(Wall Street Journal) Swedish DJ Avicii is one of the most in-demand artists in his genre, electronic dance music, but he’s also riding the wave of EDM’s re-emergence and crossing over into other areas: pop and fashion, to name two.
Avicii, who follows in the footsteps of Swedish House Mafia (whom he has called a major influence on his work) has made $7 million in the past year, according to Forbes, and he ranked 10th in the magazine’s list of the world’s highest-paid DJs.
The 23-year-old, whose real name is...