Pierre David Guetta (French pronunciation: [david geta] ; born 7 November 1967) is a French DJ , record producer, remixer, and songwriter. He co-founded Gum Productions with Lisa Dodgson and released his first album, Just a Little More Love , in 2002. Later, he released Guetta Blaster (2004) and Pop Life (2007).
Guetta achieved mainstream success with his 2009 album One Love which included the hit singles " When Love Takes Over ", " Gettin' Over You ", "Sexy Bitch ", and " Memories", the first three of which reached number one in the United Kingdom . The 2011 follow-up album,
Nothing but the Beat , continued this success, containing the hit singles "Where Them Girls At ", " Little Bad Girl ", " Without You ", " Titanium ", and "Turn Me On ". He is among the first DJs to get into the EDM scene and is known as the "Grandfather of EDM". [3]
Guetta has sold over nine million albums and 30 million singles worldwide. [4] In 2011 Guetta was voted as the number one DJ in the ' DJ Mag Top 100 DJs ' fan poll. [5]
In 2013, Billboard crowned "When Love Takes Over " as the number one dance-pop collaboration of all time.
