Gross Average Average Total Average Cities Rank Millions Artist Ticket Price Tickets Tickets Gross Shows Agency 1 118.1 U2 119.12 61,973 991,565 7,382,401 16/19 Live Nation Global Touring 2 68.7 Metallica 101.08 52,251 679,266 5,281,339 13/15 Artist Group International 3 60.5 Red Hot Chili Peppers 84.96 14,533 712,099 1,234,694 49/55 WME 4 54.5 Eric Church 60.90 14,671 894,909 893,443 61/63 WME 5 48.0 Garth Brooks 65.02 61,588 739,056 4,004,674 12/48 WME 6 39.1 Bon Jovi 84.86 16,456 460,758 1,396,429 28/30 Creative Artists Agency 7 36.3 Tim McGraw / Faith Hill 86.92 12,656 417,633 1,100,000 33/36 Creative Artists Agency 8 35.1 The Weeknd 93.75 15,585 374,040 1,461,061 24/27 WME 9 31.2 Cirque du Soleil - "Kurios" 88.73 15,273 351,282 1,355,247 23/182 Cirque du Soleil 10 31.0 Dead & Company 75.27 27,457 411,850 2,066,667 15/19 Creative Artists Agency 11 30.6 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 86.61 14,721 353,307 1,275,000 24/25 WME 12 29.9 Ariana Grande 76.08 10,930 393,475 831,532 36/37 Creative Artists Agency 13 29.7 Neil Diamond 93.59 12,710 317,739 1,189,498 25/26 WME 14 28.6 Def Leppard 73.96 11,733 387,192 867,759 33/33 Artist Group International 15 26.8 Celine Dion 168.29 4,087 159,409 687,890 1/39 ICM Partners 16 25.5 Cirque du Soleil - "Lúzia" 91.31 16,432 279,349 1,500,511 17/145 Cirque du Soleil 17 24.7 The Chainsmokers 59.40 12,230 415,824 726,471 34/36 Creative Artists Agency 18 24.6 Roger Waters 124.12 14,134 197,878 1,754,393 14/16 WME 19 24.4 Billy Joel 113.05 26,979 215,833 3,050,000 8/13 Artist Group International 20 23.0 New Kids On The Block 69.39 9,749 331,459 676,471 34/35 Creative Artists Agency 21 22.9 Journey 83.53 7,624 274,463 636,835 36/45 Creative Artists Agency 22 21.4 Florida Georgia Line 55.32 11,355 386,074 628,165 34/35 WME 23 20.1 Future 38.57 12,710 521,130 490,244 41/41 ICM Partners 24 20.0 Twenty One Pilots 47.13 10,609 424,358 500,000 40/42 Creative Artists Agency 25 20.0 Luke Bryan 57.80 14,418 346,020 833,333 24/29 WME 26 18.8 Cirque du Soleil - "Toruk - The First Flight" 62.00 27,553 303,083 1,708,339 11/69 Cirque du Soleil 27 18.7 Chris Brown 66.39 8,535 281,668 566,667 33/33 United Talent Agency 28 18.5 Tool 78.32 11,811 236,210 925,000 20/20 WME 29 17.5 Chance The Rapper 50.92 11,456 343,676 583,333 30/32 CLG - Cara Lewis Group 30 17.4 Britney Spears 148.54 3,910 117,290 580,733 1/30 Creative Artists Agency 31 17.4 Cirque du Soleil - "Ovo" 60.89 14,281 285,628 869,575 20/139 Cirque du Soleil 32 17.4 "The Illusionists" 61.82 5,026 281,462 310,714 56/158 WME / The Road Company 33 17.1 Panic! At The Disco 46.69 10,151 365,436 473,960 36/36 Creative Artists Agency 34 17.0 Stevie Nicks 95.70 8,881 177,623 849,937 20/20 Creative Artists Agency 35 16.7 Charlie Wilson 67.07 7,114 248,993 477,143 35/36 ICM Partners 36 15.9 Dierks Bentley 44.86 9,327 354,436 418,421 38/39 WME 37 15.5 Backstreet Boys 132.91 4,665 116,620 620,000 25/25 WME 38 15.3 Jennifer Lopez 191.85 4,000 79,998 767,390 1/20 Creative Artists Agency 39 14.9 "Riverdance" 56.66 4,520 262,140 256,090 58/166 Abhann Productions Ltd. 40 14.9 John Mayer 79.00 12,531 187,972 990,037 15/15 Creative Artists Agency 41 14.4 Justin Bieber 67.72 70,797 212,392 4,794,471 3/5 Creative Artists Agency 42 14.0 Jerry Seinfeld 98.02 5,698 142,453 558,525 25/48 ICM Partners 43 13.5 "Game Of Thrones Live Concert Experience" 68.80 7,267 196,220 500,000 27/27 HBO / Live Nation 44 13.4 Green Day 53.52 10,432 250,373 558,333 24/24 Creative Artists Agency 45 13.4 Enrique Iglesias / Pitbull 94.19 10,162 142,265 957,143 14/14 Creative Artists Agency / WME 46 13.3 Chris Stapleton 50.87 11,367 261,450 578,261 23/26 WME 47 12.9 "Paw Patrol Live!" 45.62 7,642 282,770 348,649 37/102 VStar Entertainment Group 48 12.7 Chris Rock 84.54 6,531 150,224 552,174 23/38 ICM Partners 49 12.4 The Lumineers 46.77 9,455 264,734 442,223 28/28 Paradigm Talent Agency 50 12.3 Cher 152.41 3,678 80,915 560,540 1/22 Marshall Arts The annual POLLSTAR ranking of the concert industry’s top performing artists is tabulated for all North American shows worked between January 1 and June 30, 2017. All ticket sales figures are calculated in U.S. dollars and are based on reported information and extensive research by POLLSTAR.™ Copyright 2017. 10 JULY 24, 2017 | Gross Average Average Total Average Cities Rank Millions Artist Ticket Price Tickets Tickets Gross Shows Agency 51 11.6 Jeff Dunham 45.05 5,830 256,520 262,641 44/48 United Talent Agency 52 11.4 Jimmy Buffett 45.05 21,088 253,053 950,000 12/12 The Howard Rose Agency 53 10.4 Sting 71.33 5,207 145,801 371,429 28/31 Creative Artists Agency 54 10.3 Iron Maiden 68.32 12,625 151,495 862,510 12/12 Creative Artists Agency 55 10.3 Elton John 100.76 8,519 102,223 858,333 12/23 The Howard Rose Agency 56 10.3 Maroon 5 83.21 15,409 123,271 1,282,200 8/9 WME 57 10.0 Blake Shelton 62.11 11,500 161,004 714,286 14/14 Messina Touring Group 58 9.9 Sebastian Maniscalco 68.43 3,807 144,673 260,526 38/75 United Talent Agency 59 9.7 Kings Of Leon 47.34 9,314 204,900 440,909 22/22 Creative Artists Agency 60 9.3 Gloria Trevi / Alejandra Guzman 61.71 15,075 150,753 930,352 10/13 The Sixth House / Universal Aguirre 61 9.3 Zac Brown Band 52.05 16,231 178,541 844,824 11/15 Creative Artists Agency 62 8.9 Julianne Hough / Derek Hough 69.33 2,736 128,582 189,680 47/54 WME 63 8.8 Marc Anthony 99.51 11,025 88,198 1,097,078 8/10 Cardenas Marketing Network 64 8.5 George Strait 127.02 33,300 66,599 4,229,764 2/4 The Erv Woolsey Agency 65 7.9 Radiohead 86.44 13,056 91,392 1,128,571 7/9 Creative Artists Agency 66 7.8 Steve Martin / Martin Short 120.93 3,606 64,907 436,082 18/21 WME 67 7.8 John Legend 116.61 2,477 66,890 288,889 27/28 WME 68 7.7 Jason Aldean 54.58 11,828 141,939 645,615 12/13 WME 69 7.7 Eric Clapton 255.29 30,201 30,201 7,710,035 1/2 Creative Artists Agency 70 7.6 "Winter Jam" / Crowder 15.63 10,571 486,244 165,217 46/46 Premier Productions 71 6.9 Brantley Gilbert 36.06 6,172 191,347 222,581 31/31 Creative Artists Agency 72 6.9 Queen + Adam Lambert 160.21 10,767 43,068 1,725,000 4/5 Creative Artists Agency 73 6.8 Barbra Streisand 262.61 12,950 25,899 3,400,711 2/2 Creative Artists Agency 74 6.7 Train 40.20 4,630 166,666 186,111 36/36 Creative Artists Agency 75 6.6 Casting Crowns 32.12 4,779 205,479 153,488 43/43 Jeff Roberts & Associates 76 6.6 Jack Johnson 52.28 15,780 126,243 825,000 8/9 Partison Arts 77 6.6 Gabriel Iglesias 63.11 4,022 104,579 253,846 26/35 Creative Artists Agency 78 6.5 Rod Stewart 118.33 18,310 54,931 2,166,667 3/10 Artist Group International 79 6.4 Willie Nelson 93.02 2,150 68,803 200,000 32/39 Creative Artists Agency 80 6.3 ZZ Top 62.25 2,682 101,904 166,943 38/39 Creative Artists Agency 81 6.1 Boston 61.52 2,542 99,154 156,410 39/39 Creative Artists Agency 82 6.1 Billy Crystal 102.73 2,375 59,378 244,000 25/27 Creative Artists Agency 83 6.0 A Perfect Circle 53.83 6,557 111,462 352,941 17/19 WME 84 6.0 The xx 46.50 4,779 129,032 222,222 27/37 Paradigm Talent Agency 85 6.0 Miguel Bosé 65.34 5,739 91,827 375,000 16/22 M&M Group 86 5.9 "Hits Deep Tour" / TobyMac 28.65 6,631 205,550 189,989 31/32 Creative Artists Agency 87 5.9 Maluma 54.58 5,657 107,474 308,717 19/20 Creative Artists Agency 88 5.9 Thomas Rhett 39.96 7,031 147,647 280,952 21/22 WME 89 5.9 Katt Williams 71.03 3,076 83,063 218,519 27/28 ICM Partners 90 5.8 "Harry Potter In Concert" 54.25 3,960 106,912 214,815 27/43 WME 91 5.6 The 1975 40.69 4,782 138,687 194,611 29/31 Paradigm Talent Agency 92 5.6 Ron White 54.66 2,065 103,227 112,840 50/68 Creative Artists Agency 93 5.6 Brad Paisley 55.60 5,301 100,716 294,737 19/19 WME 94 5.5 Norah Jones 63.21 2,559 87,011 161,765 34/36 United Talent Agency 95 5.4 Sigur Rós 57.10 3,940 94,570 225,000 24/29 Paradigm Talent Agency 96 5.2 Ed Sheeran 87.55 9,900 59,398 866,667 6/6 Paradigm Talent Agency 97 5.1 Andrea Bocelli 177.27 9,590 28,769 1,700,000 3/3 Klassics Music Management Limited 98 5.0 Brian Wilson 78.01 1,526 64,094 119,048 42/44 APA 99 4.6 Excision 36.37 2,759 126,896 100,325 46/52 Circle Talent Agency 10 0 4.5 Bill O'Reilly / Dennis Miller 111.71 8,145 40,725 909,915 5/6 Robin Tate / WME The annual POLLSTAR ranking of the concert industry’s top performing artists is tabulated for all North American shows worked between January 1 and June 30, 2017.