Electronic cash kings: Top-earning DJs

Calvin Harris has had quite a year. Over the last 12 months, he earned $66 million, released an album that rocketed to the top of the US dance charts and started dating Taylor Swift, dethroning Jay Z and Beyoncé as music’s top-earning couple. Harris’s haul ties his own record, set just last year, for annual DJ earnings. Not bad for a guy who’s barely a decade removed from employment as a supermarket stock boy in rural Scotland.

1. Calvin HarrisScotland $66 million2. David GuettaFrance $37 million3. TiëstoThe Netherlands $36 million4. SkrillexUnited States $24 million4. Steve AokiUnited States $24 million6. AviciiSweden $19 million7. KaskadeUnited States $18 million8. Martin GarrixThe Netherlands $17 million8. ZeddGermany $17 million10. AfrojackThe Netherlands $16 million11. Deadmau5Canada $15 million11. DiploUnited States $15 million