Forbes DJ Rich List: Tiesto takes in $22 Million

So what did you bring in from your DJing ventures in the past year? A couple hundred, maybe even a few thousand quid… if you were lucky? Well, not to make you wince like you did watching the day-glo ravers during the Olympic opening ceremonies, but Tiësto took in a cool $22 million in the past 12 months!

Forbes has put together a list of top earning DJs this year and Tiësto topped the chart, with Skrillexcoming in second place with $15 million. Tiësto’s sold out a 15 month, 174-date “Kaleidoscope” tour was a major contributor to his large money pile as well as music sales, endorsements and merchandise sales.

Read the full story here and try to forget that you saw the name Pauly D listed!

1. Tiësto – $22m (£14m)
2. Skrillex – $15m (£9.7m)
3. Swedish House Mafia – $14m (£9m)
4. David Guetta – $13.5m (£8.7m)
5. Steve Aoki – $12m (£7.7m)
6. Deadmau5 – $11.5m (£7.4m)
7. DJ Pauly D – $11m (£7.1m)
8. Kaskade – $10m (£6.5m)
9. Afrojack – $9m (£5.8m)
10. Avicii – $7m (£4.5m)