Gross Average Average Total Average Cities Rank Millions Artist Ticket Price Tickets Tickets Gross Shows Agency 1 95.6 Pink 138.20 18,209 691,953 2,516,606 38/46 Marshall Arts 2 84.0 Eagles 152.09 19,044 552,290 2,896,552 29/31 Creative Artists Agency 3 83.8 Justin Timberlake 145.40 21,354 576,564 3,104,923 27/36 WME 4 73.6 Taylor Swift 132.50 79,328 555,298 10,510,989 7/10 Messina Touring Group 5 62.1 Kenny Chesney 87.18 29,680 712,319 2,587,500 24/25 Dale Morris & Associates 6 59.9 U2 139.48 26,844 429,502 3,744,132 16/ 26 Live Nation Global Touring 7 45.8 “Springsteen On Broadway” 508.78 4,288 90,049 2,181,661 21/95 Thrill Hill Productions 8 44.1 Luis Miguel 109.13 13,043 404,320 1,423,287 31/48 WME 9 38.7 Kevin Hart 71.67 8,437 539,974 604,688 64/69 WME 10 38.0 Bon Jovi 102.23 14,297 371,710 1,461,538 26/29 Creative Artists Agency 11 29.9 Romeo Santos 90.98 14,289 328,643 1,300,000 23/27 Angelo Medina Group 12 26.9 Dead & Company 72.85 20,514 369,251 1,494,444 18/21 WME 13 24.1 Cirque du Soleil - “Crystal” 60.44 19,019 399,394 1,149,494 21/153 Cirque du Soleil 14 24.0 Cirque du Soleil - “Lúzia” 91.08 12,523 262,974 1,140,598 21/168 Cirque du Soleil 15 23.4 Luke Bryan 74.37 18,499 314,489 1,375,818 17/17 WME 16 23.0 Jennifer Lopez 188.11 3,590 122,064 675,350 34/34 Creative Artists Agency 17 22.7 Paul Simon 101.54 11,766 223,557 1,194,737 19/21 Creative Artists Agency 18 22.4 Post Malone 61.01 12,647 366,775 771,559 29/31 United Talent Agency 19 21.2 Journey / Def Leppard 96.60 13,738 219,811 1,327,110 16/16 CAA / Artist Group Int’l 20 21.0 Harry Styles 75.44 18,557 278,356 1,400,000 15/17 Creative Artists Agency 21 20.9 James Taylor 90.60 9,612 230,684 870,833 24/25 Creative Artists Agency 22 20.9 Shania Twain 90.60 8,872 230,684 803,846 26/28 Creative Artists Agency 23 19.8 Bruno Mars 99.33 39,900 199,498 3,963,034 5/8 WME 24 19.6 Katy Perry 81.69 15,995 239,931 1,306,667 15/18 Creative Artists Agency 25 19.0 Depeche Mode 66.57 28,541 285,413 1,900,000 10/11 WME 26 18.3 The Killers 56.09 13,589 326,142 762,262 24/26 WME 27 18.0 Demi Lovato 75.36 11,926 238,527 898,788 20/20 Creative Artists Agency 28 18.0 Jeff Dunham 49.00 6,803 367,346 333,333 54/54 United Talent Agency 29 17.1 Kid Rock 88.56 9,633 192,655 853,092 20/22 Creative Artists Agency 30 17.0 Andrea Bocelli 180.12 10,487 94,381 1,888,889 9/9 Klassics Music Management Limited 31 16.1 Billy Joel 123.97 18,590 130,128 2,304,485 7/7 Artist Group International 32 15.9 Rod Stewart 102.79 9,099 154,684 935,294 17/27 Artist Group International 33 15.8 Maluma 94.50 8,360 167,195 790,000 20/21 Creative Artists Agency 34 15.5 Lana Del Rey 75.02 8,960 206,075 672,153 23/23 Creative Artists Agency 35 15.3 Steely Dan / Doobie Brothers 66.20 7,704 231,117 510,000 30/30 Creative Artists Agency 36 15.0 “Marvel Universe Live!” 40.37 26,540 371,563 1,071,429 14/66 Feld Entertainment 37 14.5 Miranda Lambert 58.47 9,920 247,990 580,000 25/25 WME 38 14.1 Maroon 5 100.02 10,069 140,971 1,007,143 14/15 WME 39 14.0 Blake Shelton 78.17 12,758 178,612 997,285 14/14 Messina Touring Group 40 13.4 Tim McGraw / Faith Hill 79.27 9,936 168,915 787,672 17/18 Creative Artists Agency 41 12.6 Katt Williams 71.20 7,666 176,327 545,877 23/26 ICM Partners 42 12.3 Lorde 65.18 5,718 188,708 372,727 33/33 Paradigm Talent Agency 43 12.1 Sebastian Maniscalco 87.34 8,149 138,539 711,765 17/39 United Talent Agency 44 11.7 Gloria Trevi / Alejandra Guzman 68.72 7,424 170,756 510,154 23/24 The Sixth House 45 11.6 Jerry Seinfeld 97.56 3,947 118,418 385,077 30/44 ICM Partners 46 11.5 Cirque du Soleil - “Corteo” 65.71 13,420 174,454 881,739 13/78 Cirque du Soleil 47 11.1 Bad Bunny 73.61 7,549 150,973 555,688 20/22 Cardenas Marketing Network 48 10.7 “Lit AF Tour” / Martin Lawrence 65.79 10,157 162,515 668,204 16/17 ICM Partners 49 10.3 Foo Fighters 69.94 14,727 147,269 1,030,000 10/10 WME 50 10.3 Chris Young 47.15 5,201 218,451 245,238 42/42 WME 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. 20 JULY 23, 2018 | Gross Average Average Total Average Cities Rank Millions Artist Ticket Price Tickets Tickets Gross Shows Agency 51 10.1 “Riverdance” 59.29 4,137 169,611 245,274 41/100 Abhann Productions Ltd. 52 10.0 “PAW Patrol Live!” 44.53 9,376 225,012 417,471 24/98 VStar Entertainment Group 53 9.8 Celine Dion 165.73 14,783 59,132 2,450,000 4/20 CDA Productions 54 9.6 Khalid 54.21 8,050 177,089 436,364 22/26 CLG - Cara Lewis Group 55 9.5 Avenged Sevenfold 51.61 8,367 184,072 431,818 22/22 Creative Artists Agency 56 9.4 “The Illusionists” 56.67 3,267 166,617 185,129 51/118 WME 57 9.4 Little Big Town 53.87 6,235 174,586 335,889 28/28 Creative Artists Agency 58 9.2 Trevor Noah 60.16 4,779 152,925 287,500 32/47 Creative Artists Agency 59 8.7 Ricardo Arjona 82.44 9,617 105,785 792,853 11/13 Fenix Entertainment Group 60 8.6 Alan Jackson 60.77 8,857 141,710 538,258 16/16 WME 61 8.6 Dave Matthews Band 104.54 4,839 82,265 505,882 17/21 Paradigm Talent Agency 62 8.6 Jimmy Buffett 102.75 5,978 83,698 614,286 14/14 The Howard Rose Agency 63 8.5 Marco Antonio Solis 66.80 9,089 127,245 607,143 14/15 Habari Inc. 64 8.3 George Strait 132.69 20,850 62,551 2,766,667 3/5 The Erv Woolsey Agency 65 8.2 Gabriel Iglesias 64.40 3,431 126,946 220,968 37/52 Creative Artists Agency 66 7.6 “Winter Jam” / Skillet 21.37 7,695 353,949 164,430 46/46 Premier Productions 67 7.4 Yanni 79.94 2,324 92,978 185,827 40/40 WME 68 7.0 Chicago 71.60 3,621 97,765 259,259 27/35 Creative Artists Agency 69 7.0 “Dancing With The Stars” 64.65 3,252 107,318 210,259 33/36 ICM Partners 70 6.6 Steve Martin / Martin Short 137.89 2,176 47,864 300,000 22/24 WME 71 6.6 Kygo 57.11 6,420 115,566 366,667 18/20 WME 72 6.6 LCD Soundsystem 70.44 18,739 93,696 1,320,000 5/9 WME 73 6.6 Timbiriche 72.46 10,107 90,965 732,396 9/12 Seitrack US / OCESA Seitrack 74 6.6 Phil Collins 120.38 13,680 54,718 1,646,705 4/5 Solo Agency 75 6.5 Santana 76.54 5,298 84,765 405,518 16/30 Creative Artists Agency 76 6.4 David Byrne 79.32 1,793 80,685 142,222 45/49 WME 77 6.3 Cirque du Soleil - “Volta” 74.02 9,388 84,492 694,935 9/64 Cirque du Soleil 78 6.1 Rain - A Tribute To The Beatles 55.19 2,133 110,935 117,743 52/76 WME 79 6.0 Cher 163.32 6,123 36,737 1,000,000 6/24 Marshall Arts 80 5.9 Willie Nelson 72.71 2,898 81,144 210,714 28/29 Creative Artists Agency 81 5.8 “Hits Deep Tour” / TobyMac 27.62 7,561 211,700 208,836 28/28 Creative Artists Agency 82 5.8 Foreigner 57.72 2,890 101,159 166,834 35/35 Paradigm Talent Agency 83 5.8 Brad Paisley 49.64 4,327 116,841 214,815 27/27 WME 84 5.7 Queens Of The Stone Age 50.00 4,721 113,306 236,066 24/26 WME 85 5.5 Brantley Gilbert 41.04 5,400 134,994 221,597 25/25 Creative Artists Agency 86 5.0 G-Eazy 56.98 4,644 88,239 264,634 19/19 United Talent Agency 87 5.0 Vance Joy 39.31 3,261 127,194 128,205 39/39 Paradigm Talent Agency 88 5.0 Pepe Aguilar 121.97 2,928 40,993 357,143 14/14 M&M Group 89 5.0 Judas Priest 67.46 3,529 74,117 238,095 21/21 APA 90 4.8 Backstreet Boys 154.69 10,315 30,945 1,595,636 3/9 WME 91 4.7 “90’s Block Party” / Guy 78.82 5,412 59,527 426,556 11/12 Celebrity Talent Agency / Red Ent.