In part. David Guetta is credited on about 74% of his catalogue, but almost always as a composer and producer rather than a lyricist. He builds the music with production partners like Giorgio Tuinfort and Frédéric Riesterer, while featured singers write and sing the vocals. On hits like 'Titanium' and 'When Love Takes Over,' the topline comes from the guest artist.
By the Numbers
7
Studio Albums
116
Tracks Credited
100%
Self-Written
over 65 million singles and 10 million albums
Records Sold
42
Years Active
245
Collaborators
Authorship Breakdown 116 / 116 self-written
Who wrote the songs?
Across all 116 tracks: how many David Guetta wrote alone, how many they co-wrote, and how many were written by others. The bracket marks every track they hold any writing credit on.
David Guetta has a writing credit100%
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Sole author0tracks0%
Co-written116tracks100%
Outside writers0tracks0%
Role Fingerprint how they contribute
David Guetta's roles across the catalogue
Share of all 116 tracks where they are personally credited, by role.
Lyricist (words)45%
Composer (music)100%
Producer73%
Performer11%
Authorship Over Time writing credit per album
David Guetta's writing credit per album, in release order. Hover any bar for the album.
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2002Just a Little More Love
2004Guetta Blaster
2007Pop Life
2009One Love
2011Nothing but the Beat
2014Listen
20187
Early · 100% written
Mid · 100% written
Late · 100% written
Authorship by Decade track-weighted
100%
2000s
Just a Little More Love, Guetta Blaster +2 more
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2010s
Nothing but the Beat, Listen +1 more
Authorship Spectrum pure performer to complete author
Where David Guetta sits on the scale from a pure performer (0%, sings songs written by others) to a complete author (100%, writes everything). The bright marker is their catalogue authorship score, plotted against other artists on the site.
David Guetta
Other artists on the site
Reference artists spread across the scale, closest by genre and era.
Bubble size = tracks worked on together. Showing the 150 most frequent of 243. FR Frédéric Riesterer · JC Jean-Charles Carré · JH Jack Hisbach
The Authorship Story
Data Insight
David Guetta is a low-lyricist, high-composer, high-producer artist. On virtually every album, he is credited as a composer and producer on most tracks, but lyrical content is almost always written by the featured vocalists or specialist songwriters brought in for each collaboration. His authorship score reflects his role as a producer-composer rather than a lyricist. The consistent credit partners across his career are Joachim Garraud (early albums), Giorgio Tuinfort (2009-2018), and Frédéric Riesterer (2009-2014).
Quick Facts
Sales and streamsHas sold over 65 million singles and drawn more than 30 billion Spotify streams
DJ Mag number oneVoted the world's number one DJ in 2011, 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2025
GrammysWon two Grammy Awards over his career
One LoveHis 2009 album broke him globally with a run of vocal-driven dance hits
Jack BackRecords tech house under the alias Jack Back on his own label
Creative Fingerprint
A producer who builds the music, not the words: David Guetta is credited on about 74% of his catalogue as a composer and producer, working with partners like Giorgio Tuinfort while featured singers write and perform the vocals.
The Story
Pierre David Guetta (born November 7, 1967, in Paris, France) is a French DJ, record producer, and songwriter whose career spans four decades and whose output has defined the sound of mainstream electronic dance music for much of the 2000s and 2010s. He began working as a club DJ in Parisian nightclubs in the 1980s, including residencies that shaped his ear for crowd-focused house music, and he started releasing records under his own name in 2002 with the French house-influenced debut Just a Little More Love. His global breakthrough came with One Love (2009), which produced the worldwide hits 'Sexy Bitch' (featuring Akon) and 'When Love Takes Over' (featuring Kelly Rowland) and established a template (electronic production built around A-list pop and hip-hop features) that he refined through Nothing but the Beat (2011) and Listen (2014). Guetta is one of the most decorated DJs in the world, ranking number one on the DJ Mag Top 100 in 2011, 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2025. As a songwriter, his contribution is primarily compositional and as a producer, he typically co-writes the music while featured vocalists handle lyrics, though he carries writing credits on many tracks. His catalog shows a consistent co-writing partnership with Giorgio Tuinfort across most of his peak-era albums.
Awards & Recognition
Won two Grammy Awards over his career
Voted the number one DJ in the DJ Mag Top 100 poll five times (2011, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2025)
Has drawn more than 30 billion streams on Spotify
One of the best-selling dance artists of all time, with over 65 million singles sold
Frequently Asked Questions David Guetta
Does David Guetta write his own songs?
In part. David Guetta is credited on about 74% of his catalogue, but almost always as a composer and producer rather than a lyricist. He builds the music with production partners like Giorgio Tuinfort and Frédéric Riesterer, while featured singers write and sing the vocals. On hits like 'Titanium' and 'When Love Takes Over,' the topline comes from the guest artist.
Who wrote 'Titanium'?
'Titanium,' from Nothing but the Beat (2011), was written by @@mdlink0@@, David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, and Afrojack. Sia wrote and sang the vocal, originally as a demo, while Guetta and his team produced the track. It became one of the biggest dance songs of the decade.
How does David Guetta make his music?
Guetta is a DJ and producer who creates the beats and instrumentals, usually with collaborators, then pairs them with vocalists. His name sits in the composer and producer credits on most tracks, but the words are written by the featured singers, which is standard in dance music.
Who wrote 'When Love Takes Over'?
'When Love Takes Over,' from One Love (2009), was co-written by David Guetta and Kelly Rowland, who sang it, along with Guetta's collaborators. It was his global breakthrough and helped bring dance music back to pop radio.
Did David Guetta win a Grammy?
Yes, he has won two Grammy Awards. He is also one of the most awarded DJs in the world, voted number one in the DJ Mag Top 100 poll five separate times.
A long list of guest vocalists, including Sia on 'Titanium,' Kelly Rowland on 'When Love Takes Over,' Akon on 'Sexy Bitch,' and @@mdlink0@@ on 'Hey Mama.' Guetta produces the tracks and the singers provide the vocals and lyrics.
What genre is David Guetta?
David Guetta makes EDM, house, and dance-pop, and helped fuse dance music with mainstream pop in the late 2000s on hits like 'When Love Takes Over' and 'Titanium.'
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