Gross Average Average Total Average Cities Rank Millions Artist Ticket Price Tickets Tickets Gross Shows Agency 1 169.4 Beyoncé 123.63 45,684 1,370,517 5,648,106 30/32 Creative Artists Agency 2 130.8 Guns N’ Roses 115.55 47,164 1,131,931 5,449,581 24/31 United Talent Agency 3 122.4 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 125.29 23,263 977,058 2,914,561 42/48 BPB Consulting / Creative Artists Agency 4 97.0 Garth Brooks 69.29 56,000 1,400,000 3,880,000 25/102 WME 5 95.1 Adele 111.58 35,513 852,303 3,962,500 24/58 WME 6 89.6 Justin Bieber 99.62 16,353 899,417 1,629,091 55/65 Creative Artists Agency 7 85.9 Coldplay 96.32 42,481 892,109 4,091,655 21/26 Paradigm Talent Agency 8 84.3 Drake 112.08 19,793 752,141 2,218,421 38/56 WME 9 84.1 Luke Bryan 59.00 21,597 1,425,423 1,274,242 66/81 WME 10 69.5 Kenny Chesney 76.32 32,512 910,330 2,481,195 28/30 Dale Morris & Associates 11 68.0 Billy Joel 110.97 40,852 612,778 4,533,333 15/26 Artist Group International 12 67.2 Paul McCartney 142.75 24,795 471,104 3,539,357 19/24 Marshall Arts / MPL Communications 13 66.6 Cirque du Soleil - “Toruk - The First Flight” 69.56 21,760 957,446 1,513,636 44/293 Cirque du Soleil 14 61.5 Celine Dion 142.26 25,430 432,307 3,617,647 17/67 ICM Partners 15 58.2 Carrie Underwood 68.70 10,592 847,378 727,670 80/80 Creative Artists Agency 16 55.3 Trans-Siberian Orchestra 58.98 15,376 937,921 906,934 61/104 WME 17 52.8 Cirque du Soleil - “Kurios” 86.30 15,302 612,080 1,320,518 40/348 Cirque du Soleil 18 52.8 Kanye West 86.65 19,042 609,347 1,650,000 32/41 Creative Artists Agency 19 46.2 Dixie Chicks 66.76 12,804 691,391 854,763 54/55 Creative Artists Agency 20 46.1 Barbra Streisand 260.20 13,618 177,034 3,543,438 13/14 Creative Artists Agency 21 41.0 Black Sabbath 71.38 14,728 574,390 1,051,282 39/40 Creative Artists Agency 22 40.3 Rihanna 88.58 12,638 454,955 1,119,444 36/41 WME 23 37.4 Jason Aldean 49.54 13,471 754,398 667,379 56/59 WME 24 37.0 Phish 54.31 30,991 681,793 1,683,019 22/42 Paradigm Talent Agency 25 36.5 Florida Georgia Line 44.72 13,595 815,719 608,026 60/60 WME 26 35.0 Elton John 121.22 11,549 288,731 1,400,000 25/51 The Howard Rose Agency 27 35.0 Journey / Doobie Brothers 61.05 11,699 573,256 714,221 49/49 Creative Artists Agency 28 34.9 Dave Matthews Band 49.14 16,910 710,215 830,952 42/48 Paradigm Talent Agency 29 34.7 Jennifer Lopez 206.69 4,195 167,810 867,136 40/40 Creative Artists Agency 30 34.1 Zac Brown Band 52.75 17,471 646,445 921,622 37/40 Creative Artists Agency 31 33.1 Maroon 5 82.61 17,421 400,677 1,439,130 23/25 WME 32 31.6 Keith Urban 51.03 11,063 619,554 564,569 56/58 Creative Artists Agency 33 31.5 Def Leppard 52.34 10,562 602,035 552,790 57/57 Artist Group International 34 31.0 Dolly Parton 80.07 6,347 387,161 508,197 61/62 APA 35 29.7 James Taylor 81.01 7,189 366,621 582,353 51/54 Creative Artists Agency 36 29.5 Cirque du Soleil - “Lúzia” 71.48 1,833 412,380 131,015 1/225 Cirque du Soleil 37 29.4 Dead & Company 69.85 22,126 420,396 1,545,481 19/23 CAA / Paradigm Talent Agency 38 29.0 AC/DC 114.84 12,626 252,525 1,450,000 20/20 Creative Artists Agency 39 28.9 Blink-182 39.42 13,082 732,577 515,683 56/58 Creative Artists Agency 40 28.8 Britney Spears 144.97 3,608 198,415 522,991 1/55 Creative Artists Agency 41 28.5 Marc Anthony 126.63 11,253 225,065 1,425,000 20/26 Cardenas Marketing Network / Marc Anthony Prod. 42 28.4 The Who 93.50 10,125 303,743 946,667 30/30 International Talent Booking 43 28.1 Jimmy Buffett 67.40 13,449 416,913 906,452 31/31 The Howard Rose Agency 44 28.0 Sting / Peter Gabriel 119.77 12,988 233,781 1,555,556 18/19 Creative Artists Agency / WME 45 27.9 Pearl Jam 66.71 27,877 418,152 1,859,782 15/20 WME 46 25.9 Jeff Dunham 49.38 5,764 524,503 284,615 91/92 United Talent Agency 47 25.3 Stevie Nicks 98.08 9,218 258,106 904,083 28/28 Creative Artists Agency 48 25.1 Selena Gomez 65.51 8,514 383,147 557,778 45/45 WME 49 25.0 Andrea Bocelli 177.91 9,368 140,520 1,666,667 15/16 Klassics Music Management Limited 50 23.1 Cirque du Soleil - “Ovo” 61.37 12,969 376,088 795,881 29/191 Cirque du Soleil 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, 2016. All ticket sales figures are calculated in U.S. dollars and are based on reported information and extensive research by POLLSTAR.™ Copyright 2017. 26 JANUARY 16, 2017 | Gross Average Average Total Average Cities Rank Millions Artist Ticket Price Tickets Tickets Gross Shows Agency 51 21.4 Brad Paisley 38.32 9,797 558,455 375,439 57/57 WME 52 21.3 Jerry Seinfeld 94.50 3,522 225,396 332,813 64/86 ICM Partners 53 21.2 Amy Schumer 59.93 6,551 353,746 392,593 54/55 APA 54 21.0 “I Love The 90’s” / Salt-N-Pepa / Vanilla Ice 47.13 4,547 445,576 214,286 98/98 UAA / Universal Attractions Agency 55 20.1 The Rolling Stones 153.84 65,850 131,700 10,130,173 2/3 AEG Live 56 19.8 The Cure 54.32 14,583 364,583 792,185 25/33 Creative Artists Agency 57 19.8 Madonna 127.58 17,220 154,982 2,196,966 9/12 Live Nation Global Touring 58 19.5 Mumford & Sons 48.73 15,365 399,480 748,674 26/29 The Billions Corporation 59 19.1 Twenty One Pilots 35.28 10,433 542,493 368,081 52/58 Creative Artists Agency 60 19.1 “Riverdance” 58.95 7,729 324,612 455,650 42/199 WME 61 19.1 Pitbull 67.41 7,871 283,340 530,556 36/41 Creative Artists Agency 62 18.5 The Tragically Hip 81.23 22,783 227,834 1,850,692 10/15 The Feldman Agency / United Talent Agency 63 18.3 5 Seconds Of Summer 52.33 7,934 349,087 415,183 44/46 Creative Artists Agency 64 18.1 Sia 78.98 10,398 228,766 821,290 22/23 Paradigm Talent Agency 65 18.0 Blake Shelton 60.71 13,462 296,158 817,202 22/26 WME 66 17.8 George Strait 166.90 35,624 106,873 5,945,791 3/6 The Erv Woolsey Agency 67 17.7 Paul Simon 92.78 6,578 190,773 610,345 29/36 Creative Artists Agency 68 17.5 “Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour” / “Puff Daddy” 83.91 10,974 208,508 920,869 19/19 Creative Artists Agency 69 17.4 “Honda Civic Tour” / Demi Lovato / Nick Jonas 57.79 7,002 301,090 404,651 43/43 Creative Artists Agency 70 16.8 Bob Dylan 81.00 3,907 207,065 316,462 53/57 Creative Artists Agency 71 16.6 Weezer / Panic! At The Disco 33.03 12,539 501,558 414,153 40/40 WME / Creative Artists Agency 72 16.5 “The Illusionists” 59.63 8,668 277,376 516,860 32/164 WME / The Road Company 73 16.4 Dierks Bentley 33.59 9,573 488,240 321,569 51/51 WME 74 16.2 Duran Duran 67.56 5,995 239,786 405,000 40/44 WME 75 16.1 Katt Williams 76.50 6,190 210,457 473,529 34/37 ICM Partners 76 15.9 Mariah Carey 107.18 16,483 148,348 1,766,667 9/41 United Talent Agency 77 15.8 David Gilmour 112.94 20,018 140,128 2,260,817 7/11 APA 78 15.7 Steely Dan 68.68 6,350 228,596 436,111 36/44 Creative Artists Agency 79 15.4 KISS 66.02 5,832 233,262 385,000 40/40 Creative Artists Agency 80 15.3 Iron Maiden 68.46 14,928 223,919 1,021,998 15/17 Creative Artists Agency 81 15.3 Pentatonix 54.83 6,489 279,048 355,848 43/43 Creative Artists Agency 82 14.7 Earth, Wind & Fire / Chicago 64.87 6,844 225,866 444,021 33/34 Creative Artists Agency 83 14.5 Tool 73.46 10,966 197,386 805,556 18/20 WME 84 14.2 Gloria Trevi 44.00 5,662 322,727 249,123 57/59 The Sixth House / AC Shows 85 14.0 Five Finger Death Punch / Shinedown 55.64 6,627 251,811 368,696 38/38 WME 86 14.0 “Vans Warped Tour” 34.61 9,866 404,507 341,463 41/41 Creative Artists Agency 87 14.0 Brantley Gilbert 34.79 6,938 402,414 241,379 58/60 Creative Artists Agency 88 13.6 Maná 98.10 6,302 138,634 618,182 22/28 Angelo Medina Group 89 13.3 Chris Stapleton 44.13 6,432 302,299 283,839 47/52 WME 90 13.1 Maxwell / Mary J.