DJ Pauly D Earns a Spot on Forbes' "World's Highest Paid DJs" List
DJ Pauly D has proved that he's more than a fist-pumping party boy known for his antics on "The Jersey Shore," as he just raked in $11 million from DJ gigs in the past year. This makes Pauly the seventh richest DJ in the world, which isn't too shabby when you're ranked with some of the top talents across the globe. Dubbed "the next generation of music" Electronic Dance Music, or simply EDM, has taken over the globe, with Skrillex winning 3 Grammy awards in 2011, DeadMau5 covering Rolling Stone and David Guetta making cameos with some of the biggest names in music. Forbes compiled the earnings of the top DJs around right now and released "The World's Highest Paid DJs," which Dutch born DJ Tiesto topped, raking in $22 million in the past year. Second on the list was Skrillex, who made a whopping $15 million.