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Paris Hilton didn’t even make the top 15 highest paid DJs of 2013. With giants like Calvin Harris, Swedish House Mafia and Tiesto paving the roads of EDM with millions, there’s no reason why she should be on the list. But Paris Hilton absolutely seriously claims that she's one of the TOP 5 highest paid DJ's in the world. Forbs is blind? Everybody is blind? But now let’s talk about music, not about money. We’ve taken the liberty of highlighting some of her greatest worst moments in 2013, enjoy! 

Darius, an eight-year-old boy from Calgary has a dream. He is Deadmau5 superfan and much of all Darius dreams to meet personally with his favorite EDM Star. Then little boy started to realize his mission. 

When it comes to the new crop of young dance-music photographers, the name Rukes is synonymous with quality. The man born Drew Ressler has shot pretty much every huge name in the scene, and, over the course of a decade, has gathered a fair number of ridiculously amazing photographs for his collection. So, as a capper to one helluva year, we asked Ressler to tease out a handful of his favorite pics he’s made since he first stepped behind the lens. Below, he tells us about 10 of those choice shots.

UK dance music is back! For the first time in more than a decade, British dance music is dominating the airwaves. The UK has undergone a bloom all its own! 

Donna Summer's 'MacArthur Park 2013' is sitting at the top of Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart 35 years after the original was released. 

There’s no doubt 2013 has been a massive year for DJ culture. The momentum behind it all is insane right now, fans know their favorite artists are going to be sharing part of their day-to-day life pretty much all day every day and flock to their social media feeds to get a slice. What better place to watch it all play out than Instagram? Today we honor innovation and originality in the Insta-DJ-sphere, here we go:

This weekend history was made at The Soundstage in Baltimore when two young bass legends attempted the impossible. As discussed just a few weeks ago, throwing food at fans is quickly becoming a must for every world-famous DJ, but there are advantages and disadvantages depending on what the item thrown is. 

Robert FX Sillerman (born April 12, 1949) is an American businessman and media entrepreneur, once on the Forbes 400 list. He is embodying a “can’t stop, won’t stop” attitude with his recently-public SFX Entertainment. 

It’s a holiday miracle, folks – Daft Punk have just announced they will be performing live at the 2014 Grammy Awards for the first time since their 2008 Grammy performance with Kanye West. 

Steve Aoki is a pioneer in many ways, most notably he blazed trails in terms of what is socially acceptable to throw at your fans during a performance. He’s known for the classic champagne shower, as popularized by 70′s and 80′s hair-metal bands, but Aoki really developed his calling card when he started throwing cakes. 

Following closure fears in 2012, German nightclubs have thankfully reached an agreement with performers' rights organisation GEMA over the amount of fees they have to pay to play songs. 

The Highest Paid DJs have in the last year significantly increased their incomes in Vegas. As the popularity of electronic dance music has grown so has the salaries of the top tier DJ/producers. Only a couple of years ago the only place that you could see this many world famous DJ/producers  was Ibiza. Fast forward to now and Las Vegas has almost replaced Ibiza as the EDM capital of the world. While there are a bunch of different ways to look at this, we are trying compare each DJs per show earnings. These are the best guesses for what each DJ is currently making per show.