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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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writing, and welove
expressing ourselves
- THE CHAINSMOKERS
THUMBSUP
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(featuringBillyRayCyrus)hasover-
takenMariahCarey’s 1995 hitcollabora-
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becomethelongest-runningBillboard
Hot 100 No1 singleofalltime.
Mimi,whoheldtherecord– at 16
weeks– wasquicktocongratulatethe
cowboyrapper,tweeting,“Sendinglove&
congratsto@LilNasXonbreakingoneof
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THUMBSDOWN
THEJURY’SOUT:
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caseagainstChristianrapperMarcus
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plagiarism.Afederaljuryfoundthat
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turesthesamebeatandinstrumental
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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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22 AUGUST 2019 | (^59)