Hardwell Net Worth

What is Hardwell's Net Worth?

Hardwell is a Dutch DJ and record producer who has a net worth of $23 million. Voted the top DJ in the world by DJ Magazine in both 2013 and 2014, Hardwell is known for his EDM sets at music festivals such as Tomorrowland, Sunburn, and Ultra Music Festival. He is also the founder of the record label Revealed Recordings and the host of the online music show "Hardwell On Air."

Early Life

Hardwell, whose real name is Robbert van de Corput, was born on January 7, 1988 in Breda, Netherlands to Anneke and Cor. He was drawn to music at an early age, and began taking piano lessons when he was four years old. At the age of 12, Hardwell produced his first songs and began performing as a hip hop DJ. He competed in a number of competitions and became known in the Breda DJ scene. Hardwell eventually transitioned to commercial electronic dance music, creating remixes and posting them on the Internet. In 2002, he signed a record deal with Digidance and released his first official record, "Bubbling Beats 1." Hardwell subsequently toured throughout the Netherlands.

Rise to Fame

In 2006, Hardwell released his first official single, "Play it Around." The next year, he released the single "Never Knew Love," which became his first to chart in Germany. Hardwell became even more well known with his remixes of "Toys Are" and "You Do Not Love Me." He had his international breakthrough in late 2008 with his bootleg mashup of Mobin Master's cover of "Show Me Love" and the instrumental track "Be" by Steve Angello and Laidback Luke. Hardwell went on to found his own record label, Revealed Recordings, in 2010. His intention was to release electronic dance music by talented new artists, such as the duo W&W and his DJ friends Dannic and Dyro. In 2011, Hardwell signed a record deal with the German label Kontor Records so he could reach a wider audience. Also that year, he launched the online music show "Hardwell On Air," featuring newly released EDM songs. The show began as a weekly live broadcast on Hardwell's YouTube and Facebook pages; it also aired on several FM radio stations. Following a hiatus that began in early 2021, "Hardwell On Air" returned as a monthly YouTube livestream in late 2023.

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Continued Successes

Hardwell's profile continued to rise in the early 2010s with such hit singles as "Zero 76," "Cobra," "Encoded," and "Spaceman." He headlined numerous festivals during this time, including Ultra Music Festival, Electric Zoo, Nature One, and Tomorrowland. Hardwell reached a new career peak in 2013 when he embarked on his first global tour, called I Am Hardwell, and had smash hits with the singles "Jumper" and "Countdown." For 2013, he was named the top DJ in the world by DJ Magazine. Hardwell earned that honor again in 2014, the year he starred in the documentary "I Am Hardwell." In early 2015, he released his highly anticipated debut studio album, "United We Are," which charted in several countries and spawned such singles as "Young Again," "Eclipse," "Sally," and "Echo." Later in the year, Hardwell starred in a second documentary, hosted the biggest-ever solo DJ show in Germany at Arena AufSchalke, and organized a massive free concert in Mumbai, India that set a world record for the biggest concert guest list. In 2016, he released such hit singles as "Hollywood," "Calavera," "Going Crazy," "No Holding Back," and "Thinking About You."

In the summer of 2017, Hardwell released his first EP, "Hardwell & Friends Vol. 1." That autumn, he played a back-to-back live set with Armin van Buuren at the Amsterdam Music Festival. Closing out 2017, Hardwell returned to Mumbai for another massive charity concert two years after his last. He subsequently began 2018 with such singles as "The Underground," "Woest," "Get Low," and "Safari." In the spring, Hardwell launched a new record label called Gemstone Records to focus on electronic pop artists. Over the remainder of the year, he released such singles as "Earthquake," "Bigroom Never Dies," "This is Love," "Light it Up," and "Kicking it Hard." Hardwell's singles in 2019 included "Being Alive," "Chase the Sun," "I'm Not Sorry," and "Left Right." After a few years without touring, Hardwell returned in 2022 as the closing act for Ultra Music Festival. Later that year, he released his second studio album, "Rebels Never Die." In 2023, Hardwell began a series of collaborations known as the Six Doors. His collaborators included DJ VINNE, DJ Quintino, and Sub Zero Project. Since then, he has released such singles as "Energy," "Cambodia," "Lift Off," and "Hideaway."

Personal Life

From 2014 to 2016, Hardwell dated Dutch event manager Yanicke Agnes. At another time, he briefly dated Michelle Willemsen.

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