If I was making 14 million split three ways or whatever I wouldn't have broken up
Damn Pauly D that's fucking sad

7. DJ Pauly D: 11 million

lol

DJ Jazzy Jeff > all of these

Wow sonnys doing good

Only one of them has DJ in their name so I guess you gotta drop that shit if you want to stand out

damn dilla if only you were alive

idk 75% of these names brb becoming a sick club dj

Hahaha... It's funny cos they suck.

2 people on this list arguably have talent.

dieing industry

jun seba just flipped over in his grave

I've heard of three more DJs than I'm happy to admit.

gOT DAM!

I really hope this fad ends quickly. It's almost worse than Bieber and Gaga cause now the country's filled with millions of high school aged douchebags who insist that Skrillex & Deadmau5 are these really talented geniuses.

17. DJ bloc: 1.2 million

Thanks man, it's not even about the money anyway

Hahahahah. ^

Wgaf

DJs, not DJ's

omg are you serious dev

I would make shitty music for that paycheck.

omg are you serious dev

no im merely pointing out how much of a cunt you look like for going out of your way to correct a miniscule detail

no need to be rude.

no im merely pointing out how much of a cunt you look like for going out of your way to correct a miniscule detail

but i thought you didnt care about this site at all man, what happened!!!

and im quite sure im doing better than someone who sits on his computer all day needlessly correcting other users

What's that, being the guy who whines about it instead? YOU'RE DOING SPLENDIDLY

Fuck this list, Acanthus rules all current DJs.

Oh shutup dev. Before I take your batteries out you damned robot

ooh shit dev dont type in allcaps that's not proper english

oh shit im not supposed to be talking to you because after all you're just gaining more notoriety amongst people you dont really care about my bad

True, Acanthus should be on this. I doubt he's making much though; top 50 for sure though.

I love how one simple correction being pointed out has literally turned you into an awkward school girl who's pissed off that she hasn't been asked to prom yet, especially when you didn't even write the article. How emotionally invested in my comments are you? Am I really able to get this kind of reaction out of you, when I wasn't even talking to you or having a go at anyone?

lol dev gets in more arguments than any person i've ever seen

I know, and with the strangest of people as well

"Oh shutup dev. Before I take your batteries out you damned robot"

Pos'd.

lol im having a tough time deciding if youre more butthurt or more confused as to whats going on

tough choice

How could I be butthurt exactly? I'm not the one who's flipped out

Deviant how come you didn't make the list?

I'm siding with Dev on this, all he was doing was correcting someone, you seem to be really pissed off about this and it didn't even originally concern you Scoot. I mean yeah, Dev can be snarky, but I don't think this was anything to get in an argument about.

Fragile: Scoot's just pissed at me in general, so this is just a few weeks worth getting vented here. Which is also funny, but for other reasons

lol this thread

DEVIANT YOUR DIVORCE FROM BLOC IS TEARING US ALL APART

is this based on payment for shows alone? or are endorsements included in this as well

Oh, okay then, didn't realize lol. Makes sense now.

But now the tables are turning

all i was doing was poking the bear and apparently it worked. you clearly dont know how funny it is to see you go into ultra-defence mode and get all touchy over things that you could just as easily brush off

hook line sinker

Oh please tell me you're not going to fall back on that. Lame

I love how one simple correction being pointed out has literally turned you into an awkward school girl who's pissed off that she hasn't been asked to prom yet, especially when you didn't even write the article. How emotionally invested in my comments are you? Am I really able to get this kind of reaction out of you, when I wasn't even talking to you or having a go at anyone?

Okay Dev you know I like you, but I don't think the word "literally" is grammatically correct here, as I am sure the user you are speaking to is still a twenty-something year old man.



uh-oh....

nothing lame about it actually

seeing you freak out every time someone mentions your name in a list or thread is one of the true joys of using this site

seeing you freak out every time someone mentions your name in a list or thread is one of the true joys of using this site

not as sad as this list or scene.

Lotta guidos out there, plus they hunt in packs

I was actually pretty surprised there's so many DJs ahead of Deadmau5 in this list, especially Guetta. I expected Deadmau5 to be right behind Skrillex actually.

I am surprised that Kaskade cracked the top 10. Klap (or anyone for that matter): how big of a name is he in America atm?

I thought he was a pretty blonde woman...

I know about him, but I for one have never heard Kaskade's name being mentioned by anyone I know that's massively into the new dubstep movement and progressive house revival. From what I gather he's quietly been rising up in the background by sticking by deadmau5's side and subtly releasing albums with some tracks that feature some big names.

Yeah, that's pretty much it. He didn't begin to get his name in lights until he made 'I Remember' with Deadmau5

I'm not surprised at all that Pauly D is making all that $$. Making the most of his 15 min that's for sure

wow i didn't know they make that much. Whatever they can have there illusion of making great music and being important but what is fragile will break and those who make art to inspire and to challenge and those who really dig deep and work hard will get the biggest reward. Timelessness.

Millions? I knew I should have invested in a turn table instead of this damn guitar.

"What is fragile will break"

That's my job, as I'm sure you can tell.

Dj Pauly D? Really? Surprised Deadmou5 isn't higher.

People in my country are freaking out at Steve Aoki's concert here next week. Is he worth it?

God no

Lmao.

hahaha kind of expected, but everyone's talking about that concert like it's the end of the world. I blame radio promotion.

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1000000003. bansheebeat: -$30

this list is like a "who's who" of Djs people who go to University of Western Ontario just can't get enough of.

Calvin Harris deserves to be on here. Really enjoy his older stuff, and aside from questionable singers, he's still entertaining.

Fuck David Guetta

dev i'm sorry but you invest far too much time in petty internet arguments.

Yeah, twenty minutes is pushing it

Having DJ Pauly D on the list makes me so mad. What a douchebag

Well his name is Deviant after all. What gave you the first clue? Lol.

Kaskade is pretty huge on the west coast at least @Deviant. He just sold out the staples center (home of the lakers, big entertainment arena), and i think that was the first time it was used for an EDM event

Wtf is that this moron from Jersey Shore?

Kaskade is pretty big yeah. Biggest show I've been to in AZ (bigger than deadmau5 by quite a bit). He won 1st place in some best American DJ contest that for some reason a lot of people took very seriously (Skrillex got 2nd). I think there's a big crossover appeal for what American douchebags want with the pop vocals on some of his tracks.

I like him but his show was a let-down. I've mentioned this on here before but instead of playing some of his best deeper tracks, he would drop some shitty generic Knife Partied up remix of them because that's what the bros wanted to see I guess. Literally for every single one.



ALSO:
"Okay Dev you know I like you, but I don't think the word "literally" is grammatically correct here, as I am sure the user you are speaking to is still a twenty-something year old man."

Definition 4:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/literally

He was joking haha

Well

at least DeadMau5 doesn't suck dick, right?

right....?

mostly dev tho

Is this entire thread about Dev correcting an error, then having half the fucking site flip out about how Dev flipped out about the incorrect apostrophe?

"He was joking haha"

lol yeah of course but I think he was jokingly bringing it up, but actually serious about what he was saying if that makes sense.

surprised Skrillex made that much and that Guetta isn't higher up

I think they actually own 2% of that wealth, the rest probably went to the industry. There is no way Srillex has 15 million.

It's probably a much larger fraction - Skrillex is almost definitely a multi-millionaire.

maybe things are different in the US. In Australia I feel like the top 40 crowd would only know Bangarang, whereas they'd know a ton of Guetta stuff.

hard to believe from any viewpoint really.

Also fucking lol @ the fact that the dude in the middle is willing to give up 95% of his vision for his scene image.

And yeah Chris I'm sure it is different in the US, but the thing is it isn't really a top 40 crowd that goes to the shows here. It's the cool HS/college kids who just discovered dubstep and it's the coolest thing ever. Seriously when Skrillex's SMNS EP blew up you couldn't even walk around campus for a minute without hearing someone driving by with that blasting.

Top 40 fans don't really have the motivation or attachment to a specific artist like Guetta the way the american dubstep fans have an attachment to Skrillex. Basically if you're one of these kids you HAVE to go see Skrillex when he comes to town.

DJ Jazzy Jeff > all of these [2]

@TMobotron, yeah, good point ^

An entire eye's vision vs. straightened hair over your face.

Not deadmau5 or kaskade broski.

They're capable of making music that has some actual depth and isn't just a re-hash of a shallow trend that's already been overdone (though both have done that too a few times)

Mildly relevant: http://www.factmag.com/2012/08/03/dj-evicted-from-dj-mag-top-100-for-cheating-more-disqualifications-to-follow/

The comments section on FACT can sometimes makes this place look like a kindergarten

@sanders: Only sowing is allowed to have that jenna as an avy

Plenty of immaturity to go around there as well, saw a "get back in the kitchen" in there somewhere.

The only people on this list who actually compose their own music is deadmouse and Skrillex.Its a sad day in music when the top earners have no talent what so ever.

"Here are the artists that have emerged from the genres humble underground and turned into wealthy household names."

Genre's

"Only sowing is allowed to have that jenna as an avy"

No no no, we've had that discussion, there's plenty of jenna to go around!

andcas not sure how remarking on the quality of the staples center has anything to do with kaskade selling it out. still a lot of seats to fill

Never heard of tiesto

Id DJ for that kind of money.

7. DJ Pauly D - SMH

from first to last > everyone on this list [2]

where's Paris?

HEY GUYS LET'S GRAMMAR FIGHT

I don't see any reason to think a lot of these don't produce their own music.

Four-on-the-floor squad.

Knew it was an andcas list.

No I saw the word "Forbes" and figured you would have something to do with it considering you are sputnik's pop culture authority.

Forbes is so gay

yeah because Forbes is a pop culture magazine

I hear Perez Hilton contributes a weekly financial post