Gross Average Average Total Average Cities Rank Millions Artist Ticket Price Tickets Tickets Gross Shows Agency 1 213.9 Ed Sheeran 80.90 124,959 2,624,148 10,186,550 21/52 Creative Artists Agency 2 113.4 Bruno Mars 132.27 35,723 857,359 4,725,000 24/50 WME 3 100.8 The Rolling Stones 159.17 57,574 633,309 9,164,090 11/12 AEG Presents 4 98.0 Taylor Swift 136.44 71,826 718,264 9,800,000 10/16 Messina Touring Group 5 95.6 Pink 138.20 18,209 691,953 2,516,606 38/46 Marshall Arts 6 84.0 Eagles 152.09 19,044 552,290 2,896,552 29/31 Creative Artists Agency 7 83.8 Justin Timberlake 145.40 21,354 576,564 3,104,923 27/36 WME 8 62.1 Kenny Chesney 87.18 29,680 712,319 2,587,500 24/25 Dale Morris & Associates 9 60.7 Roger Waters 100.76 20,780 602,617 2,093,804 29/50 Sensible Events 10 59.9 U2 139.48 26,844 429,502 3,744,132 16/26 Live Nation Global Touring 11 55.0 Jay-Z / Beyoncé 102.73 59,487 535,384 6,111,111 9/11 Live Nation / CAA 12 53.6 Foo Fighters 89.65 21,353 597,880 1,914,286 28/29 WME 13 50.9 Harry Styles 76.69 13,545 663,711 1,038,776 49/52 Creative Artists Agency 14 48.8 Katy Perry 84.49 12,557 577,617 1,060,870 46/54 Creative Artists Agency 15 47.0 Depeche Mode 76.60 17,531 613,577 1,342,857 35/39 WME 16 45.8 “Springsteen On Broadway” 508.78 4,288 90,049 2,181,661 21/95 Thrill Hill Productions 17 44.2 Luis Miguel 109.13 13,043 404,320 1,423,287 31/48 WME 18 42.5 Kendrick Lamar 88.86 10,628 478,280 944,444 45/47 WME 19 40.6 Metallica 104.51 20,452 388,580 2,137,474 19/24 K2 Agency 20 38.7 Kevin Hart 71.67 8,437 539,974 604,688 64/69 WME 21 38.0 Bon Jovi 102.23 14,297 371,710 1,461,538 26/29 Creative Artists Agency 22 38.0 Phil Collins 107.86 29,357 352,285 3,166,333 12/14 Solo Agency 23 35.8 Romeo Santos 93.84 13,625 381,500 1,278,571 28/42 Angelo Medina Group 24 34.8 The Killers 64.28 13,209 541,566 849,029 41/45 WME 25 34.2 Billy Joel 125.56 27,238 272,379 3,420,000 10/10 Artist Group International 26 33.2 Imagine Dragons 64.68 9,505 513,296 614,815 54/58 Paradigm Talent Agency / CODA 27 28.7 Cirque du Soleil - “Totem” 83.67 19,082 343,478 1,596,520 18/159 Cirque du Soeil 28 27.9 André Rieu 86.93 9,163 320,695 796,551 35/45 André Rieu Productions 29 27.0 Sam Smith 67.35 12,528 400,890 843,750 32/44 WME / CAA 30 26.9 Dead & Company 72.85 20,514 369,251 1,494,444 18/21 WME 31 26.3 Luke Bryan 76.94 17,975 341,518 1,382,881 19/19 WME 32 25.3 Andrea Bocelli 170.59 7,806 148,308 1,331,579 19/19 Klassics Music Management Ltd. 33 24.1 Cirque du Soleil - “Crystal” 60.44 19,019 399,394 1,149,494 21/153 Cirque du Soeil 34 24.0 Cirque du Soleil - “Lúzia” 91.08 12,523 262,974 1,140,598 21/168 Cirque du Soeil 35 23.9 Queen + Adam Lambert 121.06 14,102 197,422 1,707,143 14/18 Creative Artists Agency 36 23.4 Paul Simon 101.54 11,523 230,451 1,170,000 20/22 Creative Artists Agency 37 23.4 Demi Lovato 68.82 8,930 339,339 614,554 38/39 Creative Artists Agency 38 23.0 Jennifer Lopez 188.11 3,590 122,064 675,350 1/34 Creative Artists Agency 39 22.9 Michael McIntyre 52.06 13,746 439,877 715,625 32/74 Off The Kerb Productions 40 22.5 Lana Del Rey 74.28 9,479 303,328 704,117 32/32 CAA / Primary Talent Int’l 41 22.4 Post Malone 61.01 12,647 366,775 771,559 29/31 United Talent Agency 42 21.7 Bryan Adams 67.96 8,187 319,305 556,410 39/40 Patriot Artists / Feldman Agency / LPO 43 21.2 Journey / Def Leppard 96.60 13,738 219,811 1,327,110 16/16 CAA / Artist Group Inter’l 44 21.2 Jeff Dunham 49.76 6,657 426,045 331,250 64/64 United Talent Agency 45 21.1 Thirty Seconds To Mars 61.44 7,805 343,424 479,545 44/44 Creative Artists Agency 46 20.9 James Taylor 90.60 9,612 230,684 870,833 24/25 Creative Artists Agency 47 20.9 Shania Twain 90.60 8,872 230,684 803,846 26/28 Creative Artists Agency 48 20.8 The Script 62.00 7,630 335,708 473,058 44/49 Creative Artists Agency 49 20.1 Cirque du Soleil - “Ovo” 73.45 14,403 273,655 1,057,895 19/142 Cirque du Soleil 50 18.8 “Soy Luna Live” 71.90 7,253 261,096 521,483 36/47 Ozono Producciones 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, 2018. All ticket sales figures are calculated in U.S. dollars and are based on reported information and extensive research by POLLSTAR.™ Copyright 2018. 8 JULY 23, 2018 | Gross Average Average Total Average Cities Rank Millions Artist Ticket Price Tickets Tickets Gross Shows Agency 51 18.2 Rod Stewart 103.15 8,822 176,442 910,000 20/27 Artist Group International 52 17.3 Iron Maiden 69.05 13,186 250,543 910,526 19/20 K2 Agency 53 17.1 Kid Rock 88.56 9,633 192,655 853,092 20/22 Creative Artists Agency 54 15.8 Maluma 94.50 8,360 167,195 790,000 20/21 Creative Artists Agency 55 15.4 Jay Chou 212.80 18,092 72,368 3,850,000 4/7 JVR Music 56 15.3 Steely Dan / Doobie Brothers 66.20 7,704 231,117 510,000 30/30 Creative Artists Agency 57 15.3 Robbie Williams 124.45 13,660 122,940 1,700,000 9/11 X-ray Touring 58 15.0 “Marvel Universe Live!” 40.37 26,540 371,563 1,071,429 14/66 Feld Entertainment 59 14.7 “Soundhearts Festival” / Radiohead 90.19 27,206 163,238 2,453,865 6/6 13 Artists 60 14.5 Miranda Lambert 58.47 9,920 247,990 580,000 25/25 WME 61 14.1 Maroon 5 100.02 10,069 140,971 1,007,143 14/15 WME 62 14.0 Blake Shelton 78.17 12,758 178,612 997,285 14/14 Messina Touring Group 63 13.4 Tim McGraw / Faith Hill 79.27 9,936 168,915 787,672 17/18 Creative Artists Agency 64 12.6 Katt Williams 71.20 7,666 176,327 545,877 23/26 ICM Partners 65 12.5 Stereophonics 103.27 3,362 121,044 347,222 36/37 X-ray Touring 66 12.3 Khalid 53.06 6,818 231,813 361,765 34/39 CLG - Cara Lewis Group 67 12.3 Lorde 65.18 5,718 188,708 372,727 33/33 Paradigm Talent Agency 68 12.3 Ricardo Arjona 83.07 8,710 148,067 723,530 17/19 Fenix Entertainment Group 69 12.3 Enrique Iglesias 60.83 15,554 202,202 946,154 13/15 Creative Artists Agency 70 12.2 Celine Dion 165.73 12,269 73,613 2,033,333 6/22 CDA Productions 71 12.1 Sebastian Maniscalco 87.34 8,149 138,539 711,765 17/39 United Talent Agency 72 11.8 Bad Bunny 71.25 7,887 165,627 561,933 21/23 Cardenas Marketing Network 73 11.8 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 62.32 4,029 189,345 251,064 47/48 Pinnacle Entertainment 74 11.7 Gloria Trevi / Alejandra Guzman 68.72 7,424 170,756 510,154 23/24 The Sixth House 75 11.7 “Strictly Come Dancing Live!” 62.28 23,483 187,861 1,462,500 8/27 Phil McIntyre Entertainments 76 11.6 Jerry Seinfeld 97.56 3,947 118,418 385,077 30/44 ICM Partners 77 11.5 “The Illusionists” 47.88 4,465 241,127 213,819 54/150 WME 78 11.5 Arcade Fire 72.08 8,864 159,544 638,889 18/18 The Billions Corporation 79 11.5 Cirque du Soleil - “Corteo” 65.71 13,420 174,454 881,739 13/78 Cirque du Soleil 80 11.1 Cirque du Soleil - “Amaluna” 96.83 12,756 114,800 1,235,082 9/93 Cirque du Soleil 81 10.7 “Lit AF Tour” / Martin Lawrence 65.79 10,157 162,515 668,204 16/17 ICM Partners 82 10.6 Niall Horan 60.24 5,050 176,757 304,205 35/38 Creative Artists Agency 83 10.5 Avenged Sevenfold 51.82 7,793 202,624 403,846 26/26 Creative Artists Agency 84 10.5 Shakira 74.26 9,426 141,395 700,000 15/16 Creative Artists Agency 85 10.5 “PAW Patrol Live!” 43.64 9,591 239,779 418,603 25/101 VStar Entertainment Group 86 10.4 Cirque du Soleil - “Toruk - The First Flight” 103.71 20,137 100,687 2,088,523 5/50 Cirque du Soleil 87 10.4 Paloma Faith 59.55 7,923 174,302 471,774 22/24 Creative Artists Agency 88 10.3 Chris Young 47.15 5,201 218,451 245,238 42/42 WME 89 10.2 “Game Of Thrones Live Concert Experience” 97.72 4,538 104,379 443,478 23/23 HBO 90 10.1 “Riverdance” 59.29 4,137 169,611 245,274 41/100 Abhann Productions Ltd.