He may have picked the last letter of the alphabet as his stage name, but Zedd is now definitely part of the A-list.
The DJ is responsible for churning out a whole lot of megahits including Clarity, featuring Foxes, and last years Liam Payne track Get Low.
Now hes shown fans around his incredible new Beverly Hills home, proving he really has made the big time despite starting his career in Germany.
So who is this influential musician, where is he from, who has he worked with and how much is he worth? Heres the A-Z on Zedd.
Zedd was born Anton Zaslavski in Saratov, in western Russia. When he was four his family moved to Kaiserslautern in south west Germany, and that was where he grew up.
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A middle child with two brothers, Anton was born to musician parents, his father being a guitarist and schoolteacher, and his mother a piano instructor.
The 28-year-old started playing the piano aged four and the drums aged 12. When he was 13, he joined the German deathcore band Dioramic, playing drums for them.
Then upon hearing the album † by Justice, he became interested in electronic music and was soon making his own stuff in this genre, a bit like Skrillex did when he left the band From First To Last.
Through his remixes and originals, he began to get online recognition. Then, in 2011, Lady Gaga featured his remix of her song Born This Way on her album release.
Also that year, his single Shave It Up (then known as Shave It) became Zedds first release on OWSLA Records.
Zedd went on to release Slam The Door and Shotgun with OWSLA before departing to release his debut album in 2013 with Interscope.
He had major success in that same year when his track with British singer Foxes, called Clarity. It became an international hit and went platinum, prompting him to go on tour around five continents.
Spurred on by that success, Zedd churned out even more hit singles, plus producing work for Lady Gaga on her album Artpop.
In 2014 he released Break Free with Ariana Grande, and a documentary about his 2013 tour was released as well.
Then in 2015 he released second album True Colours and entered a relationship with Justin Biebers ex Selena Gomez after they worked together on track I Want To Know.
No doubt she knew that hed written Justins track Beauty And The Beat. But the romance didnt last, as Zedd has subsequently said her fame ruined their chances, admitting that she changed his life by putting him in the public eye.
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Zedd made a stand in 2016 by helping Kesha release a version of his song True Colours, via download, while she was battling her former mentor in court and unable to leave her record contract.
In protest against Trumps Muslim ban, Zedd organised an American Civil Liberties Union gig while continuing to release various collaborations with artists.
He kicked off 2018 by releasing The Middle with Maren Morris and Grey and producing Dangerous Night for 30 Seconds To Mars.
As of this year he is thought to be worth around £25m.
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