Nothing but the Beat

Nothing but the Beat
Against a red background, David Guetta leans against a wall, with a shadow seen behind him.
Studio album by
David Guetta
Released26 August 2011
Recorded2010–2011
Studio
  • Gum Prod (Paris)
  • Catfield (Paris)
  • Piano Music (Amsterdam)
  • Can Rocas (Ibiza)
  • Color Sound Mastering (Paris)
GenreElectropop[1]
Length
  • 41:40 (CD-1)
  • 46:42 (CD-2)
Label
Producer
David Guetta chronology
One More Love
(2010) 		Nothing but the Beat
(2011) 		Listen
(2014)
Singles from Nothing but the Beat
  1. "Sweat"
    Released: 4 March 2011
  2. "Where Them Girls At"
    Released: 2 May 2011
  3. "Little Bad Girl"
    Released: 27 June 2011
  4. "Without You"
    Released: 27 September 2011
  5. "Titanium"
    Released: 9 December 2011
  6. "Turn Me On"
    Released: 13 December 2011
  7. "I Can Only Imagine"
    Released: 2 May 2012

Nothing but the Beat is the fifth studio album by French DJ and record producer David Guetta. It was released on 26 August 2011 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 guest appearances are will.i.am and Akon whom both 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.

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.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Daily was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Maloy, Sarah (29 June 2011). "David Guetta Denies U2 & Madonna Rumors, Reveals Double Album | Billboard.com". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  3. ^ Copsey, Robert (15 July 2011). "Jessie J, Chris Brown for David Guetta's 'Nothing But The Beat' album". Digital Spy. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  4. ^ Mansfield, Brian (2012-10-24). "Scotty McCreery's Christmas album debuts at No. 4". Idol Chatter. USA Today. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  5. ^ "Nothing But the Beat 2.0: Amazon.de: Musik". Amazon.de. 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2014-05-30.