Gross Average Average Total Average Cities Rank Millions Artist Ticket Price Tickets Tickets Gross Shows Agency 1 156.0 U2 91.67 81,023 1,701,486 7,427,631 21/25 Live Nation Global Touring 2 97.7 Taylor Swift 71.54 23,146 1,365,618 1,655,979 59/80 The Messina Group / WMEE 3 84.6 Kenny Chesney 72.78 22,788 1,162,210 1,658,597 51/55 Dale Morris & Associates 4 63.7 Lady Gaga 96.77 17,796 658,446 1,722,078 37/39 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 5 57.1 Bon Jovi 99.63 21,231 573,224 2,115,092 27/34 Creative Artists Agency 6 51.8 Elton John 111.14 11,368 466,078 1,263,415 41/58 The Howard Rose Agency 7 48.6 Sade 91.49 11,301 531,156 1,033,917 47/54 Live Nation 8 48.3 Kanye West / Jay-Z 121.34 14,216 398,055 1,725,000 28/35 William Morris Endeavor Ent. / Roc Nation 9 44.4 Lil Wayne 79.79 7,949 556,460 634,286 70/71 Al Haymon / Live Nation 10 41.2 Celine Dion 166.71 4,336 247,135 722,807 1/57 United Talent Agency 11 40.7 New Kids On The Block / Backstreet Boys 67.41 12,582 603,935 848,206 48/52 CAA / William Morris Endeavor Ent. 12 40.3 Cirque du Soleil - “Dralion” 66.04 13,265 610,202 876,085 46/299 Cirque du Soleil 13 38.4 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 71.67 11,900 535,508 852,938 45/48 United Talent Agency 14 38.3 Britney Spears 90.54 9,196 423,017 832,609 46/47 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 15 37.4 Journey 53.39 12,065 699,789 644,174 58/58 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 16 34.0 Cirque du Soleil - “Michael Jackson: The Immortal” 116.04 15,421 293,002 1,789,474 19/51 Cirque du Soleil 17 32.9 Luis Miguel 94.29 11,256 348,923 1,061,290 31/70 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 18 32.4 Trans-Siberian Orchestra 49.37 6,191 656,268 305,660 106/129 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 19 30.9 Cirque du Soleil - “Quidam” 67.96 13,000 454,999 883,495 35/272 Cirque du Soleil 20 30.9 Paul McCartney 126.57 40,689 244,133 5,150,000 6/9 MPL Communications 21 30.0 Dave Matthews Band Caravan (Estimate) 125.00 48,000 240,000 6,000,000 5/13 Paradigm 22 28.5 Phish 53.95 24,012 528,266 1,295,455 22/38 Paradigm 23 28.4 Katy Perry 42.93 11,810 661,368 506,952 56/60 Creative Artists Agency 24 28.3 Jason Aldean 34.63 13,181 817,210 456,452 62/62 Buddy Lee Attractions 25 28.0 Prince 100.73 10,295 277,970 1,037,037 27/45 Live Nation 26 27.5 Cirque du Soleil - “Alegria” 62.99 16,198 437,333 1,020,291 27/210 Cirque du Soleil 27 27.3 Keith Urban 57.96 8,551 470,325 495,678 55/57 Creative Artists Agency 28 27.1 “Glee Live! In Concert!” 82.25 17,350 329,651 1,427,020 19/28 Creative Artists Agency 29 25.5 Toby Keith 39.74 13,654 641,751 542,603 47/47 Paradigm 30 24.0 Jeff Dunham 47.92 5,218 500,957 250,063 96/103 Creative Artists Agency 31 23.9 Tim McGraw 43.09 10,854 553,572 467,704 51/51 Creative Artists Agency 32 23.4 Enrique Iglesias 70.57 10,701 331,741 755,152 31/34 Creative Artists Agency 33 22.7 Sugarland 47.28 8,905 480,848 421,028 54/56 Creative Artists Agency 34 22.5 Rihanna 69.76 11,511 322,316 803,049 28/31 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 35 22.1 Rod Stewart / Stevie Nicks 106.60 12,195 207,317 1,300,000 17/18 Artist Group Int’l / The Howard Rose Agency 36 22.1 Jimmy Buffett 87.59 9,704 252,311 850,000 26/27 The Howard Rose Agency 37 22.0 Rascal Flatts 41.02 12,783 536,885 524,422 42/42 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 38 22.0 “American Idols Live” 54.52 8,971 403,695 489,071 45/47 Creative Artists Agency 39 22.0 Kid Rock 49.21 5,322 447,063 261,905 84/86 Creative Artists Agency 40 21.2 Rain - A Tribute To The Beatles 59.15 3,695 358,410 218,557 97/364 The Road Company 41 21.1 Mötley Crüe 55.93 7,397 377,257 413,725 51/51 Artist Group International 42 20.6 Brad Paisley 42.27 13,926 487,398 588,569 35/35 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 43 20.0 Foo Fighters 48.89 11,679 408,761 570,978 35/36 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 44 19.7 Janet Jackson 93.21 5,303 212,134 494,336 40/53 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 45 19.7 Maná 74.94 16,430 262,876 1,231,250 16/25 Angelo Medina & Ulises Calleros / Music Tours 46 19.4 Tiësto 58.14 4,171 333,677 242,500 80/86 AM Only 47 19.2 Def Leppard / Heart 51.07 8,364 376,396 427,140 45/45 Artist Group International / Creative Artists Agency 48 19.0 Ricky Martin 69.69 8,520 272,635 593,750 32/40 Creative Artists Agency 49 19.0 George Strait / Reba / Lee Ann Womack 76.97 13,691 246,435 1,053,755 18/18 The Erv Woolsey Agency / WMEE 50 18.5 Furthur 51.91 7,273 356,386 377,551 49/71 Paradigm 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, 2011. All ticket sales figures are calculated in U.S. dollars and are based on reported information and extensive research by POLLSTAR™. Copyright 2012. 14 JANUARY 16, 2012 | Gross Average Average Total Average Cities Rank Millions Artist Ticket Price Tickets Tickets Gross Shows Agency 51 18.3 Rush 75.02 9,757 243,934 732,000 25/26 Artist Group Int’l / S.L. Feldman & Associates 52 17.9 Zac Brown Band 43.69 10,782 409,704 471,053 38/40 Creative Artists Agency 53 17.4 “Riverdance” 56.33 3,715 308,380 209,286 83/199 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 54 17.0 Train / Maroon 5 41.97 10,954 405,310 459,749 37/37 Creative Artists Agency 55 17.0 Josh Groban 76.31 3,776 222,775 288,136 59/59 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 56 16.8 Andrea Bocelli 180.22 9,322 93,219 1,680,000 10/10 Pentagon Music Management 57 16.6 “Honda Civic Tour” / Blink-182 37.19 11,181 447,249 415,811 40/41 Creative Artists Agency 58 16.5 Usher 68.05 11,554 242,629 786,264 21/21 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 59 15.6 Chayanne 71.38 12,892 219,168 920,254 17/28 Chaf Enterprises 60 15.5 Steely Dan 69.48 5,705 222,481 396,357 39/52 Creative Artists Agency 61 15.4 Selena Gomez & The Scene 39.42 8,701 391,551 342,991 45/45 Creative Artists Agency 62 14.7 Michael Bublé 73.98 7,948 198,702 588,000 25/27 Beaver Productions / S.L. Feldman & Assoc. 63 14.4 Blue Man Group 50.71 6,042 283,967 306,383 47/224 Blue Man Productions 64 14.0 Linkin Park 59.48 9,807 235,373 583,333 24/24 Artist Group International 65 13.5 Santana 81.51 5,711 165,623 465,517 29/44 Creative Artists Agency 66 12.6 Paul Simon 78.15 2,879 161,228 225,000 56/58 Creative Artists Agency 67 12.4 Shakira 68.23 22,630 181,039 1,543,980 8/10 Creative Artists Agency 68 12.3 Pearl Jam 66.26 18,578 185,775 1,230,876 10/11 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 69 12.3 Jerry Seinfeld 77.27 2,793 159,182 215,789 57/72 United Talent Agency 70 11.7 Marc Anthony 84.14 10,696 139,053 900,000 13/15 Cardenas Marketing Network 71 11.6 Rod Stewart 133.47 4,574 86,910 610,526 4/19 Artist Group International 72 11.6 Barry Manilow 97.51 4,561 118,581 444,712 26/80 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 73 11.2 Guns N’ Roses 52.65 6,446 212,725 339,394 33/35 Paradigm 74 11.0 Vicente Fernández 94.93 5,518 115,874 523,810 21/21 Ralph Hauser Promotions 75 10.9 Avenged Sevenfold 35.44 5,803 307,562 205,660 53/53 Creative Artists Agency 76 10.7 James Taylor 65.80 4,395 162,613 289,189 37/44 Creative Artists Agency 77 10.7 Jeff Foxworthy / Bill Engvall / Larry The Cable Guy 62.11 7,178 172,274 445,833 24/24 Paradigm 78 10.3 John Mellencamp 95.11 2,462 108,340 234,184 44/49 Creative Artists Agency 79 10.3 Chris Brown 62.80 5,467 164,012 343,333 30/30 Creative Artists Agency 80 10.2 Yanni 67.16 2,978 151,876 200,000 51/54 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 81 10.1 Deadmau5 44.63 6,118 226,384 273,082 37/59 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 82 10.0 Wiz Khalifa 28.86 4,386 346,500 126,582 79/84 The Agency Group 83 10.0 Miranda Lambert 40.39 4,344 247,586 175,439 57/57 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 84 9.9 Sting 92.43 5,100 107,108 471,429 21/33 Creative Artists Agency 85 9.8 Chicago 54.03 2,451 181,380 132,432 74/79 Creative Artists Agency 86 9.4 Cher 148.23 3,955 63,278 586,228 1/16 Lindsay Scott Management 87 9.2 Widespread Panic 38.41 4,990 239,520 191,667 48/70 Progressive Global Agency 88 9.1 Earth, Wind & Fire 53.19 3,888 171,084 206,818 44/47 Creative Artists Agency 89 9.1 Lady Antebellum 44.67 5,820 203,716 260,000 35/35 Creative Artists Agency 90 9.1 Alison Krauss + Union Station feat.