David Guetta
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David Guetta (born November 7 1967 in Paris) is a French DJ.
At age 13, he began mixing his first vinyls. At 17, he worked as a DJ at 'Broad' in Paris, launching his career. From 1988–1990, 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.
David Guetta has played on Sensation White, the two last years, and will be performing there this year as well.
The song 'Just A Little More Love' appeared in the film The Football Factory, was sung in the Gospel version 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 the 14th July 2007 he was the first DJ to perform a live set on board a commercial plane leaving Paris for Ibiza.
November 30th sees David Guetta makes his debut in Bournemouth,UK for 2020ROCKS. playing alongside the french electro DJ Sebastien Leger
In 2007 he was elected as World DJ Nr. 10 by the British DJ Mag [1].
For 2008 he plans together with his wife Cathy Guetta a new event which will take place in the Stade de France. On the July 5 2008 he will perform together with Tiesto, Carl Cox, Joachim Garraud and Martin Solveig in front of 40.000 spectators. [2]
This is a new kind of event in France, it seams to have the Sensation White as inspiration. Guetta performed several time at the Sensation White.
Discography
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 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak position | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR | CAN | BEL | SWI | UK | NL | AUS | SWE | |||
| 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 | — | — | 40 | 16 | 49 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | "Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away)" (vs The Egg) |
11 | — | 42 | 19 | 3 | 60 | 74 | 25 | |
| 2007 | "Love Is Gone" (featuring Chris Willis) |
3 | 84 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 9 | |
| "Baby When The Light" (featuring Cozi) |
6 | — | 5 | 25 | 55 | 30 | 62 | — | ||
| 2008 | "Delirious" (featuring Tara McDonald) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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)