Oakie would probably be at the top of the list. He was cited by the Guiness Book of Records as the richest club DJ back in '99-'00(200,000 quid/year). Tiesto would probably be second followed by Armin/PVD.

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Originally posted by beats and beeps I really doubt it.

I thought he was, didn't he buy a 360 last year?

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Originally posted by dannyc be nice to make a million from trance rather than those talentless hip hop producers/djs.

+1. I hate hiphop artists too.

but back to the point, I always thought Tiesto was the only proper milionaire.

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Originally posted by Atari Addict There must be a few that are already wealthy from inheritence and whatnot

chicane is wealthy from inheritence...he just makes music because he loves it

No-one rocks the millionaire trance dj like Oakenfold. No one.

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I think there are more DJ's who make more than a million per year than you'd think. Take the most popular House DJ, Bad Boy Bill. He does 150 gigs a year. At an average of 10,000 per gig that's 1,500,000. I'd say most or all superstar DJ's of any genre hover around that.

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Remember these guys all pay lots of taxes, so while their gross income may be over a million, their actual income is more likely to be about half of that.

That said, quite a few DJs must have made a million over time.

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Originally posted by Boomer187 i'd have to make $1,004,000.00 to be a millionaire DJ. I can't wait.

$4,000.00 in debt? Student loans?

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Originally posted by Radagast I think there are more DJ's who make more than a million per year than you'd think. Take the most popular House DJ, Bad Boy Bill. He does 150 gigs a year. At an average of 10,000 per gig that's 1,500,000. I'd say most or all superstar DJ's of any genre hover around that.

They still have to pay the people that work for them. Sasha has an entire office of people who help him. So that number, minus taxes, minus staff salary will probably be 1/4 of what they get.

ATB- you'd be surprised, he's a VERY big DJ in AMERICA> I think he was voted biggest trance DJ in America, i read on his website.

and he's worth more than a million. just from sales in the UK, ministry of sound paid him 600,000pounds, excluding payment from compilations. the bloke made a killing from 9pm til I come.

in terms of djing, and alone djing... there would be maybe 5 to 10 max djs who make over 1 million a yr..

record deals vary.. not a bad way to make a living

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Originally posted by Jake Conlon Sasha, Tiesto, John Digweed, Ferry Corsten, Amrin Van Buuren, Judge Jules, ATB (from record sales 90%), Paul Van Dyk, Pete Tong, Daren Emerson, Norman Jay, Fatboy Slim, Carl Cox, Tall Paul, Danny Tenaglia, Paul Oakenfold, Erick Morillo, David Morales, Derrick Carter, Frankie Knuckles. as there were only a few trance DJ's i decided to name a few from other genres.