David Guetta
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Birth name | Pierre David Guetta |
Born | Paris, France | 7 November 1967
Genres | Electro house, hip house, EDM |
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Years active | 1984–present |
Labels | Virgin |
Website | www.davidguetta.com |
Pierre David Guetta (7 November 1967)[1] is a French musician, disc jockey and record producer.
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He originally was a DJ at nightclubs during the 1980s and 1990s. He later co-founded Gum Productions and published his first album, Just a Little More Love in 2002. Later, he published Guetta Blaster (2004) and Pop Life (2007). His dance-pop album, One Love (2009) included the hit singles "When Love Takes Over" (featuring Kelly Rowland), "Sexy Bitch" (featuring Akon) and "Gettin' Over You" (featuring Chris Willis, Fergie & LMFAO). His album Nothing but the Beat (2011) was the most successful. In 2011, Guetta was voted the number one DJ in the world in the DJ Mag poll. The latter became a top five hit in the US and all three reached number 1 in the UK. He has worked with many R&B, pop and hip hop artists including Akon, Chris Willis, Kelly Rowland, Lil' Wayne, Kelis, Madonna, Kid Cudi, Estelle, Fergie, Amy Palmer, K'naan, will.i.am, LMFAO, Dane Bowers, Flo Rida, Shakira, Julie Mcknight and apl.de.ap.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Jeffries, David (2008). "David Guetta: Biography". allmusic. Retrieved 13 September 2010.