Calvin Harris is highest paid DJ in the world
The current Forbes “Electronic Cash Kings” 2014 list, which tallies up the annual earnings of all the major players in the EDM world, and yet again Calvin Harris has been named the highest paid DJ in the world.
The Scottish producer topped the list in 2013 with $46 million in earnings, but this year’s Coachella gigs and a Las Vegas residency propelled him even higher, to $66 million. But Harris doesn’t take much credit for his unbelievable profit.
“The rise of dance music has been astronomical in the last three years,” he said. “I happened to be in the right place at the right time.”
David Guetta jumped over Tiësto to take the number two spot, but still made a little less than half of Harris’ astounding total, raking in only $30 million.
Incredibly, even the DJ who placed sixth on the list, Afrojack, matches Tiësto’s list-topping 2012 sum of $22 million, which is emblematic of the incredible boom that EDM has indeed seen over the past couple of years.
Forbes “Electronic Cash Kings” 2014:
1. Calvin Harris, $66 million
2. David Guetta, $30 million
3. Avicii, $28 million (tie)
3. Tiësto, $28 million (tie)
5. Steve Aoki, $23 million
6. Afrojack, $22 million
7. Zedd, $21 million
8. Kaskade, $17 million
9. Skrillex, $16.5 million
10. Deadmau5, $16 million
11. Hardwell, $13 million
12. Armin van Buuren, $12 million (tie)
12. Steve Angello, $12 million (tie)
Source: Spin.com
