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Lleida (, ; ) is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain, capital city of the province of Lleida.

Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. The metro area has about 250,000 inhabitants. It is also the capital city of the Segrià comarca, as well as the largest city in the province. It had 137,387 inhabitants , including the contiguous municipalities of Raimat and Sucs.

Lleida is one of the oldest towns in Catalonia, with recorded settlements dating back to the Bronze Age period. Until the Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, the area served as a settlement for an Iberian people, the Ilergetes. The town became a municipality, named Ilerda, under the reign of Augustus. It was reconquered in 1149, after being many centuries under the rule of the Moors, who had conquered the town in the 8th century. In 1297, the University of Lleida was founded, becoming the third oldest in the whole of Spain. During the following centuries, the town was damaged by several wars such as the Reapers' War in the 17th century and the Spanish Civil War in the 20th century. Since then, the city has been in a constant urban, commercial and demographic growth.

Languages

It is a traditionally Catalan-speaking town and province, with a characteristic dialect (known as Western or, more specifically, North-Western Catalan, or colloquially ''lleidatà''). Most of the population is actively bilingual in Spanish.

History

In ancient times the city, named Iltrida and Ilerda, was the chief city of the Ilergetes, an Iberian tribe. Indíbil, king of the Ilergetes, and Mandoni, king of the Ausetanes, defended it against the Roman invasion.

Under the Romans, the city was incorporated into the Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis, and was a place of considerable importance, historically as well as geographically. It stood upon an eminence, on the right (west) bank of the river Sicoris (the modern Segre), the principal tributary of the Ebre, and some distance above its confluence with the Cinga (modern Cinca); thus commanding the country between those rivers, as well as the great road from Tarraco (modern Tarragona), the provincial capital, to the northwest of Spain, which here crossed the Sicoris.

Its situation induced the legates of Pompey in Spain to make it the key of their defense against Caesar, in the first year of the Civil War (49 BCE). Afranius and Marcus Petreius threw themselves into the place with five legions; and their siege by Caesar himself (Battle of Ilerda), as narrated in his own words, forms one of the most interesting passages of military history. The resources exhibited by the great general, in a contest where the formation of the district and the very elements of nature seemed in league with his enemies, have been frequently extolled; but no epitome can do justice to the campaign. It ended by the capitulation of Afranius and Petreius, who were conquered as much by Caesar's generosity as by his strategy. In consequence of the battle, the Latin phrase ''Ilerdam videas'' is said to have been used by people who wanted to cast bad luck on someone else.

Under the Roman empire, Ilerda was a very flourishing city, and a ''municipium''. It minted its own coins. It had a fine stone bridge over the Sicoris, (the bridge was so sturdy that its foundations support a bridge to this day). In the time of Ausonius the city had fallen into decay; but it rose again into importance in the Middle Ages.

It was part of Visigothic and Muslim Hispania until it was conquered from the Moors by the Count Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona in 1149.

It used to be the seat of a major university, the oldest in the Crown of Aragon, until 1717, when it was moved by Philip V to the nearby town of Cervera. The University of Lleida is nowadays active again.

During the Reapers' War, Lleida was occupied by the French and rebel forces. In 1644 the city was conquered by the Spanish under D. Felipe da Silva.

Lleida served as a key defense point for Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War, and fell to the Insurgents, whose air forces bombed it extensively, in 1937 and 1938. The November 2, 1937 Legion Kondor attacks against Lleida became especially infamous since they were aimed to the school known as ''Liceu Escolar de Lleida''. 48 children and several teachers died in it that day, 300 people were killed on the November 2 bombings altogether, and the town would be bombed and sieged again in 1938, when it was conquered by Franco's forces.

After some decades without any kind of population growth, it met a massive migration of Andalusians who helped the town undergo a relative demographic growth. Nowadays it is home to immigrants of 146 different nationalities.

During 2007 Lleida was the year's Capital of Catalan Culture.

==Districts and neighbourhoods== Lleida is divided in the following districts by the ''Observatori Socioeconòmic de Lleida'':

Las famosas cigüeñas

Balàfia

Les Basses d'Alpicat

La Bordeta

Butsènit

Camp d'Esports

Cap Pont

Centre Històric

Ciutat Jardí

Humbert Torres

Instituts-Templers

Joc de la Bola

Llívia

Magraners

Mariola

Pardinyes

Príncep de Viana-Clot

Rambla Ferran-Estació

Secà de Sant Pere

Torres de Sanuí

Universitat

Communications and transport

Railway

Lleida is served by the RENFE, Spanish state railway's Madrid-Barcelona high-speed rail line, serving Barcelona, Zaragoza, Calatayud, Guadalajara, and Madrid. Lleida has a new airport opened in January 2010, and a minor airfield located in Alfès. Also, the town is the western terminus of the Eix Transversal Lleida-Girona, and a railway covering the same distance (''Eix Transversal Ferroviari'') is currently under planning.

Lleida's only passenger railway station is Lleida Pirineus. It's served by both Renfe and Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya train lines. In the future a Rodalies Lleida commuter network will connect the town with its adjacent area and the main towns of its province, improving the existing network with more train frequency and newly-built infrastructure. A second railway station is Pla de la Vilanoveta in an industrial area, and only used by freight trains. A future railway museum will be located in its facilities. Since 2008 the bulk of public transport of the Lleida's surrounding area, mainly buses operated by several companies, is managed by Autoritat Territorial de la Mobilitat de l'Àrea de Lleida.

Bus

The urban buses, coloured yellow with blue stripes and owned by ''Autobusos de Lleida'', include the following lines:

L-1 Interior

L-2 Ronda

L-3 Pardinyes

L-4 Mariola - Parc cientific i tecnologic

L-5 Bordeta

L-6 Magraners

L-7 Secà

L-8 Balàfia-Gualda

L-9 Hospitals

L-10 Exterior

L-11 Llívia-Caparrella

L-11B Llívia-Caparrella-Butsenit

L-12 C.Històric-Universitat

L-13 Cappont

L-14 Agrònoms

L-P Polígons

L-17 Bordeta-Ciutat Jardí

L-18 Palau de Congressos- Rambla de la Mercé

L-19 Butsenit

L-N Wonder (Regular night service)

L-Bus Turístic (tourist bus)

L- Aeroport

L- Llotja

In addition to these, there's a tourist bus and a regular night service to nearby clubs.

Lleida-Pirineus airport

Lleida has depended long time on nearby airports and had no local air transit. Lleida-Alguaire airport opened in 2010.

Future and planned services

A tram-train system is pending approval. Using an existing but outdated passenger line, it would link Balaguer and Lleida, crossing both towns in a much-needed move towards better public transportation, both inner-city and between localities.

Culture

Theatre and music venues

Auditori Enric Granados is the town's concert hall and main music institution and conservatory. It is named after the composer Enric Granados, who was born there. Lleida's newest venue is ''La Llotja de Lleida'', which opened with Verdi's ''Il trovatore''. CaixaForum Lleida (formerly known as ''Centre Cultural de la Fundació La Caixa'') includes a concert hall.

Teatre de l'Escorxador, located in a former slaughterhouse, is the town's main theatre. It includes a concert venue, Cafè del Teatre. Teatre Principal de Lleida is used for very different events. Antares is a jazz bar hosting regular live acts. La Boîte and Stones, two clubs, also offer concerts.

Music festivals

There are two important music festivals in Lleida; MÚSIQUES DISPERSES Folk Festival, taking place during the whole month of March and the jazz festival JAZZ TARDOR in November. Concerts are also a regular fixture of the two local feasts, Sant Anastasi in May, and Sant Miquel in September.

Film

CaixaForum Lleida is the usual venue for film-related events and screenings. A Latin-American cinema festival is held yearly in the town (''Mostra de Cinema Llatinoamericà de Lleida''), and an animation film festival called ''Animac'' also takes place there every May.

Art and museums

The Lleida Museum opened in 2008, with historical artifacts and works of art from various periods. The Institut d'Estudis Ilerdencs, a historically relevant building, exhibits both ancient and contemporary art. Centre d'Art La Panera is a recently open contemporary art institution. Lleida has a number of small galleries, such as Sala Municipal d'Exposicions de Sant Joan or Sala Manel Garcia Sarramona, and some institutions dedicated to local artists, such as Museu d'Art Jaume Morera, Sala Leandre Cristòfol or Sala Coma Estadella. The private foundation CaixaForum Lleida and the Public Library of Lleida also offer regular exhibitions. The now defunct Petite Galerie was an innovative and influential gallery in the 1970s.

Superior art teaching in Lleida is to be found at EMBA (''Escola Municipal de Belles Arts'').

Traditional culture

Traditional celebrations include ''Festa Major'', ''L’Aplec del Caragol'' (the biggest in the world of this sort, held at the Camps Elisis since 1980), and ''Fira de Sant Miquel''.

Lleida was the Capital of Catalan Culture in 2007.

Nightlife

Lleida's most popular bars and clubbing area is informally known as ''Els Vins''. ''Els Vins Vells'', as the oldest part of the quarter is called, has experienced serious decay during the 2000s and most venues in the area are currently closed, with buildings being demolished. ''Els Vins Nous'', on the other hand, an architecturally newer and more upscale area, has largely replaced it. Most big clubs in Lleida, such as Wonder or Cotton, are located outside the town, and are not easily accessible without a car, even though on Saturdays night, there is a bus until Wonder. Also Larida (biggest discothèque in Catalonia) and Excess are big dancing clubs, and they are inside the city.

People from Lleida

The following names are sorted alphabetically.

Antoni Abad - artist (born 1956)

Jaume Balagueró - filmmaker (born 1960)

Josep Borrell - Politician, president of the European Parliament 2004-2007. (born 1947)

Dani Andrada, One of the world's strongest climbers

Francesc Claverol - 18th century religious scholar, author of De ''ineffabile misae sacrificio y Libellum de Adventu Anti Christi''.

Pep Coll - writer (born 1949)

Albert Costa - tennis player, olympic contestant in 2000, winner of the 2002 French Open, (born 1975)

Leandre Cristòfol - artist, pioneer of Surrealist sculpture in Catalonia (1908–1998)

José Espasa Anguera - founder of the precursor of Espasa-Calpe and Enciclopedia Espasa (1840–1911)

Pere Fages - Soldier and Governor of the Californias (1734–1794)

Adolf Florensa - architect, urban planner who worked for various governments during the 20th century directing the restoration of Ciutat Vella in Barcelona.

Javier Galitó-Cava Official Site - actor, dancer born in Barcelona but raised in Lleida for most of his childhood years. He resides in the U.S since 1989.

Miguel Ángel Gallardo - underground comic book artist, especially known for his controversial comic series ''Makoki'', published in the Spanish magazine El Víbora.

Indíbil (''Indibilis'', ''Andobales'') king of the Ilergetes (3rd century BC).

Lorena, singer, winner of the 5th series of Spanish Fame Academy, Operación Triunfo.

Enrique Granados - Romantic composer (1867–1917)

Mari Pau Huguet - Catalan TV personality, TV3 presenter.

Kílian Jornet Burgada (born 1987), ski mountaineer, long-distance runner, mountain biker and duathlete

Bojan Krkic - (born 1990) football player.

Carles Puyol - (born 1978) football player.

Joan Capdevila - (born 1978) football player.

Josep Lladonosa - historian (1907–1990)

Mercè Mor - dancer.

Jaume Morera - Artist (1854–1927)

Joan Oró - biochemist whose research has been of importance in understanding the origin of life, received several international honours for his work. (1923–2004)

Manuel del Palacio - Satirist, journalist (1831–1906)

Gaspar de Portolà - Soldier and Governor of Alta and Baja California (1716–1784)

Josep Pernau - journalist, satyrist (born 1930)

Araceli Segarra - mountaineer and model (born 1970)

Salvador Seguí, "El Noi del Sucre" - Anarchist, secretary general of CNT in Catalonia, assassinated (1896–1923).

Humbert Torres - Physician and politician, vicepresident of the Generalitat de Catalunya, member of the Spanish Parliament.

Màrius Torres - Symbolist poet (1910–1942)

Jaume Ulled - stage actor (born 1978)

Josep Vallverdú - writer (born 1923)

Salvador Vázquez de Parga - essayist, comic book historian (born 1934)

Ricardo Viñes - Classical pianist and composer (1875–1943)

Main sights

Seu Vella, a Cathedral built in a blend of Romanesque and Gothic styles over the time, and made a military fortress in the 18th century and the older, and mostly destroyed ''Palau de la Suda'', built during the Arab rule and later used as royal residence by the Counts of Barcelona and Kings of Aragon. Both medieval buildings are situated over the so-called ''Turó de la Seu'', a medium-sized hill that dominates the town.

Seu Nova, the baroque Cathedral used since Bourbon rule. It was burnt during the Spanish Civil War by the anarchists commanded by Durruti.

Institut d'Estudis Ilerdencs, used to be a hospital (''Antic Hospital de Santa Maria'') built in a Gothic style, but nowadays it is an historical museum and research centre open to visitors, with historically significant objects and art from the Iberian, Roman, Arab, medieval and modern times, as well as an exhibition area usually showcasing contemporary local artists.

La Paeria, the city council and also, a historical site with remains and pieces of art from Roman times, to the Moorish rule, to Mediaeval and Modern times, including old prison cells.

Gardeny. It is a hill hosting a fortress built between the 12th and 13th centuries. Used by the Knights Templar in the Middle Ages after the area (a fifth of the town) had been granted to them by king Ramon Berenguer IV.

The gardens known as Camps Elisis, already used by the Romans. It has the fountain of the mermaid.

La Mitjana, a park with wilderness areas. There stands too a dam on the river Segre.

Les Basses d'Alpicat, a park. It's currently closed, awaiting reforms.

Church of Sant Llorenç, a 12th century romanesque church with 15th century gothic additions. The interior is well preserved.

The Bishop of Lleida's Palace on Rambla d'Aragó also serves as an art museum showing pieces included in the styles spanning from Romanesque to Baroque.

El Roser, a 13th century convent built by the Dominican Order. It hosted a fine arts academy of the same name and is currently controversially reformed into a parador (a luxury hotel using a historical location).

Lleida Public Library, on Rambla d'Aragó, hosted in the building previously known as La Maternitat, a mid-19th century orphanage.

Museum of Lleida, opened in 2008, and owned by the Diocese of Lleida focusing on the town's history. Some of the artifacts it contains, which come from areas not belonging to the province of Lleida's territory and jurisdiction, have been object of contention with the neighbouring dioceses and the government autonomous community of Aragon.

Sala Cristòfol'', a museum devoted to the works of artist Leandre Cristòfol.

Sala Mercat del Pla, an art gallery.

Museu d'Art Jaume Morera, an art museum.

Centre d'Art de la Panera, a small contemporary art institution.

Museu de l'Aigua''.

Auditori Enric Granados, Lleida's foremost concert hall. Next to its basement, and publicly displayed are visible ancient ruins.

La Llotja de Lleida, a concert hall, theatre, opera and congress hall opened in 2010.

Sports

Lleida has been always a city with great sport tradition. Probably the most famous sport at the present time is basketball, because the club of basketball of the city a few years ago ascended to the ACB, being the revelation team in the league, this caused a lot of boys and girls to become fond of this little well-known sport.

Unió Esportiva Lleida, based on the Camp d'Esports

CE Lleida Bàsquet, based on the Pavelló Barris Nord

Lleida Llista Blava

Sister cities

Lleida has sister relationships with many places worldwide: Ferrara, Italy Foix, France Hefei, China Lérida, Colombia Perpignan, France

References in culture

The city is the subject of the Catalan folk song ''La Presó de Lleida'', "The prison of Lleida", which was already attested in the 17th century and may be even older. It's a very popular tune, covered by many artists such as Joan Manuel Serrat.

See also

University of Lleida

Diocese of Lleida, Bishop of Lleida.

Talarn Dam

Volta a Lleida

Battle of Ilerda

References

External links

Official web site of the city council of Lleida

Video of the Seu Vella of Lleida

Website of the University of Lleida

Tourism information of Lleida

Internet Portal of the town

Unió Esportiva Lleida. The most important Football Club in the city.

U.E Lleida Forum

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Name	Jowell & Randy
Background	group_or_band
Origin	Ponce, Puerto Rico
Birth name	Joel Alejandro Muñoz Martínez (Jowell) Randy Ariel Ortíz Acevedo (Randy)
Birth date	January 3, 1982 (Jowell) January 15, 1983 (Randy)
Genre	Reggaeton
Years active	2000s-present
Label	Live Music, WY Records, White Lion Records, Machete Music
associated acts	Wisin & Yandel, De La Ghetto, Daddy Yankee, Luny Tunes, Tainy, J-King & Maximan, Guelo Star, Arcangel, Cultura Profetica
Current members	Joel Alexis Muñoz MartínezRandy Ariel Ortiz Acevedo }}

Jowell & Randy are a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo composed of Joel Alexis Muñoz Martínez and Randy Ariel Ortiz Acevedo. The duo have been active since the mid-2000s and have become one of the most popular acts in reggaeton.

Biography

Early years

Joel Alexis Muñoz Martínez was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on March 3, 1982. Randy Ariel Ortiz Acevedo was born on July 12, 1983 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. They had previous years of experience, singing reggaeton and being a part of many albums before becoming the duo of Jowell & Randy. Jowell had recorded his first song in 1996 entitled "Los Fugitivos", Randy recorded his first song in 1998, being a part of a CD produced by ''In The House'' magazine, alongside other various artists. Jowell & Randy first met in 2000 through a shared producer who introduced them. They later recorded their first single, ''Todavía Recuerdo'' They had many recognitions from a radio station Audio Activa 102.3 FM, which led them to record many more songs recorded onto many CD's such as ''Time TO Kill Vol.2'', ''Ground Zero'', ''Zona de Perrero'', and ''Los Intocables y Kilates Vol. 2'', all productions from Diamond Music.

They gained notability in the United States when they recorded their single, "No Voy A Parar." Later on Jowell & Randy were featured in the Chosen Few II: El Documental CD and promoted the CD among 45 cities in and out of the United States. From then on they have been featured in many other productions with various reggaeton artists and have been featured in many albums and singles. In 2006, Randy was featured in the song ''Siente El Boom'', alongside song writer Tito "El Bambino". Later, they made the "Siente El Boom" remix alongside Jowell and De La Ghetto. The song was featured on Tito's album ''Top of the Line''. In 2007 the duo joined with other band members, Guelo Star, J-King & Maximan, to form the new group Casa de Leones. The duo released their first album, ''Casa de Leones'', as a group on June 26, 2007. Their first studio album, ''Los Mas Sueltos del Reggaeton'', was released on December 18, 2007.

El Momento is the duo album by Jowell y Randy which was released by WY Records. There are 15 tracks, which include collaborations with Wisin & Yandel, Plan-B, Guelo Star, Yaviah, Franco "El Gorila", De La Ghetto, Cosculluela, Gadiel, and Tico. It was released in Puerto Rico on April 27, 2010, and was released worldwide on May 4, 2010.

Discography

Studio albums

2007: ''Casa de Leones''

2007: ''Los Más Sueltos del Reggaetón''

2010: ''El Momento''

2012: ''Sobredoxis''

Mixtapes

2010: ''Tengan Paciencia''

2011: ''Galante & Randy - Una Nota Con Elegáncia''

References

el momento

External links

Official Site

Category:Reggaeton duos Category:Reggaeton musicians

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name	David Bisbal
background	solo_singer
birth name	David Bisbal Ferre
born	June 05, 1979 in Almería, Spain
origin	Almería, Spain
instrument	Vocals
genre	Latin pop, pop
occupation	Singer, songwriter
years active	2001–present
label	Signature Records, Wrasse Records (UK)
website	http://www.davidbisbal.com/ }}

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's toured throughout Europe and Latin America and is now considered to be a crossover international artist.

Until 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.

Beginnings: ''Operación Triunfo''

David 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.

Career

Bisbal 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 turning diamond 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.

Youth and early

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. 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 there in the Orchestra Expressions, a band very popular 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.

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

On 7 January premiered the first single from their second album "Bulería" which reached number 656 in the charts and radio stations of Spain and America . On February 11 was released Bulería the same name as the first single. The album debuted at number on the charts in Spain where he sold over 300,000 copies in a week, also reached in two weeks to get disc gold in Colombia and Venezuela . In November he set foot on Germany to promote the duo with singer Joana Zimmer, a duet with the song 'Let's make history', days after submitting the video to Joana Zimmer, David also appeared at the gala 'tribute to Rocío Jurado', singing with the singer.

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", "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 53 th 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'. Whith 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 . 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

Well as Ricardo Montaner musicalized the phenomenon Valiant (The Thirteen) last year, and as bastard also opted for a foreigner (Carlos Matari) for curtain, soap opera will come to another international star as the voice of openness. The Spanish David Bisbal sing especially for Heirs of revenge. "Kabbalah?

The recorded history that began last week and will star Luciano Castro Romina Gaetani and have as a backdrop to the track named heirs. The authors are the very Bisbal, more Sebastian Bazan and Karen Oliver. The footage was filmed in Puerto Madero. It was in October, during the tour de Almería man held by Argentina. Famous after participating in the reality Operación triunfo (Spanish version) and its hit Bulería, drew up now as a ballad Bisbal true to form. The musical direction was by Nicolas Repetto-care, Nico is not the driver, and the production is Metronome Music.

The love story will pass in Vidisterra, people (fictional) famous for its vineyards, which Mercedes (Gaetani) and Antonio (Castro) will burn with passion, promise, devastating.

International Appeal

Internationally David Bisbal enjoys popularity in a great number of countries.

On September 3, 2003, he won the Latin Grammies 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 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.

Discography

All discography information obtained from the David Bisbal Official Website

Albums

Year	Title	Chart positions					Sales and Certification
		SPA	US Latin	GER	SWI	AUT
2002	''Corazón Latino''	*1st Studio Album	*Released: June 5, 2002 (Spain), October 15, 2002 (United States, Latin America)	*Formats: CD						Worldwide sales: 1,700,000Spain sales: 1,300,000PROMUSICAE Spanish certification: 13x Platinum
2004	''Bulería''	*2nd Studio Album	*Released: February 10, 2004 (Spain, United States, Latin America)	*Formats: CD						Worldwide sales: 1,300,000Spain sales: 1,000,000PROMUSICAE Spanish certification: 10x Platinum
2005	''Todo Por Ustedes''	*1st Live Album	*Released: March 29, 2005 (Spain), May 24, 2005 (United States, Latin America)	*Formats: 2 DVDs + CD						Worldwide sales: 100,000Spain sales: 75,000PROMUSICAE Spanish certification: 1x Gold
		*1st Greatest Hits Album	*Released: April 4, 2006 (Worldwide)	*Formats: CD						Worldwide sales: 150,000 Spain sales: 40,000PROMUSICAE Spanish certification: Gold
''Premonición''	*3rd Studio Album	*Released: October 3, 2006 (Worldwide)	*Formats: CD						Worldwide sales: 950,000Spain sales: 400,000PROMUSICAE Spanish certification: 5x Platinum
2007	''Premonición Live''	*2nd Live Album	*Released: November 25, 2007 (Worldwide)	*Formats: 2 DVDs + 2CDs						Worldwide sales: 100,000 Spain sales: 40,000PROMUSICAE Spanish certification: 1x Gold
2009	''Sin Mirar Atrás''	*4th Studio Album	*Released: October 20, 2009 (Worldwide)	*Formats: CD						Worldwide sales: 550,000+ Spain sales: 200,000+ PROMUSICAE Spanish certification: 3x Platinum
2011	''Una noche en el teatro real''	*3rd Live Album	*Released: December 5, 2011 (Spain)	*Formats: 2 DVDs + 2CDs						Spain sales: 75,000PROMUSICAE Spanish certification: 3x Platinum

Singles

{|class="wikitable" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Title ! rowspan="2"| Album ! colspan="11"|Chart positions |- ! width="20"| SPA ! width="20"| US Latin ! width="20"| GER ! width="20"| FRA ! width="20"| SWI ! width="20"| AUT ! width="20"| ARG ! width="20"| CHIL ! width="20"| IA ! width="20"| MEX ! width="20"| COL |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |rowspan="4"|2002 |"Corazón Latino" |rowspan="6"|''Corazón Latino'' |align="center"|Promo |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |"Ave María" |align="center"|1 |align="center"| |align="center"|8 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"|12 |align="center"|7 |align="center"|18 |align="center"|29 |align="center"|24 |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |"Lloraré Las Penas" |align="center"|1 |align="center"|3 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"|10 |align="center"|17 |align="center"| |align="center"|25 |align="center"| |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |"Dígale" |align="center"|1 |align="center"|15 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"|5 |align="center"| |align="center"|17 |align="center"| |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |rowspan="3"|2003 |"Quiero Perderme En Tu Cuerpo" |align="center"|24 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |"Cómo Será" |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |"Rosa y Espinas" (with David Civera) |''La Chiqui Big Band'' |align="center"|1 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |rowspan="4"|2004 |"Bulería" |rowspan="7"|''Bulería'' |align="center"|1 |align="center"|11 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"|6 |align="center"| |align="center"|4 |align="center"|15 |align="center"|9 |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |"Oye El Boom" |align="center"|1 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"|5 |align="center"| |align="center"|7 |align="center"|17 |align="center"|13 |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" ||"Desnúdate Mujer" |align="center"| |align="center"|6 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"|16 |align="center"| |align="center"|24 |align="center"| |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |"Camina Y Ven" |align="center"|1 |align="center"|40 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |rowspan="4"|2005 |"Me Derrumbo" |align="center"|5 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |"Cómo Olvidar" |align="center"|1 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |"Esta Ausencia" |align="center"| |align="center"|7 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"|18 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"|13 |align="center"| |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |"Todo Por Ustedes" |''Todo Por Ustedes'' |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |rowspan="4"|2006 |"Let’s Make History" (with Joana Zimmer) |''David Bisbal'' |align="center"|5 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"|48 |align="center"|23 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |"Quien Me Iba A Decir" |rowspan="6"|''Premonición'' |align="center"|1 |align="center"|1 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"|1 |align="center"|11 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|33 |align="center"|13 |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |"Silencio" |align="center"|1 |align="center"|32 |align="center"|13 |align="center"| |align="center"|10 |align="center"|6 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"|62 |align="center"| |align="center"| |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |"Soldado De Papel" (with Tomatito) |align="center"|Promo |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |rowspan="3"|2007 |"Amar Es Lo Que Quiero" |align="center"| |align="center"|6 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"|23* |align="center"|24* |align="center"| |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |"Torre De Babel" (with Vicente Amigo & Wisin & Yandel) |align="center"|1 |align="center"|10 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |"Premonición" |align="center"|6 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |2008 |"Hate That I Love You (Spanglish version)" (with Rihanna) |''Premonición Live'' |align="center"|2 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"|2 |align="center"|11 |align="center"|13 |align="center"|26 |align="center"| |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |rowspan="2"|2009 |"Esclavo de Sus Besos" |rowspan="2"|''Sin Mirar Atrás'' |align="center"|1 |align="center"|1 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"|1 |align="center"|10 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|1 |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |"Mi Princesa" |align="center"|1 |align="center"|35 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"|34 |align="center"|12 |align="center"|90 |align="center"|1 |align="center"| |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |rowspan="3"|2010 |"Wavin' Flag (Coca Cola Spanish Celebration Mix) (with K'Naan) |''Single-only release'' |align="center"|2 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"|2 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|1 |align="center"| |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |"Sin Mirar Atrás" |rowspan="2"|''Sin Mirar Atrás''(''and 24 Horas edition'') |align="center"|42 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"|17 |align="center"|76 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |"24 horas" |align="center"| |align="center"|27 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"|8 |align="center"| |align="center"| |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |rowspan="4"|2012 |"Sombra y luz" |rowspan="2"|''Una noche en el teatro real'' |align="center"| |align="center"|32 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |}

Notes

External links

David Bisbal Romania

Comunidad Gyggs

Portal Mix Fan Site

David's UK Label

Concerts, News and Videoclips of Bisbal

Portal Mix David Bisbal Site

David Bisbal UK Site (in English)

Interview with David Bisbal about his new album ''Premonición''

Dutch Fan Site

David Bisbal Spanish Fan Site

David Bisbal Browser

Official German Fanclub-David Bisbal-Siempre a tu lado

David Bisbal at Acceso Total Show

Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:Latin pop singers Category:People from Almería Category:Andalusian musicians Category:Spanish pop singers Category:Spanish male singers Category:Star Academy participants Category:Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist Category:World Music Awards winners

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