Gross Average Average Total Average Cities Rank Millions Artist Ticket Price Tickets Tickets Gross Shows Agency 1 151.5 Guns N' Roses 108.96 51,496 1,390,396 5,611,111 27/30 International Talent Booking 2 118.1 U2 119.12 61,973 991,565 7,382,401 16/19 Live Nation Global Touring 3 93.2 Justin Bieber 93.60 38,297 995,726 3,584,615 26/29 Creative Artists Agency 4 88.0 Metallica 127.74 36,258 688,909 4,631,579 19/25 Artist Group International / K2 Agency 5 68.2 Depeche Mode 75.79 39,106 899,447 2,963,772 23/24 WME 6 60.5 Red Hot Chili Peppers 84.96 14,533 712,099 1,234,694 49/55 WME 7 59.0 Adele 98.33 100,000 600,000 9,833,333 6/11 International Talent Booking 8 57.2 Ed Sheeran 101.24 15,270 564,994 1,545,946 37/49 Paradigm Talent Agency / Creative Artists Agency 9 54.5 Eric Church 60.90 14,671 894,909 893,443 61/63 WME 10 52.7 Bruno Mars 77.63 19,407 679,246 1,506,526 35/46 WME 11 49.4 The Weeknd 80.95 15,648 610,253 1,266,667 39/43 WME 12 48.0 Garth Brooks 65.02 61,588 739,056 4,004,674 12/48 WME 13 44.6 Take That 93.20 39,878 478,540 3,716,667 12/30 CODA 14 44.1 Celine Dion 153.17 6,402 288,116 980,000 7/46 ICM Partners 15 43.6 Drake 90.23 21,964 483,209 1,981,818 22/36 WME 16 41.4 Ariana Grande 71.75 11,546 577,304 828,445 50/52 Creative Artists Agency 17 39.1 Bon Jovi 84.86 16,456 460,758 1,396,429 28/30 Creative Artists Agency 18 38.1 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 146.05 29,020 261,184 4,238,418 9/14 BPB Consulting / Creative Artists Agency 19 38.1 Green Day 61.15 11,126 623,058 680,357 56/61 Creative Artists Agency / X-ray Touring 20 36.3 Tim McGraw / Faith Hill 86.92 12,656 417,633 1,100,000 33/36 Creative Artists Agency 21 34.3 Sting 86.67 6,488 395,754 562,295 61/69 Creative Artists Agency 22 31.2 Cirque du Soleil - "Kurios" 88.73 15,273 351,282 1,355,247 23/182 Cirque du Soleil 23 31.0 Dead & Company 75.27 27,457 411,850 2,066,667 15/19 Creative Artists Agency 24 30.6 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 86.61 14,721 353,307 1,275,000 24/25 WME 25 29.7 Neil Diamond 93.59 12,710 317,739 1,189,498 25/26 WME 26 29.6 Elton John 102.10 9,997 289,911 1,020,690 29/42 Howard Rose Agency / Rocket Music Entertainment Group 27 28.6 Def Leppard 73.96 11,733 387,192 867,759 33/33 Artist Group International 28 28.0 Robbie Williams 91.53 33,990 305,910 3,111,111 9/10 X-ray Touring 29 27.9 Iron Maiden 69.96 13,293 398,799 930,000 30/33 Creative Artists Agency / K2 Agency 30 27.6 Cirque du Soleil - "Amaluna" 80.39 16,329 342,900 1,312,717 21/162 Cirque du Soleil 31 26.3 Journey 85.88 6,800 306,003 583,960 45/55 Creative Artists Agency 32 25.5 Cirque du Soleil - "Varekai" 58.61 20,728 435,298 1,214,847 21/136 Cirque du Soleil 33 25.5 Cirque du Soleil - "Lúzia" 91.31 16,432 279,349 1,500,511 17/145 Cirque du Soleil 34 25.0 Britney Spears 148.54 4,315 168,304 641,025 8/39 Creative Artists Agency 35 24.6 Roger Waters 124.12 14,134 197,878 1,754,393 14/16 WME 36 24.4 Billy Joel 113.05 26,979 215,833 3,050,000 8/13 Artist Group International 37 24.2 Cirque du Soleil - "Kooza" 82.86 14,578 291,568 1,207,957 20/156 Cirque du Soleil 38 24.0 Twenty One Pilots 48.34 10,563 496,483 510,638 47/48 Creative Artists Agency 39 23.0 New Kids On The Block 69.39 9,749 331,459 676,471 34/35 Creative Artists Agency 40 22.3 André Rieu 78.31 5,704 285,196 446,661 50/51 André Rieu Productions 41 22.2 John Mayer 73.86 14,330 300,928 1,058,463 21/23 Creative Artists Agency 42 21.4 Florida Georgia Line 55.32 11,355 386,074 628,165 34/35 WME 43 21.0 Phil Collins 126.35 41,551 166,204 5,250,000 4/16 Solo Agency 44 20.7 The Chainsmokers 58.88 9,766 351,562 575,000 36/38 Creative Artists Agency 45 20.5 Kings Of Leon 57.82 9,582 354,548 554,054 37/37 Creative Artists Agency / WME 46 20.1 Future 38.57 12,710 521,130 490,244 41/41 ICM Partners 47 20.0 Luke Bryan 57.80 14,418 346,020 833,333 24/29 WME 48 19.2 Olly Murs 60.36 14,426 317,379 870,838 22/33 Creative Artists Agency 49 18.8 Cirque du Soleil - "Toruk - The First Flight" 62.00 27,553 303,083 1,708,339 11/69 Cirque du Soleil 50 18.7 Panic! At The Disco 47.21 9,669 396,430 456,523 41/42 Creative Artists Agency The annual POLLSTAR ranking of the concert industry’s top performing artists is tabulated for all Worldwide 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. 2 JULY 24, 2017 | Gross Average Average Total Average Cities Rank Millions Artist Ticket Price Tickets Tickets Gross Shows Agency 51 18.7 Chris Brown 66.39 8,535 281,668 566,667 33/33 United Talent Agency 52 18.5 Chance The Rapper 52.36 11,041 353,315 578,125 32/34 CLG - Cara Lewis Group / X-ray Touring 53 18.5 Tool 78.32 11,811 236,210 925,000 20/20 WME 54 17.9 "The Illusionists" 60.60 5,280 295,675 319,941 56/165 WME / The Road Company 55 17.4 Cirque du Soleil - "Ovo" 60.89 14,281 285,628 869,575 20/139 Cirque du Soleil 56 17.0 Stevie Nicks 95.70 8,881 177,623 849,937 20/20 Creative Artists Agency 57 17.0 Hans Zimmer 90.81 5,673 187,204 515,152 33/34 WME 58 16.9 Chris Rock 83.32 5,071 202,837 422,500 40/65 ICM Partners 59 16.7 Charlie Wilson 67.07 7,114 248,993 477,143 35/36 ICM Partners 60 16.2 "Harry Potter In Concert" 54.05 4,683 299,722 253,125 64/88 WME 61 15.9 Dierks Bentley 44.86 9,327 354,436 418,421 38/39 WME 62 15.5 Backstreet Boys 132.91 4,665 116,620 620,000 25/25 WME 63 15.3 Jennifer Lopez 191.85 4,000 79,998 767,390 1/20 Creative Artists Agency 64 15.2 "Riverdance" 56.66 4,471 268,266 253,333 60/175 Abhann Productions Ltd. 65 14.5 The Lumineers 46.54 8,902 311,559 414,286 35/36 Paradigm Talent Agency / ATC Live 66 14.2 "Paw Patrol Live!" 43.27 8,636 328,171 373,684 38/107 VStar Entertainment Group 67 14.0 Jerry Seinfeld 98.02 5,698 142,453 558,525 25/48 ICM Partners 68 13.5 "Game Of Thrones Live Concert Experience" 68.80 7,267 196,220 500,000 27/27 HBO / Live Nation 69 13.4 Enrique Iglesias / Pitbull 94.19 10,162 142,265 957,143 14/14 Creative Artists Agency / WME 70 13.3 Chris Stapleton 50.87 11,367 261,450 578,261 23/26 WME 71 13.2 "Strictly Come Dancing Live!" 56.17 18,077 235,000 1,015,385 13/31 Phil McIntyre Entertainments 72 13.0 Bryan Adams 79.94 4,783 162,621 382,353 34/39 Patriot Artists Agency / The Feldman Agency / The Leighton-Pope Organisation 73 12.6 Andrea Bocelli 147.50 7,119 85,423 1,050,000 12/12 Klassics Music Management Limited 74 12.5 Jeff Dunham 45.06 5,439 277,407 245,098 51/56 United Talent Agency 75 12.4 Radiohead 87.04 11,872 142,463 1,033,333 12/13 Creative Artists Agency 76 12.4 Rod Stewart 104.16 17,007 119,047 1,771,429 7/15 Artist Group International 77 12.3 Cher 152.41 3,678 80,915 560,540 1/22 Marshall Arts 78 12.2 Avenged Sevenfold 54.77 7,681 222,749 420,690 29/30 Creative Artists Agency 79 11.6 Jimmy Buffett 71.54 10,810 162,147 773,333 15/15 The Howard Rose Agency 80 10.9 Black Sabbath 92.12 16,908 118,356 1,557,619 7/9 CAA / Internations Talent Booking 81 10.4 Dixie Chicks 102.81 9,196 101,157 945,455 11/12 Creative Artists Agency 82 10.3 Maroon 5 83.21 15,409 123,271 1,282,200 8/9 WME 83 10.1 The Stone Roses 78.64 32,108 128,433 2,525,000 4/5 13 Artists 84 10.1 Eric Clapton 226.78 22,260 44,520 5,048,027 2/5 Creative Artists Agency 85 10.0 Blake Shelton 62.11 11,500 161,004 714,286 14/14 Messina Touring Group 86 9.9 Udo Lindenberg 72.20 17,140 137,119 1,237,500 8/10 Udo Lindenberg Prod.