Steelo, post: 21996, member: 1368 wrote: This list seems legit to me. I’m not sure why anyone would think otherwise. These are all superstar DJs, many of them have been around for years and also own record labels. Electronic music (trance in particular) is absolutely massive in much of Europe and Asia.
Indeed, I don’t mind a bit of trance at all and you’re right to point out how big it is. The big boys of trance all have a huge worldwide radio prescence, Armin’s ASOT goes out to dozens and dozens of countries on FM alone, not to mention online radio stations. He’s also got a massive empire of a record label. And as you say many of the top 15 have been there from the start back in the mid-late 80s and are still at the pinnacle so I suppose they’ve picked up the odd pay packet along the way. I’m surprised by a couple of entries who are relative newcomers on the block but I guess a big tune or two gets you lucrative remix work and a lot of royalties, also the big rise in popularity of certain forms of dance music in the US has helped, as the market is obviously huge.
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