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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
David Guetta was born and raised in [[Montguyon]], France. His mother is of Belgian descent{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} while his father was a restaurateur and of [[Moroccan Jewish]] descent.<ref name="lexpansion">{{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=29 December 2009|language=French}}</ref> He is married to Cathy Guetta and has two children, Tim Elvis Eric (born 2004) and Angie (born 2007).
David Guetta was born and raised in [[Montguyon]], France. His mother is of Belgian descent{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} while his father was a [[Conservation-restoration|restorator]] and of [[Moroccan Jewish]] descent.<ref name="lexpansion">{{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=29 December 2009|language=French}}</ref> He is married to Cathy Guetta and has two children, Tim Elvis Eric (born 2004) and Angie (born 2007).


==Discography==
==Discography==

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David Guetta


David Pierre Guetta (French pronunciation: [daˌviːd ɡɛˈtta]);was born 7 November 1967, [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.

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.

Biography

1984–2000: early life and career

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] He is married to Cathy Guetta, with whom he has two children.

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]

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.

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]

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.

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]

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 will be released 29 November, 2010. It will feature Kelly Rowland, Akon, Kid Cudi, will.i.am and Rihanna. David Guetta will be one of the headlining acts at ZoukOut 2010. It will be 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.

Personal life

David Guetta was born and raised in Montguyon, France. His mother is of Belgian descent[citation needed] while his father was a restorator and of Moroccan Jewish descent.[19] He is married to Cathy Guetta and has two children, Tim Elvis Eric (born 2004) and Angie (born 2007).

Discography

Main articles: David Guetta discography and David Guetta production discography

Awards and nominations

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[20] 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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Jeffries, David (2008). "David Guetta: Biography". allmusic. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  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. [dead link]
  5. ^ a b David Guetta Discography discogs.com
  6. ^ D'Alguerre, Benjamin. "David Guetta: Bio complète" (in French). MTV France. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  7. ^ "David Guetta Artist Profile". wantickets.com. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  8. ^ UNIGHTED Energized by Burn Intense Energy and Cathy Guetta
  9. ^ Whitworth, Dan (21 June 2010). "Black Eyed Peas set downloads record". BBC News. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  10. ^ Renshaw, David (2 August 2010). "Black Eyed Peas Track 'Downloaded Six Million Times'". Gigwise.com. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  11. ^ DJ Mag – Top 100 DJs
  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. ^ Exclusive: Kelly Rowland – ‘Forever And A Day’ (New UK Single) | ..::That Grape Juice // ThatGrapeJuice.net::.. || Thirsty?
  14. ^ YouTube - Kelly Rowland | Interview for Kelly's Official German site P2/2 | June 2010
  15. ^ Rihanna, Doritos Unveil Interactive Musical Experience for Fans Worldwide; Features Debut of New... - PLANO, Texas, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/
  16. ^ YourSingapore.com - ZoukOut 2010
  17. ^ ZoukOut Lineup
  18. ^ "DAVID GUETTA INSPIRED BY KINGS OF LEON". Daily Star. 23 August 2010.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ "World Music Awards 2010". Retrieved 2010-07-27.

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