David Guetta

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House music DJ and producer David Guetta is a household name in the world of club, house and dance music

Nov 7, 1967

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: November 7, 1967
  • Nationality: French
  • Famous: Disc Jockey, Carefree, Musicians
  • Spouses: Cathy Guetta
  • Known as: Pierre David Guetta
  • Childrens: Angie Guetta, Tim Elvis Eric Guetta
  • Height: 176cm

In 1990 he married Cathy Guetta, the couple has been together ever since. Cathy manages night clubs and is actively involved in David’s professional life too. They have two children Tim Elvis Eric and Angie, who were born in 2004 and 2007, respectively.

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Personal Life

David Guetta was born on the 7th of November 1967 in Paris, to a father who was of Moroccan Jewish decent and a mothers who was a Belgian.

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Childhood & Early Life

He discovered house music while he was working in a gay club, which prompted him to explore the newly developed form a bit more by studying what was happening in the United States with regards to this new style.

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Childhood & Early Life

From the very beginning, he was of the opinion that this new style of music will take the world by storm. His earliest experiments with house music were with acid house which had just arrived in France but was not very popular.

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Childhood & Early Life

He met, gospel singer, Chriss Willis in the year 2001, with whom he later collaborated on the songs ‘Love Is Gone’ and ‘Getting Over You’, which also featured artists LMFAO and Fergie.

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Career

David Guetta released his first album in the year 2002 which he named ‘Just a Little More Love’. This album was released soon after he successfully co-founded Gum Productions.

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Career

Between 2004 and 2007 he released two albums, Guetta Blaster and Pop Life. The second album contained the song ‘Delirious’ which he performed with Tara McDonald, which was received very well and became a hit.

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Between January and July of 2008, he went on a world tour, to promote his new album. During this tour he performed with the French rapper JoeyStarr in January and later, in July, played at the event ‘Unighted’, in Paris, where he played with the world famous DJ Tiesto.

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In August of 2009 he released yet another studio album which he titled ‘One Love’. It was his fourth album and was followed by the release of the singles ‘When Love Takes Over’ with Kelley Rowland and ‘Sexy Bitch’ (aka Sexy Chick) with Akon, both of which topped UK charts at the No 1 position.

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Career

His third album, ‘Pop Life’, which was released in 2007 enjoyed tremendous success in the UK and in Europe. It sold over 530000 copies and was at the No 1 position on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Major Works

One of his biggest successes is the song ‘I Gotta Feeling’ which became the No 1 song on the charts of multiple countries soon after its release.

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Major Works