2014 MID YEAR
TOP 100 Worldwide Tours 1-50
Rank
Gross
Millions
Artist
Average
Tickets
Total
Tickets
Average
Gross
Cities
Shows
Agency
7
131.5
115.1
110.2
64.9
62.2
61.8
54.0
8
50.7
Billy Joel
95.04
33,341
533,459
3,168,750
9
48.5
42.6
40.5
40.3
38.3
34.5
33.1
31.7
Cher
Bruno Mars
Beyoncé
Robbie Williams
Elton John
Miley Cyrus
Cirque du Soleil - “Quidam”
Cirque du Soleil - “Dralion”
90.09
12,528
538,707
1,128,609
1/43
98.40
11,701
432,926
1,151,351
37/47
WME
105.23
38,525
385,248
4,054,032
10/25
ICM Partners
113.68
18,658
354,503
2,121,053
19/31
X-ray Touring
101.28
11,817
378,159
1,196,875
32/44
Howard Rose Agency / Rocket Music Ent. Group
79.28
8,059
435,166
638,889
54/54
Creative Artists Agency
95.86
17,287
345,747
1,657,249
20/152
Cirque du Soleil
74.41
21,413
428,267
1,593,327
20/136
Cirque du Soleil
Metallica
Depeche Mode
Eminem
Paul Simon / Sting
Backstreet Boys
82.74
40,690
366,207
3,366,667
9/10
K2 Agency
83.39
16,476
362,478
1,373,994
22/25
Sensible Events
105.06
57,435
287,173
6,033,829
5/6
Creative Artists Agency
127.02
11,059
232,246
1,404,762
21/22
Creative Artists Agency
21
30.3
30.2
30.2
29.5
27.6
53.63
7,798
514,637
418,182
66/67
WME
22
26.9
André Rieu
93.54
4,291
287,498
401,387
67/69
André Rieu Productions B.V.
23
23.3
22.6
22.0
22.0
Dolly Parton
Kings Of Leon
Cirque du Soleil - “Michael Jackson: The Immortal”
Katy Perry
110.80
6,372
210,288
706,061
33/38
APA / The Agency Group
60.10
9,172
376,039
551,220
41/41
Creative Artists Agency / WME
96.57
8,136
227,814
785,714
28/77
Cirque du Soleil
88.10
16,648
249,716
1,466,667
15/22
Creative Artists Agency
21.3
21.1
21.1
21.0
20.6
20.2
19.5
18.6
18.6
17.7
17.5
Cirque du Soleil - “Corteo”
Celine Dion
McBusted
Avicii
Dave Matthews Band
Cirque du Soleil - “Totem”
Cirque du Soleil - “Kooza”
Drake
Cirque du Soleil - “Varekai”
Jay Z
Lady Antebellum
44
17.4
17.2
17.2
16.8
16.8
16.1
15.9
Marc Anthony
Keith Urban
Journey / Steve Miller Band
Demi Lovato
Taylor Swift
Thirty Seconds To Mars
Britney Spears
45
15.8
Black Sabbath
46
15.7
15.6
15.4
15.3
15.3
1
2
3
4
5
6
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
47
48
49
50
One Direction
The Rolling Stones
Justin Timberlake
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Michael Bublé
George Strait
Eagles
Average
Ticket Price
80.65
95,912
1,630,502
7,735,294
17/31
Creative Artists Agency
176.65
46,558
651,816
8,224,345
14/16
AEG Live
114.28
21,914
964,218
2,504,349
44/55
WME
117.19
24,088
554,032
2,823,031
23/32
Creative Ar tists Agency / BPB Consulting
106.16
16,740
585,908
1,777,143
35/57
Beaver Prod. / CAA / Leighton-Pope Org.
106.78
22,260
578,760
2,376,923
26/26
The Erv Woolsey Agency
138.36
16,262
390,286
2,250,000
24/38
Creative Artists Agency
16/28
Artist Group International
Marshall Arts USA
87.49
18,761
243,891
1,641,298
13/159
Cirque du Soleil
153.43
3,825
137,701
586,860
36/36
United Talent Agency
65.09
14,094
324,166
917,391
23/33
Creative Artists Agency
65.43
11,463
320,953
750,000
28/30
Spin Artist Agency
58.93
18,398
349,567
1,084,211
19/22
Paradigm
92.20
14,626
219,385
1,348,533
15/109
Cirque du Soleil
98.20
15,305
198,967
1,503,004
13/124
Cirque du Soleil
74.71
14,645
248,962
1,094,118
17/22
WME
67.12
13,178
276,741
884,490
21/147
Cirque du Soleil
95.29
10,319
185,748
983,333
18/19
Live Nation
56.83
6,415
307,935
364,583
48/48
Creative Artists Agency
83.54
9,056
208,283
756,522
23/26
Cardenas Marketing Network / Marc Anthony Prod.
81.73
11,674
210,128
954,110
18/21
Creative Artists Agency
55.56
12,866
308,780
714,810
24/24
Creative Artists Agency / Paradigm
Creative Artists Agency
53.33
8,294
315,174
442,332
38/42
105.50
19,906
159,248
2,100,161
8/12
The Messina Group
65.95
6,975
244,124
460,000
35/36
Creative Artists Agency
154.45
4,465
102,699
689,656
23/23
Creative Artists Agency
88.46
8,931
178,611
790,000
20/20
WME / International Talent Booking
Lady Gaga
Romeo Santos
Guns N’ Roses
78.24
13,348
200,222
1,044,372
15/21
WME
69.73
9,727
223,720
678,261
23/26
Angelo Medina Group
85.81
11,939
179,078
1,024,434
15/21
The Agency Group / International Talent Booking
Jason Aldean
James Blunt
51.41
11,904
297,607
612,000
25/31
WME
55.70
4,226
274,686
235,385
65/65
Paradigm / Free Trade Agency
The annual POLLSTAR ranking of the concert industry’s top performing artists is tabulated for all worldwide shows played between January 1 and June 30, 2014.
All ticket sales figures are calculated in U.S. dollars and are based on reported information and extensive research by POLLSTAR TM Copyright 2014.
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2014 MID YEAR
TOP 100 Worldwide Tours 51-100
Rank
Gross
Millions
Artist
Average
Ticket Price
Average
Tickets
Total
Tickets
Average
Gross
Cities
Shows
Agency
15.0
14.9
14.0
Luke Bryan
Gary Barlow
Cirque du Soleil - “Amaluna”
61.15
7,433
245,298
454,545
33/40
89.06
11,950
167,302
1,064,286
14/15
WME
90.37
15,496
154,959
1,400,439
10/82
Cirque du Soleil
Jeff Dunham
Miranda Hart
Pink
Lionel Richie / John Farnham
Imagine Dragons
49.75
5,025
281,407
250,000
56/57
United Talent Agency
44.54
16,189
307,588
721,053
19/44
Troika
81.19
14,861
163,472
1,206,642
11/11
Live Nation
127.67
11,423
102,809
1,458,441
9/11
Creative Artists Agency / The Harbour Agency
58
14.0
13.7
13.3
13.1
12.9
38.84
12,301
332,131
477,778
27/28
Paradigm
59
12.5
Prince
124.31
10,056
100,555
1,250,000
10/13
Matador Entertainment
60
12.4
12.1
11.5
10.8
10.7
10.7
Paul McCartney
Arcade Fire
“Strictly Come Dancing Live!”
Tim McGraw
Brad Paisley
James Taylor
133.19
18,620
93,100
2,480,000
59.82
7,492
202,273
448,148
73.22
19,572
156,575
36.54
14,074
295,557
40.18
9,863
72.60
8,670
10.4
10.0
10.0
10.0
Shania Twain
Russell Howard
Dave Chappelle
Jerry Seinfeld
114.58
2,750
90,766
46.44
7,690
215,331
80.48
13,806
124,254
1,128,100
9/25
Gersh
81.46
3,410
122,759
277,778
36/44
United Talent Agency
WME / CODA
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
WME
5/6
MPL Communications
27/27
The Billions Corporation / Creative Artists Agency
1,433,084
8/26
Phil McIntyre Entertainments
514,271
21/21
Creative Artists Agency
266,301
396,296
27/27
WME
147,382
629,412
17/19
Creative Artists Agency
315,152
1/33
Creative Artists Agency
357,143
28/41
Avalon Promotions
9.7
9.6
9.4
9.2
9.0
Ellie Goulding
Barry Manilow
Alejandro Fernández
Jack Johnson
Armin Van Buuren
42.81
4,532
226,582
194,000
50/51
79.04
7,591
121,457
600,000
16/17
WME
59.84
17,454
157,085
1,044,444
9/20
Star Productions
52.07
10,995
175,913
572,522
16/16
Partisan Ar ts
64.74
6,319
139,017
409,091
22/22
David Lewis Productions / Spin Artist Agency
“X Factor Live”
Tool
Arctic Monkeys
Katt Williams
Rod Stewart
Theresa Caputo
Hedley
Ennio Morricone
John Mayer
Florida Georgia Line
Juan Gabriel
Scorpions
50.37
10,330
175,606
520,327
17/34
Creative Artists Agency
67.76
10,868
130,415
736,429
12/13
WME
56.03
5,235
157,058
293,333
30/30
WME / 13 Ar tists
86
8.8
8.8
8.8
8.7
8.6
8.0
7.9
7.9
7.8
7.8
7.5
7.4
60.23
7,714
123,428
87
7.4
“Winter Jam” / Newsboys / Lecrae
13.28
11,853
557,112
88
7.4
7.3
7.0
7.0
Marco Borsato
Zac Brown Band
Maroon 5
The Australian Pink Floyd Show
67.71
54,344
108,687
3,679,530
55.99
5,215
130,380
292,000
63.29
13,825
110,601
57.12
2,009
122,549
6.8
6.8
6.6
6.4
6.1
6.0
Rascal Flatts
Queens Of The Stone Age / Nine Inch Nails
The National
Darius Rucker
Andrea Bocelli
Avenged Sevenfold
33.97
12,511
101.03
99
6.0
5.6
Santana
Sunrise Avenue
100
5.6
Willie Nelson / Alison Krauss + Union Station
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
60.55
6,234
143,375
377,476
23/27
ICM Partners
121.41
6,439
70,834
781,818
11/19
Artist Group International
65.73
3,477
121,710
228,571
35/40
Super Artists
45.30
4,253
174,392
192,683
41/41
The Feldman Agency / The Leighton-Pope Org.
103.36
7,643
76,431
790,000
10/10
Luigi Caiola
38.06
22,771
204,939
866,667
9/9
Creative Artists Agency
39.80
9,282
194,926
369,418
21/21
WME
114.13
16,429
65,714
1,875,000
4/5
God Is Music SA de CV
464,653
16/17
International Talent Booking
157,371
47/47
Premier Productions
2/7
Musica e Bookings
25/26
Creative Artists Agency
875,000
8/9
International Talent Booking / CAA
114,754
61/62
The Agency Group
200,176
425,000
16/16
WME
9,590
67,128
968,860
7/9
X-ray Touring / WME
50.06
6,592
131,841
330,000
20/30
Paradigm / Free Trade Agency
42.46
5,024
150,730
213,333
30/30
Creative Artists Agency
172.86
8,822
35,288
1,525,000
4/4
Pentagon Music Management
49.96
4,619
120,096
230,769
26/26
Creative Artists Agency
67.13
5,258
89,378
352,941
17/37
Creative Artists Agency
53.21
8,772
105,261
466,740
12/12
Contra Promotion
56.38
3,820
99,326
215,385
26/26
Creative Artists Agency
The annual POLLSTAR ranking of the concert industry’s top performing artists is tabulated for all worldwide shows played between January 1 and June 30, 2014.
All ticket sales figures are calculated in U.S. dollars and are based on reported information and extensive research by POLLSTAR TM Copyright 2014.
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