Top 10 Highest Paid Djs in the World

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Top 10 Highest Paid DJs In The World

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Tiesto

Dutch-born DJ tops with anaverage nightly gross of$250,000, according to Pollstar.

Tijs Michiel Verwest, betterknown by his stage name Tiësto,ranked at #1 on DJ Magazine'sannual Top 100 DJs Pollconsecutively for three yearsfrom 2002 to 2004

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Skrillex

Sonny John Moore, better known by his stage name Skrillex, is anelectronic dance music producer, DJ, and singer-songwriter. Skrillex ispart of a new generation of artists that refuse to be restricted bypreconceived notions or outside expectations. Skrillex has won a total ofsix Grammy Awards.

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Swedish House Mafia

Swedish House Mafia was a Swedish electronic dance music trio consisting ofdisc jockeys and producers: Axwell, Steve Angello, and Sebastian Ingrosso. Themembers of the Swedish group initially teamed up in the mid-2000s, when theytoured together as DJs and collaborated from time to time on one another'sproductions.

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David Guetta

He began mixing his first vinyls at the ageof 13. David was proven to have talent onmixing and sympathizing music when hewas listed on the international ranking ofthe DJs by the British magazine DJ MAGin 2005.

Still in the same year, he was named BestDJ of the Year and Best DJ Set of theYear for his mix "KissDaFunk" duringHouse Music Awards which took place inLondon.

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Steve Aoki

Steve Aoki, also known as KidMillionaire, was born in Miami, but grewup in California.

He went to the University of California,Santa Barbara, where he first realized hisentrepreneurial spirit when it came tomusic.

He produced records and hostedconcerts in his living room, and soonstarted his own label, Dim Mak Records.

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Deadmau5

Deadmau5 is a Grammy Award-nominated and Juno Award-winning electronicDJ/dance artist known for his trademark helmet and popular live shows.

His sets are closer to live performances as he assembles tracks on the fly usingcutting edge computer technology including software that he’s helped to writehimself.

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DJ Pauly D

At the age of 16, he bought his first turntable and started tospin records; two years later he turned pro and became known as DJPauly D. His debut single, "(It's Time To) Beat Dat Beat," releasedin July 2010, was featured on the Jersey Shore soundtrack.

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Kaskade

Though he was born in Chicago, the DJ, A&R director, record store owner,and producer known as Kaskade found his spiritual and musical home in SanFrancisco by way of Salt Lake City and New York. He got the name Kaskadefrom looking at a nature book. Kaskade has been named America’s No. 1 DJby DJ Times and Pioneer DJ.

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Nick Van de Wall, aka Afrojack, joined Tiësto and Armin van Buuren in the lineof globetrotting DJs, producers, and remixers to come out of the burgeoningDutch dance music scene.

Grammy award winning DJ and producer, Afrojack, is one of most notable andiconic names in electronic dance music (EDM) today.

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Avicii

Born Tim Bergling on 8 September 1989in Sweden, Avicii began remixing andproducing tracks in his own bedroom atthe age of 18.

He put his music online and started togain recognition in 2010 when he gotsigned to EMI. He reached to top 20 inseveral countries including the U.K. withhis track "Seek Bromance".

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