◎ 首次荣登全球DJ排行冠军的法国电音巨星!2011超劲量电音排行新辑,耶诞限定、加碟开趴
◎〈Where Them Girls At〉邀来嘻哈派对王Flo Rida与玩乐怪咖Nicki Minaj跨刀
◎ 英式都会节奏蓝调歌手Taio Cruz配搭嘻哈天才Ludacris,对尬〈Little Bad Girl〉
◎ 流行巨星Usher,嘻哈大团Black Eyed Peas首脑will.i.am,饶舌A咖Snoop Dogg,奥斯卡与葛莱美奖影歌双后Jennifer Hudson,嘻哈鉅子Lil Wayne,节奏蓝调歌手Chris Brown跨刀献唱
◎ 发行首周,空降全英舞曲专辑榜冠军!并刷新个人首周全美与全台排行纪录
1700万张单曲与500万张专辑的销售数字,两座葛莱美奖与四座世界音乐奖,超过2000万名的脸书粉丝,五亿人次的YouTube浏览点阅率,在电子舞曲志志DJ Magazine的年度百大DJ名单中由2009年的第三名跳升至2010年的亚军,美国告示牌志志盛赞他改变了Top 40电台的播歌潮流,这些成绩与赞美让「大卫库塔David Guetta」一路从法国舞池驻场DJ跃身成为全球乐坛与网路社群中最受欢迎的电子舞曲巨星,在2011年八月底,他将以双CD大碟《Nothing But The Beat》再度施展金字招牌的电音魅力,展现节奏改变世界的超强力量!
有了打造Black Eyed Peas蝉连20国排行冠军大作〈I Gotta Feeling〉,Kelly Rowland蝉连10国排行榜冠军曲〈When Love Takes Over〉这些畅销金曲的惊人实力,David Guetta的年度双碟《Nothing But The Beat》吸引更多欧、美乐坛的超级大咖投入时尚节奏计划。结合电子浩室与嘻哈舞曲元素的首支单曲〈Where Them Girls At〉,由嘻哈派对王Flo Rida与玩乐怪咖Nicki Minaj跨刀,单曲上市不到一周,在iTunes累积超过16万次的下载销售纪录,在美国与其他至少10个国家的iTunes舞曲下载排行榜中勇夺冠军,随后也在全球18国的排行榜中闯进Top 10,包括:英国舞曲金榜亚军,英国流行金榜第三名,法国、德国、义大利前五名,全美舞曲榜第10名。贯穿电子舞曲风与嘻哈派对风的第二首单曲〈Little Bad Girl〉,由英式都会节奏蓝调歌手Taio Cruz配搭葛莱美奖嘻哈天才Ludacris,单曲发行三周分别在英国舞曲金榜、英国流行金榜挺进至第三名、第13名。单曲〈Without You〉由创造〈OMG〉等九首冠军曲的流行巨星Usher掛帅演唱,融会了节奏蓝调与电子舞曲的酷炫感。〈Sweat〉是美国帮派饶舌乐A咖Snoop Dogg、原本为英国威廉斯王子的单身派对所创作的舞曲,David Guetta特地以这首舞曲混音版向英国DJ Felix致敬,他的混音方式完全比照DJ Felix在1992年将美国纽泽西女子节奏蓝调乐团的单曲〈Don’t You Want My Love〉、混编制作成排行冠军电子舞曲〈Don’t You Want Me〉的风格。大卫库塔泡制的〈Sweat〉混音版在20国的排行榜挺进Top 10,包括在法国夺冠、还有英国流行单曲金榜与全美舞曲榜晋升第四名。参与的乐手与歌手还有Black Eyed Peas乐团首脑will.i.am,以电影【梦幻女郎】勇夺奥斯卡,同时也以动人歌艺赢得葛莱美奖喝采的艺人Jennifer Hudson,曾经与David Guetta共创排行冠军曲〈Sexy Bitch〉的嘻哈歌手Akon,节奏蓝调宠儿Chris Brown,嘻哈巨子Lil Wayne,获得2011年全英音乐奖颁发乐评奖的节奏蓝调女声Jessie J以及影集【六迟风云】动人谢幕曲〈Breathe Me〉主唱,勇夺澳洲音乐奖的歌手Sia。
过去两年来,David Guetta做了超过400场的DJ秀,他将继续带著音乐热情与制作创意,努力拓展电音舞曲在流行乐坛的主流势力,积极建构一座贯穿电音舞曲与都会文化的桥梁。
Nothing but the Beat is the fifth studio album by French disc jockey and record producer David Guetta, released on August 26, 2011. Released as a double album, the first disc features collaborations with artists from the R&B, hip hop and pop worlds such as Lil Wayne, Taio Cruz, Nicki Minaj, Ludacris, Afrojack, Chris Brown, Flo Rida, Usher, Jennifer Hudson, Dev, Timbaland, Jessie J and Sia Furler. Also making appearances are will.i.am & Akon. both of whom previously collaborated with Guetta on his fourth album, One Love. In comparison, the second disc features purely instrumental tracks. The album is also Guetta's first album that does not feature long-time collaborator Chris Willis on vocals. Critical reviews of the album were mixed.
The album has thus far spawned four singles which attained success on the US Hot 100 – "Where Them Girls At", "Without You", "Turn Me On" and "Titanium" – becoming his third, fourth, fifth and sixth top 20 singles, respectively. On November 30, 2011, the album received a nomination for Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronica Album at the 54th Grammy Awards. As of October 2012, the album has sold 407,000 copies in the US, and has received platinum certification by the IFPI for sales exceeding 1,000,000 copies throughout Europe. On March 26, 2012, the electronic album was released as a standalone package, via the iTunes Store. This version was previously released through Beatport.
The album was then re-released on September 7, 2012 under the name, Nothing but the Beat 2.0. It includes six new tracks including lead single "She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)", which features Sia, who previously collaborated with Guetta on "Titanium". The remixes of this single were released exclusively through Beatport on August 7, 2012. Several tracks from the original album have been removed from the re-release, however all the singles have been retained. A final edition of the album dubbed Nothing but the Beat Ultimate, was released on 10 December 2012 featuring the original album plus all of the new songs from the 2.0 edition – though contained the full-length edits of "Sunshine", "Lunar" and "Metropolis", as opposed to the shorter edits on 2.0 – and a sixteen-second shorter version of "Where Them Girls At".