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    July 19th, 2010HippyDavid Guetta

    David Guetta is a renowned French electro house music producer and DJ.

    Born 7th November 1967 in Paris, France, Guetta began DJing in his mid-teens. Although initially playing just pop music, he developed a passion for electro after listening to a track by Farley Jackmaster Funk. He produced a number of club singles during the 1990s, including Nation Rap with Sidney Duteil and Up & Away with Robert Owens, but didn’t enjoy mainstream success until the turn of the century.

    In 2000, Guetta founded Gum Productions with his friend and collaborator Joachim Garraud, and set about producing his debut studio album. Just a Little More Love was released on 10th June 2002 and the title single was a minor hit, appearing on the soundtrack to the 2004 British film The Football Factory. The DJ’s second album, 2004’s Guetta Blaster, brought him even more attention and produced three hit singles: Money (ft. Chris Willis and Moné), Stay (ft. Chris Willis) and The World Is Mine (ft. JD Davis).

    Guetta achieved more notable mainstream success with the release of his third studio album in 2007. Pop Life reached number two in the French charts and produced the UK Top 10 hit Love Is Gone (ft. Chris Willis), as well as the follow-up singles Baby When the Light (ft. Cozi Costi), Delirious (ft. Tara McDonald), Tomorrow Can Wait and Everytime We Touch.

    However, it was 2009’s One Love that made Guetta into an international star. The album sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide and received three Grammy Award nominations. It spawned three UK number one singles – When Love Takes Over (ft. Kelly Rowland), Gettin’ Over (ft. Chris Willis, Fergie and LMFAO) and Sexy Bitch (ft. Akon) – as well as the Top 40 hits Memories (ft. Kid Cudi) and One Love (ft. Estelle).

    In 2009, Guetta also produced the US number one smash hit single I Gotta Feeling for the Black Eyed Peas – which has since gone on to become the fifth most successful single in international music history.

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    July 13th, 2010SosweetDaft Punk

    Daft Punk is a French electronic music group consisting of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter.

    The duo met in 1987 in secondary school and formed the indie rock group Darlin’ together – along with the future Phoenix guitarist Laurent Brancowitz. After releasing a couple of singles and playing a few gigs, they received a scathing review in Melody Maker that dubbed the music “a bunch of daft punk”. After the band disbanded in 1992, Bangalter and de Homem-Christo used the moniker to create a new electronic music group.

    In 1993 Daft Punk signed with Soma Quality Recordings and released their debut single The New Wave (later renamed Alive and included on their first album). This was followed by 1995’s Da Funk, which reached the Top 10 in both France and the UK, as well as hitting number one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. It also became renowned for its artistic music video directed by the future Academy Award-winner Spike Jonze.

    The group released their debut album Homework in January 1997. Combining elements of house music, techno, acid and funk, the record sold over two million copies worldwide within just a few months and, as well as Da Funk, produced the major club hit single Around the World.

    The duo followed this success with 2001’s Discovery, which marked a shift in style toward more of a disco/synthpop kind of house music. The album was a huge success, reaching number two in the UK, selling over 2.5 million copies worldwide and producing six singles, including the French chart-topping hit One More Time, the UK Top 20 Digital Love and the Grammy Award-winning Harder Better Faster Stronger.

    Daft Punk’s latest album Human After All was released in March 2005 along with the singles Robot Rock, Technologic, Human After All and The Prime Time of Your Life.

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