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Gross Average Average Total Average Cities Rank Millions Artist Ticket Price Tickets Tickets Gross Shows Agency 1 316.0 U2 116.47 71,398 2,713,136 8,315,798 38/50 Live Nation Global Touring 2 292.5 Guns N' Roses 109.16 36,216 2,679,962 3,953,322 74/81 United Talent Agency / Int'l Talent Booking 3 238.0 Coldplay 96.81 61,461 2,458,423 5,950,000 40/54 Paradigm Talent Agency / X-ray Touring 4 200.1 Bruno Mars 98.57 22,066 2,030,029 2,175,000 92/121 WME 5 152.8 Metallica 97.60 40,143 1,565,573 3,917,949 39/45 Artist Group Int'l / K2 Agency 6 141.1 Depeche Mode 78.06 27,388 1,807,583 2,137,879 66/73 WME 7 132.0 Paul McCartney 146.15 33,445 903,020 4,887,982 27/36 MPL Communications / Marshall Arts 8 124.1 Ed Sheeran 81.33 17,743 1,525,882 1,443,023 86/111 Paradigm Talent Agency / Creative Artists Agency 9 120.0 The Rolling Stones 158.81 62,945 755,345 9,996,473 12/14 AEG Presents 10 101.4 Garth Brooks 70.81 53,034 1,431,921 3,755,556 27/93 WME 11 101.2 Celine Dion 148.12 23,560 683,229 3,489,655 29/90 CDA Productions 12 93.7 Justin Bieber 89.72 40,148 1,043,839 3,602,115 26/29 Creative Artists Agency 13 92.1 Roger Waters 121.79 16,439 756,189 2,002,093 46/63 Sensible Events 14 85.7 Lady Gaga 116.24 21,062 737,155 2,448,104 35/41 Creative Artists Agency 15 82.3 Billy Joel 114.88 39,800 716,399 4,572,222 18/28 Artist Group International 16 80.0 The Weeknd 80.67 14,167 991,694 1,142,857 70/76 WME 17 79.3 Tim McGraw / Faith Hill 85.11 13,314 931,959 1,133,135 70/79 Creative Artists Agency 18 73.5 Red Hot Chili Peppers 83.33 15,208 882,035 1,267,241 58/67 WME / Creative Artists Agency 19 66.5 Ariana Grande 75.64 12,742 879,164 963,768 69/77 Creative Artists Agency 20 64.7 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 93.29 18,242 693,192 1,701,815 38/46 WME 21 64.1 Sting 84.49 7,512 758,669 634,653 101/115 Creative Artists Agency 22 64.0 Green Day 57.08 12,321 1,121,233 703,297 91/95 Creative Artists Agency 23 63.9 Elton John 93.38 10,528 684,308 983,077 65/90 Howard Rose Agency / Rocket Music Ent. Group 24 63.4 Neil Diamond 100.98 12,073 627,808 1,219,155 52/56 WME 25 62.0 Robbie Williams 108.71 24,797 570,324 2,695,652 23/31 X-ray Touring 26 61.8 Cirque du Soleil - “Kurious” 80.66 15,324 766,179 1,236,000 50/411 Cirque du Soleil 27 61.5 Trans-Siberian Orchestra 61.18 16,212 1,005,130 991,787 62/102 WME 28 60.1 Cirque du Soleil - “Lúzia” 84.89 14,448 707,975 1,226,531 49/403 Cirque du Soleil 29 60.0 Cirque du Soleil - “Toruk - The First Flight” 79.38 24,393 756,191 1,936,367 31/169 Cirque du Soleil 30 59.0 Adele 98.33 100,000 600,000 9,833,333 6/11 International Talent Booking 31 58.1 Eric Church 61.67 14,274 942,111 880,303 66/71 WME 32 56.2 Florida Georgia Line 54.82 14,043 1,025,173 769,863 73/76 WME 33 56.0 Luke Bryan 54.54 16,298 1,026,769 888,889 63/71 WME 34 55.9 Drake 93.15 21,432 600,107 1,996,429 28/46 WME 35 54.2 Cirque du Soleil - “Ovo” 72.52 16,986 747,380 1,231,818 44/308 Cirque du Soleil 36 54.0 John Mayer 67.43 13,133 801,119 885,521 61/64 WME 37 52.3 Queen + Adam Lambert 97.76 10,918 534,983 1,067,347 49/51 Creative Artists Agency 38 51.8 Dead & Company 84.46 23,578 613,025 1,991,381 26/33 WME 39 49.5 Take That 93.08 25,324 531,800 2,357,143 21/39 CODA 40 48.2 Britney Spears 163.20 10,548 295,343 1,721,429 28/70 Creative Artists Agency 41 48.2 Cirque du Soleil - “Amaluna” 79.97 15,848 602,239 1,267,336 38/290 Cirque du Soleil 42 47.7 André Rieu 82.60 7,811 577,996 645,166 74/89 WME 43 47.5 Radiohead 75.98 29,780 625,378 2,262,611 21/23 Creative Artists Agency / 13 Artists 44 45.4 Bon Jovi 84.75 17,856 535,693 1,513,333 30/32 Creative Artists Agency 45 42.8 Enrique Iglesias / Pitbull 90.48 11,826 473,032 1,070,000 40/41 Creative Artists Agency / WME 46 42.0 Little Mix 51.80 14,225 810,810 736,842 57/71 Solo Agency 47 41.8 Cirque du Soleil - “Varekai” 61.99 16,458 674,764 1,020,282 41/282 Cirque du Soleil 48 41.8 Jerry Seinfeld 108.78 6,404 384,261 696,667 60/101 ICM Partners 49 41.4 Kendrick Lamar 91.53 13,709 452,387 1,254,776 33/36 WME 50 39.7 Cirque du Soleil - “Kooza” 85.41 12,232 464,816 1,044,737 38/293 Cirque du Soleil The annual POLLSTAR ranking of the concert industry’s top performing artists is tabulated for all Worldwide shows worked between January 1 and December 31, 2017. All ticket sales figures are calculated in U.S. dollars and are based on reported information and extensive research by POLLSTAR.™ Copyright 2018. 14 JANUARY 15, 2018 | Gross Average Average Total Average Cities Rank Millions Artist Ticket Price Tickets Tickets Gross Shows Agency 51 39.5 Phil Collins 139.01 23,679 284,152 3,291,667 12/24 Solo Agency 52 39.3 Jay-Z 102.53 13,689 383,302 1,403,571 28/32 Live Nation 53 38.3 Chris Stapleton 46.57 13,054 822,417 607,937 63/68 WME 54 38.1 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 146.05 29,020 261,184 4,238,418 9/14 BPB Consulting / CAA 55 37.8 Shawn Mendes 53.88 12,308 701,559 663,158 57/59 Paradigm Talent Agency / CODA 56 37.3 Iron Maiden 67.42 13,489 553,067 909,464 41/45 Creative Artists Agency / K2 Agency 57 37.1 Kings Of Leon 52.89 9,742 701,455 515,278 72/75 WME 58 36.9 Zac Brown Band 47.43 18,524 777,988 878,571 42/53 Creative Artists Agency 59 35.9 Cirque du Soleil - "Volta" 74.66 16,042 481,274 1,197,760 30/246 Cirque du Soleil 60 35.6 J. Cole 75.69 8,399 470,339 635,714 56/61 ICM Partners 61 33.4 New Kids On The Block 67.76 10,492 493,124 710,987 47/48 Creative Artists Agency 62 33.4 Janet Jackson 73.14 8,154 456,633 596,429 56/56 WME 63 33.2 Chris Rock 84.38 6,558 393,458 553,333 60/97 ICM Partners 64 32.8 Journey 79.81 7,078 410,530 564,914 58/68 Creative Artists Agency 65 31.5 The Chainsmokers 57.95 7,765 543,572 450,000 70/77 Creative Artists Agency 66 31.3 Def Leppard 69.34 11,889 451,793 824,373 38/38 Artist Group Int'l / Int'l Talent Booking 67 30.6 Hans Zimmer 92.06 6,391 332,335 588,369 52/55 WME 68 29.9 Stevie Nicks 92.46 9,497 322,905 878,115 34/37 Creative Artists Agency 69 29.8 Olly Murs 55.93 12,995 532,808 726,829 41/52 Creative Artists Agency 70 29.6 James Taylor 82.88 13,736 357,142 1,138,462 26/27 Creative Artists Agency 71 29.4 Jimmy Buffett 74.79 13,555 393,100 1,013,793 29/29 The Howard Rose Agency 72 28.6 “Harry Potter In Concert” 55.86 4,063 511,994 226,984 126/207 Creative Artists Agency 73 28.4 Phish 65.30 72,486 434,915 4,733,333 6/25 Paradigm Talent Agency 74 28.3 Dierks Bentley 39.37 12,611 718,821 496,491 57/58 WME 75 28.2 Future 34.99 13,660 805,944 477,966 59/60 ICM Partners 76 28.1 Bryan Adams 64.58 5,725 435,119 369,737 76/83 Patriot Artists / Feldman / LPO 77 28.1 Katy Perry 105.52 6,340 266,300 669,048 42/42 Creative Artists Agency 78 27.5 Marc Anthony 100.48 11,390 273,362 1,144,513 24/27 Cardenas Marketing Network 79 27.2 Imagine Dragons 59.18 12,422 459,614 735,135 37/37 Paradigm Talent Agency 80 26.7 Foo Fighters 88.97 9,378 300,101 834,375 32/32 WME / Creative Artists Agency 81 25.8 Springsteen On Broadway 496.16 946 52,020 469,281 1/55 Thrill Hill Productions / CAA 82 25.5 Jason Aldean 49.90 12,776 511,022 637,500 40/41 WME 83 25.4 Rod Stewart 76.57 11,439 331,722 875,862 29/44 Artist Group International 84 25.0 Jennifer Lopez 194.73 11,655 128,202 2,269,557 11/32 Creative Artists Agency 85 24.1 Cher 153.56 11,231 157,238 1,724,654 14/46 Marshall Arts 86 24.1 Hall & Oates / Tears For Fears 75.04 10,705 321,162 803,333 30/31 Artist Group Int'l / CAA 87 23.4 Eric Clapton 210.72 27,767 111,066 5,850,825 4/11 Creative Artists Agency 88 23.1 Gloria Trevi / Alejandra Guzman 63.73 10,342 361,960 659,041 35/42 The Sixth House / Universal Aguirre 89 23.5 Twenty One Pilots 49.31 10,624 467,463 523,860 44/45 Creative Artists Agency 90 22.9 Jack Johnson 56.71 12,237 403,814 693,939 33/46 Partisan Arts 91 22.4 Santana 80.02 6,217 279,777 497,512 45/73 Creative Artists Agency 92 22.2 Sam Hunt 38.62 16,898 574,546 652,591 34/37 Creative Artists Agency 93 21.8 Lionel Richie 80.78 8,996 269,868 726,667 30/37 Creative Artists Agency 94 21.4 Chance The Rapper 48.07 13,094 445,184 629,412 34/39 CLG - Cara Lewis Group / X-ray Touring 95 20.5 John Legend 70.55 5,283 290,574 372,727 55/63 WME 96 20.2 George Strait 127.22 31,725 158,627 4,036,136 5/10 The Erv Woolsey Agency 97 20.1 Scorpions 90.13 7,434 223,011 670,000 30/30 APA / International Talent Booking 98 20.1 matchbox twenty / Counting Crows 42.12 9,174 477,034 386,397 52/52 Creative Artists Agency / ITB 99 19.4 Backstreet Boys 129.57 12,481 149,766 1,617,152 12/33 WME 100 19.0 Tool 77.19 13,675 246,145 1,055,556 18/18 WME The annual POLLSTAR ranking of the concert industry’s top performing artists is tabulated for all Worldwide shows worked between January 1 and December 31, 2017.