TOP
25
Worldwide TOURS
Gross
Average
Average
Total
Average
Cities
Rank
Millions
Artist
Ticket Price
Tickets
Tickets
Gross
Shows
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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, 2009.
All ticket sales figures are calculated in U.S. dollars and are based on reported information and extensive research by
POLLSTAR
.â„¢ Copyright 2009.
150.6
AC/DC
86.39
30,583
1,743,257
2,642,105
57/61
83.5
Tina Turner
121.65
31,183
686,021
3,793,488
22/52
74.6
Britney Spears
95.04
23,771
784,450
2,259,205
33/48
60.7
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
91.44
24,586
663,834
2,248,092
27/34
60.2
Eagles
128.13
12,378
470,347
1,585,874
38/40
54.8
Fleetwood Mac
97.00
10,864
564,948
1,053,846
52/53
52.1
Elton John / Billy Joel
122.82
19,293
424,456
2,369,562
22/24
50.8
Pink
64.38
20,763
788,991
1,336,799
38/66
45.9
Coldplay
73.51
18,365
624,404
1,350,000
34/45
42.6
Celine Dion
108.24
17,875
393,249
1,934,759
22/25
41.4
Metallica
64.70
22,070
640,024
1,427,838
29/35
37.4
Beyoncé
76.31
15,321
490,260
1,169,115
32/41
36.2
Il Divo
77.88
7,270
465,262
566,148
64/72
35.3
Depeche Mode
76.00
46,501
465,007
3,534,064
10/10
32.5
Kenny Chesney
67.46
19,278
481,942
1,300,420
25/26
27.2
Dave Matthews Band
55.57
22,235
489,172
1,235,639
22/29
26.4
The Dead
81.72
19,013
323,226
1,553,714
17/22
25.0
Jonas Brothers
65.30
21,269
382,848
1,388,889
18/22
24.5
Nickelback
54.33
13,287
451,747
721,927
34/34
24.4
Dane Cook
62.74
11,112
388,906
697,143
35/38
23.9
André Rieu
86.14
4,466
276,883
384,690
62/66
23.0
“Walking With Dinosaursâ€
38.31
31,598
600,365
1,210,526 19/157
22.7
Iron Maiden
50.42
21,439
450,218
1,080,952
21/21
21.9
Eric Clapton / Steve Winwood
116.58
13,413
187,779
1,563,717
14/14
20.3
Leonard Cohen
99.44
6,196
204,461
616,126
33/43