David
Guetta
David Pierre Guetta (French pronunciation: [daˌviːd
ɡɛˈtta]);was born 7 November 1967 in Paris, France, [1] is a French
House music producer and DJ. 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 2001. 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 US and all three reaching
#1 in the UK. As well as another internationally known single called
Memories featuring KiD CuDi which became a top five hit in Belgium,
Austria, Czech Republic, Australia, the Netherlands, Finland, New
Zealand, France and Ireland.
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]
having worked with a variety of pop and hip-hop artists including
Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna, Lil' Wayne, Kylie Minogue, Taio Cruz and
Madonna.
At age 17, Guetta began DJ'ing at the Broad Club
in Paris.[4] He first played popular songs, and he discovered house
music when he heard a Farley Jackmaster Funk track on French radio
in 1987. The next year, he began hosting his own club nights.[1]
In 1990, he released "Nation Rap", a hip-hop collaboration with French rapper Sidney Duteil.[5]
In the early 1990s, Guetta played in clubs including
Le Centrale, the Rex, Le Boy, and Folies Pigalle.[4][6] Released
in 1994,[5] Guetta's first single, a collaboration with American
house vocalist Robert Owens titled "Up & Away", was a minor club hit.[1] In 1995, 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.[7]
[edit] 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", featuring American singer Chris Willis was released. Willis was vacationing
in France when he met Guetta.[1] 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 single, "Love Don't Let Me Go", was 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".[1] Later in his career, Guetta continued recording compilations under that
title.
Guetta's second album, Guetta Blaster, was released
in 2004 and contained "The World is Mine" featuring JD Davis. In 2006 "Love Don't Let Me Go" was released as a mash-up with the Tocadisco remix of "Walking Away" by The Egg. The mash-up single charted higher than the original release of the
song.
[edit] 2007–2008: Pop Life
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.[8]
[edit] 2009: One Love and International breakthrough
David Guetta's fourth studio album, One Love,
was released on 21 August 2009, and physically released on 24 August
2009 in Europe and 25 August in the United States. Its first single "When Love Takes Over", which featured Kelly Rowland, peaked at #1 on the UK Singles Chart & topped many other countries worldwide becoming a huge summer & dancefloor hit. His second single from the album, "Sexy Bitch" (featuring Akon) became his second #1 in the UK & also topped many countries worldwide becoming his second summer hit. The song "Sexy Bitch" was inspired by Guetta's sexy mother, according to an interview with the DJ
in French Vogue, where he also professes his love for Stuart Hay "One Love" featuring Estelle, "Memories" featuring Kid Cudi and "Gettin' Over" featuring Chris Willis, Fergie and LMFAO followed which soon became Guetta's
third #1. The album has sold 1.4 million copies worldwide since
its release according to Billboard. David Guetta also features
in "Club Can't Handle Me" by Flo Rida.
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 in both the United Kingdom, selling more
than one million copies, and in the United States, with six million
downloads.[9][10]
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 Fuck Me I'm Famous.
Guetta performs a one-hour set of house music, presenting mainly
new talents inside.
In 2009, he was placed third in the "Top
100 DJs" poll by DJ Magazine,[11] and was elected "Best House DJ" by DJ Awards in 2008.
On 2 December 2009, Guetta received five nominations
at the 52nd Grammy Awards. He was nominated twice for his work
with the Black Eyed Peas; in the category Record of the Year for "I Gotta Feeling" and Album of the Year for their album The E.N.D.. 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. Guetta's
fourth studio album One Love was nominated as "Best Electronic/Dance Album".[12]
[edit] 2010–present: collaborations, One More Love and 5th Studio
Album
In 2010, David Guetta co-wrote and produced Kelly
Rowland's "Commander" from her self-titled third studio album. 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 is Kelly's second UK single from her third album.[13][14] 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.
After conflicts over whether or not a One Love
re-issue should go ahead, it was finally confirmed that Guetta's
One Love studio album would be re-released as One More Love. Autumn
2010, David Guetta had announced his new single, titled "Who's that Chick?" featuring Rihanna, will be released from his upcoming studio album, One More
Love.[15] The album was released the 29 November, 2010. It will
feature Kelly Rowland, Akon, Kid Cudi, will.i.am and Rihanna. David
Guetta was one of the headlining acts at ZoukOut 2010. It was held
in Singapore, on Saturday, 11th December at Siloso Beach, Sentosa
Island.[16][17]
When asked about his fifth album, Guetta announced
it would be released in the summer of 2011. The French DJ recently
admitted that his new sound is inspired by rock bands such as Kings
of Leon and Coldplay: "I might make dance music but that doesn't mean I'm not influenced by bands like
Kings of Leon and Coldplay," he told the Daily Star, "Right now I'm planning coming back with a new sound for my next album due out
in summer 2011.".[18] Guetta produced Jennifer Lopez' cover of "On The Radio" for her album "Love?" coming out in 2011.[citation needed] In January 2011, Guetta recorded teenage
viral video star Keenan Cahill lip-syncing to a mix of his songs.
[19]
[edit] Personal life
David Guetta was born and raised in Montguyon,
France. His mother is of Belgian descent[citation needed] while
his father was a restaurateur and of Moroccan Jewish descent.[20]
He is married to Cathy Guetta and has two children, Tim Elvis Eric
(born 2004) and Angie (born 2007).
[edit] Discography
Main articles: David Guetta discography and David Guetta production
discography
* Just a Little More Love (2002)
* Guetta Blaster (2004)
* Pop Life (2007)
* One Love (2009)
* TBA (2011)
[edit] 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 Third 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[21] 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 Second Place
