He gained his initial fame as the runner-up on the first edition of the reality television talent show Operación Triunfo.

Corazón Latino and Bulería have each received an IFPI Platinum Award, the official certification of having sold over one million copies across Europe.

His parents are José Bisbal, a professional boxer who was Spanish national Bantamweight and Featherweight champion[1] and part of a trio of flamenco musicians, and Maria Ferre Montoya.

In October 2001 he auditioned for the first ever edition of Operación Triunfo (the Spanish original version of Star Academy) where he was accepted and was one of the sixteen contestants.

After achieving fame as Operación Triunfo finalist, he signed a contract with label Vale Music, offering him the opportunity to record his first solo debut album.

With more than 1,300,000 copies sold in Spain, Bisbal was launched to the rest of the Spanish-speaking world; his debut album would be released on 15 October.

In March 2005, he also released a DVD Todo Por Ustedes that contained live recordings of some of his concerts in the United States, Latin America and Spain.

Several days after presenting the video with Joana Zimmer, David performed at the Tribute to Rocío Jurado Gala.

In January 2007, the second single from the album "Silencio" stayed for eight weeks at number one in Los 40 Principales, Spain's Top 40 Chart.

His fourth studio album Sin Mirar Atrás was released on 20 October 2009 in Spain, Latin America and the United States.

It was one of the most successful singles of the Spanish singer in his career, reaching number 1 on sales and radio charts in Spain, Latin America and the United States.

It is one of the highest rated telenovelas in Argentina, which starred Romina Gaetani, Luciano Castro and Federico Amador, where all romantic moments are set to music by the song sung by David Bisbal.

Writing about Bisbal's Albert Hall concert in September 2012, Boris Izaguirre described him as "the voice of Spanish emigrants" and "The Julio Iglesias of the lost generation", noting that many Spaniards in their twenties who had been forced by the financial crisis to emigrate had grown up during Bisbal's rise to fame in the previous decade's economic boom.

[3] On 15 November 2012, in Las Vegas, David Bisbal won his third Latin Grammy, this time in the category "Best Traditional Pop Album".

Bisbal's career took a turn towards its beginnings when he joined the Spanish reality talent show La Voz as a judge, acting as coach to eventual winner Rafa Blas in the first series.

However, in January 2014 after appearing on two seasons of the Spanish show and one of the Mexican edition, Bisbal announced he would leave these roles due to a heavy schedule of live and promotional work for his new album Tú y Yo.

For the latter, Bisbal recorded a video clip in Los Angeles with Mexican vlogger Caeli and Spanish model Silvia Kal.

On 27 April 2022 he was announced as a coach on the program La Voz... México alongside Ha*Ash, Yuridia and Joss Favela.