Swedish DJ and producer Eric Prydz have a $10 million fortune. When Eric Prydz released his smash hit “Call on Me” in 2004, he quickly became a household name.
His subsequent singles “Proper Education,” “Pjanoo,” and “Opus,” the latter of which was featured on his self-titled debut studio album, also proved to be commercial successes. Prydz has received numerous awards throughout his career, the most recent being “DJ of the Year” at the 2017 Electronic Music Awards.
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What is Eric Prydz’s Net Worth?
| Net Worth: | $10 Million |
| Date of Birth: | Jul 19, 1976 (46 years old) |
| Place of Birth: | Täby |
| Gender: | Male |
| Profession: | A disc jockey, Record producer, Musician |
| Nationality: | Sweden |
Eric Prydz Career Breakthrough
Single “Call on Me,” released by Prydz in 2004, features a sample from Steve Winwood’s “Valerie” from 1982 and is widely regarded as the song’s commercial high point.
The song was a worldwide success, topping the charts in several countries including Germany, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. A music video for “Call on Me” was also released, which became notorious for its sexually suggestive aerobics performed by a man and several women.
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Eric Prydz Proper Education and Pjanoo
Prydz’s “Proper Education,” a cover of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall, Part II,” was his next top single after “Call on Me.” After debuting at number one on Sweden’s singles chart at the end of 2006, the song was released in the UK in early 2007 and quickly rose to the number two spot there.
The remixed version of “Proper Education” was nominated for a Grammy. In 2008, Prydz had another hit with “Pjanoo,” which also did well in the UK, peaking at number two on the singles chart and number one on the dance chart for ten weeks.
Eric Prydz Further Releases
Prydz’s “Miami to Atlanta” song came out in 2009. It was the first time he used the Pryda snare, an effect that has become standard in trance and house to denote sections of a song’s progression. Eric Prydz presented Pryda, a three-disc compilation CD, in 2012. Afterward, he published his “PR(10)DA” project, which consisted of a string of EPs of unheard material.
The culmination of these efforts was the release of Prydz’s first studio album, Opus, in early 2016. The album’s tracks “Every Day,” “Liberate,” “Generate,” “Last Dragon,” and “Title Track” all did well commercially. Later EPs by Prydz followed “Opus,” with 2019’s “PR(15)DA” being among them.
As well as using his own name, Prydz has also gone by the alias Cirez D on multiple releases. His EP “Vol D” came out in the latter half of 2015. Besides Axor, Fiol Lasse, Hard form, and Tonja Holma, he has recorded music under a number of additional pseudonyms.
EPIC
Prydz’s extravagant shows, which feature state-of-the-art production values, have made him a household name among music fans. During his 2014 EPIC 3.0 debut at Madison Square Garden, he used a 20-meter-tall hologram, which at the time was the largest indoor hologram ever created. In 2019, for EPIC 6.0, Prydz upped the ante with a multistory transparent LED heliosphere made of 72 interlocking panels containing more than 2.4 million LEDs.
Eric Prydz Personal Life
After a little under five years of marriage, Eric and Sofie divorced. Eric settled on a settlement of about $1 million to compensate her for the divorce. Including the house, furnishings, artwork, and jewels from their Los Angeles residence, she kept everything.
Eric Prydz Real Estate
Eric purchased a property in the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles in 2013 for $5.31 million. The 6,005-square-foot house is located near the Hollywood Sign. Eric, whose marriage was falling apart, put this mansion up for sale in September 2020 for $7.5 million. After a year, he dropped the price to $5.9 million. In November 2021, he took the $5.6 million offer. See the video tour below:
