Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Gross Millions 156.0 97.7 84.6 63.7 57.1 51.8 48.6 48.3 44.4 41.2 40.7 40.3 38.4 38.3 37.4 34.0 32.9 32.4 30.9 30.0 28.5 28.4 28.3 27.5 27.3 Artist U2 Taylor Swift Kenny Chesney Lady Gaga Bon Jovi Elton John Sade Kanye West / Jay-Z Lil Wayne Celine Dion New Kids On The Block / Backstreet Boys Cirque du Soleil - “Dralion” Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band Britney Spears Journey Cirque du Soleil “Michael Jackson: The Immortal” Luis Miguel Trans-Siberian Orchestra Paul McCartney “Dave Matthews Band Caravan” (Estimate) Phish Katy Perry Jason Aldean Cirque du Soleil - “Alegria” Keith Urban Average Ticket Price Average Tickets Total Tickets Average Gross Cities Shows 91.67 81,023 1,701,486 7,427,631 21/25 71.54 23,146 1,365,618 1,655,979 59/80 72.78 22,788 1,162,210 1,658,597 51/55 96.77 17,796 658,446 1,722,078 37/39 99.63 21,231 573,224 2,115,092 27/34 111.14 11,368 466,078 1,263,415 41/58 91.49 11,301 531,156 1,033,917 47/54 121.34 14,216 398,055 1,725,000 28/35 70/71 79.79 7,949 556,460 634,286 166.71 4,336 247,135 722,807 1/57 67.41 12,582 603,935 848,206 48/52 66.04 13,265 610,202 876,085 46/299 71.67 11,900 535,508 852,938 45/48 90.54 9,196 423,017 832,609 46/47 53.39 12,065 699,789 644,174 58/58 116.04 15,421 293,002 1,789,474 19/51 94.29 11,256 348,923 1,061,290 49.37 6,191 656,268 305,660 126.57 40,689 244,133 5,150,000 6/9 125.00 48,000 240,000 6,000,000 5/13 53.95 24,012 528,266 1,295,455 22/38 42.93 11,810 661,368 506,952 56/60 31/70 106/129 34.63 13,181 817,210 456,452 62/62 62.99 16,198 437,333 1,020,291 27/210 57.96 8,551 470,325 495,678 55/57 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.