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Patrick122 · 2012-06-21, 15:02:59

http://goo.gl/WbGxD

#30: Afrojack Net Worth – $2 million
#29: Markus Schulz Net Worth – $2 million
#28: Darude Net Worth – $2.5 million
#27: Kaskade Net Worth – $3 million
#26: Martin Solveig Net Worth – $3 million
#25: Eric Prydz Net Worth – $4 million
#24: Swedish House Mafia Net Worth – $4 million each
#23: Gareth Emery Net Worth – $5 million
#22: Avicii Net Worth – $6 million
#21: Skrillex Net Worth – $8 million
#20: Andre Tanneberger – $8 million
#19: Calvin Harris Net Worth – $10 million
#18: Deadmau5 Net Worth – $12 million
#17: Benny Benassi Net Worth – $14 million
#16: Carl Cox Net Worth – $15 million
#15: The Chemical Brothers Net Worth – $15 million
#14: Ferry Corsten Net Worth – $18 million
#13: Steve Aoki Net Worth – $20 million
#12: Fatboy Slim Net Worth – $22 million
#11: David Guetta Net Worth – $25 million
#10: Moby Net Worth $28 million
#9: Daft Punk Net Worth – $30 million each
#8: Pete Tong Net Worth – $30 million
#7: Judge Jules Net Worth – $40 million
#6: Sasha (DJ) Net Worth – $40 million
#5: Armin Van Buuren Net Worth – $40 million
#4: John Digweed Net Worth – $45 million
#3: Paul van Dyk Net Worth – $50 million
#2: Paul Oakenfold Net Worth – $55 million
#1: DJ Tiesto Net Worth – $65 million

Santero · 2012-06-21, 17:05:26

I have it on exceptionally good authority that at least two of the top 10s numbers are complete works of fiction.

Patrick122 · 2012-06-21, 17:08:41

Yeah? I'm ruling out Oakey then. I remember he was getting £500,000 a show like 10 - 15 years ago.

Santero · 2012-06-22, 02:02:23

I feel extraordinarily confident in saying that Oaky was not getting half a million pounds per gig at any stage in his career. He may have done a party for the Sultan of Brunei or something, but £500,000 a show? No chance.

soundboz · 2012-06-22, 02:42:22

What?! Zomby isn't in the top 10???!!!

itsjustlifehomie · 2012-06-22, 04:29:28

no hawtin or sven vath? don't believe it....

joshywoshy · 2012-06-22, 05:24:48

this is "net worth", not how much they get paid for shows. It'll include all income, EDM based or not, and future predicted cash flows.

bot · 2012-06-22, 08:38:19

so if you add Thomas & Guy together, Daft Punk will be second... this makes me warm & fuzzy inside :)

deftones · 2012-06-22, 10:12:15

i would expect diplo to be in there considering he's producing for usher, beyonce and bieber.

Santero · 2012-06-22, 11:53:22

(2012-06-22 05:24:48)joshywoshy Wrote: this is "net worth", not how much they get paid for shows. It'll include all income, EDM based or not, and future predicted cash flows.

Its also total guesswork, from a notoriously unreliable website.

As I said, I know for a fact that 2 of the top 10's figures are total cobblers.

Patrick122 · 2012-06-22, 13:34:32

(2012-06-22 02:02:23)Santero Wrote: I feel extraordinarily confident in saying that Oaky was not getting half a million pounds per gig at any stage in his career. He may have done a party for the Sultan of Brunei or something, but £500,000 a show? No chance.

He's sold over 5 million records, so it's not that ridiculous.

Evangelink · 2012-06-22, 13:56:32

(2012-06-22 13:34:32)Patrick122 Wrote:
(2012-06-22 02:02:23)Santero Wrote: I feel extraordinarily confident in saying that Oaky was not getting half a million pounds per gig at any stage in his career. He may have done a party for the Sultan of Brunei or something, but £500,000 a show? No chance.

He's sold over 5 million records, so it's not that ridiculous.

Royalties from the Big Brother theme must have been huge as well for a few years!

Roland Daggett · 2012-06-22, 15:55:54

(2012-06-22 10:12:15)deftones Wrote: i would expect diplo to be in there considering he's producing for usher, beyonce and bieber.

You'd think he and A-Trak made more than Martin Solveig

soundboz · 2012-06-22, 15:58:38

Solveig's getting that Madonna money

jacqueschristo · 2012-06-22, 20:30:15

Why is the net worth of The Chemical Brothers combined yet Daft Punks are listed as each.

Santero · 2012-06-23, 12:45:11

(2012-06-22 13:56:32)Evangelink Wrote:
(2012-06-22 13:34:32)Patrick122 Wrote:
(2012-06-22 02:02:23)Santero Wrote: I feel extraordinarily confident in saying that Oaky was not getting half a million pounds per gig at any stage in his career. He may have done a party for the Sultan of Brunei or something, but £500,000 a show? No chance.

He's sold over 5 million records, so it's not that ridiculous.

Royalties from the Big Brother theme must have been huge as well for a few years!

Neither of those things are especially relevant to my point - I don't doubt that A.) he's shifted a ton of records or that B.) he made a solid wedge from the Big Brother theme before they bought him out on that.

Think about what is being suggested - that he was getting HALF A MILLION POUNDS per gig. Sorry, but no. Maybe that happened once or twice for some reason, DJing for an Arab prince or something bonkers like that, but as a standard DJ fee? Thats insane. You'd have to sell 50,000 tickets at a tenner each to make that back, but then of course you have the rest of the cost of putting such an event on, and you lose 20% from those ticket sales on VAT. Which is why I feel so confident in saying that there is no way on God's Green Earth that his standard DJ fee was ever £500k.

Patrick122 · 2012-06-23, 18:06:09

(2012-06-23 12:45:11)Santero Wrote:
(2012-06-22 13:56:32)Evangelink Wrote:
(2012-06-22 13:34:32)Patrick122 Wrote:
(2012-06-22 02:02:23)Santero Wrote: I feel extraordinarily confident in saying that Oaky was not getting half a million pounds per gig at any stage in his career. He may have done a party for the Sultan of Brunei or something, but £500,000 a show? No chance.

He's sold over 5 million records, so it's not that ridiculous.

Royalties from the Big Brother theme must have been huge as well for a few years!

Neither of those things are especially relevant to my point - I don't doubt that A.) he's shifted a ton of records or that B.) he made a solid wedge from the Big Brother theme before they bought him out on that.

Think about what is being suggested - that he was getting HALF A MILLION POUNDS per gig. Sorry, but no. Maybe that happened once or twice for some reason, DJing for an Arab prince or something bonkers like that, but as a standard DJ fee? Thats insane. You'd have to sell 50,000 tickets at a tenner each to make that back, but then of course you have the rest of the cost of putting such an event on, and you lose 20% from those ticket sales on VAT. Which is why I feel so confident in saying that there is no way on God's Green Earth that his standard DJ fee was ever £500k.

lol. I love how you've taken the position of "DJ financial expert".

I don't really care to tell you the truth. However, it's worth saying that Drake reportedly gets $500,000 just for wearing those Nike gloves on national television.

Superstar DJs probably gets paid a similar packet just for staying loyal to a particular brand of headphone or something.

murray888 · 2012-06-23, 22:58:08

I'm with Will here. The sums don't add up, simple.

I think the key word there was "reportedly". It's more than likely all hearsay and hype.

matz8916 · 2012-06-24, 00:02:34

I don't find it so farfetch'd... I mean Tiesto shows here sell-out right away 20+ thousand people at 100$/each.... I mean that shit ads up FAST! Especially if Godvicii can sell out to a crowd of + 20k nothing is impossible.

Evangelink · 2012-06-24, 00:07:30

Yeah, I have no idea how much he got paid per gig. It just still makes me laugh that he did the Big Brother theme tune, and that I bought it on vinyl.

Radio Ladio · 2012-06-24, 12:04:53

Agree with Santero- a regular fee of 500k is just not realistic, especially 10-15 years ago. I remember when the label I was working for dealt with that Tiesto/ Busta rymes/ Diplo single. Tiesto put on 5 nights in Vegas, 1 night every month or something, and those shows were BIG. His 'wage' for this shows was nowhere near 500k each, I know that for a fact, and considering he's probably the highest paid DJ right now, I reckon those figures are a little off.

Either way, that's an insane amount of money to have, can you imagine being paid even 10% of that for a few hours 'work'? Crazy.

Roland Daggett · 2012-06-24, 13:08:10

If this is accurate, Tiesto made more than Leonardo Dicaprio did last year
http://www.therichest.org/entertainment/...hollywood/

Attack Yourself! · 2012-06-24, 15:21:35

There is absolutely no way in hell Afrojack is worth 2 million

Also, is Darude still about? Haven't heard anything since the Fake Blood mix of Sandstorm.

Patrick122 · 2012-06-24, 16:09:30

(2012-06-24 00:07:30)Evangelink Wrote: Yeah, I have no idea how much he got paid per gig. It just still makes me laugh that he did the Big Brother theme tune, and that I bought it on vinyl.

lol.

I mean let's be honest that sort of money today would be crazy, but in the prosperous mid-to-late 90s it was not unthinkable.

I'm still having fun picturing the Sultan of Brunei having it large at some all-nighter with Oakey on the decks.

Evangelink · 2012-06-24, 16:43:59

(2012-06-24 15:21:35)Attack Yourself! Wrote: There is absolutely no way in hell Afrojack is worth 2 million

Depends how much he gets paid per gig. $2 million isn't that much really is it?