Forbes lists World’s Highest Paid DJs, Tiesto’s $22 million snags top spot
Forbes has released a list of the top 10 highest paid DJs, and Tiesto tops the list with reported earnings of $22 million. Skrillex, David Guetta, Swedish House Mafia, and Steve Aoki round out the top five. The list comes at a time when there's a lot of consolidation happening in the market, but if it is going to last, the growth must be carefully planned.
Wynn nightlife has ‘so many electronic artists it should be criminal’ (video)
The Wynn features over 20 world class DJ residents across four different nightclubs, and we get to see the likes of Deadmau5, Skrillex, Steve Angello, David Guetta, Tiesto, and Avicii in this new video shocasing Encore Beach Club, Tryst, XS, and Surrender.
MTV VMAs add Best Electronic Dance Music Video category, leaves the voting to you
MTV has added a Best Electronic Dance Music Video category to the 2012 Video Music Awards. The nominees for the first EDM music video VMA are Avicii's "Levels," Calvin Harris' "Feels So Close," Duck Sauce's "Big Bad Wolf," Martin Solveig's "The Night Out," and Skrillex's "First of the Year (Equinox)."
DA’s Best of 2012 (so far), #2: Dance music heavyweights grace magazine covers
Ever since dance music exploded out of the "underground" and onto the global stage, it's become increasingly difficult to ignore. Magazine covers are generally good indicators of who and what is popular at the time of their release and as such are typically reserved for the hottest models, actors, and musicians of the moment