World’s Top-Earning DJs 2017: Preview & Contest

Who’s the highest-paid DJ in the world? The mystery superstar will be revealed on August 8th. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella)

Calvin Harris was the top-paid DJ on the planet in 2016, pulling in a cool $63 million, easily besting second-ranked Tiesto. The Scotland-born DJ has ranked first on our Electronic Cash Kings list every year since its inception in 2013.

“The rise of dance music has been astronomical in the last three years,” Harris explained to FORBES four years ago....

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