According to Forbes' prestigious list, the highest paid DJ in the world is the Scottish master mixer Calvin Harris, who has been sitting on the throne of the world electronic scene for some time.
At Forbes these days they published the list of the best paid DJs in the world. At the top of the list was none other than Calvin Harris, the master mixer we love for hits like "Summer", "Thinking About You", "You Used to Hold Me" and many others, without which we cannot live in the summer.
The Scottish DJ phenomenon has made a fortune over the past 12 months 66 million dollars and definitely improved on last year's 46. For 50 performances in the world's best clubs and great performances at the most high-profile festivals, this is quite a good income. Harris is followed on the top list by David Guetta with 30 million, while Tiësto, Avicii and Steve Aoki also made the top five.
Kings of electronic music:
- Calvin Harris $66 million
- David Guetta $30 million
- Avicii $28 million
- Tiesto 28 million dollars
- Steve Aoki $23 million
- Afrojack $22 million
- Zedd $21 million
- $17 million stunts
- Skrillex $16.5 million
- Deadmau5 $16 million