We’ll look out for them in 2018-after all, in the EDM world, a lot can change in a little bit of time. A number of well-known names fit that description, including some who had very big years: Afrojack, Deadmau5, DJ Snake, Kaskade, and Dmitri Vegas and Like Mike, to name a few.

It’s quite possible to earn double-digit millions as a DJ and still fall short of making the Electronic Cash Kings list.

We create our list with the help of data from Nielsen, Pollstar, Bandsintown, Songkick, as well as interviews with industry insiders and some of the DJs themselves. Fees for agents, managers and lawyers are not subtracted. Our rankings of the world’s highest-paid DJs take into account earnings from June 2016 through June 2017. “There was no such thing as DJ music that would be on the radio.” “When I started, our music was underground,” Guetta told Forbes. He remains one of a handful of EDM artists to have mainstream pop success, working with the likes of Rihanna, Sia and Usher. An international draw, he tallied 100-odd performances in 12 months across the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia. Guetta still banks millions by combining festival gigs with club shows from Ibiza to Las Vegas. 9, $19.5 million), who just reached legal drinking age. 7, $25 million), could easily be the father of Martin Garrix (No. There is, however, a bit of a mix when it comes to age: the oldest, 49-year-old David Guetta (No. The ranks of the top-earning DJs reveal an unfortunate lack of diversity-among the top ten, there are no women, and all hail from the U.S.

Bandsintown & songkick