Adam Wiles, aka Calvin Harris, can without a doubt be touted as electronic music’s main man. Playing sold out shows everywhere, Calvin has established himself as one of, if not the most, sought after DJs in the circuit today. So much so that he’s been the top earner in Electronic Dance Music for consecutive years! Cap that with his Armani shoot that catapulted him to the rung of ‘hunks’ and Calvin is the entire package, one that women want and men want to be.
But it hasn’t always been smooth sailing for Harris who had to endure quite some difficulties enroute superstardom. A quiet and shy lad from Dumfries, UK, Calvin would try his trade in music production but to no avail. You could even say he failed at music production, which led him to get a job in a fish factory and later a grocery store to make ends meet. These are the ingredients that make for an epic rags to riches story, which has now been put to paper by author Douglas Wight.
“Calvin Harris: The $100 Million DJ” entails parts of Calvin‘s life that were previously unknown. A 256 pager, this book is set to hit shelves in October this year. Based on it’s product description on Amazon we know very little:
He’s made $100 million, is the hottest DJ in the world and has worked with the pop royalty – but who is Calvin Harris? And how did he go from stacking shelves in his local supermarket to such astonishing global success? He’s come a long way from making music in his bedroom in his native Dumfries but since bursting onto the music scene with ‘Acceptable in the 80s’ in 2007, he has broken Michael Jackson’s record for most hits from one album, become the first British artist to have one billion plays on Spotify and turned hit-maker for stars like Kylie Minogue, Rihanna, Cheryl Cole and Dizzee Rascal. This is the astonishing story of Calvin Harris’s journey from struggling musician to international star, revealing what makes him tick, why he has the Midas touch, how he went from being a lanky kid with little self-confidence to a modelling deal with Armani and how he became a global megastar.
You can pre-order the biography here for $10.45!
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