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''Nothing but the Beat'' is the fifth studio album by French DJ and record producer
David Guetta Pierre David Guetta (; born 7 November 1967) is a French DJ and record producer. He has sold over 10 million albums and 65 million singles globally, with more than 30 billion streams on Spotify. Guetta was voted the number one DJ in the DJ Mag ...
. It was released on 26 August 2011 as a
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. The first disc features collaborations with artists from the R&B,
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and
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worlds such as
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,
Taio Cruz Adetayo Ayowale Onile-Ere (born 23 April 1980), known professionally as Jacob Taio Cruz ( ), is an English singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer. Cruz was discovered in the mid-2000s by American record producer Tricky Stewart, joinin ...
,
Nicki Minaj Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty (born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Nicki Minaj ( ), is a Trinidadian rapper, singer, and songwriter. Regarded as the "Queen of Rap" and one of the most influential rappers of all time, she is noted for her ...
,
Ludacris Christopher Brian Bridges (born September 11, 1977), known professionally as Ludacris (, spoken as "ludicrous" in American English), is an American rapper and songwriter. Born in Champaign, Illinois, Ludacris moved to Atlanta, Georgia, at age ...
,
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,
Afrojack Nick Leonardus van de Wall (; born 9 September 1987), known professionally as Afrojack (stylized in all caps), is a Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer. In 2007, he founded the record label Wall Recordings; his debut album ''Forget the World ( ...
,
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,
Flo Rida Tramar Lacel Dillard (born September 16, 1979), known professionally as Flo Rida ( ), is an American rapper and singer. His 2007 debut and breakout single "Low (Flo Rida song), Low" was number one for 10 weeks in the United States and broke the ...
, Usher,
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, Dev,
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,
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and Sia. Also making guest appearances are
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and
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whom both previously collaborated with Guetta on his fourth studio album, '' One Love''. In comparison, the second disc features purely instrumental tracks. The album is also Guetta's first album not to feature long-time collaborator
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on vocals. Critical reviews of the album were mixed. The album spawned four singles that attained success on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 – "
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", " Without You", " Turn Me On" and "
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" – becoming his third, fourth, fifth and sixth top 20 singles, respectively. On 30 November 2011, the album received a nomination for
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at the
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. As of October 2012, the album has sold 407,000 copies in the US, and has received platinum certification by the
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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
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. The album was then re-released on 7 September 2012 under the name ''Nothing but the Beat 2.0''. It includes six new tracks including lead single "
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", 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 "
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", "
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" and "Metropolis", as opposed to the shorter edits on ''2.0'' – and a 16-second shorter version of "
Where Them Girls At "Where Them Girls At" (originally titled "Where Dem Girls At?") is a song by French DJ and record producer David Guetta featuring American rapper Flo Rida and Trinidadian-born rapper Nicki Minaj. The track was released on 2 May 2011, via Virgin ...
". All ten main singles from ''Nothing but the Beat'', including the Guetta version of "
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", 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.


Singles

"
Where Them Girls At "Where Them Girls At" (originally titled "Where Dem Girls At?") is a song by French DJ and record producer David Guetta featuring American rapper Flo Rida and Trinidadian-born rapper Nicki Minaj. The track was released on 2 May 2011, via Virgin ...
" is a collaboration with
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and
Nicki Minaj Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty (born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Nicki Minaj ( ), is a Trinidadian rapper, singer, and songwriter. Regarded as the "Queen of Rap" and one of the most influential rappers of all time, she is noted for her ...
and was released as the album's first single on 2 May 2011. The release of the single came earlier than planned after computer hackers managed to obtain an early
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version of the song, featuring only the rappers' vocals and added their own production to the song before leaking it. It debuted at number fourteen on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, becoming Guetta's third top twenty hit in the United States. The song charted within the top ten in eighteen countries, and peaked at number one on the
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. "
Little Bad Girl "Little Bad Girl" is a single by French DJ David Guetta, featuring vocals from English recording artist Taio Cruz and American rapper Ludacris. It was released for digital download from 27 June 2011 by Virgin Records, serving as the second singl ...
" was released as the album's second single on 27 June 2011 and is a collaboration with both
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and
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. The music video was released on 18 July 2011. The track entered the top ten in several countries, and peaked at number one in
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. However, the United States was the only territory where the track was not successful, peaking only at number 70. It did, however, fare well on the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Songs chart. " Without You", originally written and recorded by Taio Cruz, is a collaboration with Usher and was released as the album's third single on 14 October 2011. The music video was filmed at the end of July 2011. The track was sent to
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in the United States on 27 September 2011. It was a success worldwide, and reached the top ten in the United States. The fourth international single, "
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" is a collaboration with Sia released on 9 December 2011. "Titanium" was initially released as a promotional single from the album, and successfully charted worldwide. It was later released as the album's fifth single in the United States, officially impacting Top 40, Mainstream and Rhythmic radio on 24 April 2012. " Turn Me On" is a collaboration with Nicki Minaj, and was released in the U.S., officially impacting Top 40, Mainstream and Rhythmic radio on 13 December 2011. It was later released as the album's fifth international single in January 2012. The music video was filmed in November 2011 by director Sanji. The video was released on 31 January 2012. Released on 2 May 2012, the album's sixth single is a collaboration with
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and
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: " I Can Only Imagine". The music video, directed by
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, was filmed on 29 May 2012. The video was released on 2 July 2012. The track peaked at number one in
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, as well as achieving high success in
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. The track has also charted in thirteen other territories. It was officially sent to American radio on 7 August 2012, where it peaked at number 44. Four songs were digitally released as promotional singles for the album: "Titanium" (which later became an official single) on 8 August 2011, "
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" (with
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) on 15 August 2011, " Night of Your Life" (featuring
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) on 22 August 2011 and " The Alphabeat" on 26 March 2012. The first three were released as part of the
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Store's countdown to the album's release. It is noteworthy that all ten main singles from ''Nothing but the Beat'' – including "
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", Guetta's remix of
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's " Wet" – have peaked within the top-twenty of the UK Singles Chart and as of January 2015 have all together gone on to sell in excess of four million copies in the country.


Critical reception

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, which assigns a
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rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 56, based on 17 reviews, which indicates mixed or average reviews. David Jeffries wrote for
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that "''Nothing But the Beat'' offers the same experience as one of Guetta's numerous remix sets", but declared that "something's missing, something along the lines of '
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'." In the same vein, Al Fox wrote for
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that "Whether you could go so far as to call Guetta an
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might be pushing it, but it's a cohesive effort, if not quite a work of art." ''
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''s Mikael Wood praised the tracks "Night of Your Life" and "Titanium" but felt that "the album feels colder than its sweat factor suggests." In an almost neutral review, Jon Dolan wrote for ''
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'' that the album "shows how good he is at making Eurohouse's thumping trounce and jet-engine
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whoosh feel like natural elements in the
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continuum." In his ''
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'' "
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" column,
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said that while he "only wish sit had a few '
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's", "the two Nicki Minaj features come close, Taio Cruz does what he's sposed to for once, the
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." Ally Carnwath wrote a negative review for ''
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'', rating it 1 out of 5 stars, writing that the album's collaborations "struggle to impose any distinctive personality on the overall mood of relentless rictus-grin-inducing euphoria." Tom Ewing from ''
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'' criticized Guetta for making "tiring dancefloor fillers" and concluded that "''Nothing But the Beat'' may sound like a one-man hit parade, but it also takes its title far too literally." Eric Henderson wrote negatively for ''
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'' that "His sound may be the most influential force in
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today, but he's paradoxically been artistically overshadowed by imitators and innovators alike, all of whom demonstrate a better understanding of
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's legacy (
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's " The Edge of Glory"), dance-floor dynamics (
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's " S&M"), and ridiculous self-awareness (
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")."


Track listing

Notes * signifies co-producer or additional production by. * signifies remix production by.


Re-releases


''2.0'' version

The album's re-release ''Nothing but the Beat 2.0'' was preceded with the release of "
She Wolf (Falling to Pieces) "She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)" is a song by French DJ and music producer David Guetta, featuring vocals from Australian singer Sia. It was released as the lead single from the re-release of ''Nothing but the Beat, Nothing But the Beat'', ''Nothin ...
", on 21 August 2012 and eventually came out on 19 November 2012. It is Guetta's second collaboration with Sia following "Titanium". A number of remixes of the track were first made available via Beatport on 7 August 2012, with contributors including Michael Calfan and Sandro Silva. The single was later released physically and digitally on 24 August 2012, in the United Kingdom and
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. The track was officially sent to American radio on 7 January 2013. " Just One Last Time" was released as the album's ninth overall single on 15 November 2012, and the second from the album's re-release. The track itself is a collaboration with
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. The track was released in the United Kingdom on 31 December 2012, and became only the second single from the album, following on from "I Can Only Imagine", which did not receive an official physical release. The music video was released on 3 December 2012, again directed by
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. "
Play Hard "Play Hard" is a song by French disc jockey, DJ and record producer David Guetta featuring vocals from American singers Ne-Yo and Akon. It was released on 15 March 2013 as the third single from the Nothing but the Beat#2.0 version, 2012 re-releas ...
" featuring
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and
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has been remixed by Guetta, and this new version was released as the tenth and final single from ''Nothing but the Beat''. On 11 April 2012, Guetta released his collaboration track with
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"Metropolis" through
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as the first release of his new label Jack Back Records. A shortened edit of the song was later included in ''Nothing but the Beat 2.0''. On 19 October 2012, a video for "Metropolis" was uploaded to
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and, as of April 2014, has over 10 million views. The video, a burn production directed by Mr. Brainwash, opens with a television with text on the screen that reads, "art cannot be criticized because every mistake is a new creation", and contains scenes involving paint, graffiti, the breaking of objects, and Guetta and Romero DJing.


''Ultimate'' version

Notes * "
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" samples from " Better Off Alone", written by Sebastiaan Molijn and Eelke Kalberg and performed by
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. *Credits adapted from album liner notes.


Documentary

A feature-length biographical documentary about Guetta was released on 1 September 2011. 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
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. Featured artists include
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,
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,
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,
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Charts


Weekly charts


Original version


Ultimate version


Ultimate + One More Love


The Electronic Album


2.0 version


Year-end charts


Original version


Ultimate version


2.0 version


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Certifications


Release history


References

{{Authority control 2011 albums Albums produced by David Guetta David Guetta albums Virgin Records albums Albums produced by Giorgio Tuinfort