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David Bisbal Ferré (born in Almería, Spain on June 5, 1979) is a Grammy-winning Spanish pop singer.
He gained his initial fame as a runner up on the interactive reality television show Operación Triunfo.He has since released four studio albums, all of which topped the Spanish Albums Chart, in addition to recording a number of live albums.
He has toured throughout Europe and Latin America and is now considered to be a crossover international artist.As of 2012, David Bisbal has sold more than 5 million records in Spain and America, getting 35 Platinum albums, 17 gold and 2 diamond.
'Corazón Latino' and 'Bulería' treasure each one IFPI Platinum Award, official certification for selling over 1 million copies across Europe.Early lifeDavid Bisbal was born on June 5, 1979 in Almería (Spain), son of José Bisbal, a professional boxer and part of a trio of flamenco music, and Maria Ferre.
He is the youngest of three siblings, a brother named José María and a sister named María del Mar.
He loved to perform in public.
During his childhood as a child showed a talent for performing, but was always very shy about doing so.He dropped out of school in third year of school (ninth year), and his father took him to work for Ranger (Gardener) at the municipal nursery in Almeria, which was his first job.
Years later he met the producer of the Orchestra Expressions, who discovered David singing, and after listening to and discovering his vocal quality, offered him employment as the main voice of the orchestra.David began working in Orchestra Expressions, a popular band in Almeria.
He gradually began to develop as a singer, and to discover his passion for music.
Having been in the orchestra, David went to the auditions for Pop Idol, in Barcelona, Spain.
In 2001, he was one of 16 contestants from the first Spanish edition of 'Idol' contest designed to choose the representative for the festival 'Eurovision' of that year.
Finally he came in second place to Rosa Lopez.
Bisbal also performed at Eurovision with Rosa Lopez, David Bustamante, Chenoa, Gisela and Geno, in the chorus.Beginnings: Operación TriunfoDavid Bisbal left school early and worked in a platinum and flower nursery.
He was encouraged by his colleagues to audition for a music contest and he initially became part of Orquesta Expresiones where he continued singing and dancing.In October 2001 he auditioned for the first ever edition of Operación Triunfo (Spanish equivalent of Star Academy) where he was accepted and was one of the 16 finalists.
The grand prize was the chance of representing Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest.
He came second in the final losing to Rosa López.
She went on to sing Europe's Living a Celebration for Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 (ESC) competition.CareerBisbal signed a contract with Vale Music Record label and released his first album recorded in Miami under the title "Corazón Latino" with Kike Santander.
The album became 7 times platinum by summer 2002 after having topped the Spanish charts.
The first single from the album, called Ave Maria, had a phenomenal success.
After winning the Latin Grammys, the album went platinum (over 1 million sales).In February 2004, he released his second album entitled "Bulería", again produced by his friend Kike Santander.
It found similar success in Spain and throughout Latin America, hitting diamond level with more than 1 million albums sold in Spain alone, becoming the best Spanish seller of 2004.In March 2005, he also released a DVD "Todo Por Ustedes" that contained live registrations of some of his concerts in the United States, Latin America and Spain."Premonición" became the third studio album by David Bisbal released on 3 October 2006.
By the end of its first week of release, it had achieved enough sales to be certified as 5 times platinum with sales over 400,000 copies in Spain alone.On October 20, 2009, Bisbal released Sin Mirar Atrás, receiving positive reviews On the track "Aqui Ahora", which is features on the album Premonicion, David worked with writer/producer DJ Sammy.International AppealInternationally David Bisbal enjoys popularity in a great number of countries.On September 3, 2003, he won the Latin Grammys held in Miami from the category "Best New Artist".
During the event, He sang Angels, with Jessica Simpson.
He also launched a big promotional tour in Latin America with sold-out concerts Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and others.In 2008, he recorded Hate That I Love You (Odio Amarte), a Spanglish version with Rihanna.
He achieved European success in England, Germany, Belgium, Russia and Romania in addition to great success in Japan.In 2009, he recorded "Sufriras" a Spanglish duet with singer Pixie Lott, eventually released as a platinum bonus track on the Deluxe Edition of his fourth studio album, Sin Mirar Atrás.In 2010 David was featured in the Spanish version of the FIFA 2010 Official World Cup song Waving Flag with Somali-Canadian Musician K'naan who is the original artist of the song.In 2011 David recorded a song for the TV series "Herederos" in Argentina.
The song is called "Herederos" and David has sold over 300,000 copies of the cd "Sin Mirar Atrás Tour" in Argentina.On November 15, 2012, he won the Latin Grammies held in Las Vegas from the category "Best Pop Album"