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David Bisbal | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | David Bisbal Ferre |
| Born | June 5, 1979 Almería, Andalusia, Spain |
| Genres | Latin pop, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | Signature Records, Wrasse Records (UK) |
| Website | www |
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 America, getting 3 Platinum albums, 1 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 life
David 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.
H 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.
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Career
Bisbal signed a contract with Record label and released his first album recorded in Miami under the title "Corazón Latino" with Kike Santander. 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[1] On the track "Aqui Ahora", which is features on the album Premonicion, David worked with writer/producer DJ Sammy.
2002-2003: international launch debut album
Once completed Idol, signed a contract with Vale Music company that offered the opportunity to record his first solo debut album. This one, entitled 'Corazón Latino', was released in summer 2002, recorded in Miami with production Kike Santander . The album reached number one in its first week to debut sold over 600,000 copies, breaking sales records, disk was maintained for seven consecutive weeks at number one on the charts in Spain . With more than 900,000 copies sold in Spain, Bisbal was released to the Spanish-speaking countries, to promote his debut album, the disc would be released on October 15 . In 2003, in January Bisbal friend picked up the award in January in Madrid's Palacio de Cristal de la Arganzuela. On October 31 he began his first tour in America, in Argentina, where he visited 12 countries and 17 live concerts. In November it went on sale in Mexico a special edition of "Corazón Latino".
2004-2005: Bulería, the second million
The first single from Bisbal's second album, "Bulería", premiered on 7 January. It reached number 656 on the charts and radio stations of both Spain and America. On 11 February, the eponymous album was released. The album debuted on the charts in Spain where more than 300,000 copies were sold in a week. It also reached gold level in Colombia and Venezuela in two weeks.
He first set foot in Germany in November in order to promote his duet with singer Joana Zimmer. The duet's theme was "Let's make history". Several days after presenting the videoclip with Joana Zimmer, David make an appearance at the Tribute to Rocío Jurado Gala in order to sing.
2006-2008: The Gift and his time in Europe and Japan
His first single was made in August entitled "Who was Going to Say", got to be number one in the charts and radio stations of Spain and America . On October 3 he released his third album called Premonition, which reached number one on his debut, where he achieved five platinum albums, more than 900,000 copies distributed. On October 24 he performed in Strasbourg, the seat of European Parliament in Strasbourg where he gave an exclusive concert, in which he played the songs from his album, to representatives of 25 member countries. The album was kept for 1 month at number one on the Spanish list. The singer won the Ondas Awards held at the Musical Theatre of Barcelona, at the 53rd Gala Awards and the Golden Microphone in the music category. In 2007, in January, his second single "Silenced" comnsecutivas stayed for eight weeks at number one in the top 40. In 2008, Bisbal sang a duet with Rihanna in the song "Hate That I Love You" which includes the reissue of the album Good girl, gone bad. With G-unit
2009-present: No looking back
In summer, the singer gave several concerts by some countries in Europe. Bisbal while he was putting the finishing touches on this new album called Do not look back . The first single from the album, entitled "Slave kisses" under the production of Mexican Armando Avila. Its world premiere was on August 24 and the video came out on 7 September . Has been one of the most successful singles David throughout his career, reaching number 1 in sales and radio in Spain, USA and Latin America. On January 9, 2010 Promusicae announced that the single slave to his kisses and was double platinum by its more than 80,000 copies sold in Spain and platinum in Argentina for more than 20,000 copies sold. Their second single was "My Princess." The song "24 Hours" made by Espinoza Paz Mexico, the third single in the U.S. and Latin America, was presented at the Billboard Awards Gala 2010, while in Spain the single was "Do not look back", a song that gives title track. now makes a guest appearance on the soap opera that money to us part . David also won his first American Grammy in 2009. On November 14, 2010 he was presented in the United States Gold Disc for sales of his album Do not look back in USA and Puerto Rico.
2010-present: Heirs
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3, 2003, he won the Latin Grammies held in Miami from the category "Best New Artist". During the event, He sang Angels,[2] 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.[citation needed]
- In 2008, he recorded Hate That I Love You (Odio Amarte),[3] 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"
Discography
All discography information obtained from the David Bisbal Official Website
Albums
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Sales and Certification | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| SPA | US Latin | GER | SWI | AUT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Corazón Latino
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1 | 13 | – | – | – | Worldwide sales: 1,700,000[4] Spain sales: 1,300,000[5] PROMUSICAE Spanish certification: 13x Platinum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Bulería
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1 | 5 | – | – | – | Worldwide sales: 1,300,000[6] Spain sales: 1,000,000[7] PROMUSICAE Spanish certification: 10x Platinum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Todo Por Ustedes
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1 | 64 | – | – | – | Worldwide sales: 100,000[8] Spain sales: 75,000[9] PROMUSICAE Spanish certification: 1x Gold | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | David Bisbal
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18 | – | 134 | – | – | Worldwide sales: 150,000[10] Spain sales: 40,000[11] PROMUSICAE Spanish certification: Gold | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Premonición
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1 | 6 | 41 | 26 | 27 | Worldwide sales: 950,000[12] Spain sales: 400,000 PROMUSICAE Spanish certification: 5x Platinum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Premonición Live
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5 | 75 | – | – | – | Worldwide sales: 100,000 Spain sales: 40,000 PROMUSICAE Spanish certification: 1x Gold | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Sin Mirar Atrás
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1 | 1 | – | 81 | – | Worldwide sales: 550,000+ Spain sales: 200,000+ PROMUSICAE Spanish certification: 3x Platinum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Una noche en el teatro real
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1 | – | – | – | Spain sales: 75,000 PROMUSICAE Spanish certification: 3x Platinum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes the album failed to chart or not released | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Singles
| Year | Title | Album | Chart positions | ||||||||||
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| SPA | US Latin | GER | FRA | SWI | AUT | ARG | CHIL | IA | MEX | COL | |||
| 2002 | "Corazón Latino" | Corazón Latino | Promo | ||||||||||
| "Ave María" | 1 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 24 | ||||||
| "Lloraré Las Penas" | 1 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 25 | ||||||||
| "Dígale" | 1 | 15 | 5 | 17 | |||||||||
| 2003 | "Quiero Perderme En Tu Cuerpo" | 24 | |||||||||||
| "Cómo Será" | |||||||||||||
| "Rosa y Espinas" (with David Civera) | La Chiqui Big Band | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2004 | "Bulería" | Bulería | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 9 | |||||
| "Oye El Boom" | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 13 | ||||||||
| "Desnúdate Mujer" | 6 | 16 | 24 | ||||||||||
| "Camina Y Ven" | 1 | 40 | |||||||||||
| 2005 | "Me Derrumbo" | 5 | |||||||||||
| "Cómo Olvidar" | 1 | ||||||||||||
| "Esta Ausencia" | 7 | 18 | 13 | ||||||||||
| "Todo Por Ustedes" | Todo Por Ustedes | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | "Let’s Make History" (with Joana Zimmer) | David Bisbal | 5 | 48 | 23 | ||||||||
| "Quien Me Iba A Decir" | Premonición | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 33 | 13 | |||||
| "Silencio" | 1 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 62 | |||||||
| "Soldado De Papel" (with Tomatito) | Promo | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | "Amar Es Lo Que Quiero" | 6 | 23* | 24* | |||||||||
| "Torre De Babel" (with Vicente Amigo & Wisin & Yandel) | 1 | 10 | |||||||||||
| "Premonición" | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | "Hate That I Love You (Spanglish version)" (with Rihanna) | Premonición Live | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 26 | ||||||
| 2009 | "Esclavo de Sus Besos" | Sin Mirar Atrás | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| "Mi Princesa" | 1 | 35 | 34 | 12 | 90 | 1 | |||||||
| 2010 | "Wavin' Flag (Spanish Celebration Mix) (with K'Naan) | Troubadour | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| "Sin Mirar Atrás" | Sin Mirar Atrás (and 24 Horas edition) |
42 | 17 | 76 | |||||||||
| "24 horas" | 27 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 2012 | "Sombra y luz" | Una noche en el teatro real |
32 |
No hay 2 sin 3 | |||||||||
Notes
- ^ MundoSix: First look at Sin Mirar Atrás
- ^ Duet of Angels by Jessica Simpson and David Bisbal during the Latin Grammies
- ^ Rihanna video Hate That I Love You featuring David Bisbal
- ^ "Corazón Latino Certifications"
- ^ "Corazón Latino Certifications"
- ^ "Bulería" Certifications"
- ^ "Bulería" Certifications"
- ^ "Todo Por Usted" Certification
- ^ "Todo Por Usted" Certification
- ^ "David Bisbal" Certification
- ^ "David Bisbal" Certification
- ^ "Premonición" Certification
External links
- Universal Music Latin Entertainment | Davis Bisbal
- Official website
- David Bisbal on Twitter
- Fan club official Romania
- Comunidad Gyggs
- Portal Mix Fan Site
- David's UK Label
- Concerts, News and Videoclips of BisbalTemplate:Es icon
- Portal Mix David Bisbal Site
- David Bisbal UK Site (in English)
- Template:MTV artist
- Interview with David Bisbal about his new album Premonición
- Dutch Fan Site
- David Bisbal Spanish Fan Site
- David Bisbal Browser
- David Bisbal at Acceso Total Show
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