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pp-semi-blp|expiry=4 July 2012|small=yesInfobox musical artist|name = David Guetta|image = David Guetta at 2011 MMVA.jpg|caption = David Guetta at the 2011 MuchMusic Video Awards |background = non_vocal_instrumentalist|birth_name = Pierre David Guetta|birth_date = Birth date and age|1967|11|7|df=yes|birth_place = Paris, France|genre = House music|House , House music#2000s|electro house , hip house |occupation = DJ, record producer, songwriter|years_active = 1984& ndash;present|label = EMI|EMI Music France , Virgin Records|Virgin , Positiva Records|Positiva , Astralwerks |website = URL| http://www.davidguetta.com/|DavidGuetta.com Pierre David Guetta (7 November 1967), known professionally as David Guetta (IPA-fr|da?vid g?'ta), is a French house music producer and disc jockey|DJ .cite web|title=ACE Title Search - Works written by: GUETTA PIERRE DAVID|url= http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm? requesttimeout=300& mode=results& searchstr=1657984& search_in=c& search_type=exact& search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v& results_pp=25& start=1|publisher= ASCAP |accessdate=2011-08-12 Originally a DJ at nightclub s 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 (David Guetta album)|Pop Life (2007). His 2009 album One Love (David Guetta album)|One Love included the hit singles " When Love Takes Over " (featuring Kelly Rowland ), " Gettin' Over You " (featuring Chris Willis , Fergie (singer)|Fergie & LMFAO (group)|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 (David Guetta song)|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.cite web|last=Otter|first=Charlotte|title=Music Week – Music Week – Music business magazine – F*** Me I'm Famous goes global|url= http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp? sectioncode=1& storycode=1043012& c=1|publisher= Music Week |accessdate=2010-10-23|date=22 October 2010 He is currently one of the most sought-after music producers. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/jun/01/david-guetta-dance-music David Guetta: the man taking dance music into the US charts – The Guardian 1 June 2010
Biography
1984–2000: Early life and career
At age 17, Guetta began DJing at the Broad Club in Paris.cite web|url= http://www.ultrarecords.com/artists/david-guetta/|title=David Guetta|publisher=Ultra Music|accessdate=2009-12-29 He first played popular songs, and he discovered house music when he heard a Farley Keith|Farley master Funk track on French radio in 1987. The next year, he began hosting his own club nights.cite web|url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p572357|pure_url=yes|title=David Guetta: Biography|last=Jeffries|first=David|publisher=allmusic|year=2008|accessdate=2009-12-29 In 1990, he released "Nation Rap", a hip-hop collaboration with French rapper Sidney Duteil . http://www.discogs.com/artist/David+Guetta David Guetta Discography discogs.com
In the mid 1990s Guetta played in clubs including Le Centrale, the Rex, Le Boy, and Folies Pigalle.cite web|url= http://www.mtv.fr/musique/artistes/david-guetta|title=David Guetta: Bio complète|last=D'Alguerre|first=Benjamin|publisher=MTV France|language=French|accessdate=2009-12-29 Released in 1994 Guetta's second single, a collaboration with American house vocalist Robert Owens (musician)|Robert Owens titled "Up & Away", was a minor club hit. 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 .cite web|url http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=d2Gf5bVpyFo |title=David Guetta Artist Profile|publisher=wantickets.com|accessdate=2009-12-29
2001–2006: Just a Little More Love and Guetta Blaster
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 (song)|Just a Little More Love ", featuring American singer Chris Willis was released. Willis was vacationing in France when he met Guetta. 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 (David Bowie song)|Heroes ". 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 (David Guetta song)|Stay " featuring Chris Willis and " The World Is Mine (David Guetta song)|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
In 2007, Guetta's third album Pop Life (David Guetta 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.cite web|url= http://www.unightedbycathyguetta.com/ |title=UNIGHTED Energized by Burn Intense Energy and Cathy Guetta |publisher=Unightedbycathyguetta.com |date= |accessdate=2011-08-03
In 2009, he was placed third in the "Top 100 DJs" poll by DJ Magazine ,cite web|url= http://www.djmag.com/top100 |title=DJ Mag – Top 100 DJs |publisher=Djmag.com |date= |accessdate=2011-08-03 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
David Guetta's fourth studio album, One Love (David Guetta 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 (David Guetta song)|One Love " featuring Estelle (musician)|Estelle , " Memories (David Guetta song)|Memories " featuring Kid Cudi and " Gettin' Over You " featuring Chris Willis , Fergie (singer)|Fergie and LMFAO (band)|LMFAO followed. As of May 2011 the album had sold three million copies worldwide.cite web|title=David Guetta confirms new single and album ! EMI Music|url= http://www.emimusic.com/blog/2011/david-guetta-confirms-new-single-and-album/|publisher= EMI |accessdate=2011-05-14|date=5 May 2011 Guetta's fourth studio album One Love (David Guetta album)|One Love was nominated as "Best Electronic/Dance Album" at the 52nd Grammy Awards .cite web|url= http://www.grammy.com/PDFs/GRAMMY_Awards/52nd_nominees.pdf|title= The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Nominees List|work= Grammy Award |publisher= National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |format=PDF|accessdate=2009-12-28 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 Love (David Guetta album)|One More Love was released on 29 November 2010. First single, titled "Who's That Chick? " featuring Rihanna was released a few weeks prior.cite web|url= http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rihanna-doritos-unveil-interactive-musical-experience-for-fans-worldwide-features-debut-of-new-single-whos-that-chick-105242638.html |title=Rihanna, Doritos Unveil Interactive Musical Experience for Fans Worldwide; Features Debut of New... – PLANO, Texas, 19 Oct. /PRNewswire/ |location=Texas |publisher=Prnewswire.com |date= |accessdate=2011-08-03
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.cite web|last=Whitworth|first=Dan|title=Black Eyed Peas set downloads record|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/10340829|date=21 June 2010|publisher=BBC News |accessdate=2010-08-14cite web|last=Mason|first=Kerri|title=David Guetta: Inside His Latest Hit Parade, 'Nothin But the Beat'|url= http://www.billboard.com/news#/news/david-guetta-inside-his-latest-hit-parade-1005315672.story|date=15 August 2010|publisher= Billboard.com |accessdate=2011-08-15 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 (song)|Commander " from her third album Here I Am (Kelly Rowland album)|Here I Am . It peaked at number one on Billboard (magazine)| 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 (Kelly Rowland song)|Forever and a Day ", which was Kelly's next UK single from that album.cite web|author=Posted By: Sam |url= http://thatgrapejuice.net/2010/08/exclusive-kelly-rowland-forever-day-uk-single/ |title=Exclusive: Kelly Rowland – ‘Forever And A Day’ (New UK Single) & #124; ..::That Grape Juice // ThatGrapeJuice.net::.. & #124;& #124; Thirsty? |publisher=Thatgrapejuice.net |date=18 August 2010 |accessdate=2011-08-03cite web|url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=qDKOzkw3UXg& feature=player_embedded# |title=YouTube – Kelly Rowland & #124; Interview for Kelly's Official German site P2/2 & #124; June 2010 |publisher=Youtube.com |date=29 July 2010 |accessdate=2011-08-03 Guetta also produced the singles " Acapella (song)|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 Step Up 3D (soundtrack)|soundtrack album to the American 3D dance film Step Up 3D .
2011–present: Nothing But the Beat
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.cite web|title=David Guetta Announces New Album "Nothing But the Beat" ! Astralwerks|url= http://www.astralwerks.com/news/david-guetta-announces-new-album-nothing-but-the-beat/|publisher= Astralwerks |accessdate=2011-06-23|date=22 June 2011 The French DJ was inspired by rock bands such as Kings of Leon and Coldplay to add rock influences to his dance productions.cite news |newspaper= Daily Star (United Kingdom)|Daily Star |url= http://www.dailystar.co.uk/playlist/view/150318/David-Guetta-inspired-by-Kings-Of-Leon |title=DAVID GUETTA INSPIRED BY KINGS OF LEON |date=23 August 2010 " Where Them Girls At " featuring Nicki Minaj and Flo Rida , the first single off the album, was released worldwide on May 2, 2011.Cite news|url= http://www.billboard.com/#/news/david-guetta-teams-with-flo-rida-nicki-minaj-1005175742.story|title=David Guetta Teams with Flo Rida, Nicki Minaj for 'Where Them Girls At'-|date=10 May 2011|first=Gary|last=Graff|work=Billboard|publisher= Prometheus Global Media |location=Detroit|accessdate=2011-05-10Cite news|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/13282029|title=David Guetta employs 'investigator' over song theft|date=4 May 2011|first=Greg|last=Cochrane|work= Newsbeat |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=2011-05-10 " Little Bad Girl " featuring Ludacris and Taio Cruz , was released as the second single on June 28, 2011.cite web|last=Corner|first=Lewis|title=David Guetta confirms next single – Music News – Digital Spy|url= http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a318692/david-guetta-confirms-next-single.html|work= Digital Spy |publisher= Hachette Filipacchi Médias!Hachette Filipacchi UK |accessdate=2011-05-10|date=10 May 2011 The third single " Without You (David Guetta song)|Without You " featuring Usher (entertainer)|Usher was released on September 27, 2011. Guetta also released three promotional singles for Nothing But the Beat , " Titanium (song)|Titanium " featuring Sia Furler|Sia , " Lunar (song)|Lunar " with Afrojack and " Night of Your Life (David Guetta song)|Night of Your Life " featuring Jennifer Hudson . The album also features the hit single " Wet (Snoop Dogg song)|Sweat " with Snoop Dogg .
Personal life
His father was a restaurateur of Moroccan Jewish descent,cite news|last=Mas|first=Isabelle|url= http://www.lexpansion.com/economie/mon-moteur-c-est-la-musique-et-le-plaisir_18902.html|title=Mon moteur, c'est la musique et le plaisir|work=L'expansion.com|publisher=L'express.fr|date=1 April 2002|accessdate=2009-12-29|language=French and his mother is of Belgians|Belgian descent.cite web |url= http://www.clint.be/entertainment/muziek/tomorrowland-heeft-een-headliner-te-pakken-video|title=Tomorrowland heeft een headliner te pakken |date=21 February 2011 |accessdate=22 September 2011|language=Dutch|trans_title=Tomorrowland has a headliner deal|quote=David Guetta, the French house DJ, who accidentally has another important link with Belgium - his mother is Belgian|work=Clint.becite web |url= http://focus.knack.be/entertainment/muziek/muzieknieuws/david-guetta-ook-dit-jaar-op-tomorrowland/article-1194956520715.htm#|title=David Guetta ook dit jaar op Tomorrowland|date=22 february 2011 |accessdate=22 September 2011 |language=Dutch |trans_title=David Guetta this year also in Tomorrowland|work= Knack (magazine)|Knack cite web |url= http://www.sterrennieuws.be/nieuws/sn6266-super-dj-david-guetta-gaf-exclusieve-show-op-legendz-in-luik/|title=Super DJ David Guetta gaf exclusieve show op Legendz in Luik|date=23 oktober 2010|accessdate=22 September 2011|author=Robrecht van Goolen|language=Dutch|trans_title=DJ David Guetta gave an exclusive show at Legendz Liege|quote=...de moeder van Guetta is afkomstig van Luik.|work=Sterrennieuws He is married to Cathy Guetta and has two children, Tim Elvis Eric (born 2004) and Angie (born 2007).cite news|title=Cathy et David Guetta à nouveau parents|url= http://fr.news.yahoo.com/ap/20070924/ten-celebrites-guetta-bebe-9b325ba_1.html|agency=Associated Press |archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20070925085900/ http://fr.news.yahoo.com/ap/20070924/ten-celebrites-guetta-bebe-9b325ba_1.html|date=24 September 2007|archivedate=2007-09-25|language=French
Discography
Main|David Guetta discography|David Guetta production discography
http://shop.davidguetta.com David Guetta official store
http://www.ultrarecords.com/artists/david-guetta/ David Guetta information at Ultra Records
http://www.dailymusicguide.com/Reviews/david-guetta-ft-kid-cudi-memories-single-review-03032010-0153.aspx Review of 'Memories' on the Daily Music Guide
http://www.pacha.com/html/news.php? act=view& id=280 David Guetta in PACHA NEWS
http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/david-guetta/527799 David Guetta at Billboard.com
http://www.dailymusicguide.com/Reviews/david-guetta-fergie-black-eyed-peas-lmfao-17052010-1903.aspx Review of 'Gettin Over you' on the Daily Music Guide
David Guetta Use dmy dates|date=May 2011 Persondata |NAME = Guetta, David |ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Guetta, Pierre David |SHORT DESCRIPTION = DJ, producer |DATE OF BIRTH = 7 November 1967 |PLACE OF BIRTH = Paris, France |DATE OF DEATH = |PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Guetta, David Category:1967 births Category:Astralwerks artists Category:Club DJs Category:French dance musicians Category:French DJs Category:French people of Belgian descent Category:French people of Jewish descent Category:French people of Moroccan descent Category:Grammy Award winners Category:Living people Category:Musicians from Paris Category:World Music Awards winners
