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Pop punk is a fusion music genre that combines elements of punk rock with pop music, to varying degrees. Allmusic describes the genre as a strand of alternative rock, which typically merges pop melodies with speedy punk tempos, chord changes and loud guitars.^[1] About.com has described contemporary pop punk bands as having "a radio friendly sheen to their music, but still maintaining much of the speed and attitude of classic punk rock".^[2]

It is not clear when the term pop punk was first used, but pop-influenced punk rock had been around since the mid- to late-1970s.^[3] An early use of the term pop punk appeared in a 1977 New York Times article, "Cabaret: Tom Petty's Pop Punk Rock Evokes Sounds of 60s".^[4] In the mid-1990s, the California pop punk bands Green Day and The Offspring, who were later followed by Blink-182, would all achieve worldwide commercial success. From the mid-1990s onwards, some bands associated with the genre have been described as "happy punk," "faux-punk," "mall punk," "pseudo-punk," or "bubblegum punk." ^[5][6]

History[link]

Origins (1974-1989)[link]

Protopunk and power pop bands of the late 1960s and early 1970s helped lay the groundwork for the pop punk sound, which emerged at the onset of punk rock around 1974 with the Ramones.^[7] The Ramones' loud and fast melodic minimalism differentiated them from other bands in New York City's budding art rock scene, but pop punk was not considered a separate subgenre until later. The music of the Buzzcocks,^[8] Generation X, 999, The Jam,^[9] The Rezillos, The Lurkers, The Undertones,^[10][11] The Shapes and Toy Dolls featured catchy melodies, as well as lyrics that sometimes dealt with relatively light themes such as teenage romance. The US band Bad Religion, who started in 1979, were another band that helped lay the groundwork for contemporary pop punk.^[12][13][14] Many mod revival bands of the late 1970s and early 1980s also displayed pop punk leanings.

By 1981, hardcore punk had emerged in the United States, with louder, faster music than punk bands. Vocal harmony, melodic instrumentation and 4/4 drumming were replaced with shouting, discordant instrumentation, and experimental rhythms. A few bands, such as Descendents, Screeching Weasel, and The Vandals, began to combine hardcore with pop music to create a new, faster pop punk sound. Their positive yet sarcastic approach began to separate them from the more serious hardcore scene. In the 1980s, the term pop punk was used in publications such as Maximum RocknRoll to describe bands similar to Social Distortion, Agent Orange, and T.S.O.L..^[15]

Independent pop punk (1990-1993)[link]

Guttermouth - live in concert

Pop punk in the United States underwent a resurgence in the early- to mid-1990s, although the genre was not commercially viable at that time. Many pop punk bands retained a do it yourself (DIY) approach to their music, and a number of independent record labels emerged during that period, often run by band members who wanted to release their own music and that of their friends. The independent labels SST/Cruz Records, Lookout! Records, Fat Wreck Chords and Epitaph Records were about to achieve mainstream success.

Popular acceptance (1994-1997)[link]

In February 1994, Green Day released Dookie, the band's first album on a major record label, after starting out on the independent Lookout! Records in 1989. The first single, "Longview", instantly became a hit on MTV and modern rock stations across North America and the United Kingdom. Following the success of their first single, Green Day released "Basket Case", which became an even bigger hit. Other hits from the album included "When I Come Around", "Welcome to Paradise" and "She". As of 2007, Dookie has sold over 15 million copies worldwide.^[16] Green Day performed at Woodstock '94 and on Saturday Night Live, and appeared on the covers of Spin and Rolling Stone magazines. They won a Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album.

Soon after the release of Dookie, The Offspring released the album Smash on the independent label Epitaph Records. The first single, "Come Out and Play", had a pop punk sound that differed from their earlier work, and it became popular first on radio and later on MTV. Other singles, "Self Esteem" and "Gotta Get Away", sold well. The album sold over 14 million copies worldwide, setting a record for most albums sold on an independent label.^[17] By the end of the year, Dookie and Smash had sold millions of copies.^[18] The commercial success of these two albums attracted major label interest in punk, particularly Epitaph bands from Southern California, with Bad Religion, NOFX and Rancid reportedly being offered lucrative contracts.^[19] Also during this period, Face to Face released their breakthrough album Big Choice, featuring their only top 40 hit "Disconnected",^[20] which also became popular on the Los Angeles radio station KROQ. 1998 saw the MxPx debut major label release of Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo, making the hits like "I'm OK, You're OK", "Party, My House, Be There", and "What's Mine is Yours". The album went Gold 2 years later.

In the early- to mid-1990s, ska punk achieved commercial success in the United States and several other countries. Some ska punk music — by bands such as Reel Big Fish, Goldfinger, Sublime and Less Than Jake — shared many characteristics with pop punk.

By 1997, pop punk's audience had expanded significantly and the genre had been brought to new levels of mainstream acceptance.

Continued mainstream ascent (1998-2002)[link]

In 1998, The Offspring released the album Americana, which went platinum many times over, and produced hit singles such as "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)", "Why Don't You Get a Job?" and "The Kids Aren't Alright". In 1999, Blink-182 released Enema of the State, which sold over 15 million copies worldwide.^[21] The album had three hit singles, including the number 1 single "All the Small Things" and the number 2 singles "What's My Age Again?" and "Adam's Song".^[22] Also in 1999, Lit released their second album, A Place in the Sun, which peaked at number 31 on the Billboard 200^[23] and spawned the single "My Own Worst Enemy", which spent 11 weeks at number 1 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart.^[24]

In 2000, The Offspring released their next album Conspiracy of One on Napster before they released it on Columbia Records, sacrificing album sales so their fans could hear their music for free. The same year, MxPx released The Ever Passing Moment which proved the hit "Responsibility", charting at number 24 on the Alternative Rock chart.^[25] In 2001, Sum 41 released their major label debut All Killer No Filler, which went multi-platinum and included the hit singles "Fat Lip", "In Too Deep" and "Motivation", all of which were featured prominently on TRL and modern rock charts.^[26] American Hi-Fi released their successful debut album which included the top ten hit "Flavor of the Weak".^[27] Also that year, Blink-182's album Take Off Your Pants and Jacket debuted at number 1 on the Billboard album charts^[28] and sold over four million copies in the United States. The album included the modern rock and TRL hits "The Rock Show", "First Date" and "Stay Together for the Kids".^[29]

In 2002, Good Charlotte released their second album, The Young and the Hopeless, which went triple platinum. Also in 2002, Simple Plan released their debut album No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls, and Face to Face released How to Ruin Everything, which would be their final album before disbanding two years later. Also that year, Blink-182 co-headlined one of the biggest concert tours in pop punk history, the Pop Disaster Tour with Green Day. In summer 2002, New Found Glory released their third album, Sticks and Stones, which experienced a fair amount of mainstream success with singles such as "My Friends Over You" and "Head on Collision". Sum 41 released their second album, Does This Look Infected, in 2002, giving them a harder sound with the singles "Still Waiting", "Over My Head (Better Off Dead)" and "The Hell Song". Solo artist Avril Lavigne has found success since 2002, combining confessional self-empowerment and teenage-angst lyrics with a pop punk catchy guitar-based sound.^{[30][31][32][33][34][35]} Some have referred to her as a "pop punk princess".^[36][37]

Contemporary mainstream pop punk (2003-present)[link]

In 2003, The Ataris released their breakthrough album So Long, Astoria, which included their first top 40 hit, a cover of "The Boys of Summer". Also in 2003, Blink-182 released a self-titled album that garnered several hits, such as "Feeling This", "I Miss You", and "Down". Same year American Hi-Fi released their second album The Art of Losing which climbed 80 on billboard 200. Also that year, Yellowcard's Ocean Avenue featured the hit singles "Ocean Avenue", "Way Away" and "Only One", and The Offspring's Splinter spawned another number 1 US hit with "Hit That". MxPx's Before Everything and After debuted at number 51 on the Billboard 200 to critical acclaim.^[38]

In 2004, New Found Glory released Catalyst, which included the hit "All Downhill from Here".^[39] In May 2004, Avril Lavigne released Under My Skin, which was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.^[40] Hawthorne Heights released their debut album The Silence in Black and White in August 2004, and it was certified gold in the United States. In October 2004, Sum 41 released the album Chuck. Its first single, "We're All to Blame", reached number 10 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks charts,^[41] and the single "Pieces" topped the charts in Canada. Also that year, Simple Plan released their second album Still Not Getting Any.... Its first single, "Welcome to My Life", reached number 1 on the Canadian Singles Chart and the Spanish Singles Chart, as well as reaching number 10 on the Top 40 Mainstream chart and number 21 on the Top 40 Tracks.^[42] Green Day released the rock opera album American Idiot in September 2004. The singles "American Idiot", "Jesus of Suburbia", "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", "Holiday" and "Wake Me Up When September Ends" received international airplay and MTV video rotation, and topped charts worldwide.^[43]

In 2005, MxPx released Panic which featured the radio hits "Heard That Sound" and "Wrecking Hotel Rooms".

In 2007, Sum 41 released the album Underclass Hero, which reached number 1 on the Top Canadian Albums chart.^[44] Around the same time, Avril Lavigne released the album The Best Damn Thing,^[45] which reached number 1 on the Billboard 200 and other charts,^[46] and was the fourth-best-selling album of the year.^[47] Also in 2007, Relient K released their fifth album Five Score and Seven Years Ago which debuted at number 6 on the Billboard 200.^[48]

All Time Low became commercially successful in the late 2000s, gaining popularity with their albums So Wrong, It's Right (2007) and Nothing Personal (2009). In June 2008, The Offspring released the album Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace, featuring their most successful single "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid", which topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks charts for 11 weeks, making it the longest consecutive run for any Offspring single at number 1.

In December 2009, All Time Low won the Best Pop Punk Band award at the Top In Rock Awards. In February 2009, Blink-182 reunited onstage for the first time since 2005, at the 51st Grammy Awards, announcing their reformation as a band. Also in 2009, Green Day released their rock opera album 21st Century Breakdown. Although not as critically acclaimed as American Idiot, it has still sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide.

In 2011, Blink-182 released Neighborhoods, which produced the singles "Up All Night" and "After Midnight". As of December 20, 2011, Neighborhoods has sold over 259,000 copies.

See also[link]

• List of pop punk bands

Footnotes[link]

External links[link]

• The Mod Pop Punk Archives - includes information about early pop punk bands
• Punk pop - article about pop punk music
• The Buzzcocks, Founders of Pop Punk - article about the Buzzcock's role in developing pop punk genre

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Look up pop in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Pop may refer to:

Music and dance[link]

• Pop music, a musical genre
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• "Pop" (song), by 'N Sync
• Popping, a style of dance

People[link]

• Iggy Pop, musician
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• Gregg Popovich, National Basketball Association head coach
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• Pop Corkhill (1858-1921), American Major League Baseball (MLB) player
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• Pop Foster (1878-1944), American MLB player
• Pop Gates (1917-1999), American basketball player and Harlem Globetrotters coach
• Pop Ivy (1916-2003), American football player and coach
• Pop Levi, English singer, musician, record producer and filmmaker
• Pop Robson (born 1945), English footballer
• Pop Schriver (1865-1932), American MLB catcher
• Pop Smith (1856-1927), Canadian MLB player
• Pop Snyder (1854-1924), American MLB player, manager and umpire
• Pop Tate (baseball) (1860-1932), American MLB player
• Glenn Scobey Warner (1871-1954), American football player and coach better known as Pop Warner
• Pop Williams (1874-1959), American MLB pitcher

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• Pop (UK TV channel), a UK channel
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• Pop Magazine (Australia), a sports magazine
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• POP TV, a Slovenian television network
• Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, a medical journal

Places[link]

• Pop River (Jijia), Romania
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• Pacific Ocean Park, an amusement park

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• Eton Society, an organization at Eton College, nicknamed "Pop"
• Pay on production
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• Pop art, a visual art movement
• Pop culture, the mainstream phenomena of a society
• Pop, another term for soft drinks
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• Probability of precipitation, a weather forecasting measure
• Problem-oriented policing, a policing strategy
• Process Oriented Psychology
• Progestogen only pill, a contraceptive
• Point of Purchase used often in retail
• Proof-of-payment, a fare collection approach

See also[link]

• Pops (disambiguation)
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Look up punk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Punk or punks may refer to:

• Punk rock, a music genre originating in the 1970s associated with various subgenres
• Punk subculture, a subculture associated with punk rock
  • Punk fashion, clothing styles associated with the punk subculture
  • Punk ideologies, a group of social and political beliefs associated with the punk subculture
  • Punk literature, writings produced by the punk subculture
  • Punk visual art, artwork associated with the punk subculture
  • Punk film, film artwork associated with the punk subculture and music
• Cyberpunk or one of its various derivative literary genres

Works[link]

• Punk (magazine), a 1970s United States punk music fanzine
• P.U.N.K.S., a 1999 film about a group of bullied teens who find a suit that bestows superhuman strength
• Punks (film), a 2001 film centered around a group of LGBT African American friends
• "Punk", a song from the 2001 Gorillaz self-titled debut album
• "Punk", a song from the 2003 Ferry Corsten album Right of Way
• Punk'd, a hidden-camera television program that debuted on MTV in 2003
• The Encyclopedia of Punk, a 2006 reference work by Brian Cogan

People[link]

• CM Punk (born 1978), American professional wrestler
• Donny the Punk, United States prison reform activist
• David Otunga (born 1980), "Punk" from the reality TV series I Love New York 2 and now professional wrestler; husband of Jennifer Hudson

Tinder[link]

• Punk (fireworks), a smoldering stick used for lighting firework fuses
• Amadou and related substances decayed through the influence of fungus and used like tinder

Slang and other uses[link]

• "Punk", an archaic term for prostitute, as used by Shakespeare
• Punk, one of the Mega Man Killers, robots in the Mega Man Classic video game series
• A cattail

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Vic Fuentes
Vic Fuentes performing at Warped Tour.
Background information
Birth name	Victor Vincent Fuentes
Born	(1983-02-10) February 10, 1983 (age 29)
Origin	San Diego, California
Genres	Post-hardcore, progressive rock, experimental rock, pop rock, acoustic music
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, Musician
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboard, piano, synthesizer, lap steel [1]
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Equal Vision [2], Active on Fearless Records[3]
Associated acts	Pierce the Veil Isles & Glaciers Cinematic Sunrise Before Today The Early Times
Website	Piercetheveil.net Islesandglaciers.com

Victor Vincent "Vic" Fuentes (born February 10, 1983 in San Diego, California) is the guitarist and lead vocalist for post-hardcore band Pierce the Veil (formerly Before Today and The Early Times) alongside his brother Mike Fuentes on drums.^[4] He also provided vocals and guitar for Isles & Glaciers and also played guitar and backup vocals for Cinematic Sunrise in their mid 2008 tour. Vic, along with his brother Mike, attended Mission Bay High School. He and his brother are of Irish and Hispanic descent.

Discography[link]

Before Today[link]

• A Celebration of an End (2004)

Pierce the Veil[link]

• A Flair for the Dramatic (2007)
• Selfish Machines (2010)
• Collide With The Sky (2012)

Isles & Glaciers[link]

• The Hearts of Lonely People (2010)

Guest appearances[link]

• Misdelphia - The City, The Circus EP (2009) - vocals on track "Aviation"
• Chiodos - Illuminaudio (2010) - vocals on track "Love Is a Cat from Hell"
• Appeared in the music video for "All I Want" by A Day to Remember.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Vic Fuentes on Twitter

David Guetta
David Guetta at the 2011 MuchMusic Video Awards
Background information
Birth name	Pierre David Guetta
Born	(1967-11-07) 7 November 1967 (age 44) Paris, France
Genres	House, electro house, hip house
Occupations	DJ, record producer, songwriter
Years active	1984–present
Labels	EMI Music France, Virgin, Positiva, Astralwerks, Jack Back Records
Website	DavidGuetta.com

Pierre David Guetta (7 November 1967), known professionally as David Guetta (French pronunciation: [daˌvid ɡɛˈta]), is a French house music producer and DJ.^[1] Originally a DJ at nightclubs during the 1980s and 1990s, he co-founded Gum Productions and released his first album, Just a Little More Love, in 2002. Later, he released Guetta Blaster (2004) and Pop Life (2007). His 2009 album One Love included the hit singles "When Love Takes Over" (featuring Kelly Rowland), "Gettin' Over You" (featuring Chris Willis, Fergie & LMFAO) and "Sexy Bitch" (featuring Akon), the last becoming a top five hit in the United States and all three reaching #1 in the United Kingdom, as well as another internationally known single called "Memories" featuring Kid Cudi which became a top five hit in many countries. Guetta has sold over three million albums and 15 million singles worldwide.^[2] He is currently one of the most sought-after music producers.^[3] As at 2012 David Guetta is the world's most popular DJ, claiming the #1 poll position of the DJ Mag 100 popularity poll.^[4]

Biography[link]

1984–2000: Early life and career[link]

At age 17, Guetta began DJing at the Broad Club in Paris.^[5] He first played popular songs, and he discovered house music when he heard a Farley master Funk track on French radio in 1987. The next year, he began hosting his own club nights.^[6] In 1990, he released "Nation Rap", a hip-hop collaboration with French rapper Sidney Duteil.^[7]

In the mid 1990s Guetta played in clubs including Le Centrale, the Rex, Le Boy, and Folies Pigalle.^[5][8] Released in 1994^[7] Guetta's second single, a collaboration with American house vocalist Robert Owens titled "Up & Away", was a minor club hit.^[6] In 1994, David Guetta became the manager of Le Palace nightclub and he continued to organise parties there and in other clubs, such as the "Scream" parties in Les Bains Douches.^[9]

[edit] 2001–2006: Just a Little More Love and Guetta Blaster

In 2001, David Guetta along with Joachim Garraud founded Gum Productions, and in the same year Guetta's first hit single, "Just a Little More Love", featuring American singer Chris Willis was released. Willis was vacationing in France when he met Guetta.^[6] Guetta's debut album Just a Little More Love was released in 2002 on Virgin Records and sold over 300,000 copies. The follow-up singles, ("Love Don't Let Me Go", "People Come People Go" and "Give Me Something"), were released in 2002. Guetta released a compilation, Fuck Me I'm Famous, in 2003, named after his party in Ibiza. It included "Just for One Day (Heroes)", a remix of David Bowie's song "Heroes".^[6] Later in his career, Guetta continued recording compilations under that title.

Guetta's second album, Guetta Blaster, was released in 2004. It released four singles: "Money" and "Stay" featuring Chris Willis and "The World Is Mine" and "In Love With Myself" featuring JD Davis. In 2006 the Just a Little More Love single "Love Don't Let Me Go" was re-released as a mash-up with the Tocadisco remix of "Walking Away" by The Egg. The mash-up single entitled "Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away)" was charted higher than the original release of the song.

[edit] 2007–2008: Pop Life

Guetta performing, May 2007

In 2007, Guetta's third album Pop Life was released. The album was successful in the UK and Ireland as well as in mainland Europe. According to EMI in 2010, the album has sold a total of 530,000 copies worldwide. The lead single "Love Is Gone" reached Number 1 on the American Dance Chart and charted on the Billboard Hot 100.

He played in many countries around the world to promote the album. He played in Mauritius in January 2008, accompanied by French rapper JoeyStarr. In the same year, he and his wife Cathy also planned a new event which took place in the Stade de France on 5 July 2008. The event was called "UNIGHTED", he performed with Tiësto, Carl Cox, Joachim Garraud and Martin Solveig in front of a crowd of 40,000.^[10]

In 2009, he was placed third in the "Top 100 DJs" poll by DJ Magazine,^[11] and was elected "Best House DJ" by DJ Awards in 2008. Since April 2009, Guetta had his own radio show on the internet radio station RauteMusik on Saturday evening. The show was afterwards moved into Radio 538, being aired every Friday evening after Tiësto's Club Life. Its name is DJ Mix. Guetta performs a one-hour set of house music, presenting mainly new talents inside.

[edit] 2009–2010: One Love and international breakthrough

David Guetta's fourth studio album, One Love, was released in August 2009. Its first single "When Love Takes Over", which featured Kelly Rowland, peaked at #1 on the UK Singles Chart and topped many other countries worldwide. His second single from the album, "Sexy Bitch" featuring Akon, became his second #1 in the UK. "One Love" featuring Estelle, "Memories" featuring Kid Cudi and "Gettin' Over You" featuring Chris Willis, Fergie and LMFAO followed. As of May 2011 the album had sold three million copies worldwide.^[12] Guetta's fourth studio album One Love was nominated as "Best Electronic/Dance Album" at the 52nd Grammy Awards.^[13] His song "When Love Takes Over" featuring American R&B singer Kelly Rowland received two nominations; Best Dance Recording and Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical, and won the latter. After conflicts over whether or not an album re-issue should go ahead, One More Love was released on 29 November 2010. First single, titled "Who's That Chick?" featuring Rihanna was released a few weeks prior.^[14]

On 16 June 2009, The Black Eyed Peas released the David Guetta-produced "I Gotta Feeling" as their second single from their fifth studio album, The E.N.D.. It became a worldwide hit topping the charts in seventeen countries. It became the most downloaded song of all-time in the United States with almost 7.5 million downloads and in the United Kingdom selling more than 1 million copies.^[15][16] He was nominated twice for his work with The Black Eyed Peas at the 52nd Grammy Awards; in the category Record of the Year for "I Gotta Feeling" and Album of the Year for their album The E.N.D.. In 2010, David Guetta co-wrote and produced Kelly Rowland's "Commander" from her third album Here I Am. It peaked at number one on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart in the United States, and reached top ten positions in Belgium and the United Kingdom. Guetta has also co-produced "Forever and a Day", which was Kelly's next UK single from that album.^[17][18] Guetta also produced the singles "Acapella" and "Scream" for American singer-songwriter Kelis's fifth studio album, Flesh Tone, released on 14 May 2010. "Acapella" was released as the lead single on 23 February 2010 and topped the dance charts in the United Kingdom and United States. On 28 June 2010 American rapper Flo Rida released the single "Club Can't Handle Me" featuring David Guetta. The song is included on the soundtrack album to the American 3D dance film Step Up 3D.

Guetta on the One Love Tour, January 2010.

[edit] 2011–present: Nothing But the Beat

Guetta's fifth studio album, Nothing But the Beat was released on August 30, 2011. It was released as a double-disc album; one disc being vocal and the other being electronic.^[19] The French DJ was inspired by rock bands such as Kings of Leon and Coldplay to add rock influences to his dance productions.^[20] "Where Them Girls At" featuring Nicki Minaj and Flo Rida, the first single off the album, was released worldwide on May 2, 2011.^[21][22] "Little Bad Girl" featuring Ludacris and Taio Cruz, was released as the second single on June 28, 2011.^[19][23] The third single "Without You" featuring Usher was released on September 27, 2011. Guetta also released three promotional singles for Nothing But the Beat, "Titanium" featuring Sia, "Lunar" with Afrojack and "Night of Your Life" featuring Jennifer Hudson. The album also features the hit single "Sweat" with Snoop Dogg.

Guetta is also scheduled to perform alongside Nicky Romero and Nervo at London's Alexandra Palace on June 1, 2012.^[24]

Personal life[link]

Guetta and his wife Cathy in January 2012 at the NRJ Music Awards ceremony.

His father was a restaurateur of Moroccan Jewish descent,^[25] and his mother is of Belgian descent.^[26][27][28] He is married to socialite and night club manager Cathy Guetta; they have two children, Tim Elvis Eric (born 2004) and Angie (born 2007).^[29]

Discography[link]

• Just a Little More Love (2002)
• Guetta Blaster (2004)
• Pop Life (2007)
• One Love (2009)
• Nothing but the Beat (2011)

Awards and nominations[link]

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References[link]

External links[link]

• David Guetta on Myspace
• David Guetta on Twitter
• David Guetta's channel on YouTube
• David Guetta at the Internet Movie Database
• David Guetta official store
• David Guetta information at Ultra Records
• Review of 'Memories' on the Daily Music Guide
• David Jeffries. "David Guetta biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p572357. Retrieved 2008-09-22. 
• David Guetta in PACHA NEWS
• David Guetta at Billboard.com
• Review of 'Gettin Over you' on the Daily Music Guide