Forbes released their yearly list of the world’s highest-paid DJs in 2014, or “Electronic Cash Kings” as they like to call them. As you could imagine, the numbers are exorbitant. Some of these guys could easily feed a nice sized country with their yearly earnings, and many people often question whether the payout for the work put in is justified. We decided to speculate what some of these EDM moguls are REALLY doing while up on stage.
1.)Â Calvin Harris
Yearly earnings: $66 million
What he’s really doing: Browsing Tinder
2.)Â David Guetta
Yearly Earnings: $30 million
What he’s really doing: Practicing his English on Rosetta Stone
3.)Â Avicii
Yearly earnings: $28 million
What he’s really doing:
4.)Â Tiesto
Yearly earnings: $28 million
What he’s really doing:Â Designing his next custom plane
4.)Â Steve Aoki
Yearly earnings: $23 million
What he’s really doing:Â Baking a cake
6.)Â Afrojack
Yearly earnings: $22 million
What he’s really doing:Â Scouting out his next Ferrari
7.)Â Zedd
Yearly earnings: $21 million
What he’s really doing:Â Shopping for plaid shirts
8.) Kaskade
Yearly earnings: $17 million
What he’s really doing:Â Studying the Book of Mormon
9.)Â Skrillex
Yearly earnings: $16.5 million
What he’s really doing: Planning an Alien Invasion
10.)Â Deadmau5
Yearly earnings: $16 million
What he’s really doing:Â Looking up pictures of cats on Instagram
11.)Â Hardwell
Yearly earnings: $13 million
What he’s really doing: Taking selfies
12.)Â Armin van Buuren
Yearly earnings: $12 million
What he’s really doing:Â Shooting back 5-hour energy drinks
13.)Â Steve Angello
Yearly earnings: $12 million
What he’s really doing: Shopping for hair products online
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