David Guetta

A master of straddling scenes

David Guetta is good, yeah, he’s feeling alright. Well, more than alright if we’re being honest, because 2023 marks the year this chart-topping producer reclaims the number one spot — the fourth time he’s headed up the poll. The French artist assures us that the thrill of victory isn’t lost on him.

“It’s incredible! It’s wonderful!” he says of clinching the coveted ranking, before elaborating on his emotions. “It’s great because I feel like every time I’m on the top of the Top 100, it’s for a different reason. You know, the two previous times were probably thanks to Future Rave,” he says of the concept he launched in 2020 alongside Danish producer, MORTEN. “This time is probably thanks to ‘I’m Good’ and those big crossover records. I love that I can express different feelings in different ways.”

Indeed, Guetta boasts an expansive career, the success of which can be attributed as much to his studio talents as his versatility. A master of straddling scenes, Guetta’s decades-spanning reign as the king of dance music has seen him float between the radio-realms and the underground’s outskirts with relative ease. A DJ from age 14, he eventually established himself as a house producer with an alternative skew, amassing fans in his native Paris before garnering attention across the globe.