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Nothing but the Beat

Nothing but the Beat is the fifth studio album by French DJ and record producer David Guetta, released on 26 August 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, Snoop Dogg, Afrojack, Chris Brown, Flo Rida, Usher, Jennifer Hudson, Dev, Timbaland, Jessie J and Sia. Also making appearances are will.i.am, Akon and Ne-Yo, all three of whom previously collaborated with Guetta on his fourth studio album, One Love. In comparison, the second disc features purely instrumental tracks.[2][3] The album is also Guetta's first album not to feature long-time collaborator Chris Willis on vocals. Critical reviews of the album were mixed.

Nothing but the Beat

26 August 2011

2010–2011

  • Gum Prod (Paris)
  • Catfield (Paris)
  • Piano Music (Amsterdam)
  • Can Rocas (Ibiza)
  • Color Sound Mastering (Paris)

Electropop[1]

  • 41:40 (disc one)
  • 46:42 (disc two)

The album spawned four singles that attained success on the US Billboard 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 30 November 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,[4] and has received platinum certification by the IFPI for sales exceeding 1,000,000 copies throughout Europe. On 26 March 2012, the 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 7 September 2012 under the name Nothing but the Beat 2.0.[5] 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 7 August 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 16-second shorter version of "Where Them Girls At". All ten main singles from Nothing but the Beat, including the Guetta version of "Sweat", have peaked within the top-twenty of the UK Singles Chart and as of January 2015 have all together sold in excess of 4 million copies in the UK.

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Notes

Nothing but the Beat 2.0

7 September 2012

75:22

"" heavily incorporates the song "Better Off Alone" by Alice Deejay.[49]

Play Hard

Credits adapted from album liner notes.

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Documentary[edit]

A feature-length biographical documentary about Guetta was released on 1 September 2011.[51] Also named "Nothing but the Beat", the documentary follows Guetta on tour around the world and behind the scenes of major concerts, featuring interviews with collaborative and associated artists, friends, colleagues, and his wife to chronicle his rise from underground house DJ to global superstar. It was produced alongside the energy drink brand Burn. Featured artists include will.i.am, Kelly Rowland, Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, Taio Cruz, and dance music legends Fatboy Slim, David Morales, and Pete Tong, plus new talent Afrojack and Avicii.[52][53] The film received its official premiere at Paris' largest[54] operating movie theatre Le Grand Rex, where it played to over 2,000 fans and guests.[55] Others involved in the production of the documentary included What a Music, Pardeep Sall (Trouble Makers Associates), filmmakers Partizan and innovation house Deviant Venture,[56] and was released as a free podcast on iTunes.[57]