PROFESSION: MUSICIAN, DJ

Tiesto, birth name Tijs Michiel Verwest is a Dutch DJ and Record producer. He was born on January 17, 1969, in Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands. He began his career as a DJ playing at a small club in his hometown. He used various names such as Allure, Da Joker, DJ Limited, Wild Bunch, DJ Cash and DJ Tiesto. He was best known for his work as DJ Tiesto. He began releasing singles in the 90s under these different names and was subsequently discovered by the manager of Basic Beat Recordings. Over the next half decade, he began to do a lot of work as a producer and started establishing sub-labels. He produced a lot of gabber tracks under the name Da Joker and DJ Limited. At Basic Beat Recordings, Tiesto met Arny Bink. Tiesto started releasing records under Arny’s record label Trashcan. Basic Beat Recordings had established their own record label ‘Guardian Angel’ which they used to put out the Forbidden Paradise & Lost Treasures series’ – including vinyls of the tracks off the album the label Guardian Angel.

Magik Sound

In 1997, Tiesto founded Black Hole Recordings with Arny Bink and left Basic Beat Recordings. Under Black Hole Recordings they started the famous Magik series where they created the ‘Magik Sound’ while Basic Beat continued with the Forbidden Paradise series without Tiesto. In the following year, two major sub-labels were created by Tiesto; In Trance, We Trust and SongBird. Towards the end of the decade he collaborated with other DJ’s like Ferry Corsten for Gouryella and Benno De Goeji. During the same time, he performed monthly as a resident DJ at the popular Gatecrasher club in England. 

He decided to focus on his solo work in 2000, and became an international sensation after DJing at the first “Live at InnerCity: Amsterdam RAI” event. In 2001, he released his first solo album In My Memory. Some of the singles from the album were Flight 643, Lethal Industry, Obsession, In My Memory and the opening track Magik Journey.

Olympics 2004, Athens

His second studio album was Just Be which he released in 2004 at the Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He became the first DJ to play live on stage at an Olympics Games. Tiesto specially composed some tracks that complemented the spirit and theme of the Opening ceremony, which were later released, along with some new songs, in a studio album entitles Parade of the Athletes. This album contained the track Traffic  which is the first non-vocal track to reach number one spot in the Dutch national charts for 23 years. In 2004, May 20, he was appointed as Officer of the military and civil Dutch order of chivalry ‘Order of the Orange-Nassau’ by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

In April of 2007, Tiesto launched his own weekly two hour radio show Tiesto’s Club Life on Dutch Radio 538. In the same month, he released his third artist album Elements of Life. This album consisted of rock and trance elements which showed clear progress and growth in Tiesto’s style. The album topped the Dutch album chart and “Billboard Top Electronic Albums” in the U.S. Later that year, the album was also nominated for a Grammy Award under the category “Best Electronic/Dance Album.” He started a Elements of Life World Tour which had shows across the world. They later released a DVD of Tiesto’s show at Copenhagen, Denmark during the tour.

Copenhagen: Element of Life World Tour DVD

Two years later, in 2009, Tiesto released his fourth album Kaleidoscope. This album featured many famous artists such as Calvin Harris, Nelly Furtado and Priscilla Ahn. Kaleidoscope was considered to be Tiesto’s most experimental album as it explored electronic genres other than Trance. This album was  released on the label ‘Musical Freedom’. He parted ways with Black Hole Recordings the same year.  In the following year, Tiesto released his album Magikal Journey: The Hits Collection 1998-2008 comprising of his most famous songs and remixes of his songs.

WEALTH & EARNINGS

Tiesto earns an average of $250,000 per night; low production costs let him keep the bulk of that sum. He roughly earns $20 million per year off merchandise, album sales, licensing and touring. With over 100 shows in the past year, he’s the top-earning electronic musician on Forbes list; he also benefits from a strong social media presence that includes over 1 million Twitter followers and 12 million Facebook fans. Tiesto flies around the world in a customized private Gulfstream jet. A custom Cessna Citation XLS was built by JetNetherlands for Tiesto’s 2010 European Tour. The jet included a custom paint job with headphones and his name.

Cessna Citation XLS by JetNetherands

OTHER THAN MUSIC

Tiesto Armani shirt

Tiesto had a relationship with the beauty contest winner Monique Spronk. He almost got married to his girlfriend Stacey Blokzijl in October 2008. Around Christmas 2008 Stacey Blokzijl broke up with Tiesto because of the constant delay of their wedding.

Tiësto opened a club-restaurant acquisition with Chinese cuisine, dance music and live entertainment on June 7, 2007 called Cineac. It is now called “The Mansion.”

Tiesto also collaborated with fashion designer Giorgio Armani on a limited edition Tiësto T-shirt available at Armani Exchange stores.

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PROFESSION/CAREER: DJ, SINGER, SONG WRITER, RECORD PRODUCER

Calvin Harris is a very common name among the EDM fans. He is not only the #1 DJ but is the fourth richest celebrity under 30. In a very short span of time, he has made a huge name for himself. He has become one of the top pop artist and a much respected record producer. He has produced his own vocals and collaborated with singers as varied as Ellie Goulding, Nicky Romero, etc. His ability to create fine music with whoever he works has made him one of the most wanted DJ’s.

LET THE JOURNEY BEGIN

Adam Richard Wiles aka Calvin Harris was born on 17^th January, 1984. This handsome Scottish hunk has set the stage on fire since then. He was attracted to electronic music during his teens. And spent his free time recording demos in his bedroom. The blue eyed muscleman is known for his songs that touch peoples’ heart. Moreover, his songs generally revolve around love and emotions. He finally caught his first break at the age of 21, when two of his songs were released at a club. After that, there was no turning back. As of now, he has confined himself to the music industry only. Harris, made chart history in April 2013 by becoming the first artist to attain eight top ten hits from one studio album, overtaking the previous record set by Michael Jackson. Calvin has also contributed to various tracks by Kesha, Katy Perry, JLS and so many more. Despite being one of the top DJ’s, he is one of the most humble man known to people. During his interview with Forbes he said, “The rise of dance music has been astronomical in the last three years. I happened to be in the right place at the right time.”

NET WORTH

Calvin Harris has a net worth of $46 Million. In the year 2013, he earned $200,000 by just performing shows. His collaborations with singers like Rihanna, Florence Machine and Ellie Goulding has made him millions. Thus, making him the highest paid DJ in the world. His album 18 months, released on 26^th October, 2012 had sold 34,734 copies in one week. By August 2013, it had sold 650,000 copies only in UK. The former stock boy has become a worldwide dance and pop music star. His show Vegas itself made him $300,000 richer. He has booked over 70 shows in the past two years where he charged $200,000 per night.

Annual Earning

2012: $10 Million

2013: $46 Million

Monthly: $3,833,333.00

Weekly: $920,000.00

Daily: $184,000.00

Calvin Harris also collaborated with Pepsi to write a song “Lets Go”, to feature as the official soundtrack of the 2012 Pepsi. He has also participated in a commercial for HTC One X.

FLY EYE RECORDS

Calvin Harris is the proud owner of the Fly Eye Records. His goal for his record label is to produce the most exciting club music. His record label has released super hit songs like “The Key”, “Switch”, “Starlight”, and many more. He signed artists like Nicky Romero, R3hab, Eva Shaw, etc. to his record label. Calvin aims to bring out new talent. The first signing to Fly Eye Records was Mr Blink who was best known for his support slots at Calvins showing the anonymous DJ regularly performs in disguise.

HOLLYWOOD MANSION

Calvin Harris, spent $7 million on a Hollywood Hills home. The house, at 4000 square feet, comprises of four bedrooms, seven baths, a pool with an extensive views of Los Angeles, and a home theatre, built in fire lounge and so much more. One can only imagine the parties taking place in such a beautiful house with the amazing view.  It is rumored that Calvin payed the millions upfront and only took out a mortgage  for $4.9 Million.

McLAREN 12

When you are the highest paid DJ in the world, you can afford to buy cool stuff. Calvin owns a two door sports car known as McLaren 12, it runs on M838T twin-twin turbo 3.8 liter V8 engine. It can go 0-60 miles per hour in a 3.1 seconds, and has a top speed of 207 miles per hour.  The car uses a brake steer system similar to that of a Formula 1 car, and costs approximately $240,000.

HAPPY EVER AFTER?

The 50 shades of Grey actress, Rita Ora, called it quits with Calvin Harris after being in a relationship for 9 months. Due to their busy schedule, the couple was unable to find time for each other. The couple had initially started dating each other in May 2013 and were envied by everyone because of their lovey-dovey-ness. However, at the 56th Grammy, Calvin Harris was spotted with his ex-girlfriend Rita Ora at the red carpet.

PATRONAGE

Calvin Harris is one of the collaborators for a new dance album act by Tiesto. The sales will be going forward to help people fight AIDS. He has also teamed up with Rihanna and Deadmau5 for charity concerts. He along with Kasabian and La Roux performed at a gig for Warchild Charity.

QUOTES

“To throw a shoe at a man in Dundee is the equivalent of a kiss on the cheek and an embrace in London. Dundee is a very different place; they have their own rules.”

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