List of electronic music’s top earning stars sounds familiar to L.V.

By George Varga, The San Diego Union-Tribune (TNS)

Friday, Aug. 19, 2016 | 2 a.m.

It's good-news, bad-news for electronic music king Calvin Harris.

The Scottish DJ, producer and songwriter has topped Forbes magazine's annual "electronic cash kings" list of the top-earning performers in EDM (Electronic Dance Music) for the fourth consecutive time, bringing in an estimated $63 million over the past year.

Now, the bad news: Harris' $63 million represents a $3 million dip over his 2015 earnings. But it's hard to feel sorry for someone who still is paid $400,000 a night each time he performs in Las Vegas. His next scheduled Sin City dates are Sept. 2 at Omnia and Sept. 4 at Hakkasan.

Harris, who earlier this year was dumped by Taylor Swift, his now-former girlfriend, earned $25 million more over the past year than Dutch DJ and producer Tiësto, the second-highest paid EDM act on Forbes' list. Tiësto has four performances this month in Las Vegas, starting Saturday.

The entire Forbes list appears below. It includes Steve Aoki, who came in fifth with estimated earnings over the past year of $23.5 million.

Forbes 2016 Electronic Cash Kings

1. Calvin Harris $63 million

2. Tiësto $38 million

3. David Guetta $28 million

4. ZEDD $24.5 million

5. Steve Aoki $23.5 million

6. Diplo $23 million

7. Skrillex $20 million

8. Kaskade $19 million

9. Martin Garrix $16 million

10. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike $15.5 million