Forbes' Top 10 Highest Paid DJs

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Though the term "electronic dance music" is relatively new, electronic music has been around for decades, first gaining popularity through influential early acts like Kraftwerk in the 1970s. So what accounts for the recent rise of EDM? Many prominent DJs credit the new avenues of spreading information that have cropped up in the past few years.

 

"I think what really changed was social media," says Tiesto. "Twitter, Facebook really helped a lot. It exposed things to a whole new world. Before that you only could hear [electronic dance music] on the radio at night. Day-time radio would never play it."

 

 

Forbes' Top 10 Electronic cash kings list:

 

1. Tiesto - $22m

2. Skrillex - $15m

3. Swedish House Mafia - $14m

4. David Guetta - $13.5m

5. Steve Aoki - $12m

6. Deadmau5 - $11.5m

7. DJ Pauly D - $11m

8. Kaskade - $10m

9. Afrojack - $9m

10. Avicii - $7m

- Forbes

Not many names I recognise. And if I'm not mistaken, no IDM. Mainstream is mainstream.

wait, is Pauly D that guy from Jersey Shore? you gotta be fucking kidding me.

this my friends, is why electronic music will never, ever gain mainstream credibility (unless theres a mainstream MC over it). David Bowie made Low, Heroes and Ledger, yet hes remembered for Ziggy Stardust.

  On 8/3/2012 at 6:22 PM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

wait, is Pauly D that guy from Jersey Shore? you gotta be fucking kidding me.

Well it's a list of a the most godawful, tasteless dance music DJs - honestly, he should be ranked higher in that context

  On 8/3/2012 at 6:22 PM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

wait, is Pauly D that guy from Jersey Shore? you gotta be fucking kidding me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwN4ylkHFhk

  On 8/3/2012 at 6:22 PM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

wait, is Pauly D that guy from Jersey Shore? you gotta be fucking kidding me.

Yeah he moved on from pimping M&Ms to the top 10? Maybe Snooki will outearn Angelina Jolie when her movie drops.

  On 8/3/2012 at 6:24 PM, Npoess said:

WHERE IS PARIS HILTON!?

22 fucking million to spin some records? Goddamn.

I mean - I like a party, and i respect DJs but goddamn. God fucking damn. What the fuck am I in school for again?

Wasn't sure who some of these people were. Googled them. Those are some ugly women.

blah blah deadmaus sucks

watmm maus however, is awesome

http://youtu.be/E_TgM0pCDvI?t=25s

u canno b serios

djs, one of the most despicable professions...

So I'm not quite old enough to remember, but is it the same deal every time broad techno motifs enter the mainstream for a while? And by that I mean critics acting like this is the first time synth-based music has ever been popular

  On 8/3/2012 at 6:26 PM, jasondonervan said:

  On 8/3/2012 at 6:22 PM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

wait, is Pauly D that guy from Jersey Shore? you gotta be fucking kidding me.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwN4ylkHFhk

You win the thread. Best line in the movie. Well. Yeah, it's up there.

  On 8/3/2012 at 9:17 PM, Cryptowen said:

So I'm not quite old enough to remember, but is it the same deal every time broad techno motifs enter the mainstream for a while? And by that I mean critics acting like this is the first time synth-based music has ever been popular

Yes

Hasn't it been an insult to be called DJ "something" for over a decade or two now?

What's your job?

'I encourage a mob to pay lots of money for entrance to an overpriced bar'

  On 8/3/2012 at 6:25 PM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

this my friends, is why electronic music will never, ever gain mainstream credibility

wtf? it already has. kraftwerk are very well known and very well respected, as is brian eno, jean michel jarre etc - what sort of mainstream do you mean? kids with dayglo clothes and candy bracelets? that's not mainstream, that's just a bunch of idiots.

  On 8/3/2012 at 6:25 PM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

this my friends, is why electronic music will never, ever gain mainstream credibility (unless theres a mainstream MC over it). David Bowie made Low, Heroes and Ledger, yet hes remembered for Ziggy Stardust.

but ziggy stardust is a frigging awesome album.

i heard all these dj's will put together the money they earned the last year and save the entire continent of africa from hunger and disease

lol

  On 8/4/2012 at 7:19 PM, nene multiple assgasms said:

  On 8/3/2012 at 6:25 PM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

this my friends, is why electronic music will never, ever gain mainstream credibility (unless theres a mainstream MC over it). David Bowie made Low, Heroes and Ledger, yet hes remembered for Ziggy Stardust.

 

but ziggy stardust is a frigging awesome album.

yea i was just pissed off and felt like bitchin.

I don't understand. They all sound so similar, then there are the thousands of other DJ/Producers that sound like them too. What is it that let these guys seperate themselves from the pack and make so much money? Is it remixes? Do work for a pop artist that already has a following, then your name becomes something that garners attention and it just snowballs?

Breaking news: people are stupid and have no taste. More at ten

  On 8/4/2012 at 11:43 PM, gritbox said:

I don't understand. They all sound so similar, then there are the thousands of other DJ/Producers that sound like them too. What is it that let these guys seperate themselves from the pack and make so much money? Is it remixes? Do work for a pop artist that already has a following, then your name becomes something that garners attention and it just snowballs?

that, or their reputation for some non-musical related endeavor