David Guetta

David Guetta always wanted to mix music. AT age 13, the French teenager mixed his first albums at home, and at 14 he started organizing parties in his home. He thought: "I want to be a DJ - I don't need to be good at Maths!" 

In 1984, at only age 17, David got a job as a Dj in a club in Paris. He soon got a reputation for being a good DJ with a talent for mixing music.

Early success

For David Guetta, the journey to international fame was slow. 

In 1996, he started to DJ in clubs on the Spanish island of Ibiza. Then he released compilation albums of his club hits and started making his own records. His two albums Just a Little More Love (2002) and Pop Life  (2007) were hits in Europe.

International star

David has difficulty getting fans in the USA, however.  This changed when David produced the hit single " Gotta Feeling", by the Black Eyed Peas in 2009. The same year, his own album, One Love, was an interantional hit tooo. Suddenly, everyone wanted to work with him!

Friends...

Today, David's club night in Ibiza is famous around the world. He goes there on his private jet and stays in his luxury villa: it's the sort of place you see in a James Bond film. That is because David is now a superstar DJ: he plays dane festivals to 80,000 fans, earns more than 3 million euros a year and makes albums featuring stars like Rihanna and Florida.

...and enemies

But David has crics too. Electronic music purists say that he is too comercial, that his music is too simple and that he has no talent. His club nights are criticized for begin too elistist. Hi title "producer" is also ambiguous: it's not clear if he has financed a music project, written the music or just mixed it.

Confidence is everything

David Guetta doesn't agree with the critics: "Our sound is taking over the planet", he says. But he desn't have to defend himself. David knows that he has created a sound that is instantly recognizable. He is the first person to combine the roles of DJ, producer and solo artist so succesfully. Nobdy can "produce" successuf modern pop like David Guetta can. That is why the Frenchman has the title of world's Number One Dj!

Vocabulary:

thought: pensament

own: pròpia

suddenly: de sobte

featuring: les següents característiques

purists: puristes

roles: funcions