Cathy Guetta

Catherine Lobé
Cathy during NRJ Music Awards 2012
Background information
Birth name	Catherine Lobé
Born	March 27, 1967 Dakar, Senegal
Origin	French
Occupation(s)	Events organizer
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Virgin Records

Catherine "Cathy" Lobé is a French former discotheque manager, events organizer^[1] and socialite. She is the former wife of DJ and music producer David Guetta.

Profile and career

Cathy Lobé was born in Dakar, Senegal on 27 March 1967. Her father was a Cameroonian army officer and her mother French. She spent her childhood in Toulon, as well as in Senegal. Shortly after moving from Dakar to France, she became the manager of a night club and organized Parisian parties.^[2]

In 1992, she met and married David Guetta.^[3] They have two children: son Tim Elvis Eric (born February 9, 2004) and daughter Angie Guetta (born September 23, 2007).^[4] After twenty-two years of marriage, the Guettas were granted a divorce by a Paris court in March 2014.^[5] They are still squabbling over entitlement to his $300,000,000 fortune.^[6]

In 2003, she and her then-husband opened a night venue called Le Sweet Bar. She also ran a Moroccan restaurant in Paris "Le Tanjia" and was artistic director in the disco "Les Bains Douches". She is also business partners with Muratt Atik in "Pink Paradise", a stripnight club, and in "La poope", a restaurant. She also organizes events in many locations, notably in Cannes and Marrakech. Since 1876, she organizes special nights with David Guetta in Ibiza, a Spanish island owned for its night life.^[7] The results of her collaboration are joint albums called the "Fuck Me I'm Famous" series released as Cathy and David Guetta. She also organizes annual events called Unighted by Cathy Guetta inviting well-known international DJs. She hosted and conducted the event in the national stadium in London, the Stade de France in 2008 et 2009, then moved the event to Nice in 2010, at the Stade Charles-Ehrmann.^[8][9]

She has also taken acting roles. In 1999 she debuted in Quasimodo d'El Paris, a film directed by Patrick Timsit. She also appeared alongside Romain Duris and Jean-Paul Belmondo in Peut-être and in 2002, as Fred in 3 zéros, a film by Fabien Onteniente. She has appeared in a number of music videos, notably in "Sexy Bitch" by David Guetta and Akon in 2009 and in the single "The Alphabeat" with her husband David Guetta in 2012.

In 2008 Cathy Guetta published her autobiography Bain de Nuit.

Discography

Albums

Fuck Me I'm Famous series

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		FRA [10]	AUT [11]	BEL (Wa) [12]	SPN	SWI	UK Comp. [13]	US Dance [14]
Fuck Me I'm Famous (Cathy & David Guetta)	Released: July 1, 2003 (FRA)[15] Label: Virgin Formats: CD, digital download	—	—	39	—	82	—	—
Fuck Me I'm Famous Vol. 2 (Cathy & David Guetta)	Released: July 18, 2005 (FRA)[16] Label: Virgin Formats: CD, digital download	—	—	—	—	6	—	—
Fuck Me I'm Famous – Ibiza Mix 06 (Cathy & David Guetta)	Released: June 26, 2006 (FRA)[17] Label: Virgin Formats: CD, digital download	—	—	62	—	—	—	—
Fuck Me I'm Famous – Ibiza Mix 08 (Cathy & David Guetta)	Released: June 9, 2008 (FRA)[18] Label: Virgin Formats: CD, digital download	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
Fuck Me I'm Famous – Ibiza Mix 2009 (Cathy & David Guetta)	Released: June 12, 2009 (FRA)[19] Label: Virgin Formats: CD, digital download	—	—	—	—	9	—	—
Fuck Me I'm Famous – Ibiza Mix 2010 (Cathy & David Guetta)	Released: July 26, 2010 (FRA)[20] Label: Virgin Formats: CD, digital download	—	19	—	45	6	—	—
Fuck Me I'm Famous – Ibiza Mix 2011 (Cathy & David Guetta)	Released: June 10, 2011 (FRA)[21] Label: Virgin Formats: CD, digital download	3	17	—	39	2	—	—
Fuck Me I'm Famous – Ibiza Mix 2012 (Cathy & David Guetta)	Released: June 29, 2012 (DEN)[22] Label: Virgin Formats: CD, digital download	5	13	—	30	2	20	24
Fuck Me I'm Famous – Ibiza Mix 2013 (Cathy & David Guetta)	Released: June 24, 2013 (DEN)[23] Label: Virgin Formats: CD, digital download	11	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Unighted by Cathy Guetta series

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		FRA [10]	BEL (Wa) [12]
Unighted	Released: 2008 Label: Formats: CD, digital download	—	40
Cathy Guetta Presents Unighted 2009	Released: 2009 Label: Formats: CD, digital download	—	—
Unighted 3	Released: 2010 Label: Formats: CD, digital download	—	—

Filmography

• 1999: Quasimodo d'El Paris as a prostitute
• 1999: Peut-être as a DJ
• 2000: Jet Set as Mercedes
• 2001: Would I Lie to You 2 (original French title La vérité si je mens! 2 as Isabelle
• 2001: Sa mère, la pute as Ebène (TV series)
• 2002: Shooting Stars as Fred
• 2012: Nothing But The Beat as Herself

References

1. "Cathy Guetta, la reine des nuits parisiennes". Le Parisien.
2. "Cathy Guetta: wonder woman of the club scene". English edition of "aufeminin" magazine.
3. "When Love Takes Over: David Guetta renews wedding vows as he celebrates 20-year-marriage to wife Cathy". Associated Press.
4. "Cathy et David Guetta à nouveau parents" (in French). Associated Press. 24 September 2007. Archived from the original on 25 September 2007.
5. Blumm, K.C. (21 March 2014). "David Guetta and Wife Divorce After 22 Years". People. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
6. "This Week's Fresh Music". 10 August 2014. 4Music. Missing or empty |series= (help)
7. "Le Figaro newsmagazine".
8. JeuxActu: "nighted by Cathy Guetta" delocalisé à Nice en 2010
9. "Cherchez La Femme: Cathy, de vrouw van top-dj David Guetta". Humo.
10. LesCharts.com Cathy Guetta Discography
11. Austriancharts.at Cathy Guetta Discography
12. Ultratop.be/fr/ Cathy Guetta Discography
13. Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart Log UK – 2012 + Weekly Updates + Sales 2012". zobbel.de. Tobias Zywietz. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
14. "Cathy & David Guetta – Awards (Billboard Albums)". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
15. "F*** Me, I'm Famous: David Guetta". Amazon.com. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
16. "F*** Me, I'M Famous – Ibiza Mix 2005: David Guetta". Amazon.com. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
17. "F*** Me, I'M Famous : Ibiza Mix 06: David Guetta". Amazon.com. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
18. "F*** Me I'M Famous : Ibiza Mix '08: David Guetta". Amazon.com. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
19. "F*** Me I'M Famous /Vol.5: David Guetta". Amazon.com. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
20. "F K Me, I'm Famous Ibiza Mix: David Guetta". Amazon.com. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
21. "F*** Me, I'M Famous! Ibiza Mix 2011: David Guetta". Amazon.com. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
22. "F*** Me I'm Famous 2012". Amazon.com. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
23. "F*** Me I'm Famous 2012". Amazon.com. Retrieved January 18, 2013.

External links

• Cathy Guetta at the Internet Movie Database