World’s highest-paid DJ: Calvin Harris clocks in at $46 million

I had no idea these guys DJ Steve Aoki ($12 million) along with DJ Calvin Harris and Tiesto who are usually in vegas DJ'ing at the biggest popular clubs in town made so much money.

Forbes Top DJ's 2013

1) DJ Calvin Harris clocks in at $46 million
2) DJ Tiesto plays runner-up at $32 million
3) David Guetta - $30 million
4) Swedish House Mafia - $25 million
5) Deadmau5 - $21 million

crazy. and I can't name one song they play.

DJ's are so overrated. You go in any club and you hear the same music as the next one.
Is it the way they run them together? I really do not see the value of someone spinning records any different than the bartender or the cocktail servers.

Ditto treegirl, give me a break, if they made 1 million a year it would be too much! now I know why they charge $400.00 for a $25.00 bottle of vodka......you fools!

Both the DJs and the venues have everything to gain by inflating the numbers. Which is why I don't believe them.

WOW..no sh!t? $46 mil just to play records?I really thought all that rhythmic thumping stuff was from programmed tracks.

What exactly do these guys do to make so much money? Since all music is digital nowadays couldn't you just pay 1 guy to DJ the entire town? He doesn't even need to be there.

either a chicken or robot standing infront of a laptop would work.

I don't know why these guys are so popular, but the club that hires them (where I heard it is as much as $300,000 in one night) will have to get most of that back from what is charged at the door and what is charged for bottle service.

This means except for the small group of actors, singers, and athletes who can easily afford to pay, most of the other twenty somethings are going deeper into debt on their credit cards.