Most-travelled musician in one year

The most travelled musician in one year is producer/DJ Steve Aoki (USA), who clocked up 389,221 km (241,850.7 miles), performing a total of 168 shows around the world in 2012.

According to research carried out by the live music events website Songkick, "electro house" musician/DJ/producer Steve Aoki (USA) clocked up 389,221 km (241,850.7 miles) performing a total of 168 shows around the world in 2012. Aoki comfortably out-travelled fellow DJs Paul Oakenfold (361,590 km; 224,681.6 miles; 129 shows), Paul van Dyk (359,872 km; 223,614 miles; 99 shows), David Guetta (339,703 km; 211,081.6 miles; 133 shows) and Skrillex (330,974 km; 205,657.7 miles; 142 shows) during the year, performing in Argentina, Australia, Austria, The Bahamas, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, UK, USA and Venezuela.

The full list of the top 20 most-travelled acts of 2012 is as follows:

Steve Aoki (USA): 389,221 km (168 shows)

Paul Oakenfold (UK): 361,590 km (129 shows)

Paul van Dyk (Germany, b. Matthias Paul): 359,872 km (99 shows)

David Guetta (France, b. Pierre David Guetta): 339,703 km (133 shows)

Skrillex (USA, b. Sonny Moore): 330,974 km (142 shows)

Avicii (Sweden, b. Tim Bergling): 329,628 km (153 shows)

Tiësto (Netherlands, b. Tijs Verwest): 320,005 km (119 shows)

Calvin Harris (UK, b. Adam Wiles): 315,687 km (98 shows)

Hot Chelle Rae (USA): 311,095 km (114 shows)

Diplo (USA, b. Thomas Pentz): 301,881 km (118 shows)

A-Trak (Canada, b. Alain Macklovitch): 277,795 km (103 shows)

Hardwell (Netherlands, b. Robbert van de Corput): 264,329 km (89 shows)

Laidback Luke (Philippines/Netherlands, b. Lucas van Scheppingen): 254,033 km (96 shows)

Kimbra (New Zealand, b. Kimbra Johnson): 253,782 km (106 shows)

Kendrick Lamar (USA): 251,494 km (136 shows)

Ferry Corsten (Netherlands): 248,203 km (71 shows)

Alesso (Sweden, b. Alessandro Lindblad): 244,223 km (95 shows)

Bingo Players (Netherlands): 242,513 km (86 shows)

Knife Party (Australia): 241,003 km (65 shows)

Afrojack (Netherlands, b. Nick van de Wall): 239,952 km (97 shows)

Pop-rock outfit Hot Chelle Rae are one of just three non-DJ acts in the top 20, the others being singer-songwriter Kimbra (best-known for her collaboration with Gotye on the world's biggest-selling single of 2012, "Somebody that I Used to Know") and hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar.

The survey, first published in the June 2013 edition of Wired magazine, covers approximately 100,000 artists and 800,000 gigs from 2012. "Unsurprisingly, laptop-wielding DJs dominate the most-travelled list over bands and their heavy (and expensive) equipment," commented the magazine.

The Grammy-nominated Steve Aoki's surname is pronounced "ah-oh-key". His parents were originally from Tokyo, Japan.