

Latest Release

- NOV 10, 2023
- 2 Songs
- Nothing But the Beat · 2011
- One Love (Deluxe) · 2009
- 2U (feat. Justin Bieber) - Single · 2017
- I'm Good (Blue) - Single · 2022
- Listen · 2014
- Memories (Remixes) - Single · 2009
- Nothing But the Beat · 2011
- Nothing But the Beat · 2011
- Nothing But the Beat 2.0 · 2005
- One Love (Deluxe) · 2009
Essential Albums
- Parisian producer David Guetta’s follow-up to the crossover success of 2009’s One Love is noticeably more based in the retro tones of bygone synthcore, while also boasting an impressive roster of A-list guests. Nicki Minaj and Flo Rida are awash in a Jacuzzi of Auto-Tune effects in the opening showstopper, “Where Them Girls At,” before stepping out to bust some hyper-phrased rhymes over Guetta’s quiver of vintage arcade keyboards and beats. Taio Cruz and Ludacris swap melodies and rhymes over wonky synths that sound like classic Nintendo systems. Snoop Dogg coos through robotic filters alongside some studio wizardry in the sultry standout “Sweat,” as Guetta rubs crisp rhythms against the grain of lo-fi Casiotone notes and murky underwater beats. In the Daft Punk–flavored “Without You,” the marriage of Usher’s smooth tenor and Guetta’s penchant for digging up analog textures delivers the album’s brightest gem.
- David Guetta’s third studio album, Pop Life, found him in a state of transition. Prior to its 2007 release, the Frenchman had spent the past two decades growing his profile in Europe. He came up first as a DJ playing EDM, New Wave, and house music across Paris’ nightclubs before expanding into production and throwing his own events. After releasing his first two full lengths, 2002’s Just a Little More Love and 2004’s Guetta Blaster, Guetta entered his third-album era with momentum on his side, having secured his first UK Top 10 with the 2006 single “Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away)” and his first Grammy nomination—a big initial step toward overseas success. Vestiges of early Guetta appear throughout Pop Life. Two of his go-to vocalists, Chris Willis and JD Davis, feature on most of its songs, while French producer Joachim Garraud (with whom Guetta made Just a Little More Love) returns for album-wide co-production duties. Most notably, the production still largely reflects his electro-house roots: “You’re Not Alone” evokes riotous dance floors with its stuttering synths and glitched-out vocal fragments, while thumping kick drums and charged electric guitar plucks drive “Winner of the Game.” Even among the hard-edged sounds, the album reveals Guetta’s pop ambition. On “Baby When the Light” and “Everytime We Touch” (co-produced by Swedish House Mafia’s Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso), he trades in the club’s sweat-slicked walls and cigarette-smoke clouds for more radio-friendly fare with impassioned hooks and a softer, more polished approach. But it was the wailing heartbreak anthem “Love Is Gone” that ultimately crossed over, topping the U.S. Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart, breaching the Billboard Hot 100 (his first appearance of many), and sliding into U.S. Top 40 radio rotation. By showing the potential of combining heavy dance beats and pop-structured songwriting, Pop Life served as the prototype for Guetta’s star-studded, breakthrough fourth album and planted the seeds for EDM’s global phenomenon.
Artist Playlists
- Meet the superstar DJ who revolutionized pop with his massive EDM anthems.
- The globe-trotting DJ's clips are as well-traveled as he is.
- 2023
Live Albums
Compilations
- 2018
- Dimitri Vegas & Nicole Scherzinger
- Dimitri Vegas & Nicole Scherzinger
More To Hear
- David Guetta and Bebe Rexha talk “I’m Good (Blue)."
- Shouse & David Guetta
- Interviews with Joel Corry & RAYE, Lauren Daigle and Jhené Aiko.
- David Guetta on "Let's Love" plus Alicia Keys, Marilyn Manson.
- Der Künstler über seine neueste Kollaboration mit Sia.
- David talks work with Morten, plus i_o talks the ACID444 EP.
- The singer-songwriter breaks down her biggest collaborations.
More To See
About David Guetta
From his early days playing Chicago house in French discotheques to his long reign atop the pop charts, David Guetta has revolutionized dance music multiple times. Born in Paris in 1967, Guetta began DJing in the late ’80s, when the shimmery sound known as the “French touch” was taking shape. By the early 2000s, at his F*** Me I’m Famous parties in Ibiza, he had translated that melodic style into a clever merger of pop sass and club swagger. He parlayed that mix into pure platinum with hits like 2003’s “Just for One Day,” an energy-stoking rework of David Bowie’s “Heroes,” and 2002’s “Just a Little More Love,” a sultry bump-and-grind featuring R&B singer Chris Willis. That versatility—along with a knack for killer hooks—would become one of Guetta’s principal calling cards, and as EDM exploded across pop culture at the end of the 2000s, Guetta’s shapeshifting style led the way, yielding ecstatic affirmations (“When Love Takes Over”), feisty come-ons (“Sexy Bitch”), and unstoppable singalongs (The Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling,” which Guetta produced). Since then, his collaborations (Sia, Nicki Minaj) have kept listeners guessing even as his choruses—triumphant as a bottle of bubbly blowing its top—have proven one of pop’s most dependable pleasures.
- HOMETOWN
- Paris, France
- BORN
- November 7, 1967