Editing Paulina Rubio (section)

===2009–2010: ''Gran City Pop'' and motherhood===
[[File:Paulina Rubio Premios Juventud 2009.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Rubio at [[Premios Juventud]] red carpet in July 2009]]
Rubio performed the song "[[Causa y Efecto]]" at the [[2009 Latin Billboard Music Awards]] on 23 April. It was released as the lead single from her ninth studio album, ''[[Gran City Pop]]''. The Rubio's comeback single atop on the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs for 5 consecutive weeks; becoming her fourth number-one single on the list of her career. As well, "Causa Y Efecto" was number one on the [[Monitor Latino#Mexico|Mexican Monitor Latino Chart]] and Spanish Airplay Chart, where certified platinum. Rubio released ''Gran City Pop'', on 23 June 2009. The album is a concept album of a [[utopian]] city, "very earthy and very organic where everything is an amalgam; a mixture that allows to unite instead of divide", and was inspired by Miami, Mexico and Madrid.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mo |first1=Zayra |title=Paulina Rubio, la reina de la cultura pop |url=https://www.elespectador.com/entretenimiento/musica/paulina-rubio-la-reina-de-la-cultura-pop/ |publisher=El Espectador |access-date=2 July 2021 |language=Spanish |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182546/https://www.elespectador.com/entretenimiento/musica/paulina-rubio-la-reina-de-la-cultura-pop/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Mussically, ''Gran City Pop'' embrace from pop rock and dance pop, containing influences of Latin styles, electropop, [[eurodisco]] and [[arena rock]]. The songs were [[autobiographical]] in nature and saw Rubio collaborating as songwriter with Coti, Fernando Montesinos, Rafael Vergara, and went back to work with Estefano, after almost ten years of working with him on Paulina. Rubio developed as the album's executive producer, along with producers such as Cachorro López, [[Lester Mendez]] and Chris Rodriguez.

''Gran City Pop'' debuted at number two on the ''Billboard'' Latin Albums and number one on the Latin Pop Albums; and debuted at number forty four on the ''Billboard'' 200. Dan Kimpel from [[Broadcast Music, Inc.]] complimented the sound of the album,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kimpel |first1=Dan |title=Paulina Rubio's Gran City Pop |url=https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/paulina_rubios_gran_city_pop |website=bmi.com |date=30 December 2009 |publisher=Broadcast Music, Inc. |access-date=27 October 2020 |archive-date=27 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027100234/https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/paulina_rubios_gran_city_pop |url-status=live }}</ref> while Jesús Rodríguez de ''El País'' panned as a "party and romance tailor's drawer; pop rhythms, Latin airs, rock guitars, rancheras and tequila, melodic song and disco sound."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rodríguez |first1=Jesús |title=Soy una empresa que escribe y canta canciones |url=https://elpais.com/diario/2009/07/26/eps/1248589614_850215.html |website=El País |date=26 July 2009 |access-date=6 October 2019 |archive-date=13 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913073842/https://elpais.com/diario/2009/07/26/eps/1248589614_850215.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Gran City Pop received certified gold and platinum in different regions for shipments of over 300,000 copies worldwide after one month of release.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elespectador.com/entretenimiento/agenda/musica/articulo148328-paulina-rubio-reina-de-cultura-pop|title=Paulina Rubio, la reina de la cultura pop|publisher=[[Fidel Cano Correa]]|work=[[El Espectador]]|first=Zayra|last=Mo|date=1 July 2009|access-date=10 December 2009|archive-date=4 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704103006/http://www.elespectador.com/entretenimiento/agenda/musica/articulo148328-paulina-rubio-reina-de-cultura-pop|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://us.hola.com/noticias-de-actualidad/01-07-2009/27/actualidad|title=Paulina Rubio recibe un disco de platino en Miami por 'Gran City Pop'|publisher=[[Eduardo Sánchez Junco]]|work=[[¡Hola!]]|date=1 July 2009|access-date=10 December 2009|archive-date=22 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222083425/http://us.hola.com/noticias-de-actualidad/01-07-2009/27/actualidad|url-status=live}}</ref> It received a nomination at the [[52nd Annual Grammy Awards]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album|Best Latin Pop Album]], and at the [[Lo Nuestro Awards]] for [[Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Album of the Year|Pop Album of the Year]].

"[[Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes]]", described as being ranchera/pop with a hip hop beat (like "El Último Adiós"), was released as the second single from ''Gran City Pop'' on 17 August 2009. It reached top ten the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs; as well in Mexico and Spain. Rubio performing the song in a medley with [[Cobra Starship]]'s song "[[Good Girls Go Bad]]", singing along with American dance-pop band at the [[Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2009]]. The performing won for Best Live Performance at "Los Premios 2009", voted by the public; the same night Rubio won the award for Best Solo Artist. An official remix of "Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes" was realized by [[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]], and was released to mainstream radio. The song made a crossover for other music markets, with a collaboration for the [[banda music|banda]] genre with [[Jenni Rivera]]; and another for format [[Electronic dance music|EDM]] with [[Juan Magán]]. The final single from the album, "[[Algo De Ti]]", was released on 22 March 2010 in Spain and on 19 May 2010 in the U.S. However, Universal Music Latino later declined to continue promotion of the song to radio outlets, as a result it was unable to chart; instead released a remixes series by [[Junior Caldera]] and Juan Magán to impact the EDM market.

Rubio embarked on her [[Gran City Pop Tour]] ran from September 2009  to August 2010. While offering a series of concerts in Spain in May 2010, she and her husband Nicolás "Colate" Vallejo-Nájera announced exclusively to ¡Hola! that they were expecting their first child. "I'm going to be a mom... Life has a new meaning. They have just confirmed the best news of our lives and by the end of the year we are going to be parents," Rubio told the publication.<ref>{{cite web |title=Exclusiva: Paulina Rubio y Nicolás Vallejo-Nágera esperan su primer hijo: '¡Voy a ser mamá!' |date=5 May 2010 |url=https://www.hola.com/musica/2010050514180/portada/revista/paulina/ |publisher=¡Hola! Spain |access-date=23 August 2021 |language=Spanish |archive-date=23 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823161126/https://www.hola.com/musica/2010050514180/portada/revista/paulina/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Rubio stated that if the child was a boy, he would be named after his father, Nicolás. If it was a girl, she would be named after Rubio's great-grandmother, Micaela.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.conciertos10.com/gira-conciertos-concierto/paulina-rubio-ya-escogio-el-nombre-para-su-hijo/2010/05/31/ |title=Paulina Rubio ya escogió el nombre para su hijo |publisher=Conciertos10.com |access-date=11 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603084012/http://www.conciertos10.com/gira-conciertos-concierto/paulina-rubio-ya-escogio-el-nombre-para-su-hijo/2010/05/31/ |archive-date=3 June 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On 15 September 2010 Paulina announced on her Twitter page that she was expecting a boy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/paurubio |title=Paulina Rubio (paurubio) on Twitter |publisher=Twitter |access-date=11 April 2011 |archive-date=9 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309115744/https://twitter.com/paurubio |url-status=live }}</ref> On 14 November 2010, Rubio and her husband welcomed their first child, a boy named Andrea Nicolás Vallejo-Nájera Rubio in [[Miami, Florida]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hola.com/musica/2010111649954/paulinarubio/nicolasvallejo/hijo/1/|work=¡Hola!|access-date=12 January 2011|title=Confirmado: Paulina Rubio y Nicolás Vallejo-Nágera han sido padres de un niño|language=es|date=16 November 2011|publisher=¡Hola! S.A.|archive-date=19 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119085037/http://www.hola.com/musica/2010111649954/paulinarubio/nicolasvallejo/hijo/1/|url-status=live}}</ref> Rubio had planned to have a [[water birth]] at home, but she was rushed to the hospital and spent the weekend with doctors working to stabilize the health of the baby. Hospital staff tried to send Rubio home so that she could realize her dream of a natural [[home birth]], but the complications led her medical team to schedule a [[c-section]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latina.com/entertainment/celebrity/confirmed-paulina-rubio-gives-birth-baby-boy|title=CONFIRMED: Paulina Rubio Gives Birth to Baby Boy!|last=Rosario|first=Mariela|date=16 November 2010|work=[[Latina magazine]]|publisher=Latina Media Ventures|access-date=9 February 2011|archive-date=19 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119091150/http://www.latina.com/entertainment/celebrity/confirmed-paulina-rubio-gives-birth-baby-boy|url-status=live}}</ref>