U2 Taylor Swift Kenny Chesney Lady Gaga Bon Jovi Elton John Sade
Gross Average Average Total Average Cities Rank Millions Artist Ticket Price Tickets Tickets Gross Shows Agency
1 156.0 U2 91.67 81,023 1,701,486 7,427,631 21/25 Live Nation Global Touring 2 97.7 Taylor Swift 71.54 23,146 1,365,618 1,655,979 59/80 The Messina Group / WMEE 3 84.6 Kenny Chesney 72.78 22,788 1,162,210 1,658,597 51/55 Dale Morris & Associates 4 63.7 Lady Gaga 96.77 17,796 658,446 1,722,078 37/39 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 5 57.1 Bon Jovi 99.63 21,231 573,224 2,115,092 27/34 Creative Artists Agency 6 51.8 Elton John 111.14 11,368 466,078 1,263,415 41/58 The Howard Rose Agency 7 48.6 Sade 91.49 11,301 531,156 1,033,917 47/54 Live Nation 8 48.3 Kanye West / Jay-Z 121.34 14,216 398,055 1,725,000 28/35 William Morris Endeavor Ent. / Roc Nation 9 44.4 Lil Wayne 79.79 7,949 556,460 634,286 70/71 Al Haymon / Live Nation 10 41.2 Celine Dion 166.71 4,336 247,135 722,807 1/57 United Talent Agency 11 40.7 New Kids On The Block / Backstreet Boys 67.41 12,582 603,935 848,206 48/52 CAA / William Morris Endeavor Ent. 12 40.3 Cirque du Soleil - “Dralion” 66.04 13,265 610,202 876,085 46/299 Cirque du Soleil 13 38.4 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 71.67 11,900 535,508 852,938 45/48 United Talent Agency 14 38.3 Britney Spears 90.54 9,196 423,017 832,609 46/47 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 15 37.4 Journey 53.39 12,065 699,789 644,174 58/58 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 16 34.0 Cirque du Soleil - “Michael Jackson: The Immortal” 116.04 15,421 293,002 1,789,474 19/51 Cirque du Soleil 17 32.9 Luis Miguel 94.29 11,256 348,923 1,061,290 31/70 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 18 32.4 Trans-Siberian Orchestra 49.37 6,191 656,268 305,660 106/129 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 19 30.9 Cirque du Soleil - “Quidam” 67.96 13,000 454,999 883,495 35/272 Cirque du Soleil 20 30.9 Paul McCartney 126.57 40,689 244,133 5,150,000 6/9 MPL Communications 21 30.0 Dave Matthews Band Caravan (Estimate) 125.00 48,000 240,000 6,000,000 5/13 Paradigm 22 28.5 Phish 53.95 24,012 528,266 1,295,455 22/38 Paradigm 23 28.4 Katy Perry 42.93 11,810 661,368 506,952 56/60 Creative Artists Agency 24 28.3 Jason Aldean 34.63 13,181 817,210 456,452 62/62 Buddy Lee Attractions 25 28.0 Prince 100.73 10,295 277,970 1,037,037 27/45 Live Nation 26 27.5 Cirque du Soleil - “Alegria” 62.99 16,198 437,333 1,020,291 27/210 Cirque du Soleil 27 27.3 Keith Urban 57.96 8,551 470,325 495,678 55/57 Creative Artists Agency 28 27.1 “Glee Live! In Concert!” 82.25 17,350 329,651 1,427,020 19/28 Creative Artists Agency 29 25.5 Toby Keith 39.74 13,654 641,751 542,603 47/47 Paradigm 30 24.0 Jeff Dunham 47.92 5,218 500,957 250,063 96/103 Creative Artists Agency 31 23.9 Tim McGraw 43.09 10,854 553,572 467,704 51/51 Creative Artists Agency 32 23.4 Enrique Iglesias 70.57 10,701 331,741 755,152 31/34 Creative Artists Agency 33 22.7 Sugarland 47.28 8,905 480,848 421,028 54/56 Creative Artists Agency 34 22.5 Rihanna 69.76 11,511 322,316 803,049 28/31 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 35 22.1 Rod Stewart / Stevie Nicks 106.60 12,195 207,317 1,300,000 17/18 Artist Group Int’l / The Howard Rose Agency 36 22.1 Jimmy Buffett 87.59 9,704 252,311 850,000 26/27 The Howard Rose Agency 37 22.0 Rascal Flatts 41.02 12,783 536,885 524,422 42/42 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 38 22.0 “American Idols Live” 54.52 8,971 403,695 489,071 45/47 Creative Artists Agency 39 22.0 Kid Rock 49.21 5,322 447,063 261,905 84/86 Creative Artists Agency 40 21.2 Rain - A Tribute To The Beatles 59.15 3,695 358,410 218,557 97/364 The Road Company 41 21.1 Mötley Crüe 55.93 7,397 377,257 413,725 51/51 Artist Group International 42 20.6 Brad Paisley 42.27 13,926 487,398 588,569 35/35 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 43 20.0 Foo Fighters 48.89 11,679 408,761 570,978 35/36 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 44 19.7 Janet Jackson 93.21 5,303 212,134 494,336 40/53 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 45 19.7 Maná 74.94 16,430 262,876 1,231,250 16/25 Angelo Medina & Ulises Calleros / Music Tours 46 19.4 Tiësto 58.14 4,171 333,677 242,500 80/86 AM Only 47 19.2 Def Leppard / Heart 51.07 8,364 376,396 427,140 45/45 Artist Group International / Creative Artists Agency 48 19.0 Ricky Martin 69.69 8,520 272,635 593,750 32/40 Creative Artists Agency 49 19.0 George Strait / Reba / Lee Ann Womack 76.97 13,691 246,435 1,053,755 18/18 The Erv Woolsey Agency / WMEE 50 18.5 Furthur 51.91 7,273 356,386 377,551 49/71 Paradigm
The annual POLLSTAR ranking of the concert industry’s top performing artists is tabulated for all North American shows worked between January 1 and December 31, 2011. All ticket sales figures are calculated in U.S. dollars and are based on reported information and extensive research by POLLSTAR™. Copyright 2012.
14 JANUARY 16, 2012 | Gross Average Average Total Average Cities Rank Millions Artist Ticket Price Tickets Tickets Gross Shows Agency
51 18.3 Rush 75.02 9,757 243,934 732,000 25/26 Artist Group Int’l / S.L. Feldman & Associates 52 17.9 Zac Brown Band 43.69 10,782 409,704 471,053 38/40 Creative Artists Agency 53 17.4 “Riverdance” 56.33 3,715 308,380 209,286 83/199 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 54 17.0 Train / Maroon 5 41.97 10,954 405,310 459,749 37/37 Creative Artists Agency 55 17.0 Josh Groban 76.31 3,776 222,775 288,136 59/59 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 56 16.8 Andrea Bocelli 180.22 9,322 93,219 1,680,000 10/10 Pentagon Music Management 57 16.6 “Honda Civic Tour” / Blink-182 37.19 11,181 447,249 415,811 40/41 Creative Artists Agency 58 16.5 Usher 68.05 11,554 242,629 786,264 21/21 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 59 15.6 Chayanne 71.38 12,892 219,168 920,254 17/28 Chaf Enterprises 60 15.5 Steely Dan 69.48 5,705 222,481 396,357 39/52 Creative Artists Agency 61 15.4 Selena Gomez & The Scene 39.42 8,701 391,551 342,991 45/45 Creative Artists Agency 62 14.7 Michael Bublé 73.98 7,948 198,702 588,000 25/27 Beaver Productions / S.L. Feldman & Assoc. 63 14.4 Blue Man Group 50.71 6,042 283,967 306,383 47/224 Blue Man Productions 64 14.0 Linkin Park 59.48 9,807 235,373 583,333 24/24 Artist Group International 65 13.5 Santana 81.51 5,711 165,623 465,517 29/44 Creative Artists Agency 66 12.6 Paul Simon 78.15 2,879 161,228 225,000 56/58 Creative Artists Agency 67 12.4 Shakira 68.23 22,630 181,039 1,543,980 8/10 Creative Artists Agency 68 12.3 Pearl Jam 66.26 18,578 185,775 1,230,876 10/11 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 69 12.3 Jerry Seinfeld 77.27 2,793 159,182 215,789 57/72 United Talent Agency 70 11.7 Marc Anthony 84.14 10,696 139,053 900,000 13/15 Cardenas Marketing Network 71 11.6 Rod Stewart 133.47 4,574 86,910 610,526 4/19 Artist Group International 72 11.6 Barry Manilow 97.51 4,561 118,581 444,712 26/80 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 73 11.2 Guns N’ Roses 52.65 6,446 212,725 339,394 33/35 Paradigm 74 11.0 Vicente Fernández 94.93 5,518 115,874 523,810 21/21 Ralph Hauser Promotions 75 10.9 Avenged Sevenfold 35.44 5,803 307,562 205,660 53/53 Creative Artists Agency 76 10.7 James Taylor 65.80 4,395 162,613 289,189 37/44 Creative Artists Agency 77 10.7 Jeff Foxworthy / Bill Engvall / Larry The Cable Guy 62.11 7,178 172,274 445,833 24/24 Paradigm 78 10.3 John Mellencamp 95.11 2,462 108,340 234,184 44/49 Creative Artists Agency 79 10.3 Chris Brown 62.80 5,467 164,012 343,333 30/30 Creative Artists Agency 80 10.2 Yanni 67.16 2,978 151,876 200,000 51/54 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 81 10.1 Deadmau5 44.63 6,118 226,384 273,082 37/59 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 82 10.0 Wiz Khalifa 28.86 4,386 346,500 126,582 79/84 The Agency Group 83 10.0 Miranda Lambert 40.39 4,344 247,586 175,439 57/57 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 84 9.9 Sting 92.43 5,100 107,108 471,429 21/33 Creative Artists Agency 85 9.8 Chicago 54.03 2,451 181,380 132,432 74/79 Creative Artists Agency 86 9.4 Cher 148.23 3,955 63,278 586,228 1/16 Lindsay Scott Management 87 9.2 Widespread Panic 38.41 4,990 239,520 191,667 48/70 Progressive Global Agency 88 9.1 Earth, Wind & Fire 53.19 3,888 171,084 206,818 44/47 Creative Artists Agency 89 9.1 Lady Antebellum 44.67 5,820 203,716 260,000 35/35 Creative Artists Agency 90 9.1 Alison Krauss + Union Station feat. Jerry Douglas 52.94 3,005 171,309 159,120 57/59 Creative Artists Agency 91 9.0 Rammstein 61.68 12,175 146,102 750,953 12/13 Artist Group International 92 9.0 Mannheim Steamroller 55.86 2,039 161,117 113,924 79/91 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 93 8.9 Eric Clapton 99.59 11,139 89,108 1,109,255 8/9 Creative Artists Agency 94 8.6 “Rockstar Energy Uproar Festival” / Avenged Sevenfold 31.82 8,977 269,319 285,668 30/30 Creative Artists Agency 95 8.5 Ozzy Osbourne 51.66 7,479 164,537 386,364 22/22 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 96 8.5 “Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival” / Disturbed 35.30 9,578 239,443 338,091 25/25 Creative Artists Agency 97 8.4 Judas Priest 51.01 4,334 164,673 221,053 38/38 APA 98 8.0 André Rieu 75.82 4,413 105,917 334,621 24/28 André Rieu Productions 99 8.0 Caifanes 48.01 10,422 166,752 500,311 16/22 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 10 0 7.9 Tony Bennett 85.18 2,262 92,744 192,683 41/42 Creative Artists Agency
The annual POLLSTAR ranking of the concert industry’s top performing artists is tabulated for all North American shows worked between January 1 and December 31, 2011. All ticket sales figures are calculated in U.S. dollars and are based on reported information and extensive research by POLLSTAR™. Copyright 2012.
16 JANUARY 16, 2012 | Gross Average Average Average Gross Average Average Average Rank Millions Artist Ticket Price Tickets Gross Rank Millions Artist Ticket Price Tickets Gross
101 7.9 “Music As A Weapon Tour” / Korn / Disturbed 41.27 4,669 192,683 151 4.8 Supertramp 73.05 5,519 403,142 102 7.8 311 / Sublime With Rome 30.62 9,100 278,646 152 4.8 Peter Frampton 42.87 1,623 69,565 103 7.8 Ron White 48.52 1,937 93,976 153 4.7 Third Day 28.24 2,513 70,978 104 7.7 Duran Duran 69.31 2,849 197,436 154 4.7 Jeff Beck 62.69 1,866 116,951 105 7.7 Willie Nelson 50.13 1,567 78,571 155 4.7 Aerosmith 62.68 24,995 1,566,667 106 7.6 Peter Gabriel 90.56 5,595 506,667 156 4.6 Alan Jackson 62.35 3,883 242,105 107 7.5 Justin Bieber 70.06 53,381 3,739,878 157 4.6 Stevie Nicks 40.63 5,391 219,048 108 7.5 “Vans Warped Tour” 31.11 5,479 170,455 158 4.6 Mumford & Sons 39.64 5,802 230,000 109 7.4 Ana Gabriel / Marco Antonio Solis 86.94 4,729 411,111 159 4.5 Elvis Costello 66.10 1,746 115,385 110 7.2 Ke$ha 36.75 3,014 110,769 160 4.4 Michael W. Smith / Amy Grant 47.91 1,772 84,897 111 7.0 Jackson Browne 63.64 1,588 101,061 161 4.4 Heart 66.71 2,630 175,432 112 6.8 R. Kelly 71.08 6,882 489,158 162 4.4 Zoé 36.91 2,624 96,879 113 6.8 Sarah McLachlan 60.25 2,170 130,769 163 4.4 Eddie Vedder 73.59 3,737 275,000 114 6.7 B.B. King 55.28 1,534 84,810 164 4.4 Imagination Movers 30.61 2,436 74,576 115 6.6 Moody Blues 60.67 2,277 138,161 165 4.4 Bill Cosby 48.50 1,592 77,193 116 6.6 “So You Think You Can Dance” 53.92 3,832 206,626 166 4.4 A Perfect Circle 46.22 3,967 183,333 117 6.6 Bassnectar 31.41 3,274 102,840 167 4.4 Skrillex 27.80 1,493 41,509 118 6.6 Robert Plant The Band Of Joy 63.19 3,052 192,889 168 4.3 The Decemberists 33.20 2,601 86,337 119 6.5 Avett Brothers 35.38 3,597 127,271 169 4.3 Daniel O’Donnell 68.88 2,153 148,276 120 6.5 Chelsea Handler 70.70 3,831 270,833 170 4.3 Kathy Griffin 58.19 1,508 87,755 121 6.5 Ray LaMontagne 42.97 3,689 158,537 171 4.3 Lynyrd Skynyrd 41.19 2,320 95,556 122 6.4 Incubus 41.77 3,929 164,103 172 4.3 Fleet Foxes 34.50 2,770 95,556 123 6.3 Kevin Hart 55.62 4,925 273,913 173 4.3 Bruno Mars / Janelle Monáe 39.79 4,503 179,167 124 6.3 Steve Miller Band 49.65 2,644 131,250 174 4.3 Pretty Lights 26.63 3,510 93,478 125 6.1 Rodney Carrington 47.25 1,863 88,046 175 4.2 Iron Maiden 52.50 15,941 836,951 126 6.1 Soundgarden 62.14 5,167 321,053 176 4.2 Martin Lawrence 60.54 3,016 182,609 127 6.0 Allman Brothers Band 100.86 14,872 1,500,000 177 4.2 Buddy Guy 48.03 1,388 66,667 128 6.0 Roger Daltrey 78.37 2,836 222,222 178 4.1 Hillsong United 27.77 5,453 151,407 129 5.9 Kylie Minogue 84.73 4,672 395,854 179 4.1 Black Keys 37.55 7,216 270,952 130 5.9 Kings Of Leon 55.17 8,226 453,846 180 4.1 System Of A Down 59.91 7,604 455,556 131 5.8 “Winter Jam” / Newsboys 10.00 10,180 101,800 181 4.1 Gipsy Kings 56.75 2,064 117,143 132 5.8 KISS 79.43 2,704 214,815 182 4.1 Straight No Chaser 78.25 953 74,545 133 5.6 ZZ Top 60.09 2,378 142,879 183 4.1 Bon Iver 34.28 3,417 117,143 134 5.6 Death Cab For Cutie 35.61 3,346 119,149 184 4.1 Dolly Parton 66.34 3,433 227,778 135 5.5 Kem 55.66 2,921 162,556 185 4.0 Dispatch 37.70 8,842 333,333 136 5.5 Camila 40.66 16,986 690,718 186 3.9 Arcade Fire 40.25 6,118 246,232 137 5.5 Michael Flatley’s “Lord Of The Dance” 51.46 1,963 100,998 187 3.9 Eagles 143.59 27,264 3,914,883 138 5.3 Celtic Woman 55.93 2,807 157,020 188 3.9 “Scream Tour”/Mindless Behavior/Diggy Simmons 40.85 3,080 125,806 139 5.3 Kid Cudi 38.22 5,547 212,000 189 3.9 Alejandro Fernández 56.90 68,315 3,887,267 140 5.2 ZZ Top / Lynyrd Skynyrd 45.13 5,752 259,594 190 3.9 Cake 34.09 2,159 73,585 141 5.2 Mike Epps 51.00 4,652 237,258 191 3.8 Darius Rucker 43.05 1,522 65,517 142 5.2 Bob Dylan 57.29 3,242 185,714 192 3.8 Tedeschi Trucks Band 43.70 1,641 71,698 143 5.1 Goo Goo Dolls 37.32 1,589 59,302 193 3.8 Lyle Lovett / John Hiatt 57.91 1,339 77,551 144 5.1 Merle Haggard 52.44 1,594 83,607 194 3.7 Charlie Sheen 60.45 3,060 185,000 145 5.0 My Morning Jacket 39.94 3,210 128,205 195 3.7 Wisin & Yandel 57.43 4,602 264,286 146 5.0 Rise Against 34.71 3,893 135,135 196 3.6 Girl Talk 25.01 2,399 60,000 147 5.0 Neil Young 110.59 3,014 333,333 197 3.6 Juanes 56.20 3,559 200,000 148 5.0 Daniel Tosh 44.71 3,195 142,857 198 3.4 Deftones 31.28 2,371 74,170 149 4.9 Chris Tomlin 26.23 3,909 102,532 199 3.4 Lewis Black 49.30 851 41,975 150 4.9 George Lopez 54.57 2,806 153,125 200 3.4 Blake Shelton 35.03 4,044 141,667
The annual POLLSTAR ranking of the concert industry’s top performing artists is tabulated for all North American shows worked between January 1 and December 31, 2011. All ticket sales figures are calculated in U.S. dollars and are based on reported information and extensive research by POLLSTAR™. Copyright 2012.
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