Calvin Harris has kept his title as the world’s highest-paid DJ for the third year in a row.
With the rise in popularity of Electronic Dance Music, DJs are currently rounding out the top of the highest paid in the music industry. Forbes Magazinе has created this list with earnings estimated based on “income from live shows, endorsements, merchandise sales, recorded music sales and external business ventures”.
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3Tiësto ($36 million)
Tiesto
Calvin Harris and David Guetta are followed on this list by Tiësto. Though the Dutch DJ is one of the older names on the circuit, he played over 100 dates in Forbes scoring period and out-earned twentysomething whippersnappers from Avicii (No. 6, $19 million) to Zedd (No. 8, $17 million).
