David Guetta
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article or section may contain an inappropriate mixture of prose and timeline. |
| David Guetta | |
|---|---|
 Guetta performing at Coachella.
|
|
| Background information | |
| Born | November 7, 1967 Paris, France |
| Genre(s) | House |
| Occupation(s) | DJ, producer |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Label(s) | Gum Records / Virgin Records |
| Website | www.davidguetta.com |
David Guetta (born November 7, 1967 in Paris) is a French DJ.
Guetta began mixing his first vinyls at home at age 13, and organized parties in his basement at 15. [1]. At 17, he worked as a DJ at 'Broad' in Paris, launching 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. He appeared in an advertisement for L'Oréal hair cream.
Vocals on many of his singles are performed by singer Chris Willis.
On 13 August 2005, he performed in the Creamfields Spanish festival, with such artists as The Chemical Brothers and Carl Cox. He has also performed at Creamfields UK, again alongside The Chemical Brothers, Carl Cox and other big name DJs.
On 1 July 2006, he performed at Sensation White in Amsterdam, with artists as Tiesto and Ferry Corsten, Broadening his musical influence over electronica-europe.
The song 'Just A Little More Love' appeared in the film The Football Factory. The Gospel version was sung at the 2006 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.
On New Year's Day 2007, he appeared at Big Beach Boutique 3, a concert held on the beach of Brighton, UK, put together by and headlined by Fatboy Slim.
On July 14th 2007, on a flight from Paris to Ibiza, he became the first DJ to perform a live set on a commercial airplane.
November 30th saw David Guetta make his debut in Bournemouth, UK, for 2020ROCKS, playing alongside the French electro DJ Sébastien Léger.
In 2007, he was elected as World DJ Nr. 10 by the British DJ Mag [2].
For 2008, he and his wife Cathy Guetta are planning a new event which will take place in the Stade de France. On July 5, 2008, he will perform with Tiesto, 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.
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 mythic French rap group NTM.
Contents |
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Album | Peak position | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | Belgium | Switzerland | ||
| 2002 | Just A Little More Love | 6 | 43 | 17 |
| 2003 | F*** Me I'm Famous | - | 36 | 82 |
| 2004 | Guetta Blaster | 11 | 29 | 45 |
| 2007 | Pop Life | 2 | 4 | 8 |
[edit] DJ Mixes
- F*** Me I'm Famous (2003)
- F*** Me I'm Famous Vol. 2 (2005)
- F*** Me I'm Famous Vol. 3 (2006)
- F*** Me I'm Famous Vol. 4 (2008)
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Peak position | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR | U.S. Dance | ITA | BEL | SWI | UK | NL | AUS | SWE | BUL | |||
| 2001 | "Just A Little More Love" (featuring Chris Willis) |
29 | — | — | — | 59 | — | 80 | — | — | — |
|
| 2002 | "Love Don't Let Me Go" (featuring Chris Willis) |
4 | — | — | — | 13 | — | 37 | — | — | — | |
| "People Come, People Go" (featuring Chris Willis) |
42 | — | — | — | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003 | "Give me something" (featuring Barbara Tucker) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Just For One Day (Heroes)" (vs. Bowie) |
54 | — | — | — | — | 73 | — | — | — | — |
|
|
| 2004 | "Money" (featuring Chris Willis & Mone) |
63 | — | — | — | 52 | — | — | — | — | — |
|
| "Stay" (featuring Chris Willis) |
18 | — | — | — | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The World is Mine" (featuring JD Davis) |
16 | 1 | — | — | 40 | 16 | 49 | — | — | — | ||
| 2006 | "Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away)" (vs The Egg) |
11 | 3 | 9 | 42 | 19 | 3 | 60 | 32 | 25 | — |
|
| 2007 | "Love Is Gone" (featuring Chris Willis) |
3 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 6 |
|
| "Baby When the Light" (featuring Cozi) |
6 | 4 | 22 | 5 | 25 | 55 | 15 | 62 | — | 1 | ||
| 2008 | "Delirious" (featuring Tara McDonald) |
16 | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | 51 | 6 | |
| 2008 | "Tomorrow Can Wait" (vs Tocadisco) (featuring Chris Willis) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
[edit] Awards
2006
- Nominated DJ Awards Best House DJ
2007
- WON DJ Awards Best International DJ
- WON DJ Awards Best Ibiza Night - F**K Me I´m Famous
[edit] External links
- DJ Awards
- David videos in gboxdance.com
- DAVID GUETTA.com
- David Guetta
- David Guetta music video clips
- David Guetta at the Internet Movie Database
- David Guetta at MySpace
- David Guetta Playing at Ambasada Gavioli 24/02/2007
- David Guetta's Personal Channel in Youtube
- David Guetta Performing in Lebanon
|
||||||||
