Gross Average Average Total Average Cities Rank Millions Artist Ticket Price Tickets Tickets Gross Shows Agency 1 199.4 Taylor Swift 111.54 43,600 1,787,597 4,863,210 41/62 Messina Touring Group 2 116.4 Kenny Chesney 85.37 24,343 1,363,190 2,078,212 56/59 Dale Morris & Associates 3 114.9 Garth Brooks 64.47 77,488 1,782,224 4,995,652 23/120 Bob Doyle & Associates 4 109.7 The Rolling Stones 174.50 44,910 628,733 7,836,716 14/14 AEG Live 5 82.2 Kevin Hart 73.00 10,331 1,126,027 754,128 109/137 APA 6 76.2 U2 117.10 65,058 650,582 7,618,638 10/36 Live Nation Global Touring 7 72.3 One Direction 79.82 39,372 905,546 3,142,728 23/24 Creative Artists Agency 8 71.5 Luke Bryan 55.48 23,866 1,288,752 1,324,074 54/72 WME 9 69.9 Billy Joel 106.47 36,473 656,522 3,883,333 18/29 Artist Group International 10 69.0 Shania Twain 98.13 10,818 703,148 1,061,538 65/69 Creative Artists Agency 11 67.3 Fleetwood Mac 125.36 13,094 536,853 1,641,463 41/42 Creative Artists Agency 12 58.0 Juan Gabriel 100.71 10,284 575,911 1,035,714 56/72 God Is Music SA de CV 13 53.8 AC/DC 90.43 42,464 594,500 3,839,923 14/14 Creative Artists Agency 14 52.2 Grateful Dead - “Fare Thee Well” 144.32 180,967 361,933 26,116,207 2/5 Peter Shapiro 15 47.8 Trans-Siberian Orchestra 57.19 13,709 836,258 783,969 61/102 WME 16 45.2 Zac Brown Band 52.69 18,662 858,458 983,238 46/52 Creative Artists Agency 17 44.5 Cirque du Soleil - “Kurios” 87.82 16,364 507,281 1,437,076 31/274 Cirque du Soleil 18 44.0 Maroon 5 84.22 16,853 522,441 1,419,355 31/34 Creative Artists Agency 19 43.7 Madonna 142.50 15,333 306,666 2,185,000 20/24 Solo Agency 20 43.5 Elton John 123.26 16,805 352,912 2,071,429 21/53 The Howard Rose Agency 21 42.7 Chris Brown 60.45 11,773 706,368 711,667 60/61 ICM Partners 22 41.1 Dave Matthews Band 58.03 17,701 708,054 1,027,253 40/48 Paradigm Talent Agency 23 40.5 Def Leppard 52.64 10,833 769,170 570,322 71/71 Artist Group International 24 40.4 Foo Fighters 58.34 21,645 692,642 1,262,708 32/37 WME 25 39.1 Ed Sheeran 57.87 15,014 675,652 868,889 45/49 Paradigm Talent Agency 26 37.8 Rush 85.41 13,010 442,337 1,111,182 34/35 Artist Group International / The Feldman Agency 27 37.7 Neil Diamond 109.84 10,101 343,439 1,109,537 34/36 WME 28 36.6 Cirque du Soleil - “Varekai” 60.50 18,313 604,338 1,107,976 33/239 Cirque du Soleil 29 34.5 Jason Aldean 48.52 12,946 712,015 628,115 55/58 WME 30 30.0 Eagles 126.42 9,888 237,304 1,250,000 24/24 Creative Artists Agency 31 29.5 Florida Georgia Line 41.37 13,205 713,077 546,296 54/54 WME 32 28.6 Ariana Grande 49.41 9,989 579,354 493,588 58/60 Creative Artists Agency 33 28.2 Bette Midler 126.25 9,299 223,168 1,173,915 24/26 Creative Artists Agency 34 28.1 Stevie Wonder 92.45 8,940 303,948 826,471 34/34 Creative Artists Agency 35 26.5 Chayanne 87.04 8,699 304,457 757,143 35/44 Chaf Enterprises 36 26.4 Phish 71.53 21,701 368,921 1,552,303 17/25 Paradigm Talent Agency 37 26.1 Britney Spears 136.83 3,181 190,847 435,211 1/60 Creative Artists Agency 38 26.1 New Kids On The Block 60.32 10,302 432,692 621,429 42/47 Creative Artists Agency 39 26.0 Mötley Crüe 71.47 6,737 363,789 481,481 54/57 Artist Group International 40 26.0 Van Halen 69.05 10,459 376,538 722,222 36/39 Azoffmusic Management 41 25.2 Imagine Dragons 52.99 9,911 475,740 525,208 48/48 Paradigm Talent Agency 42 25.0 Eric Church 46.77 11,136 534,530 520,833 48/49 WME 43 24.3 The Weeknd 76.39 15,905 318,104 1,215,000 20/23 WME 44 23.3 Romeo Santos 77.71 13,036 299,832 1,013,043 23/27 Angelo Medina Group 45 23.2 Lady Antebellum 38.96 11,466 596,245 446,737 52/52 Creative Artists Agency 46 23.0 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 87.34 9,753 263,338 851,852 27/27 ICM Partners 47 22.6 Celine Dion 163.44 4,321 138,277 706,250 1/32 ICM Partners 48 22.0 Brad Paisley 37.67 11,231 584,019 423,077 52/53 WME 49 22.0 Charlie Wilson 71.50 6,682 307,362 477,725 46/47 ICM Partners 50 21.0 5 Seconds Of Summer 45.19 14,069 464,280 635,780 33/35 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, 2015. All ticket sales figures are calculated in U.S. dollars and are based on reported information and extensive research by POLLSTAR.™ Copyright 2016. 18 JANUARY 18, 2016 | Gross Average Average Total Average Cities Rank Millions Artist Ticket Price Tickets Tickets Gross Shows Agency 51 20.9 Cirque du Soleil - “Corteo” 79.50 17,531 262,959 1,393,683 15/128 Cirque du Soleil 52 20.6 Dead & Company 87.86 14,655 234,476 1,287,500 16/21 Paradigm Talent Agency 53 20.0 Miranda Lambert 56.42 8,244 354,484 465,116 43/43 WME 54 19.9 Jerry Seinfeld 86.63 3,961 229,712 343,103 58/87 ICM Partners 55 19.5 Maná 83.41 12,988 233,784 1,083,333 18/22 Angelo Medina Group 56 19.1 Paul McCartney 161.77 14,722 117,774 2,381,556 8/8 MPL Communications 57 18.7 Rascal Flatts 36.32 12,558 514,867 456,098 41/47 WME 58 18.7 Ricardo Arjona 80.69 7,476 231,751 603,226 31/34 Fenix Entertainment Group 59 18.2 Fall Out Boy / Wiz Khalifa 34.52 12,873 527,812 444,389 41/41 Creative Artists Agency 60 17.9 Jimmy Buffett 93.05 7,695 192,369 716,000 25/25 The Howard Rose Agency 61 17.7 J. Cole 34.87 10,150 507,499 353,899 50/50 ICM Partners 62 17.4 Barry Manilow 72.98 8,219 238,342 599,785 29/33 WME 63 17.2 Luis Miguel 77.56 10,100 222,210 783,370 22/34 WME 64 17.0 Sam Smith 59.67 9,497 284,900 566,667 30/32 WME 65 16.8 “Vans Warped Tour” 39.26 10,440 428,026 409,906 41/41 Creative Artists Agency 66 16.7 Andrea Bocelli 202.95 8,229 82,286 1,670,000 10/12 Pentagon Music Management 67 15.7 Toby Keith 40.53 13,317 386,189 539,738 29/30 Paradigm 68 15.6 Journey 70.41 7,640 221,559 537,931 29/36 Creative Artists Agency 69 15.5 Jeff Dunham 76.65 5,322 202,217 407,895 38/152 United Talent Agency 70 15.4 Marco Antonio Solis 95.94 4,586 160,516 440,000 35/36 Villalobos Enterprises 71 15.3 Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 86.80 8,813 176,267 765,000 20/27 Creative Artists Agency 72 15.2 John Mellencamp 90.08 2,377 168,738 214,085 71/80 Creative Artists Agency 73 15.2 Bryan Adams 57.27 5,417 265,409 310,204 49/51 Patriot Artists Agency 74 15.0 Janet Jackson 83.64 6,642 179,340 555,556 27/33 WME 75 14.9 Gabriel Iglesias 60.74 3,360 245,307 204,110 73/93 Creative Artists Agency 76 14.8 Cirque du Soleil - “Amaluna” 85.37 19,289 173,600 1,646,707 9/79 Cirque du Soleil 77 14.6 Marc Anthony 100.21 14,559 145,588 1,459,005 10/14 Cardenas Marketing Network 78 14.5 Enrique Iglesias / Pitbull 85.88 12,988 168,840 1,115,385 13/ 14 Creative Artists Agency 79 14.5 The Who 96.88 7,877 149,669 763,158 19/ 19 International Talent Booking 80 14.3 Alejandro Fernández 76.45 6,928 187,050 529,630 27/39 Star Productions 81 14.0 Train 31.86 9,553 439,422 304,348 46/46 Creative Artists Agency 82 14.0 Darius Rucker 31.37 8,926 446,286 280,000 50/50 Creative Artists Agency 83 14.0 Ricky Martin 67.54 6,909 207,284 466,667 30/34 Creative Artists Agency 84 13.9 Willie Nelson 64.16 3,051 216,645 195,775 71/80 Creative Artists Agency 85 13.9 Mumford & Sons 59.48 21,245 233,691 1,263,636 11/13 The Billions Corporation 86 13.8 “Dancing With The Stars” 56.98 2,633 242,190 150,000 92/100 ICM Partners 87 13.8 Marc Anthony / Carlos Vives 106.33 9,980 129,742 1,061,201 13/14 Cardenas Marketing Network / Ariel Rivas Ent.