Calvin Harris

From:Dumfries, UK

DJ style:Dance-pop and party anthems.

Best known for:Countless hits like ‘One Kiss’, ‘We Found Love’, ‘How Deep Is Your Love’ and ‘Promises’.

Calvin Harris is a hit machine. More than any other Top 100 DJs artist, save perhaps David Guetta, he straddles the worlds of pop and dance music, churning out chart-toppers as if it were as natural as breathing. 2023 alone has seen him top various international lists with ‘Miracle’. The track, which is the third best-selling single of the year in the UK, features long-time collaborator Ellie Goulding singing over a piano-licked trance instrumental that harks back to the genre’s glory days around the turn of the millennium.

In July, Harris once again teamed up with Sam Smith, tapping into a retro Eurotrance sound that’s already been doing serious numbers (over 115 million streams globally at the time of writing). The track landed during Calvin’s summer-long Ushuaïa Ibiza residency, which saw him partner with MK to play the open-air superclub every Friday, welcoming guests such as Ewan McVicar, HoneyLuv, Ben Hemsley, and fellow Scots chart-toppers LF System. Regularly touted as the world’s highest-paid DJ (though this is based on the total annual income from his various exploits rather than fees for individual sets), his production prowess and skill with the wheels of steel have also seen him play festivals like Coachella and Creamfields this year.

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Le Shuuk

From: Stuttgart, Germany

DJ style:“Hard dance / electro / hardstyle / techno / EDM.”

Best known for: “The tracks ‘Sandmann’, ‘Toast Hawaii’ and ‘Konje’, as well as being a resident and face of WORLD CLUB DOME Festival.”

A mainstay of the electronic scene for almost 20 years now, Stuttgart native Le Shuuk is no stranger to the rigours of touring. In the last 12 months, he decided to overhaul his lifestyle, committing to exercising regularly and abstaining from drinking during his shows. As a result, the DJ and producer, who is a favourite of the German festival circuit, says that he is having more fun on stage than ever. He credits these changes with allowing him to connect on a deeper level with his audiences, as well as redefine his career goals and look with renewed focus to the future.

The new healthy habits clearly agree with him. As well as recently performing at festivals and clubs across Europe, and holding his own Le Shuuk & Friends parties in his home city, he continues to build on the momentum of tracks like 2020’s peak-rave, German language tune ‘Sandmann’ and 2021’s hypnotic ‘Goodbye’ (featuring Xillions). This year he had another star turn with the explosive ‘Konje’, a collaboration with B-Stylezz that combined modern techno and EDM with the traditional elements of Bulgarian folk songs, with the track receiving big support from the likes of Armin van Buuren, Amelie Lens, and Joyhauser.