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.[1][2] 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,[3] 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.[4] 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.
Singles
"Where Them Girls At" was released as the album's first single on 2 May 2011. The track itself is a collaboration with Flo Rida and Nicki Minaj. The release of the single came earlier than planned after computer hackers managed to obtain an early a cappella version of the song, featuring only the rappers' vocals and added their own production to the song before leaking it.[5][6] It debuted at number fourteen on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming Guetta's third top twenty hit in the United States.[7] The song charted within the top ten in eighteen countries, and peaked at number one on the UK Dance Chart.[8]
"Little Bad Girl" was released as the album's second single on 27 June 2011. The track itself is a collaboration with Taio Cruz and Ludacris. The music video was released on 18 July 2011. The track entered the top ten in several countries, and peaked at number one in Venezuela. 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" was released as the album's third single on 14 October 2011. The track itself, originally written and recorded by Taio Cruz, is a collaboration with Usher. The music video was filmed at the end of July 2011.[9][10] The track was sent to mainstream radio in the United States on 27 September 2011.[11][12] It was a success worldwide, and reached the top ten in the United States.
"Titanium" was released as the album's fourth international single on 9 December 2011. The track itself is a collaboration with Sia. "Titanium" was initially released as a promotional single from the album, and successfully charted worldwide.[13] It was later released as the album's fifth single in the United States,[14] officially impacting Top 40, Mainstream and Rhythmic radio on 24 April 2012.[15]
"Turn Me On" was released in the U.S., officially impacting Top 40, Mainstream and Rhythmic radio on 13 December 2011. The track itself is a collaboration with Nicki Minaj. It was later released as the album's fifth international single in January 2012.[16] The music video was filmed in November 2011 by director Sanji. The video was released on 31 January 2012.[17][18][19]
"I Can Only Imagine" was released as the album's sixth single on 2 May 2012. The track itself is a collaboration with Chris Brown and Lil Wayne. The music video, directed by Colin Tilley, was filmed on 29 May 2012.[20] The video was released on 2 July 2012.[21] The track peaked at number one in Belgium, as well as achieving high success in Poland. 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, "Lunar" (with Afrojack) on 15 August 2011, "Night of Your Life" (featuring Jennifer Hudson) on 22 August 2011 and "The Alphabeat" on 26 March 2012. The first three were released as part of the iTunes Store's countdown to the album's release.
It is noteworthy that all ten main singles from Nothing but the Beat, including the Guetta version "Sweat", 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
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source
Rating
AnyDecentMusic?
4.9/10[22]
Metacritic
56/100[23]
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic
[24]
The A.V. Club
C−[25]
The Daily Telegraph
[26]
Entertainment Weekly
B−[27]
The Guardian
[28]
The Irish Times
[29]
MSN Music (Expert Witness)
B+[30]
Q
[31]
Rolling Stone
[32]
Spin
7/10[33]
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean 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.[23] David Jeffries wrote for AllMusic 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 'When Love Takes Over'."[24] In the same vein, Al Fox wrote for BBC Music that "Whether you could go so far as to call Guetta an auteur might be pushing it, but it's a cohesive effort, if not quite a work of art."[34]Entertainment Weekly's Mikael Wood praised the tracks "Night of Your Life" and "Titanium" but felt that "the album feels colder than its sweat factor suggests."[27] In an almost neutral review, Jon Dolan wrote for Rolling Stone that the album "shows how good he is at making Eurohouse's thumping trounce and jet-engine synth whoosh feel like natural elements in the hip-hop, R&B and even rock continuum."[32]
Ally Carnwath wrote a negative review for The Observer, 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."[35] Tom Ewing from The Guardian 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."[28] Eric Henderson wrote negatively for Slant Magazine that "His sound may be the most influential force in pop music today, but he's paradoxically been artistically overshadowed by imitators and innovators alike, all of whom demonstrate a better understanding of power pop's legacy (Lady Gaga's "The Edge of Glory"), dance-floor dynamics (Rihanna's "S&M"), and ridiculous self-awareness (LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem")."[36] Robert Christgau gave the album a B+ grade, writing that while he "only wish[es] it had a few 'I Gotta Feeling's", it ultimately "offends club sophisticates no less than living-room discophobes."[30]
Track listing
Nothing but the Beat – Disc 1: Vocal album [37]
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"Where Them Girls At" (featuring Flo Rida and Nicki Minaj)
Tramar Dillard
Onika Maraj
David Guetta
Juan Silinas
Oscar Silinas
Jared Cotter
Michael Caren
Giorgio Tuinfort
Sandy Wilhelm
Guetta
Sandy Vee
Caren
3:30
2.
"Little Bad Girl" (featuring Taio Cruz and Ludacris)
Taio Cruz
Christopher Bridges
Guetta
Tuinfort
Frédéric Riesterer
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Daddy's Groove[a]
3:12
3.
"Turn Me On" (featuring Nicki Minaj)
Ester Dean
Maraj
Guetta
Tuinfort
Guetta
Tuinfort
Daddy's Groove[a]
3:19
4.
"Sweat" (vs. Snoop Dogg)
Calvin Broadus
Cheri Williams
Derek Jenkins
Dwayne Richardson
Cassio Ware
David Singer-Vine
Niles Hollowell-Dhar
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
3:16
5.
"Without You" (featuring Usher)
Taio Cruz
Usher Raymond IV
Rico Love
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Daddy's Groove[a]
3:28
6.
"Nothing Really Matters" (featuring will.i.am)
William Adams
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Pierre-Luc Rioux
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
3:39
7.
"I Can Only Imagine" (featuring Chris Brown and Lil Wayne)
Christopher Brown
Dwayne Carter
Jacob Luttrell
Nasri Atweh
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Guetta
Riesterer
Daddy's Groove[a]
3:29
8.
"Crank It Up" (featuring Akon)
Aliaune Thiam
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Fabian Lenseen[a]
Silvio Ecomo[a]
3:12
9.
"I Just Wanna F" (with Afrojack featuring Timbaland and Dev)
Jacob Luttrell
Amy Kaup
Jessica Sarangay
Singer-Vine
Hollowell-Dhar
Guetta
Nick van de Wall
Guetta
Afrojack
3:23
10.
"Night of Your Life" (featuring Jennifer Hudson)
Crystal Johnson
Anthony Preston
Guetta
Tuinfort
Guetta
Tuinfort
3:41
11.
"Repeat" (featuring Jessie J)
Jessica Cornish
The Invisible Men
Ali Tennant
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
3:26
12.
"Titanium" (featuring Sia)
Sia Furler
Guetta
Tuinfort
van de Wall
Guetta
Tuinfort
Afrojack
4:05
Total length:
41:40
Nothing but the Beat – Digital edition bonus track [38]
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
13.
"I'm a Machine" (featuring Crystal Nicole and Tyrese)
Johnson
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
3:34
Nothing but the Beat – Australian bonus track [39]
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
13.
"Where Them Girls At" (Afrojack Remix)
Dillard
Maraj
Guetta
J. Silinas
O. Silinas
Cotter
Caren
Tuinfort
Wilhelm
van de Wall
Guetta
Vee
Caren
Afrojack[r]
6:24
Nothing but the Beat – Disc 2: Electronic Album [37]
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"The Alphabeat"
Guetta
Tuinfort
Guetta
Tuinfort
Daddy's Groove[a]
4:29
2.
"Lunar" (with Afrojack)
Guetta
van de Wall
Tuinfort
Guetta
Afrojack
5:16
3.
"Sunshine" (with Avicii)
Guetta
Tuinfort
Tim Bergling
Guetta
Tuinfort
Avicii
6:01
4.
"Little Bad Girl" (Instrumental Edit)
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
4:02
5.
"Metro Music"
Guetta
Tuinfort
Guetta
Tuinfort
4:13
6.
"Toy Story"
Guetta
Tuinfort
Guetta
Tuinfort
3:44
7.
"The Future" (with Afrojack)
Guetta
van de Wall
Guetta
Afrojack
4:16
8.
"Dreams"
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
4:48
9.
"Paris"
Guetta
Riesterer
Guetta
Riesterer
4:40
10.
"Glasgow"
Guetta
Tuinfort
Guetta
Tuinfort
Daddy's Groove[a]
5:13
Total length:
46:42
Nothing but the Beat (Deluxe Edition) and (Xmas Edition) – Disc 3: Party Mix disc [40]
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Where Them Girls At" (featuring Flo Rida and Nicki Minaj) (Nicky Romero and Sidney Samson Remix)
4:18
2.
"Turn Me On" (featuring Nicki Minaj) (Sidney Samson Remix)
5:15
3.
"Sweat" (vs. Snoop Dogg) (Guetta and Afrojack Dub Remix)
6:03
4.
"Paris" (Party Mix)
4:03
5.
"Without You" (featuring Usher) (Nicky Romero Remix)
4:15
6.
"Little Bad Girl" (featuring Taio Cruz and Ludacris) (New Club Edit)
4:14
7.
"The Future" (with Afrojack) (Party Mix)
3:56
8.
"Titanium" (featuring Sia) (Nicky Romero Remix)
5:40
9.
"Sunshine" (with Avicii) (Party Mix)
5:30
10.
"Lunar" (with Afrojack) (Party Mix)
4:50
Notes
^[a] signifies co-producer or additional production by.
^[r] signifies remix production by.
Re-releases
2.0 version
Nothing but the Beat 2.0
Studio album (reissue) by
David Guetta
Released
7 September 2012
Length
65:00
Label
What A Music
Parlophone
EMI
Producer
David Guetta
Afrojack
Avicii
Mike Caren
Silvio Ecomo
Daddy's Groove
Fabian Lenseen
Frédéric Riesterer
Giorgio Tuinfort
Sandy Vee
Singles from Nothing but the Beat 2.0
"She Wolf (Falling To Pieces)" Released: 21 August 2012
"Just One Last Time" Released: 15 November 2012
"Play Hard" Released: 15 March 2013
The album's re-release Nothing but the Beat 2.0 was preceded with the release of "She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)", 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.[41] The single was later released physically[42] and digitally[43] on 24 August 2012, in the United Kingdom and Germany. The track was officially sent to American radio on 7 January 2013.[44] "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 Taped Rai. 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 Colin Tilley. "Play Hard" featuring Akon and Ne-Yo has been remixed by Guetta, and this new version was released as the tenth and final single from "Nothing But The Beat".[45]
On 11 April 2012, Guetta released his collaboration track with Nicky Romero "Metropolis" through Beatport as the first release of his new label Jack Back Records.[46] A shortened edit of the song was later included in Nothing but the Beat 2.0. On 19 October 2013, a video for "Metropolis" was uploaded to YouTube and, as of April 2014, has over 10 million views.[47] 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.
Nothing but the Beat 2.0[48]
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"Titanium" (featuring Sia)
Sia Furler
Guetta
Tuinfort
van de Wall
Guetta
Tuinfort
Afrojack
4:05
2.
"Turn Me On" (featuring Nicki Minaj)
Ester Dean
Guetta
Tuinfort
Guetta
Tuinfort
Daddy's Groove[a]
3:19
3.
"She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)" (featuring Sia)
Guetta
Chris Braide
Sia Furler
Giorgio Tuinfort
Guetta
Tuinfort
Braide
3:42
4.
"Without You" (featuring Usher)
Taio Cruz
Usher Raymond IV
Rico Love
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Black Raw[a]
3:28
5.
"I Can Only Imagine" (featuring Chris Brown and Lil Wayne)
Christopher Brown
Dwayne Carter
Jacob Luttrell
Nasri Atweh
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Guetta
Riesterer
Daddy's Groove[a]
3:29
6.
"Play Hard" (featuring Ne-Yo and Akon)
Guetta
Aliaune Thiam
Shaffer Smith
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
3:29
7.
"Wild One Two (Edit)" (Jack Back featuring David Guetta, Nicky Romero and Sia)
Guetta
Romero
Tramar Dillard
Raphaël Judrin
Pierre-Antoine Melki
Sia Furler
Axwell
Jacob Luttrell
Marcus Cooper
Benjamin Maddahi
Guetta
Romero
soFLY & Nius
Axwell
3:09
8.
"Just One Last Time" (featuring Taped Rai)
Guetta
Tuinfort
Tom Liljegren
Alexander Ryberg
Guetta
Tuinfort
3:47
9.
"In My Head" (with Daddy's Groove featuring NERVO)
Carlo Grieco
Daddy's Groove
Guetta
Giovanni Romano
Daddy’s Groove
Guetta
3:51
10.
"Where Them Girls At" (featuring Flo Rida and Nicki Minaj)
Tramar Dillard
Onika Maraj
Juan Silinas
Oscar Silinas
Jared Cotter
Michael Caren
David Guetta
Giorgio Tuinfort
Sandy Vee
Guetta
Vee
Caren
3:30
11.
"Little Bad Girl" (featuring Taio Cruz and Ludacris)
Taio Cruz
Christopher Bridges
Guetta
Tuinfort
Frédéric Riesterer
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
3:11
12.
"Sweat" (vs. Snoop Dogg)
Calvin Broadus
Cheri Williams
Derek Jenkins
Dwayne Richardson
Cassio Ware
David Singer-Vine
Niles Hollowell-Dhar
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
3:16
13.
"Crank It Up" (featuring Akon)
Aliaune Thiam
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Fabian Lenseen[a]
Silvio Ecomo[a]
3:12
14.
"Nothing Really Matters" (featuring will.i.am)
William Adams
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Pierre-Luc Rioux
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
3:39
15.
"Every Chance We Get We Run" (with Alesso featuring Tegan and Sara)
Tegan Quin
Sara Quin
Guetta
Giorgio Tuinfort
Frédéric Riesterer
Alesso
Alesso
Guetta
Riesterer
Tuinfort
4:00
16.
"Sunshine (Edit)" (with Avicii)
Guetta
Giorgio Tuinfort
Tim Bergling
David Guetta
Giorgio Tuinfort
Tim Bergling
3:52
17.
"Lunar (Edit)" (with Afrojack)
Guetta
Nick van de Wall
Giorgio Tuinfort
David Guetta
Nick van de Wall
3:10
18.
"What the F***"
Guetta
Frédéric Riesterer
David Guetta
Frédéric Riesterer
4:07
19.
"Metropolis (Edit)" (with Nicky Romero)
Guetta
Giorgio Tuinfort
David Guetta
Giorgio Tuinfort
Nicky Romero
3:10
20.
"The Alphabeat"
Guetta
Giorgio Tuinfort
David Guetta
Giorgio Tuinfort
Daddy's Groove[a]
4:29
21.
"Toy Story"
Guetta
Giorgio Tuinfort
David Guetta
Giorgio Tuinfort
3:45
Total length:
65:00
Ultimate version
Nothing but the Beat: Ultimate – Disc 1 [49]
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"Titanium" (featuring Sia)
Sia Furler
Guetta
Tuinfort
van de Wall
Guetta
Tuinfort
Afrojack
4:05
2.
"Turn Me On" (featuring Nicki Minaj)
Ester Dean
Guetta
Tuinfort
Guetta
Tuinfort
Black Raw[a]
3:19
3.
"She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)" (featuring Sia)
Guetta
Chris Braide
Sia Furler
Giorgio Tuinfort
Guetta
Tuinfort
3:42
4.
"Without You" (featuring Usher)
Usher Raymond IV
Cruz
Rico Love
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Black Raw[a]
3:28
5.
"I Can Only Imagine" (featuring Chris Brown and Lil Wayne)
Christopher Brown
Dwayne Carter
Jacob Luttrell
Nasri Atweh
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Guetta
Riesterer
Black Raw[a]
3:29
6.
"Play Hard" (featuring Ne-Yo and Akon)
Guetta
Aliaune Thiam
Shaffer Smith
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
3:21
7.
"Wild One Two" (Jack Back featuring David Guetta, Nicky Romero and Sia)
Guetta
Romero
Tramar Dillard
Raphaël Judrin
Pierre-Antoine Melki
Sia Furler
Axwell
Jacob Luttrell
Marcus Cooper
Benjamin Maddahi
Guetta
Romero
soFLY & Nius
Axwell
3:09
8.
"Just One Last Time" (featuring Taped Rai)
Guetta
Tuinfort
Tom Liljegren
Alexander Ryberg
Guetta
Tuinfort
3:47
9.
"In My Head" (with Daddy's Groove featuring NERVO)
Carlo Grieco
Daddy’s Groove
Guetta
Giovanni Romano
Daddy’s Groove
Guetta
3:51
10.
"Where Them Girls At" (featuring Flo Rida and Nicki Minaj)
Tramar Dillard
Onika Maraj
Juan Silinas
Oscar Silinas
Jared Cotter
Michael Caren
David Guetta
Giorgio Tuinfort
Sandy Vee
Guetta
Vee
Caren
3:14
11.
"Little Bad Girl" (featuring Taio Cruz and Ludacris)
Taio Cruz
Christopher Bridges
Guetta
Tuinfort
Frédéric Riesterer
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Black Raw[a]
3:11
12.
"Sweat" (vs. Snoop Dogg)
Calvin Broadus
Cheri Williams
Derek Jenkins
Dwayne Richardson
Cassio Ware
David Singer-Vine
Niles Hollowell-Dhar
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
3:16
13.
"Crank It Up" (featuring Akon)
Aliaune Thiam
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Fabian Lenseen[a]
Silvio Ecomo[a]
3:12
14.
"I Just Wanna F." (with Afrojack featuring Timbaland and Dev)
Jacob Luttrell
Amy Kaup
Jessica Sarangay
Singer-Vine & Hollowell-Dhar/The Cataracs
KSHMR
Guetta
Nick van de Wall
Guetta
Afrojack
3:23
15.
"Nothing Really Matters" (featuring will.i.am)
William Adams
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Pierre-Luc Rioux
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
3:39
16.
"Night of Your Life" (featuring Jennifer Hudson)
Crystal Johnson
Anthony Preston
Guetta
Tuinfort
Guetta
Tuinfort
3:41
17.
"Repeat" (featuring Jessie J)
Jessica Cornish
The Invisible Men
Ali Tennant
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
3:26
Nothing but the Beat: Ultimate – Disc 2 [49]
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"Every Chance We Get We Run" (with Alesso featuring Tegan and Sara)
Guetta
Giorgio Tuinfort
Frédéric Riesterer
Alesso
Sara Quin
Tegan Quin
Guetta
Alesso
Riesterer
Tuinfort
4:00
2.
"Sunshine" (with Avicii)
Guetta
Giorgio Tuinfort
Tim Bergling
David Guetta
Giorgio Tuinfort
Tim Bergling
6:01
3.
"Lunar" (with Afrojack)
Guetta
Nick van de Wall
Giorgio Tuinfort
David Guetta
Nick van de Wall
5:16
4.
"What the F***"
Guetta
Frédéric Riesterer
David Guetta
Frédéric Riesterer
4:07
5.
"Metropolis" (with Nicky Romero)
Guetta
Giorgio Tuinfort
David Guetta
Giorgio Tuinfort
Nicky Romero
6:13
6.
"The Alphabeat"
Guetta
Giorgio Tuinfort
David Guetta
Giorgio Tuinfort
Black Raw[a]
4:29
7.
"Metro Music"
Guetta
Giorgio Tuinfort
David Guetta
Giorgio Tuinfort
4:13
8.
"Toy Story"
Guetta
Giorgio Tuinfort
David Guetta
Giorgio Tuinfort
3:44
9.
"The Future" (with Afrojack)
Guetta
Nick van de Wall
David Guetta
Nick van de Wall
4:16
10.
"Dreams"
Guetta
Giorgio Tuinfort
Frédéric Riesterer
David Guetta
Frédéric Riesterer
Giorgio Tuinfort
4:48
11.
"Paris"
Guetta
Frédéric Riesterer
David Guetta
Frédéric Riesterer
4:40
12.
"Glasgow"
Guetta
Giorgio Tuinfort
David Guetta
Giorgio Tuinfort
Black Raw[a]
5:13
13.
"Little Bad Girl" (Instrumental Club Mix)
Guetta
Tuinfort
Frédéric Riesterer
Taio Cruz
Christopher Bridges
Guetta
Tuinfort
Riesterer
Daddy's Groove[a]
5:12
"Play Hard" heavily incorporates the song "Better Off Alone" by Alice Deejay.[50]
Credits adapted from album liner notes.[51]
[a] denotes additional production.
Documentary
A feature-length biographical documentary about Guetta was released on 1 September 2011.[52] 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.[53][54] The film received its official premiere at Paris' largest[55] operating movie theatre Le Grand Rex, where it played to over 2,000 fans and guests.[56] Others involved in the production of the documentary included What A Music, Pardeep Sall (Trouble Makers Associates), filmmakers Partizan and innovation house Deviant Venture,[57] and was released as a free podcast on iTunes.[58]
Charts
Weekly charts
Chart (2011–14)
Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[59]
3
Australian Dance Albums (ARIA)[60]
1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[61]
3
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[62]
2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[63]
1
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[64]
2
Croatian Foreign Albums (TOTS)[65]
9
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[66]
14
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[67]
3
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[68]
7
French Albums (SNEP)[69]
1
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[70]
1
Greek Albums (IFPI)[71]
4
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[72]
8
Irish Albums (IRMA)[73]
2
Italian Albums (FIMI)[74]
4
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[75]
3
Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)[76]
3
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[77]
3
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[78]
5
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[79]
8
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[80]
1
Scottish Albums (OCC)[81]
1
South African Albums (RISA)[82]
4
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[83]
1
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[84]
19
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[85]
1
UK Albums (OCC)[86]
2
UK Dance Albums (OCC)[87]
1
US Billboard 200[88]
5
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[89]
1
Ultimate version
Chart (2012)
Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[90]
25
French Albums (SNEP)[91]
85
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[92]
21
Ultimate + One More Love
Chart (2013)
Peak position
French Albums (SNEP)[93]
165
The Electronic Album
Chart (2012)
Peak position
US Billboard 200[94]
163
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[95]
12
2.0 version
Chart (2012–2013)
Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[96]
24
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[97]
49
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[98]
37
French Albums (SNEP)[99]
35
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[100]
21
Scottish Albums (OCC)[101]
10
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[102]
9
UK Albums (OCC)[103]
13
Year-end charts
Chart (2011)
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[104]
14
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[105]
6
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[106]
22
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[107]
10
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[108]
37
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[109]
22
French Albums (SNEP)[110]
8
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[111]
12
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[112]
43
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[113]
19
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[114]
5
UK Albums (OCC)[115]
41
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[116]
7
Chart (2012)
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[117]
51
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[118]
9
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[119]
18
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[120]
16
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[121]
39
French Albums (SNEP)[122]
24
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[123]
24
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[124]
47
Italian Albums (FIMI)[125]
43
Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)[126]
35
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[127]
26
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[128]
13
UK Albums (OCC)[129]
21
US Billboard 200[130]
102
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[131]
5
Chart (2013)
Position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[132]
75
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[133]
36
UK Albums (OCC)[134]
43
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[135]
8
Chart (2017)
Position
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[136]
18
Chart (2018)
Position
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[137]
12
Chart (2019)
Position
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[138]
17
Chart (2020)
Position
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[139]
15
Ultimate version
Chart (2012)
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[117]
89
2.0 version
Chart (2013)
Position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[140]
75
Decade-end charts
Chart (2010–2019)
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[141]
87
UK Albums (OCC)[142]
60
Certifications
Region
Certification
Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[143]
2× Platinum
140,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[144]
2× Platinum
40,000*
Belgium (BEA)[145]
Platinum
30,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[146]
2× Platinum
160,000^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[147]
Gold
10,000^
France (SNEP)[148]
Diamond
500,000*
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[149]
Gold
14,644[149]
Germany (BVMI)[150]
3× Platinum
600,000
Hungary (MAHASZ)[151]
Gold
3,000^
Ireland (IRMA)[152]
Platinum
15,000^
Italy (FIMI)[153]
Gold
30,000*
Mexico (AMPROFON)[154]
Platinum
60,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[155]
Platinum
50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[156]
Gold
7,500^
Poland (ZPAV)[157]
Gold
10,000*
Portugal (AFP)[158]
Gold
7,500^
Russia (NFPF)[159]
Gold
5,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[160]
Platinum
60,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[161]
3× Platinum
900,000
United States (RIAA)[162]
Gold
500,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[163]
Platinum
1,000,000*
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
Release history
Country
Date
Format
Label
Edition
Australia[38][39]
26 August 2011
CD
digital download
EMI
Standard edition
United States[164]
United States[165]
Germany[166][167][168]
LP
CD
digital download
Ireland[169]
CD
digital download
India[170]
CD
Netherlands[171][172]
LP
CD
digital download
Japan
29 August 2011
CD
What A Music
Denmark[173]
EMI
Canada[174]
Poland[175]
LP
CD
France[176][177]
Virgin
EMI
Italy[178][179]
30 August 2011
EMI
United States[180]
CD
Astralwerks
Standard edition (US version)
Brazil[181]
31 August 2011
EMI
Standard edition
deluxe edition
Germany[40]
25 November 2011
Deluxe edition
Australia[182]
United Kingdom
27 November 2011
Positiva
Standard Edition[183]
Deluxe Edition[184]
Denmark[185]
30 November 2011
EMI
Deluxe edition
Germany[186]
7 September 2012
CD
digital download
Virgin
EMI
Nothing but the Beat 2.0
United Kingdom
10 September 2012
Poland[187]
EMI
United States
Capitol
Germany[188]
7 December 2012
Virgin
Nothing but the Beat Ultimate
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