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  • Who Is The World's Richest DJ?

    by
    Wesley
    posted @ 06-13-2012 11:19 AM
    18 Comments Comments
    Celebrity Networth has compiled a list of the world’s 30 richest DJs.

    Dutch DJ Tiesto is said to be the world's richest DJ, with a jaw-dropping net worth of $65 million. Not only does the 43-year-old asks up to $500,000 per show, but his 2010 Kaleidoscope World Tour brought in another $30 million.

    "Tiesto owns his own jet, several mansions around the world and can sellout a stadium in minutes. He even played the opening ceremony of 2005 Athens Olympics. The 42 year old Tiesto is on pace to be the first $100 millionaire DJ in the world within 5 years.
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    Full list:

    30 Afrojack ($2 million)

    29 Markus Schulz ($2 million)

    28 Darude ($2.5 million)

    27 Kaskade ($3 million)

    26 Martin Solveig ($3 million)

    25 Eric Prydz ($4 million)

    24 Swedish House Mafia ($4 million each)

    23 Gareth Emery ($5 million)

    22 Avicii ($6 million)

    21 Skrillex ($8 million)

    20 Andre Tanneberger ($8 million)

    19 Calvin Harris ($10 million)

    18 Deadmau5 ($12 million)

    17 Benny Benassi ($14 million)

    16 Carl Cox ($15 million)

    15 The Chemical Brothers ($15 million)

    14 Ferry Corsten ($18 million)

    13 Steve Aoki ($20 million)

    12 Fatboy Slim ($22 million)

    11 David Guetta ($25 million)

    10 Moby ($28 million)

    09 Daft Punk ($30 million each)

    08 Pete Tong ($30 million)

    07 Judge Jules ($40 million)

    06 Sasha (($40 million)

    05 Armin Van Buuren ($40 million)

    04 John Digweed ($45 million)

    03 Paul Van Dyk ($50 million)

    02 Paul Oakenfold ($55 million)

    01 Tiesto ($65 million)







    "Tiesto and his girlfriends"
    Comments 18 Comments
    1. Sunshine^'s Avatar
      Sunshine^ - 06-13-2012, 12:31 PM
      it surprises me that Armin is 'just'#5, with all his ASOT gigs I would have surely thought he'd come in second!
    1. Voci's Avatar
      Voci - 06-13-2012, 14:30 PM
      Not sure how much truth is in this.I remember from Quote Magazine, quite a trustful magazine as far as I know, that Tiesto has 17 million, Armin 14, Ferry 6. Don't think Tiesto asks 500.000 per gig too. That's too much.
    1. Dell-Ta Plane's Avatar
      Dell-Ta Plane - 06-13-2012, 19:11 PM
      Wow, John Digweed is rich! Yet he's quite humble
    1. Seneta's Avatar
      Seneta - 06-13-2012, 20:23 PM
      pffff this isn't very accurate..
    1. SpecialBlend's Avatar
      SpecialBlend - 06-13-2012, 23:14 PM
      Where is Above and Beyond on here?
    1. Wesley's Avatar
      Wesley - 06-14-2012, 09:04 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by Seneta View Post
      pffff this isn't very accurate..
      Got some inside information ?
    1. Sm1rn0ff's Avatar
      Sm1rn0ff - 06-14-2012, 15:02 PM
      Thanks for info but I don't think this list is very accurate. Figures are certainly way too high.For example According to Forbes Tiesto got 23 million on 84th placehttp://www.forbes.com/celebrities/list/Unfortunately he is only one apart from Skrillex that managed to make into list.
    1. SahirNadeem's Avatar
      SahirNadeem - 06-14-2012, 18:19 PM
      A bit inaccurate I'd say. I think there are a couple of missing names in here, particularly the commercial DJs who would definitely earn as much (if nor more) than these guys. Now this is me taking on the name of 'richest DJs' (irrespective of the genre they DJ) from the looks of it, it seems to be revolving mainly under the EDM umbrella. Big doubts on some names in there too, Deadmau5, Daft Punk, Cox and Schulz just to name a few. Oh well, still a good effort I'd say. Well done, interesting read.
    1. 4heaven's Avatar
      4heaven - 06-15-2012, 02:15 AM
      Sasha and Digweed proving that you don't need to be commercial to be rich (They're exceptions I know)
    1. Qwertz's Avatar
      Qwertz - 06-15-2012, 03:49 AM
      i guess paris hilton is the worlds richest DJ
    1. Nemezijus's Avatar
      Nemezijus - 06-15-2012, 08:54 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by Qwertz View Post
      i guess paris hilton is the worlds richest DJ
      Haha! True
    1. Murvin's Avatar
      Murvin - 06-15-2012, 12:16 PM
      I imagined Villalobos to make the list with his colorful career.
    1. Puppetmaster's Avatar
      Puppetmaster - 06-15-2012, 12:34 PM
      Lot's of respect to those guys. Even if some of them are accused to play mainstream music, great result to have such amount of money. I can imagine you don't care too much about what others think about you :P
    1. asteski's Avatar
      asteski - 06-15-2012, 18:09 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by Puppetmaster View Post
      Lot's of respect to those guys. Even if some of them are accused to play mainstream music, great result to have such amount of money. I can imagine you don't care too much about what others think about you :P
      And that's the beauty of it, you can do whatever you want with your music.
    1. Puppetmaster's Avatar
      Puppetmaster - 06-15-2012, 19:41 PM
      Exactly. And I believe that such independency can lead to such producers going more out of the box and go their own way, in long term that is.
    1. DJDexter's Avatar
      DJDexter - 06-16-2012, 17:22 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by Voci View Post
      Not sure how much truth is in this.I remember from Quote Magazine, quite a trustful magazine as far as I know, that Tiesto has 17 million, Armin 14, Ferry 6. Don't think Tiesto asks 500.000 per gig too. That's too much.
      Sorry, but that's exactly the amount he takes. A friend of mine works for a big German brewery. They held a club gig, for which they asked DJ's like Tiesto and he told me about the huge amount he wants for a gig. Then they took Armin, because he only wanted 75.000 for three hours. But Armin had really fun this evening, so he played additionally three hours for free. That's why I like him very much, for him it is not only about the money!
    1. GummyFox's Avatar
      GummyFox - 06-20-2012, 17:49 PM
      No wonder Tiesto is ALWAYS smiling. Well, hey. He's a blessed man all of them are!
    1. Voci's Avatar
      Voci - 06-21-2012, 15:48 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by DJDexter View Post
      Sorry, but that's exactly the amount he takes. A friend of mine works for a big German brewery. They held a club gig, for which they asked DJ's like Tiesto and he told me about the huge amount he wants for a gig. Then they took Armin, because he only wanted 75.000 for three hours. But Armin had really fun this evening, so he played additionally three hours for free. That's why I like him very much, for him it is not only about the money!
      I believe it goes up to around 100.000 for the absolute superstars indeed. Like you said, Armin 75.000 for a three-hour show, could be.

      I don't believe 500.000 for Tiesto.

      How would you ever make a profit then, if the artist alone costs half a million?

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