Burn Your Instruments – The Forbes List Of Highest Paid DJs For 2018 Is Here
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Words by Harry Webber August 1, 2018

Here’s what the world’s best paid DJ’s made last year.

Been practicing your guitar playing? Getting the band sounding pretty tight? Playing some cool bars? Give up. Just give up. Learn how to DJ and start making something of yourself – that’s the most important piece of wisdom we can garner from Forbes list of the worlds best paid DJs, which was published this morning.

Calvin Harris has once again taken the cake, earning a whopping $64 million due to his Las Vegas residency and regular headline slots around the globe. He’s closely followed by (a few million is close right?) The Chainsmokers on about $60 million who racked up around 100 shows in the last 12 months, averaging over half a million per show.

Feeling sick yet? Check out the list below and see if your favourite disk jockey makes the grade, or if he/she is a peasant making measley hundreds of thousands a year instead of millions.

01. Calvin Harris ($64 million)

02. The Chainsmokers ($60 million)

03. Tiesto ($44.5 million)

04. Steve Aoki ($37 million)

05. Marshmello ($31 million)

06. Zedd ($29.5 million)

07. Diplo ($27 million)

08. David Guetta ($20 million)

09. Kaskade ($18 million)

10. Martin Garrix ($17.5 million)

11. Axwell & Ingrosso ($16 million)

12. Kygo ($15 million)

13. DJ Snake ($14.5 million)

14. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike ($14 million)

15. Afrojack ($13.5 million)

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