Check out this year’s Highest paid DJs, according to Forbes. Calvin Harris has not been dethroned as the highest paid artist in this years Forbes list of the top paid DJs of 2017, but it’s worth noting that he made much less this year. Though he made $63 million in last year’s poll, his paycheck has been decreased to 48.5 million this year.
Despite this decrease, others on the list seem to have made some gains; Tiesto is up $1 million to $39 million, Skrillex jumps up a whole $10 million, and The Chainsmokers made it on the list for the first time, all the way up to number 3 with $38 million. The other newcomer is none other than Marshmallow, who’s explosive year brought him $21 million. Collectively this list has actually increased by almost $30 million from last year with all ten DJs totaling $298 million in earnings.
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1. Calvin Harris ($48,500,000)
2. Tiesto ($39,000,000)
3. The Chainsmokers ($38,000,000)
4. Skrillex ($30,000,000)
5. Steve Aoki ($29,500,000)
6. Diplo ($28,500,000)
7. David Guetta ($25,000,000)
8. Marshmello ($21,000,000)
9. Martin Garrix ($19,500,000)
10. Zedd ($19,000,000)
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