Rank
Gross
Millions
Artist
Average
Ticket Price
Average
Tickets
Total
Tickets
Average
Gross
Cities
Shows
Agency
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
34
35
36
37
30
31
32
33
45
46
47
48
49
50
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
19
20
21
22
15
16
17
18
5
6
7
8
1
2
3
4
9
10
11
12
13
14
58.1
55.6
50.1
49.6
49.1
45.3
44.8
43.5
42.6
142.1
103.9
87.7
79.6
69.9
61.1
60.9
58.5
33.3
31.1
31.0
30.7
29.9
23.6
23.5
21.2
20.6
20.0
19.7
19.6
19.1
18.6
18.5
29.0
28.4
28.3
28.0
27.7
26.0
25.7
25.1
18.3
18.0
17.3
17.1
17.0
16.8
16.1
16.0
15.8
15.3
Bon Jovi
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
The Rolling Stones
Cirque du Soleil - “Michael Jackson: The Immortal”
Justin Bieber
Pink
Depeche Mode
Taylor Swift
Fleetwood Mac
Beyoncé
Rihanna
One Direction
Kenny Chesney
Cirque du Soleil - “Ovo”
Cirque du Soleil - “Corteo”
Paul McCartney
George Strait
Cirque du Soleil - “Kooza”
Cirque du Soleil - “Varekai”
Maroon 5
Elton John
Alicia Keys
Swedish House Mafia
Eric Clapton
The Killers
Cirque du Soleil - “Dralion”
Cirque du Soleil - “Totem”
Cirque du Soleil - “Amaluna”
Barbra Streisand
Muse
Carrie Underwood
The Who
“Walking With Dinosaurs”
Celine Dion
Robbie Williams
Lady Gaga
New Kids On the Block
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Dave Matthews Band
Vasco Rossi
The Cure
Andrea Bocelli
André Rieu
Luke Bryan
Mark Knopfler
Jason Aldean
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Rod Stewart
Cirque du Soleil - “Quidam”
Joe Cocker
65.84
66.80
126.45
76.81
78.44
89.18
60.87
87.71
91.33
88.48
254.99
56.92
61.03
98.36
50.48
149.85
109.22
109.66
65.81
97.88
55.87
107.80
92.03
80.90
53.79
75.05
132.24
107.87
129.58
89.80
97.19
95.60
107.19
346.09
116.53
76.85
75.03
77.22
85.11
69.18
78.75
150.03
92.58
41.68
71.49
52.95
87.21
101.69
59.01
67.87
38,195
29,041
7,057
8,518
12,432
5,945
13,220
6,837
7,867
12,170
6,109
2,426
13,259
8,992
7,785
17,605
10,273
11,340
3,475
1,997
2,163
20,144
10,022
7,582
9,189
19,998
3,815
45,779
12,832
12,389
10,841
20,829
12,832
26,267
13,176
23,053
24,231
2,062
1,745
30,518
22,590
2,102
25,633 1,486,726 2,450,476 58/60
46,167 969,504 4,948,700 21/31
23,027
34,160
253,296 7,969,276 11/18
683,196 3,980,577 20/88
16,844
15,641
34,282
25,437
909,564
813,340
788,486
686,805
1,294,444
1,175,000
2,647,205
2,164,879
54/67
52/60
23/24
27/37
538,961 1,383,333 42/42
604,150 2,417,391 23/36
619,283 1,065,957 47/54
922,104 1,240,000 40/68
654,230 1,818,519 27/29
342,315
415,233
474,387
342,678
272,706
2,028,571
204,324
3/166
188,193 1/238
335,699 3,954,545 11/15
21/21
3/163
473,099
464,071
464,925
319,701
303,487
294,230
440,969
386,695
238,918
137,340
183,116
179,646
297,342
195,136
333,266
159,733 3/195
885,714 35/36
242,783 1,137,037 27/37
389,272 598,000 50/52
369,709 1,380,952 21/31
318,457 916,129 31/38
690,244
304,784
182,351
191,432
100,719 5,136,419
570,455
462,745
903,846
41/44
6/92
3/152
4/136
5/8
419,968 1,009,524 21/125
571,691
5,000,115
1,407,143
815,304
1,061,111
1,163,621
44/52
51/51
26/28
1/36
4/9
14/18
24/27
18/18
16/21
267,362 2,642,452 2/7
232,326 2,286,927 8/8
119,976 1,058,824 17/17
187,394
410,268
237,795
317,280
184,611
788,618
518,182
425,000
700,000
596,296
22/31
33/34
40/45
24/25
27/28
157,340
267,748
226,036
800,000 8/21
718,134 22/134
414,623 37/37
Creative Artists Agency
Creative Artists Agency / BPB Consulting
AEG Live
Cirque du Soleil
Creative Artists Agency
Live Nation / Marshall Arts
Sensible Events
The Messina Group
Creative Artists Agency
ICM Par tners
WME
Creative Artists Agency
Dale Morris & Associates
Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil
MPL Communications
The Erv Woolsey Agency
Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil
CAA / International Talent Booking
Howard Rose Agency / Rocket Music Ent. Group
WME
WME
Creative Artists Agency
WME
Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil
Martin Erlichman Associates
ICM Par tners / The Agency Group
Creative Artists Agency
AEG Live / International Talent Booking
WME / Global Creatures
United Talent Agency
X-ray Touring
WME
Creative Artists Agency
ICM Par tners
Paradigm
Live Nation Italia
CAA / Primary Talent International
Pentagon Music Management
André Rieu Productions B.V.
WME
Sensible Events
Buddy Lee Attractions
United Talent Agency
Ar tist Group International
Cirque du Soleil
Marshall Ar ts
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, 2013.
All ticket sales figures are calculated in U.S. dollars and are based on reported information and extensive research by POLLSTAR .™ Copyright 2013.
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Rank
Gross
Millions
Artist
Average
Ticket Price
Average
Tickets
Total
Tickets
Average
Gross
Cities
Shows
Agency
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
84
85
86
87
80
81
82
83
95
96
97
98
99
100
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
69
70
71
72
65
66
67
68
55
56
57
58
51
52
53
54
59
60
61
62
63
64
15.2
15.1
15.0
14.9
14.9
14.8
14.4
14.3
7.1
6.9
6.8
6.7
8.0
7.9
7.8
7.4
9.3
9.1
9.0
8.0
9.9
9.8
9.4
9.3
6.0
5.8
5.7
5.7
6.2
6.2
6.1
6.0
5.7
5.5
12.0
11.5
11.3
11.2
11.1
10.5
10.1
10.1
13.6
13.5
13.1
12.9
12.4
12.2
12.2
12.1
134.85
69.31
54.30
116.11
88.78
36.20
51.91
73.54
12.22
51.79
50.86
49.26
115.32
39.00
61.30
64.16
93.10
110.70
139.64
163.05
56.38
88.47
75.99
58.85
28.05
74.93
42.27
72.64
73.19
50.13
56.03
157.77
84.16
113.99
95.27
50.38
36.47
48.22
46.62
41.52
108.13
45.53
51.83
82.83
41.44
66.52
73.38
58.77
134.10
46.44
Tim McGraw
Olly Murs
Mumford & Sons
Miranda Lambert
Leonard Cohen
Zac Brown Band
The Script
Cirque du Soleil - “Alegria”
Rascal Flatts
Girls Aloud
Luis Miguel
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Shania Twain
Jeff Dunham
Black Sabbath
Romeo Santos
Ed Sheeran
Vicente Fernández / Vicente Fernández Jr.
Rush
Brad Paisley
Kid Rock
Barry Manilow
“Strictly Come Dancing Live!”
Russell Peters
“X Factor Live”
Blue Man Group
Barry Gibb
Ricardo Arjona
Tool
Il Divo / Katherine Jenkins
Green Day
Bryan Adams
Keith Urban
KISS / Mötley Crüe
Prince
Michael Flatley’s “Lord Of The Dance”
Jimmy Buffett
Mötley Crüe
“Winter Jam” / Tobymac
Chicago
Ron White
Eric Church
Guns N’ Roses
Shinedown / Three Days Grace
Theresa Caputo
The Tragically Hip
Heart
Chris Tomlin
Eros Ramazzotti
Tiësto
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, 2013.
All ticket sales figures are calculated in U.S. dollars and are based on reported information and extensive research by POLLSTAR .™ Copyright 2013.
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15,078
7,935
6,697
14,149
5,534
15,470
6,898
4,923
12,587
2,940
2,390
7,866
4,069
4,817
2,879
4,305
2,527
24,050
11,315
3,987
1,798
7,296
3,492
3,104
5,977
7,607
5,415
13,904
4,451
12,345
8,731
11,916
9,993
13,598
4,548
6,618
14,885
7,117
8,044
9,202
5,300
13,025
12,629
2,614
9,653
20,295
22,332
27,437
3,550
5,711
416,780
313,148
321,750
358,863
137,797
325,633
277,831
172,556
328,185
542,857
343,182
375,000
382,051
573,077
593,105
654,545
216,552
400,000
28/28
44/54
40/44
39/39
26/28
25/27
22/28
9/66
34/34
202,946 1,350,000 10/20
178,655 1,638,682 8/22
219,499 1,612,500
92,307 476,093
262,704
8/10
1/26
265,217 46/48
90,470 2,033,333
174,577
220,994
550,000
363,636
99,044 1,642,857
6/8
22/23
33/38
7/10
127,280
309,392
213,831
142,779
491,304 23/23
560,000 20/20
358,065 31/31
362,069 19/48
139,041 1,010,000 10/22
137,996 325,806 31/51
197,520
174,610
618,879
489,134
16/32
20/92
59,580 1,880,000 5/6
109,921 840,988 11/14
81,586 1,550,000 6/9
95,518
178,677
433,333 21/21
333,365 27/27
553,830
129,368
121,903
125,862
52,896
154,143
97,879
90,399
85,929 235,294 34/34
72,149 2,662,179
56,574 1,580,000
3/7
5/7
47,838
131,252
80,253
90,801
650,000
101,370
645,455
265,385
12/24
73/99
11/11
26/26
96,228
203,208
76,070
129,963
153,815
152,273
121,569
387,500
469,231
187,871
176,471
276,190
182,664
167,647
570,000
228,891
44/44
44/49
51/72
16/16
13/13
32/32
34/39
21/21
31/31
34/36
10/11
24/24
Creative Ar tists Agency
Creative Ar tists Agency
The Billions Corporation / Int’l Talent Booking
WME
RK Management
Creative Ar tists Agency
Creative Ar tists Agency
Cirque du Soleil
WME
WME
WME
WME / Creative Ar tists Agency
Creative Ar tists Agency
Creative Ar tists Agency
International Talent Booking
Publimagen
Paradigm / Free Trade Agency
Ralph Hauser Promotions
Ar tist Group International
WME
Creative Ar tists Agency
WME
Phil McIntyre Entertainments
Creative Ar tists Agency
Creative Ar tists Agency
Columbia Artists Management
United Talent Agency
Fenix Enter tainment Group
WME
Solo Agency / The Agency Group
Creative Artists Agency / X-ray Touring
Resolution / The Leighton-Pope Organisation
Creative Ar tists Agency
Int’l Talent Booking / Ar tist Group Int’l
Matador Entertainment
Global Enter tainment Group / The Road Co.
The Howard Rose Agency
Ar tist Group International
Premier Productions
Creative Ar tists Agency
APA
WME
The Agency Group / Int’l Talent Booking
Creative Artists Agency / The Agency Group
Super Ar tists
The Feldman Agency / CAA
Creative Ar tists Agency
Creative Ar tists Agency
Live Nation Italia
AM Only