Scottish DJ/producer Calvin Harris seems to be having a pretty exciting day today. In addition to being named the world's highest paid DJ by Forbes, he also teased a brief clip of his upcoming single "Blame," featuring British soul singer John Newman. The single is currently set for release on Aug. 25.
You can check out Calvin Harris' Instagram tease of "Blame" right here:
"Blame" will be Calvin Harris' first single since "Summer," which was released back in March as the lead single to Harris' upcoming, as of yet untitled album. "Summer" hit number one in Harris' native UK and number seven in the US. Harris' most recent album was 2012's 18 Months, which broke Michael Jackson's record for the most songs to enter the top ten of the UK Singles Charts, with nine.
In addition to teasing this new track, it was revealed today by Forbes that for the second year in a row, Calvin Harris is the world's highest paid DJ, bringing in $66 million this year, which is $20 million more than his chart-topping income last year. In fact, he's made more than twice as much as the number two DJ on the list, David Guetta, who brought in $30 million, despite (or perhaps because of) the existential crisis he experienced onstage in Belgium a few weeks ago.
Here's Forbes' complete list of the world's highest paid DJs:
01. Calvin Harris - $66 million
02. David Guetta - $30 million
03. TIE: Avicii/Tiësto - $28 million
04. Steve Aoki - $23 million
05. Afrojack - $22 million
06. Zedd - $21 million
07. Kaskade - $17 million
08. Skrillex - $16.5 million
09. Deadmau5 - $16 million
10. Hardwell - $13 million
11. TIE: Armin van Buuren/Steve Angello - $12 million
