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David Guetta

David Guetta (born 7 November 1967 in Paris) is a French DJ. He began mixing his first vinyls at home at the age of 13, and organised parties in his basement at 15.[1] Two years later, he was working as a DJ in a club called 'Broad', based in Paris. This was effectively where he launched his career. From 1988 to 1990, he mixed house music at Radio Nova. In 2005, his single "The World Is Mine", which contains a sample of Simple Minds "Someone Somewhere In Summertime", topped European dance charts. The vocals for most of his singles are performed by singer Chris Willis, except on "Baby When The Light" and "When Love Takes Over", where they were done by Cozi Costi and Kelly Rowland respectively.

In 2008, he was elected as World DJ No. 5 and best house DJ by the British DJ Mag.[2]

He has also been playing in many countries around the world to promote his 2007 album Pop Life. He played in Mauritius on the 12th of January 2008 accompanied by French rapper JoeyStarr of the French rap group NTM. 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. He performed with Tiësto, Carl Cox, Joachim Garraud and Martin Solveig in front of 40,000 spectators.[3] The Sensation White, where Guetta performed several times, seems to be the inspiration.

Biography

According to the French Wikipedia, David was the son of a Moroccan Jewish restaurant owner. He started music at the age of 17, turning his decks in boxes as the local bars or Factory as the Troll. It rises rapidly to Paris and begins with mixer at Broad, a box gay very popular at the time. He sympathizes with Kien who also works at Broad and located his mixes in the early evenings Acid-house. Broad face became too small for the success of these evenings, Kien launches, according to the season, the evenings weekly Unity at the Rex Club with David Guetta at the decks.

David Guetta and Kien lancent then Princess of the evening at Central World (formerly Queen) and evenings at Wunderland Boy, rue Caumartin.

The season after, David Guetta Kien and then took the artistic director of the Folies Pigalle. The press began to focus on the buzz created in the Pigalle cabaret dancefloor turned into the House, where all Paris goes. Two years later, it was only natural for Philippe Fatien uses them for art direction for the opening of the Queen - the first great gay club - on the Champs-Élysées.

In 1994, Cathy Guetta (working at Bains Douches at the time) and Franck Maillot (server Ball in Saint-Tropez) join the team for the evenings Bataclan transforming every weekend this legendary concert hall into a discotheque .

Le Bataclan serve as a springboard for Cathy and David Guetta to resume the Palace, then weakened. It will then take the artistic direction of prestigious institutions such as Les Bains Douches. In 1996, he started organizing parties in Ibiza. In 2002, he set up his own night F *** Me I'm Famous with his wife Cathy Guetta and begins to travel the world, taking advantage of the notoriety gained from his first album.

In 2005 he joined for the first time in the international ranking of the DJs of the British magazine DJ MAG. It is also two years since the french ranked. He also mixed for the first time in the notorious Sensation White in Amsterdam in the Netherlands that brings together more than 45 000 people. It creates the wake in the evening "Rumble BDE and mix before matches Stadium Rochelle.

On 17 November 2005, during the House Music Awards which take place in London, he won the prize for Best DJ of the Year, and Best DJ Set of the Year for his mix KissDaFunk.

Discography

Main article: David Guetta production discography

Studio albums

Year Album Peak position
France Belgium Switzerland
2002 Just a Little More Love 6 43 17
2004 Guetta Blaster 11 29 45
2007 Pop Life 2 4 8
2009 One Love — — —

Compilations

Singles

Year Single Peak position Album
U.S. UK
[4][5] 		FR ITA BEL SWI NL AUS SWE CAN ESP GER
Billboard Hot 100 U.S. Pop 100 U.S. Dance
2001 "Just a Little More Love"
(featuring Chris Willis) 		— — — 19 29 — — 59 38 — — — 17 —
Just a Little More Love
2002 "Love Don't Let Me Go"
(featuring Chris Willis) 		— — — 46 4 — — 13 19 — — — 6 —
"People Come, People Go"
(featuring Chris Willis) 		— — — — 42 — — 54 — — — — — —
2003 "Give Me Something"
(featuring Barbara Tucker) 		— — — — — — — — — — — — — —
"Just for One Day (Heroes)"
(vs. Bowie) 		— — — 73 54 — — — — — — — — —
Fuck Me I'm Famous
2004 "Money"
(featuring Chris Willis & Mone) 		— — — — 63 — — 52 — — — — — —
Guetta Blaster
"Stay"
(featuring Chris Willis) 		— — — — 18 — — 82 — — — — 10 —
"The World Is Mine"
(featuring JD Davis) 		— — 1 49 16 — — 40 27 — — — 10 —
"In Love With Myself"
(featuring JD Davis) 		— — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2006 "Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away)"
(vs The Egg) 		— — 3 3 11 9 42 19 43 32 25 — 6 50
Fuck Me I'm Famous International
2007 "Love Is Gone"
(featuring Chris Willis) 		98 46 1 9 3 32 9 11 14 — 9 66 8 36
Pop Life
"Baby When the Light"
(featuring Cozi) 		— — 4 50 6 30 5 25 15 62 35 — — 59
2008 "Delirious"
(featuring Tara McDonald) 		— — 24 — 16 22 2 16 12 — 51 — — 59
"Tomorrow Can Wait"
(vs Tocadisco) (featuring Chris Willis) 		— — 21 — 8 — — 44 21 — — — — 56
2009 "Everytime We Touch"
(with Chris Willis and Steve Angello & Sebastian Ingrosso) 		— — — 68 — — — — 19 — — — — —
"When Love Takes Over"
(featuring Kelly Rowland) 		77 58 1 1 2 5 2 1[6] 2[7] 5[8] 9 28 28[9] 3 One Love
"Sexy Bitch"
(featuring Akon)

Awards

2006

  • Nominated DJ Awards Best House DJ

2007

  • WON DJ Awards Best International DJ
  • WON DJ Awards Best Ibiza Night - Fuck Me I´m Famous
  • WON World Music Awards World's Best Selling DJ
  • Nominated TMF Awards - Belgium - Best Dance Act

2008

2009

  • Nominated DJ Awards Best House DJ

References

  1. ^ "David Guetta interview".
  2. ^ "Top 100 DJs". DJmag.com.
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 237. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  5. ^ Everyhit.com - accessed May 2009
  6. ^ http://acharts.us/song/43445
  7. ^ http://top40web.nl
  8. ^ http://acharts.us/song/43445
  9. ^ http://www.promusicae.es/espanol.html


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