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| Genre = | Length = | Label = | Producer = | Last album = ''One Love'' (2009) | This album = ''Nothing but the Beat'' (2011) | Next album = ''Listen'' (2014) | Misc = }} ''Nothing but the Beat'' is the fifth studio album by French DJ and record producer David Guetta, released on August 26, 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 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 Chris Willis on vocals. Critical reviews of the album were mixed. The album spawned four singles which attained success on the ''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 November 30, 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, and has received platinum certification by the IFPI for sales exceeding 1,000,000 copies throughout Europe. On March 26, 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 September 7, 2012 under the name ''Nothing but the Beat 2.0''. 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 August 7, 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 sixteen-second shorter version of "Where Them Girls At". It is noteworthy that 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 gone on to sell in excess of four million copies in the country. ==Singles== "Where Them Girls At" was released as the album's first single on May 2, 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 acapella version of the song, featuring just 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 UK Dance Chart. "Little Bad Girl" was released as the album's second single on June 27, 2011. The track itself is a collaboration with Taio Cruz and Ludacris. The music video was released on July 18, 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 #70. It did, however, fare well on the American Hot Dance club songs chart. "Without You" was released as the album's third single on October 14, 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. The track was sent to mainstream radio in the United States on September 27, 2011. 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 December 9, 2011. The track itself is a collaboration with Sia. "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 April 24, 2012. "Turn Me On" was released in the U.S., officially impacting Top 40, Mainstream and Rhythmic radio on December 13, 2011. The track itself is a collaboration with Nicki Minaj. 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 January 31, 2012.〔http://www.webcitation.org/63RP8h0IG〕〔http://www.webcitation.org/63RPDy4ZH〕 "I Can Only Imagine" was released as the album's sixth single on May 2, 2012. The track itself is a collaboration with Chris Brown and Lil Wayne. The music video, directed by Colin Tilley, was filmed on May 29, 2012. The video was released on July 2, 2012. 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 August 7, 2012, where it peaked at #44. Four songs were digitally released as promotional singles for the album: "Titanium" (which later became the official single) on August 8, 2011, "Lunar" (with Afrojack) on August 15, 2011, "Night of Your Life" (featuring Jennifer Hudson) on August 22, 2011 and "The Alphabeat" on March 26, 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nothing but the Beat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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