Top 10 highest paid djs in the world

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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 an average nightly gross of $250,000, according to Pollstar.

Tijs Michiel Verwest, better known by his stage name Tiësto, ranked at #1 on DJ Magazine's annual Top 100 DJs Poll consecutively for three years from 2002 to 2004

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SkrillexSonny John Moore, better known by his stage name Skrillex, is an electronic dance music producer, DJ, and singer-songwriter. Skrillex is part of a new generation of artists that refuse to be restricted by preconceived notions or outside expectations. Skrillex has won a total of six Grammy Awards.

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Swedish House Mafia

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

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David Guetta He began mixing his first vinyls at the age of 13. David was proven to have talent on mixing and sympathizing music when he was listed on the international ranking of the DJs by the British magazine DJ MAG in 2005.

Still in the same year, he was named Best DJ of the Year and Best DJ Set of the Year for his mix "KissDaFunk" during House Music Awards which took place in London.

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Steve Aoki

Steve Aoki, also known as Kid Millionaire, was born in Miami, but grew up in California.

He went to the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he first realized his entrepreneurial spirit when it came to music.

He produced records and hosted concerts in his living room, and soon started his own label, Dim Mak Records.

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Deadmau5

Deadmau5 is a Grammy Award-nominated and Juno Award-winning electronic DJ/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 using cutting edge computer technology including software that he’s helped to write himself.

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DJ Pauly D

At the age of 16, he bought his first turntable and started to spin records; two years later he turned pro and became known as DJ Pauly D.  His debut single, "(It's Time To) Beat Dat Beat," released in 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 San Francisco by way of Salt Lake City and New York. He got the name Kaskade from looking at a nature book. Kaskade has been named America’s No. 1 DJ by DJ Times and Pioneer DJ.

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Afrojack

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

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

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Avicii

Born Tim Bergling on 8 September 1989 in Sweden, Avicii began remixing and producing tracks in his own bedroom at the age of 18.

He put his music online and started to gain recognition in 2010 when he got signed to EMI. He reached to top 20 in several countries including the U.K. with his track "Seek Bromance".

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