• DJMag's Top 10 DJ's of The Past Five Years: Music Times Calculates for Dutch Domination (and Hardwell Doesn't Even Appear!)

    Just to further up the controversy, Music Times asks not who was the best DJ in the last year, but who was was the best DJ of the last five years? Our formula wasn't too complicated...we just averaged the rankings of everyone featured on the DJMag Top 100 list in the last five years. That does cause some major issues for some contestants however. Hardwell has been no. 1 for the last two years but he didn't place during 2010, suggesting a rank of at leads 101, and thereby making his mean ranking skyrocket. The name of our game is consistency.

  • Hardwell, Van Buuren, Deadmau5 and More: Where Are Your Favorite DJ's Playing on Halloween Night?

    Halloween decorations (and candy!) have been on sale in stores for a month now but it's officially October so Music Times feels comfortable discussing what you'll be doing Halloween night. Halloween is the second biggest holiday of the year for EDM (behind New Year's Eve) and you need to get on getting tickets fast if you want a spot at events helmed by the biggest DJ's in the world.

  • Tiësto's Music To Be Used For Fountains Of Bellagio In Las Vegas

    One of Las Vegas' countless attractions is the famous fountain outside of the Bellagio Hotel and Casino, whose shows have been soundtracked by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Elton John, and Celine Dion. On Sept. 17, EDM superstar Tiësto will be added to this list, when a medley of his songs will be used to score the latest Fountains of Bellagio presentation, Las Vegas Weekly reports.

  • Calvin Harris, David Guetta, Tiësto and Avicii Top Forbes Highest-Paid EDM Performers List

    Music Times caught Calvin Harris at Lollapalooza during the first weekend of August and noted that it seemed the DJ had invested his earning from last year-$46 million-into his elaborate and bright stage set. If our hypothesis that the size of his set directly reflects his earnings, next year's concerts will be off the charts: Harris topped Forbes' list of the highest earning electronic musicians for the second straight year, bringing a whopping $66 million over the last 12 months.

  • Toronto EDM News: Good and Bad

    There's good news and bad news for the Toronto electronic music scene from this week. We'll get the bad news out of the way first.

  • Tiësto Cancels Venezuelan Show due to Civil Unrest

    Finally, a EDM-event cancelled for something other than organizers and local law enforcement being worried that fans wouldn't be able to attend in a healthy manner. Tiësto opted to call off his April show in Caracas, the capitol of Venezuela, due to the current political upheaval in the state.

  • Electric Daisy and Mysteryland Face Off for New York EDM Fans Memorial Day Weekend

    It's bad enough when you've got to figure out which music festival you're going to drop a lot of money on this summer. It's worse when two music festivals appealing to the same fan base are going down on the same day. It's the worst when both of those music festivals are going on within 100 miles of each other. Such is the case between the Electric Daisy Carnival New York and the Mysteryland Festival are both going down this Memorial Day weekend.

  • Tomorrowland Sells Out Two Weekends Within An Hour

    Even with the threat of Tomorrowland's second weekend being cancelled, the European EDM festival moved more than 360,000 tickets to both weekends, selling out in less than an hour. Granted, that's more than twice as long as it took to sell out last year's festival, but yeah. Less than an hour, 360,000 tickets.

  • Tiësto, Calvin Harris and Steve Aoki Slated to Play MGM Grand's Wet Republic Opening Month

    We've frequently commented on the Hakkasan nightclub's most stacked of residential lineups for 2014, and how it's the envy of electronic dance venues in Las Vegas, and in doing so, we may have failed to give attention to the other clubs held within the MGM Grand complex. The casino resort's Wet Republic is set to reopen during late March after some remodeling during the off-season, and it plans to open the venue with a slew of big name DJ's.

  • Afrojack and Others Doing Las Vegas Residencies at Hakkasan during 2014

    One of our big points when analyzing Forbes' list of the highest-paid DJ's of the previous year was noting that many of the big money-makers were affiliated with Las Vegas nightclub Hakkasan, the star player in a city filled with star players. The club, part of the MGM Grand, welcomed in even more big names for residencies during 2014.

  • Calvn Harris, Tiësto Highest Paid DJ's of 2013

    The increasing profitability of EDM has been a theme throughout the year in both Music Times as well as numerous financial publications. Many businessmen and promoters are looking to make a buck off the trend, but one the producers themselves are definitely cashing in, as Forbes' list of the highest paid DJ's indicates. Calvin Johnson topped the list for 2013, bringing in more than $46 million (a total that topped Jay Z's earnings for the year).

  • Tiësto, Zedd and Bassnectar to headline Ultra Music Experience

    Considering the title of Miami's Ultra Music Festival, it's understandable that other music gatherings might struggle to live up. However, the Ultra Music Experience on San Padre Island, TX, will try to serve as a healthy warm-up for the big event that takes place two weeks later. The event, being held for the fourth year at Schitterbahn Beach Waterpark, will occur between March 13-15.

  • Find the World's Best DJ's on New Year's Eve With the Music Times Interactive Map

    Electronic music producers and DJ's double down on enjoying the holiday season. First they get Christmas, and then they get New Year's Eve, which is like Christmas to the electronic music industry. Nearly every DJ is getting paid plenty to appear at exciting locations and party down with us as we ring in the new year. Music Times took the Top 25 DJ's in the world (according to DJ Magazine) and found where they'll be on December 31 this year.
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