
David Guetta
BIOGRAPHY AND RECORDS
"There's many different genres, and when you see R&B and pop and house, as well as electronic, come together, that's the reality of what music is."
David Guetta
EDM -
Electro -
House
BIOGRAPHY
SOME FACTS
David Guetta is a French DJ, electro music and record producer and songwriter, the pioneer of French house. Globally, he's racked up over 50 million record sales, whereas his total
number of streams is over 10 billion. In 2011 & 2020, Guetta was
voted as the number one DJ in the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs in 2013, Billboard
crowned "When Love Takes Over" as the number one dance-pop collaboration
of all time.
Pierre David Guetta was born in 1967 in Paris, France. Guetta's father, Pierre Guetta, was a sociologist and born in a Moroccan Jewish family. His mother, Monique, is of Belgian descent. Through his father, David Guetta is the younger half-brother of the prominent French journalist Bernard Guetta and of the Franco-Italian actress Nathalie Guetta.[19] He also has a half-brother, Dominique Vidal and a half-sister, Joëlle Vidal from his mother's first marriage to Jacques Vidal.
He started playing music at 13 years old. He studued ar Université Paris-Nanterre.

DISCOGRAPHY
MUSIC RECORDS

At age 17, Guetta began DJing at the Broad Club in Paris. 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. In 1990, he released "Nation Rap", a hip-hop collaboration with French rapper Sidney Duteil.
In the mid 1990s Guetta played in clubs including Le Centrale, the Rex, Le Boy, and Folies Pigalle. Released in 1994 Guetta's second single, a collaboration with American house vocalist 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.
he released his first album, Just a Little More Love, in 2002. Later, he released Guetta Blaster (2004) and Pop Life (2007). Guetta achieved mainstream success with his 2009 album One Love which included the hit singles "When Love Takes Over", "Gettin' Over You", "Sexy Bitch" and "Memories", the first three of which reached number one in the United Kingdom. The 2011 follow-up album, Nothing but the Beat, continued this success, containing the hit singles "Where Them Girls At", "Little Bad Girl", "Without You", "Titanium" and "Turn Me On". In 2018, he released the album "7" featuring J Balvin, Nicki Minaj, Jason Derulo, Sia, G-Eazy and more. The album also featured twelve tracks by his alias Jack Back.


On 11 September 2020, David Guetta and Sia reunited for new single "Let's Love". The single was produced and recorded during isolation. "Let's Love" hit #1 on the iTunes Global Chart, #1 on the USA Dance Radio Chart, #2 on the European Radio Chart, #6 on the Shazam Global Chart and has picked up over 100 million video plays and streams to date, 22 million YouTube views, and 1 billion #LetsLove tags on TikTok. The duo counts multiple #1 global hits together since they first teamed up on 2011's massive smash "Titanium" which has over 1 billion streams and reached the top 3 at Top 40 radio in the U.S. and became Guetta's 5th top ten Billboard Hot 100 hit. They followed up with 2012's "She Wolf (Falling To Pieces)" which has over 500 million views on YouTube, and 2015's "Bang My Head" with Fetty Wap. 2018's "Flames" was the most played song of the year on European radio.
NEW MUSIC STYLE

In 2019, he started a new movement together with fellow producer MORTEN
called "Future Rave". The duo released their "New Rave" EP in July 2020
for the fans to enjoy at home despite clubs being closed.
It consists of four new tracks "Kill Me Slow", "Nothing", "Bombardment", and "Odyssey". Their record collection includes "Never Be Alone" feat Aloe Blacc, "Make It To Heaven" with Raye, the tribute remix of Avicii's "Heaven" and "Detroit 3 AM.
In June 2021 Guetta sold his recorded music catalog for an amount in the region of US$100 million, with Music Business Worldwide citing a source saying it was more than that, but less than US$150 million.
Guetta's accolades include two Grammy Awards, an American Music Award and a Billboard Music Award.
On June 17, 2021, Warner Music acquired rights to Guetta's recorded music catalog from the last two decades11.
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