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Calvin Harris has an estimated net worth of $207 million in 2016. Scottish singer, songwriter, D.J and record producer, Adam Richard Wiles better known as Calvin Harris was born on 17th January 1984 in Dumfries, Scotland.

His wealth comes from the fame he has earned from the "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls", which ranks among his top ten singles.

In 2007 his debut was with the album “I Created Disco” – it went on to become Gold certified by the British Phonographic Industry. 100,000 copies were sold. It was on the pinnacle of the U.K charts. “Ready for the Weekend” of 2009, which was his second album was also a huge success. It reached #1 on the British charts. It includes “I'm Not Alone”, which topped the charts. Calvin then went on to release a remix album in July 2010 titled “L.E.D. Festival”.

He produced albums for the English rapper Dizzee Rascal and Kylie Minogue’s X.

Calvin Harris was discovered in 2006 by Tommie Sunshine through a website and then Sony BMG and EMI (publishing) signed contracts with him. He has won “The Music Producers Guild Award” in the category of Best Remixer. He has also won NME award, MTV Video Music Award, and recently in 2013, Calvin won “The Grammy Awards” for the Best Short Form Music Video “We Found Love”.

As Harris was a great fan of football, he wanted to be a football player. But he turned towards music. In his early teens, he started with electronic music. At the age of 21, he got his first success.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

2013

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his album Motion (certified gold by ARIA and BPI)

$200,000

2011

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his album 18 Months (certified platinum by ARIA, and gold by IRMA, Music Canada and RMNZ)

$815,636

2008

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his album Ready for the Weekend (certified gold by BPI)

$274,786

2006

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his album I Created Disco (certified gold by BPI)

$223,845