DOCID=1623395&PageLabelPrint=29&skin=ElSiglo&AppName=2&sLanguage=English&Content=ALL&selLanguage=&sPublication=EDT&sQuery=Timbiriche%2Bdisco%2Bde%2Bplatino&sScopeID=DR&sDateFrom=01%252F01%252F1982&sDateTo=12%252F31%252F1993&x=0&y=0&ViewMode=GIF&FontSize=l1|date=27 March 1989|access-date=23 May 2017|work=[[El Siglo de Torreón]]|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523072628/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=EDT%2F1989%2F03%2F27%2F29%2FAr02902.xml&CollName=EDT_1980_1989&DOCID=1623395&PageLabelPrint=29&skin=ElSiglo&AppName=2&sLanguage=English&Content=ALL&selLanguage=&sPublication=EDT&sQuery=Timbiriche%2Bdisco%2Bde%2Bplatino&sScopeID=DR&sDateFrom=01%252F01%252F1982&sDateTo=12%252F31%252F1993&x=0&y=0&ViewMode=GIF&FontSize=l1|archive-date=23 May 2017|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> and the number-one hit, "Tú Y Yo Somos Uno Mismo", appears in the number two position on the list of the "100 Greatest Songs of the 80's in Spanish", count realized by [[VH1]].<ref>[https://lamejormusicaochentera.wordpress.com/2012/05/25/las-100-grandiosas-canciones-de-los-80s-en-espanol-segun-vh1-latinoamerica/''VH1: The 100 Greatests 80's Songs in Spanish''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210527150334/https://lamejormusicaochentera.wordpress.com/2012/05/25/las-100-grandiosas-canciones-de-los-80s-en-espanol-segun-vh1-latinoamerica/ |date=27 May 2021 }} Lamejormusicaochentera.wordpress.com. Retrieved 12 June 2017.</ref> In summer 1988, while Timbiriche promotion the albums, Rubio landed a major role in the Televisa telenovela, ''[[Pasión y poder|Pasión y Poder]]'', marks her debut on a TV production. ''[[Timbiriche X]]'', the final album of Rubio recorded as a member of Timbiriche was released in early 1990 and despite the fact that she was already the leader of the group, she left the group to focus on a solo career.