You South Africa – 22 August 2019

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HE WAS No 1 for six consecutive years,

but Scottish supremo Calvin Harris has

been dethroned by The Chainsmokers

for the title of world’s richest DJ!

According to Forbes’ list of 2019 elec-

tronic cash kings, the US duo of Drew

Taggart and Alex Pall earned a stagger-

ing $46 million (R690m) over the past

year thanks to their many private and

festival gigs as well as successful col-

laborations with other artists such as

Halsey and Coldplay. Here’s who else

made the Top 15.

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everything – welove

writing, and welove

expressing ourselves

• THE CHAINSMOKERS

THUMBSUP

LIL NAS XMA Y

It’s official:LilNasX’sOldTownRoad

(featuringBillyRayCyrus)hasover-

takenMariahCarey’s 1995 hitcollabora-

tionwithBoyzIIMen,OneSweetDay,to

becomethelongest-runningBillboard

Hot 100 No1 singleofalltime.

Mimi,whoheldtherecord– at 16

weeks– wasquicktocongratulatethe

cowboyrapper,tweeting,“Sendinglove&

congratsto@LilNasXonbreakingoneof

thelongest-runningrecordsinmusichis-

tory!”alongsideanimageofherselfpass-

inga torchtothe20-year-old.

“We’vebeenblessedtoholdthisrecord

witha songthatmeansa greatdealto

@BoyzIIMenandmyselfandhastouched

somany.Keeplivingyourbestlife!”

THUMBSDOWN

THEJURY’SOUT:

KATYLOSESLAWSUIT

KatyPerry(34)haslosthercopyright

caseagainstChristianrapperMarcus

Gray–akaFlame–whoaccusedherof

plagiarism.Afederaljuryfoundthat

Katy’s 2013 smashhitDarkHorsefea-

turesthesamebeatandinstrumental

elementsashis 2008 songJoyfulNoise.

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1 TheChainsmokers– $46million

(R690m)

2 Marshmello – $40m(R600m)

3 Calvin Harris – $38,5m(R577,5m)

4 Steve Aoki – $30m (R450m)

5 Diplo – $25m (R375m)

6 Tiësto – $24m (R360m)

7 Martin Garrix – $19m(R285m)

8 David Guetta – $18m(R270m)

9 Zedd – $17m (R255m)

10 Armin van Buuren– $15m(R225m)

11 Kaskade – $14m (R210m)

12 Skrillex – $13m (R195m)

13 Alesso – $12,5m (R187,5m)

14 Afrojack – $12m (R180m)

15 DJ Snake, DJ PaulyD&Dimitry

Vegas – $11,5m (R172,5m)

TOP 15 RICHEST DJs

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2019 electroniccash kings

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richest DJs

‘Babe,relax. Critics have literallynev

given any album I’ve made a good

eview and I’m still here. What did

you think was going to happen.. .’

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22 AUGUST 2019 | (^59)