Calvin Harris Net Worth 2024: What Is The Producer Worth?

Calvin Harris, the Scottish DJ, record producer, singer, and songwriter, has been a dominant force in the music industry for over a decade. As of 2024, his net worth stands impressively at $240 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. Let’s delve into the journey that has led to his remarkable financial success.

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Early Years & Music Career

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA – DECEMBER 01: Calvin Harris performs onstage during WiLD 94.9’s FM’s Jingle Ball 2018 Presented by Capital One at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on December 1, 2018 in San Francisco, Ca. (Photo by Steve Jennings/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)

Born Adam Richard Wiles on January 17, 1984, in Dumfries, Scotland, Harris developed a passion for music from an early age. He began his career by posting his music on Myspace and caught the attention of talent scouts. In 2007, Harris released his debut album, I Created Disco, which garnered attention in the UK music scene. However, it was his collaboration with Rihanna on the hit single “We Found Love” in 2011 that catapulted him to international fame.

Accolades & Achievements

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LOS ANGELES, CA – JUNE 29: Calvin Harris performs at his album launch party at a private residence on June 29, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for CH US Inc.)

Harris has amassed an impressive array of accolades throughout his career. He has won numerous awards, including Grammy Awards for Best Music Video and Best Short Form Music Video for “We Found Love.” Additionally, he has received critical acclaim for his production work and DJ performances, earning him a spot on Forbes’ list of highest-paid DJs multiple times. Overall, Harris’ ability to consistently deliver chart-topping hits has solidified his status as one of the most influential figures in contemporary music.

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Other Ventures & Philanthropy

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LAS VEGAS, NV – MAY 17: DJ Calvin Harris arrives at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Garden Arena on May 17, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)

Beyond his music career, Harris has diversified his portfolio through various ventures. He has ventured into fashion, collaborating with brands like Emporio Armani and releasing his own line of merchandise. Harris also made savvy investments in real estate, further bolstering his financial standing.

Moreover, Harris is known for his philanthropic efforts. He has supported numerous charitable causes over the years, including organizations focused on environmental conservation and youth education. Moreover, in 2019, he donated $20,000 to a GoFundMe campaign aimed at providing aid to firefighters battling wildfires in Australia. Harris’ commitment to giving back to communities in need certainly highlights his altruistic nature and dedication to making a positive impact beyond the realm of music.

Calvin Harris Net Worth 2024

In conclusion, Calvin Harris’ net worth of $240 million in 2024 is a testament to his unparalleled talent, hard work, and entrepreneurial spirit. From humble beginnings in Scotland to global superstardom, Harris has cemented his legacy as a trailblazer in the music industry. Through his music, business ventures, and philanthropy, Harris continues to inspire millions around the world while leaving an indelible mark on the cultural landscape.

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Calvin Harris Is Returning To Ultra, As Revealed In The Music Festival’s 2024 Phase 1 Lineup

Ultra Music Festival staged head-turning headliners such as Martin Garrix, Marshmello, and Swedish House Mafia for its 2023 edition in March. This morning, October 26, the Miami-based EDM festival unveiled its Phase 1 lineup for the 2024 event, and it features Calvin Harris for the first time since 2013.

Peggy Gou will make her debut on the festival’s massive Resistance Stage, along with some of the world’s most popular genre stars, including Eric Prydz, Amelie Lens, Zeds Dead, David Guetta, Martin Garrix (who, minus 2018, has headlined every edition of the festival since 2014), Zeds Dead, Sasha & Digweed, Vintage Culture and many more,” Billboard relayed.

Among the “many more” are Tiesto, Afrojack, and Gryffin. For reference, the 2023 Ultra Music Festival featured seven stages.

The 2024 Ultra Music Festival will return to Bayfront Park in Miami, Florida from March 22-24, 2024. Tickets are available now on the festival’s official website, ranging from a Tier 1 general admission three-day ticket for $299.95 and a Tier 2 general admission three-day ticket for $349.95 to a Tier 1 VIP three-day ticket for $1,249.95 and a Tier 2 VIP three-day ticket for $1,499.95.

Billboard additionally noted, “The festival reports bringing in 165,000 attendees from more than 100 countries to its 2023 edition, with 42 million people watching the festival’s livestream. 2024 will mark the 24th edition of Ultra Music Festival Miami.”

Offset Sent A Heartfelt Thank You Message To Calvin Harris For His Tribute To Takeoff At Coachella

It’s been five months since the tragic murder of Takeoff (real name Kirsnick Khari Ball). The rapper was a pioneer voice in the Atlanta music scene, having had massive success as part of the hip-hop group the Migos. Before his untimely death, the musician had formed the duo Unc & Phew with his uncle Quavo (also a former member of the Migos). Musicians such as NBA Youngboy, former groupmates, and now electronic DJ Calvin Harris have all paid tribute to him.

During his set at Coachella in the desert on Saturday (April 15), Harris made a touching modification to his 2017 song “2017.” Initially, the track appeared on Harris’ album, Best Of 2017: Selected By DJ Shiba Berry, and featured guest appearances by the Migos and Frank Ocean. However, the version Harris played the unedited verse from the fallen Migos member.

Rapper Offset took to Instagram to send Calvin Harris a heartfelt thank you message for his tribute to Takeoff at Coachella. Reposting Harris’ performance video clip, he captioned it, “This so hard man. Thank you,” tagging Harris in the posting along with the rocketship emoji, a nod to his late cousin’s nickname.

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Offset has also teased a posthumous verse from the late musician on social media.

SZA, Paramore, Red Hot Chili Peppers, And Calvin Harris Are Headlining The Hangout Festival 2023 Lineup

In its over a decade of existence, Hangout Festival has risen among the most notable mega music festivals in the South. Taking place on the glistening beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama, it’s a quintessential summer starter fest (they even have a stageside swimming pool) boasting a loaded lineup year in and year out. For 2023, Hangout Fest is coming in hot with the newly announced headlining slate of SZA, Paramore, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Calvin Harris. Both SZA and Paramore will be riding the high off of their new albums, S.O.S. and This Is Why, respectively. But the buck doesn’t stop there.

The festival takes place from May 19th – 21st and joining the headliners on the Hangout Fest 2023 lineup are gigantic acts in hip-hop, rock, EDM, and more. Lil Nas X, Skrillex, Flume, and the Kid LaRoi are damn near headliners themselves. While the rest of the thoroughly-curated lineup also includes Russ, Thundercat, GloRilla, Sabrina Carpenter, Kevin Gates, Tove Lo, Alison Wonderland, and more.

Ticketing pre-sale begins Friday, 12/09 at 10 am CT here. You can register for the pre-sale leading up to then. Check out the complete Hangout fest 2023 lineup poster below.

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A DJ Khaled Question Prompts Calvin Harris To Explain What He Does And How He Gets Paid

Producer-led albums are far from a novelty in music, but they exist within different lanes. Some producers opt to provide the entirety of a project’s beats for artists to perform over, while others curate a collection of music by bringing in other masterminds in addition to rappers or singers. With the new release of DJ Khaled’s God Did, a fan questioned how compensation works when someone like him and Calvin Harris are known as DJs. Let’s just say, the Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2 artist came with the facts.

In a Friday morning (August 26) tweet, a fan asked, “I always wonder how DJs like Khaled and Calvin Harris make bread. Like all of their songs are other artists. Just production revenue?” This fan is surely not alone in this inquiry, as many do not understand the work that goes into these projects beyond what on the surface seems to not be much. The “Feel So Close” artist came across the tweet and showed why more respect should be put on his name by the unaware masses.

“Because I write, produce, mix, play every instrument and sometimes vocal. We found love, Summer, Feel so close for example 100% publishing because I did everything,” Harris said in a quote tweet. “Only reason I got Frank Ocean feature was he told me we found love was one of his favorite songs. I wrote that song.”

Now, any doubts can, or should, be put to bed as to what Calvin Harris is capable of. If the tweet isn’t enough, there is also his first two albums I Created Disco and Ready For The Weekend, from 2007 and 2009 respectively, where he shows his vocal chops with minimal features.

Check out the exchange between Calvin Harris and the fan above.

Calvin Harris’ ‘Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2’ Shows How Hip-Hop And Dance Can Work (Or Not)

When Calvin Harris released the first Funk Wav Bounces in 2017, that album felt groundbreaking. By attaching ostensibly hardcore rappers such as Schoolboy Q and Young Thug to glittering, post-disco dance-pop, the producer threw both sides of the equation into stark relief, accentuating the best qualities of each. The rappers were able to display new sides of their personalities; the groovy beats felt more urgent and immediate. Songs like “Slide” and “Feels” made bodies want to move.

Now, Harris is on the second volume of the Funk Wav Bounces experiment, his first full-length release since 2017. He’s expanded the scope of his feature pool with rappers like 21 Savage, Busta Rhymes, and Pusha T lending their blunt-edged rhymes to his production. However, that production has seemingly contracted in equivalent measure, resulting in something more constrained and abrasive. Instead of the breezy listen the first offered, this one provides something that goes a step too far and ends up feeling just disposable.

I don’t think it’s a result of just the music choices Harris makes here. Sure, the monotonous drone with which Savage usually raps is ill-suited to the post-funk two-step of “New Money.” And yes, the Dua Lipa and Young Thug-featuring “Potion” is more of a retread of what has gone before. But when you zoom out a bit and take in the whole of the context into which Funk Wav Vol. 2 was released, the picture becomes much clearer. Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2 seems less essential because honestly, it just might be.

I wrote earlier this year about what appears to be a concerted effort by ostensible hip-hop and R&B artists to reclaim dance music as a Black artform. This is a huge part of the reason that Calvin Harris’ efforts might feel less welcome. The landscape has shifted. More Black artists than ever are delving (back) into genres that their forebears pioneered in the ‘80s and ‘90s, and there’s more interest in doing so in a way that feels authentic to the roots of the dance scene. Back then, folks had not only a reason to dance, they had a desperate need to, as well.

Those early records, spun by Black DJs in warehouses packed with Black and queer people, were often raw, constructed under the weight of systems designed to oppress their audience, and created with the specific intent of pushing back against them, both subtly and loudly. By contrast, pairing punchline punishers like Busta and Pusha T with inoffensive, polished grooves and neatly packaged pop stars like Charlie Puth and Justin Timberlake seems to work counter to the transgressive vibes dance music used to give.

Now, look around. You see rights under attack, open racism, viral epidemics and pandemics seemingly targeted at the most vulnerable communities, police brutality, a mental health crisis, a tidal wave of evictions, and growing economic inequality across nearly every quarter of society. People aren’t just anxious; they’re angry, they’re depressed, they’re hurting, and they’re desperate for a release. There’s just too much pressure and it needs to be released. Dance music has always offered that, but it can’t be watered down.

When you look around, you see that artists like Doechii, Kaytranada, and Leikeli47 are making exactly the sort of raw, defiant dance music that people need to hear. When Doechii performs her songs “Persuasive” and “Crazy,” she doesn’t do so with a coquettish smile – she snarls. Leikeli’s collection of ski masks and face-covering bandanas aren’t just meant to hide her identity and focus attention on her music – they also evoke the menace of an armed robbery, the rebellion of an uprising. Beyonce’s new album Renaissance is a dance history lesson, yes. But it’s also a sermon, with Bey calling on ancestors, highlighting their struggles, and likening them to the struggles we face today.

Calvin Harris isn’t wrong to try to capitalize on the growing interest in Black dance; it’s his job, and for the most part, he’s good at it. But this is day party music, when what the world and the audience need is warehouse, Stonewall uprising, Paris Is Burning music. There’s a lot of talk about how the modern dance wave offers audiences escapism. I’ll argue with that; Calvin Harris’ dance-pop is escapist, fantastic stuff. In another time, it’d be perfect to put on and drift away on its hazy, frictionless groove. But what people want, what people need now is defiance. When the world is doing its damndest to crush you, there is nothing more powerful than to stand up and dance.

Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2 is out now via Columbia. Get it here.