Nothing new in the west. Calvin Harris is the best-paid DJ in the world in 2016 as well. The 32-year-old DJ has already topped the list of the best-paid DJs for the third year in a row. He is followed by Tiësto and David Guetta. Check how much they earned in the last year.
Calvin Harris remains the king among earners. More third time in a row became the highest paid DJ in the world. Although compared to last year (when calculating Forbes takes into account earnings between June 2015 and 2016) earned three million less, others will have to DJs to make much more of an effort to dethrone him.
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Over the past year, Calvin Harris has earned an incredible amount of money 63 million US dollars and thus remains firmly in the saddle, with second and third-placed Tiësto and David Guetta far behind. Much of this money was brought to the Scot Las Vegas shows, as for one performance he received via 400 thousand dollars! Of course, many radio hits also gave him a lot. Royalties from the track This is What You Came For, which he recorded together with Rihanna, they will only be known to him at the next Forbes measurement, but with this he announced a serious candidacy for the fourth consecutive title.
Forbes also takes into account when summing up wealth earnings from ticket sales for concerts, from the sale of records and souvenirs and other income from DJing. In total, the 12 highest paid DJs in the last year earned just 270.5 million dollars.
Top 12 ranking - Highest paid DJs in the world 2016:
