Gross Average Average Total Average Cities Rank Millions Artist Ticket Price Tickets Tickets Gross Shows Agency 1 176.1 U2 116.59 58,108 1,510,804 6,774,900 26/30 Live Nation Global Touring 2 112.4 Bruno Mars 116.82 19,243 962,164 2,248,000 50/67 WME 3 110.3 Metallica 96.86 47,448 1,138,756 4,595,833 24/26 Artist Group International 4 101.4 Garth Brooks 70.81 53,034 1,431,921 3,755,556 27/93 WME 5 98.0 Guns N’ Roses 117.14 22,015 836,555 2,578,724 38/42 United Talent Agency 6 92.1 Roger Waters 121.79 16,439 756,189 2,002,093 46/63 Sensible Events 7 85.7 Lady Gaga 116.24 21,062 737,155 2,448,104 35/41 Creative Artists Agency 8 83.7 Coldplay 110.96 41,889 754,004 4,648,195 18/21 Paradigm Talent Agency 9 82.3 Billy Joel 114.88 39,800 716,399 4,572,222 18/28 Artist Group International 10 79.3 Tim McGraw / Faith Hill 85.11 13,314 931,959 1,133,135 70/79 Creative Artists Agency 11 68.2 Ed Sheeran 84.94 16,386 802,919 1,391,837 49/60 Paradigm Talent Agency 12 67.5 Red Hot Chili Peppers 83.48 15,256 808,576 1,273,585 53/61 WME 13 64.7 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 93.29 18,242 693,192 1,701,815 38/46 WME 14 61.8 Cirque du Soleil - “Kurios” 80.66 15,324 766,179 1,236,000 50/411 Cirque du Soleil 15 61.5 Trans-Siberian Orchestra 61.18 16,212 1,005,130 991,787 62/102 WME 16 60.1 Cirque du Soleil - “Lúzia” 84.89 14,448 707,975 1,226,531 49/403 Cirque du Soleil 17 59.7 The Weeknd 88.35 13,514 675,721 1,194,000 50/53 WME 18 58.1 Eric Church 61.67 14,274 942,111 880,303 66/71 WME 19 56.2 Florida Georgia Line 54.82 14,043 1,025,173 769,863 73/76 WME 20 56.0 Luke Bryan 54.54 16,298 1,026,769 888,889 63/71 WME 21 55.8 Paul McCartney 148.21 23,534 376,538 3,487,844 16/22 MPL Communications / Marshall Arts 22 51.8 Dead & Company 84.46 23,578 613,025 1,991,381 26/33 WME 23 43.7 Neil Diamond 96.37 12,254 453,390 1,180,949 37/39 WME 24 42.8 Enrique Iglesias / Pitbull 90.48 11,826 473,032 1,070,000 40/41 Creative Artists Agency / WME 25 41.4 Kendrick Lamar 91.53 13,709 452,387 1,254,776 33/36 WME 26 39.3 Jay-Z 102.53 13,689 383,302 1,403,571 28/32 Live Nation 27 38.9 Britney Spears 163.20 11,340 238,144 1,850,738 21/60 Creative Artists Agency 28 38.8 John Mayer 65.13 12,171 596,363 792,632 49/50 Creative Artists Agency 29 38.3 Chris Stapleton 46.57 13,054 822,417 607,937 63/68 WME 30 37.9 Bon Jovi 84.86 16,535 446,452 1,403,165 27/29 Creative Artists Agency 31 36.0 Celine Dion 168.29 17,826 213,916 3,000,000 12/65 CDA Productions 32 35.9 Cirque du Soleil - “Volta” 74.66 16,042 481,274 1,197,760 30/246 Cirque du Soleil 33 34.9 Zac Brown Band 46.83 17,744 745,248 830,952 42/53 Creative Artists Agency 34 34.3 Depeche Mode 87.90 15,614 390,355 1,372,431 25/29 WME 35 33.4 New Kids On The Block 67.76 10,492 493,124 710,987 47/48 Creative Artists Agency 36 33.4 Janet Jackson 73.14 8,154 456,633 596,429 56/56 WME 37 32.5 Ariana Grande 74.14 11,536 438,359 855,263 38/41 Creative Artists Agency 38 31.7 Green Day 50.32 12,599 629,968 634,000 50/50 Creative Artists Agency 39 30.4 The Chainsmokers 64.21 7,636 473,446 490,323 62/70 Creative Artists Agency 40 30.4 Cirque du Soleil - “Ovo” 64.21 15,269 473,336 980,405 31/214 Cirque du Soleil 41 29.4 Journey 77.66 7,734 378,990 600,698 49/58 Creative Artists Agency 42 29.0 Queen + Adam Lambert 97.37 11,913 297,833 1,160,000 25/26 Creative Artists Agency 43 28.6 Def Leppard 70.88 11,533 403,650 817,404 35/35 Artist Group International 44 28.6 Jerry Seinfeld 100.74 5,357 283,899 539,623 53/92 ICM Partners 45 28.4 Phish 65.30 72,486 434,915 4,733,333 6/25 Paradigm Talent Agency 46 28.3 Dierks Bentley 39.37 12,611 718,821 496,491 57/58 WME 47 28.0 Jimmy Buffett 74.71 14,415 374,782 1,076,923 26/26 The Howard Rose Agency 48 27.5 Marc Anthony 100.48 11,390 273,362 1,144,513 24/27 Cardenas Marketing Network 49 27.1 Chris Rock 85.75 6,450 316,034 553,061 49/97 ICM Partners 50 26.0 Katy Perry 105.52 6,010 246,398 634,146 41/41 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, 2017. All ticket sales figures are calculated in U.S. dollars and are based on reported information and extensive research by POLLSTAR.™ Copyright 2018. 22 JANUARY 15, 2018 | Gross Average Average Total Average Cities Rank Millions Artist Ticket Price Tickets Tickets Gross Shows Agency 51 25.8 Springsteen On Broadway 496.16 946 52,020 469,281 1/55 Thrill Hill Productions / CAA 52 25.5 Jason Aldean 49.90 12,776 511,022 637,500 40/41 WME 53 25.4 J. Cole 76.58 8,966 331,760 686,614 37/40 ICM Partners 54 25.0 Jennifer Lopez 194.73 11,655 128,202 2,269,557 11/32 Creative Artists Agency 55 24.8 Imagine Dragons 59.57 13,015 416,476 775,240 32/32 Paradigm Talent Agency 56 24.1 Cher 153.56 11,231 157,238 1,724,654 14/46 Marshall Arts 57 24.1 Hall & Oates / Tears For Fears 75.04 10,705 321,162 803,333 30/31 Artist Group Int’l / Creative Artists Agency 58 23.3 Kings Of Leon 45.46 9,152 512,538 416,071 56/60 WME 59 23.1 Gloria Trevi / Alejandra Guzman 63.73 10,342 361,960 659,041 35/42 The Sixth House / Universal Aguirre 60 23.0 James Taylor 82.24 15,552 279,935 1,278,924 18/19 ICM Partners 61 23.0 Future 34.99 14,593 656,707 510,689 45/46 ICM Partners 62 22.2 Sam Hunt 38.62 16,898 574,546 652,591 34/37 Creative Artists Agency 63 21.8 Lionel Richie 80.78 8,996 269,868 726,667 30/37 Creative Artists Agency 64 21.4 Iron Maiden 64.94 13,185 329,613 856,262 25/26 Creative Artists Agency 65 21.0 Eric Clapton 217.24 32,249 96,747 7,005,760 3/8 Creative Artists Agency 66 20.7 Stevie Nicks 88.46 9,339 233,464 826,108 25/26 Creative Artists Agency 67 20.1 George Strait 127.22 31,725 158,627 4,036,136 5/10 The Erv Woolsey Agency 68 20.1 matchbox twenty / Counting Crows 42.12 9,174 477,034 386,397 52/52 Creative Artists Agency / Int’l Talent Booking 69 20.0 Chance The Rapper 48.07 13,421 416,059 645,161 31/35 CLG - Cara Lewis Group 70 19.9 Foo Fighters 90.83 9,129 219,090 829,167 24/24 WME 71 19.8 “The Illusionists” 61.74 4,581 320,699 282,857 70/193 WME 72 19.5 Shawn Mendes 52.16 13,379 374,614 697,862 28/29 Paradigm Talent Agency 73 19.4 Backstreet Boys 129.57 12,481 149,766 1,617,152 12/33 WME 74 19.1 Twenty One Pilots 47.79 10,821 400,384 517,113 37/38 Creative Artists Agency 75 19.0 Tool 77.19 13,675 246,145 1,055,556 18/18 WME 76 18.8 Nickelback 40.35 8,320 465,923 335,714 56/65 United Talent Agency 77 18.8 Cirque du Soleil - “Toruk - The First Flight” 62.42 27,367 301,038 1,708,339 11/69 Cirque du Soleil 78 18.7 Panic! At The Disco 47.31 9,643 395,343 456,154 41/42 Creative Artists Agency 79 18.7 Rod Stewart 76.12 11,167 245,664 850,000 22/36 Artist Group International 80 18.6 Charlie Wilson 67.25 6,286 276,579 422,727 44/45 ICM Partners 81 18.2 Jeff Dunham 48.29 5,462 376,889 263,768 69/87 United Talent Agency 82 18.0 Willie Nelson 59.87 3,956 300,651 236,842 76/97 Creative Artists Agency 83 17.9 Elton John 108.08 7,528 165,618 813,636 22/43 The Howard Rose Agency 84 17.9 Jack Johnson 51.06 14,607 350,567 745,833 24/30 Partisan Arts 85 17.8 Brad Paisley 34.04 11,620 522,914 395,556 45/45 WME 86 17.5 Dave Chappelle 100.60 7,907 173,956 795,455 22/35 Gersh 87 17.4 Chris Brown 67.52 8,067 258,130 544,640 32/32 CBE Entertainment 88 17.4 Marco Antonio Solis 102.32 8,503 170,054 870,000 20/22 Abel Solis Sosa 89 17.3 Santana 74.38 6,630 232,035 493,088 35/63 Creative Artists Agency 90 16.5 Foreigner 39.67 5,402 415,931 214,286 77/79 Paradigm Talent Agency 91 16.2 Steve Martin / Martin Short 105.82 4,023 152,883 425,722 38/43 WME 92 15.8 Andrea Bocelli 175.57 14,989 89,93 2,631,164 6/7 Klassics Music Management Ltd.