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David Guetta
David Guetta at the 2011 MuchMusic Video Awards
David Guetta at the 2011 MuchMusic Video Awards
Background information
Birth namePierre David Guetta
Born (1967-11-07) 7 November 1967 (age 57)
Paris, France
GenresHouse, electro house, hip house
Occupation(s)DJ, record producer, songwriter
Years active1984–present
LabelsEMI Music France, Virgin, Positiva, Astralwerks
WebsiteDavidGuetta.com

Pierre David Guetta (7 November 1967), known professionally as David Guetta (French pronunciation: [daˌviːd gɛˈta]), is a French house music producer and DJ.[1] Originally a DJ at nightclubs during the 1980s and 1990s, he co-founded Gum Productions and released his first album, Just a Little More Love, in 2002. Later, he released Guetta Blaster (2004) and Pop Life (2007). His 2009 album One Love included the hit singles "When Love Takes Over" (featuring Kelly Rowland), "Gettin' Over You" (featuring Chris Willis, Fergie & LMFAO) and "Sexy Bitch" (featuring Akon), the last becoming a top five hit in the United States and all three reaching #1 in the United Kingdom, as well as another internationally known single called "Memories" featuring Kid Cudi which became a top five hit in many countries. Guetta has sold over three million albums and 15 million singles worldwide.[2] He is currently one of the most sought-after music producers.[3]

Biography

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1984–2000: Early life and career

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At age 17, Guetta began DJing at the Broad Club in Paris.[4] He first played popular songs, and he discovered house music when he heard a Farley master Funk track on French radio in 1987. The next year, he began hosting his own club nights.[5] In 1990, he released "Nation Rap", a hip-hop collaboration with French rapper Sidney Duteil.[6]

In the mid 1990s Guetta played in clubs including Le Centrale, the Rex, Le Boy, and Folies Pigalle.[4][7] Released in 1994[6] Guetta's second single, a collaboration with American house vocalist Robert Owens titled "Up & Away", was a minor club hit.[5] In 1994, David Guetta became the manager of Le Palace nightclub and he continued to organise parties there and in other clubs, such as the "Scream" parties in Les Bains Douches.[8]

2001–2006: Just a Little More Love and Guetta Blaster

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In 2001, David Guetta along with Joachim Garraud founded Gum Productions, and in the same year Guetta's first hit single, "Just a Little More Love", featuring American singer Chris Willis was released. Willis was vacationing in France when he met Guetta.[5] Guetta's debut album Just a Little More Love was released in 2002 on Virgin Records and sold over 300,000 copies. The follow-up singles, ("Love Don't Let Me Go", "People Come People Go" and "Give Me Something"), were released in 2002. Guetta released a compilation, Fuck Me I'm Famous, in 2003, named after his party in Ibiza. It included "Just for One Day (Heroes)", a remix of David Bowie's song "Heroes".[5] Later in his career, Guetta continued recording compilations under that title.

Guetta's second album, Guetta Blaster, was released in 2004. It released four singles: "Money" and "Stay" featuring Chris Willis and "The World Is Mine" and "In Love With Myself" featuring JD Davis. In 2006 the Just a Little More Love single "Love Don't Let Me Go" was re-released as a mash-up with the Tocadisco remix of "Walking Away" by The Egg. The mash-up single entitled "Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away)" was charted higher than the original release of the song.

2007–2008: Pop Life

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Guetta performing, May 2007

In 2007, Guetta's third album Pop Life was released. The album was successful in the UK and Ireland as well as in mainland Europe. According to EMI in 2010, the album has sold a total of 530,000 copies worldwide. The lead single "Love Is Gone" reached Number 1 on the American Dance Chart and charted on the Billboard Hot 100.

He played in many countries around the world to promote the album. He played in Mauritius in January 2008, accompanied by French rapper JoeyStarr. In the same year, he and his wife Cathy also planned a new event which took place in the Stade de France on 5 July 2008. The event was called "UNIGHTED", he performed with Tiësto, Carl Cox, Joachim Garraud and Martin Solveig in front of a crowd of 40,000.[9]

In 2009, he was placed third in the "Top 100 DJs" poll by DJ Magazine,[10] and was elected "Best House DJ" by DJ Awards in 2008. Since April 2009, Guetta had his own radio show on the internet radio station RauteMusik on Saturday evening. The show was afterwards moved into Radio 538, being aired every Friday evening after Tiësto's Club Life. Its name is DJ Mix. Guetta performs a one-hour set of house music, presenting mainly new talents inside.

2009–2010: One Love and international breakthrough

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David Guetta's fourth studio album, One Love, was released in August 2009. Its first single "When Love Takes Over", which featured Kelly Rowland, peaked at #1 on the UK Singles Chart and topped many other countries worldwide. His second single from the album, "Sexy Bitch" featuring Akon, became his second #1 in the UK. "One Love" featuring Estelle, "Memories" featuring Kid Cudi and "Gettin' Over You" featuring Chris Willis, Fergie and LMFAO followed. As of May 2011 the album had sold three million copies worldwide.[11] Guetta's fourth studio album One Love was nominated as "Best Electronic/Dance Album" at the 52nd Grammy Awards.[12] His song "When Love Takes Over" featuring American R&B singer Kelly Rowland received two nominations; Best Dance Recording and Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical, and won the latter. After conflicts over whether or not an album re-issue should go ahead, One More Love was released on 29 November 2010. First single, titled "Who's That Chick?" featuring Rihanna was released a few weeks prior.[13]

On 16 June 2009, The Black Eyed Peas released the David Guetta-produced "I Gotta Feeling" as their second single from their fifth studio album, The E.N.D.. It became a worldwide hit topping the charts in seventeen countries. It became the most downloaded song of all-time in the United States with almost 7.5 million downloads and in the United Kingdom selling more than 1 million copies.[14][15] He was nominated twice for his work with The Black Eyed Peas at the 52nd Grammy Awards; in the category Record of the Year for "I Gotta Feeling" and Album of the Year for their album The E.N.D.. In 2010, David Guetta co-wrote and produced Kelly Rowland's "Commander" from her third album Here I Am. It peaked at number one on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart in the United States, and reached top ten positions in Belgium and the United Kingdom. Guetta has also co-produced "Forever and a Day", which was Kelly's next UK single from that album.[16][17] Guetta also produced the singles "Acapella" and "Scream" for American singer-songwriter Kelis's fifth studio album, Flesh Tone, released on 14 May 2010. "Acapella" was released as the lead single on 23 February 2010 and topped the dance charts in the United Kingdom and United States. On 28 June 2010 American rapper Flo Rida released the single "Club Can't Handle Me" featuring David Guetta. The song is included on the soundtrack album to the American 3D dance film Step Up 3D.


2011–present: Nothing But the Beat

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Guetta's fifth studio album, Nothing But the Beat was released on August 30, 2011. It was released as a double-disc album; one disc being vocal and the other being electronic.[18] The French DJ was inspired by rock bands such as Kings of Leon and Coldplay to add rock influences to his dance productions.[19] "Where Them Girls At" featuring Nicki Minaj and Flo Rida, the first single off the album, was released worldwide on May 2, 2011.[20][21] "Little Bad Girl" featuring Ludacris and Taio Cruz, was released as the second single on June 28, 2011.[22][18] The third single "Without You" featuring Usher was released on September 27, 2011. Guetta also released three promotional singles for Nothing But the Beat, "Titanium" featuring Sia, "Lunar" with Afrojack and "Night of Your Life" featuring Jennifer Hudson. The album also features the hit single "Sweat" with Snoop Dogg.

Personal life

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His father was a restaurateur of Moroccan Jewish descent,[23] and his mother is of Belgian descent.[24][25][26] He is married to Cathy Guetta and has two children, Tim Elvis Eric (born 2004) and Angie (born 2007).[27]

Discography

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Main articles: David Guetta discography and David Guetta production discography

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2006 DJ Awards Best House DJ Nominated
2007 Best International DJ Won
Best Ibiza Night Won
World Music Awards World's Best Selling DJ Won
TMF Awards Best Dance Act Nominated
2008 DJ Awards Best House DJ Won
MTV Europe Music Awards Best French Act Nominated
2009 DJ Awards Best House DJ Nominated
DJ Magazine Top 100 DJs
3rd Place
2010 Grammy Awards[12] Record of the Year "I Gotta Feeling"
(with The Black Eyed Peas) 		Nominated
Best Dance Recording "When Love Takes Over"
(with Kelly Rowland) 		Nominated
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical Won
Best Electronic/Dance Album One Love Nominated
World Music Awards[28] Best DJ Won
Best Producer Won
Best Selling French artist Won
NRJ Music Awards International Album of the Year One Love Won
DJ Magazine Top 100 DJs
2nd Place
2011 Grammy Awards Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical "Revolver"
(with Madonna) 		Won
MTV Europe Music Awards Best Male Nominated
Best French Act Nominated
DJ Magazine Top 100 DJs Won
2012 Brit Awards International Male Solo Artist Himself Pending[29]

References

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  1. ^ "ACE Title Search - Works written by: GUETTA PIERRE DAVID". ASCAP. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  2. ^ Otter, Charlotte (22 October 2010). "Music Week – Music Week – Music business magazine – F*** Me I'm Famous goes global". Music Week. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
  3. ^ David Guetta: the man taking dance music into the US charts – The Guardian 1 June 2010
  4. ^ a b "David Guetta". Ultra Music. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  5. ^ a b c d Jeffries, David (2008). "David Guetta: Biography". allmusic. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  6. ^ a b David Guetta Discography discogs.com
  7. ^ D'Alguerre, Benjamin. "David Guetta: Bio complète" (in French). MTV France. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  8. ^ "David Guetta Artist Profile". wantickets.com. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help); Unknown parameter |url http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= ignored (help)
  9. ^ "UNIGHTED Energized by Burn Intense Energy and Cathy Guetta". Unightedbycathyguetta.com. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  10. ^ "DJ Mag – Top 100 DJs". Djmag.com. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  11. ^ "David Guetta confirms new single and album | EMI Music". EMI. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  12. ^ a b "The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Nominees List" (PDF). Grammy Award. National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  13. ^ "Rihanna, Doritos Unveil Interactive Musical Experience for Fans Worldwide; Features Debut of New... – PLANO, Texas, 19 Oct. /PRNewswire/". Texas: Prnewswire.com. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  14. ^ Whitworth, Dan (21 June 2010). "Black Eyed Peas set downloads record". BBC News. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  15. ^ Mason, Kerri (15 August 2010). "David Guetta: Inside His Latest Hit Parade, 'Nothin But the Beat'". Billboard.com. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  16. ^ Posted By: Sam (18 August 2010). "Exclusive: Kelly Rowland – 'Forever And A Day' (New UK Single) | ..::That Grape Juice // ThatGrapeJuice.net::.. || Thirsty?". Thatgrapejuice.net. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  17. ^ "YouTube – Kelly Rowland | Interview for Kelly's Official German site P2/2 | June 2010". Youtube.com. 29 July 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  18. ^ a b "David Guetta Announces New Album "Nothing But the Beat" | Astralwerks". Astralwerks. 22 June 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  19. ^ "DAVID GUETTA INSPIRED BY KINGS OF LEON". Daily Star. 23 August 2010.
  20. ^ Graff, Gary (10 May 2011). "David Guetta Teams with Flo Rida, Nicki Minaj for 'Where Them Girls At'". Billboard. Detroit: Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  21. ^ Cochrane, Greg (4 May 2011). "David Guetta employs 'investigator' over song theft". Newsbeat. BBC News. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  22. ^ Corner, Lewis (10 May 2011). "David Guetta confirms next single – Music News – Digital Spy". Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi UK. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  23. ^ Mas, Isabelle (1 April 2002). "Mon moteur, c'est la musique et le plaisir". L'expansion.com (in French). L'express.fr. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  24. ^ "Tomorrowland heeft een headliner te pakken". Clint.be (in Dutch). 21 February 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2011. David Guetta, the French house DJ, who accidentally has another important link with Belgium - his mother is Belgian {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  25. ^ "David Guetta ook dit jaar op Tomorrowland". Knack (in Dutch). 22 february 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  26. ^ Robrecht van Goolen (23 oktober 2010). "Super DJ David Guetta gaf exclusieve show op Legendz in Luik". Sterrennieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 September 2011. ...de moeder van Guetta is afkomstig van Luik. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  27. ^ "Cathy et David Guetta à nouveau parents" (in French). Associated Press. 24 September 2007. Archived from the original on 25 September 2007.
  28. ^ "World Music Awards 2010". Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  29. ^ "Brit awards 2012: nominations in full". Brits. The Guardian. Retrieved 23 January, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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