Pollstar Top Twenty Concerts

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list of first 20 - http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/cha...dwideTours.pdf

The annual POLLSTAR ranking of the concert industry’s top performing artists is tabulated for all Worldwide shows worked between January 1 and December 31, 2015.Rank Millions Artist Ticket

Rank Gross_Millions Artist Average_Ticket_Price Average_Tickets Total_Tickets Average_Gross Cities_Shows Agency

1. 250.4 Taylor Swift 110.15 42,893 2,273,328 4,724,687 53/83 Messina Touring Group
2. 180.0 AC/DC 77.92 23,572 2,310,061 1,836,735 98/98 Creative Artists Agency
3. 158.8 One Direction 91.82 44,345 1,729,470 4,071,795 39/70 Creative Artists Agency
4. 152.2 U2 118.35 58,473 1,286,416 6,920,365 22/76 Live Nation Global Touring
5. 127.0 Foo Fighters 75.50 27,575 1,682,053 2,082,016 61/67 WME / Creative Artists Agency
6. 125.1 Fleetwood Mac 125.61 16,064 995,939 2,017,742 62/78 Creative Artists Agency
7. 117.3 Ed Sheeran 64.33 20,037 1,823,410 1,289,011 91/110 Paradigm Talent Agency / Free Trade Agency
8. 116.4 Kenny Chesney 85.37 26,729 1,363,190 2,281,958 51/57 Dale Morris & Associates
9. 114.9 Garth Brooks 64.47 77,488 1,782,224 4,995,652 23/120 Bob Doyle & Associates
10. 109.7 The Rolling Stones 174.50 44,910 628,733 7,836,716 14/14 AEG Live
11. 88.4 Madonna 127.55 18,731 693,061 2,389,189 37/50 Live Nation Global Touring
12. 82.2 Kevin Hart 73.00 10,331 1,126,027 754,128 109/137 APA
13. 77.7 Paul McCartney 155.76 26,255 498,844 4,089,474 19/23 MPL Communications
14. 77.6 Elton John 124.49 11,987 623,343 1,492,308 52/86 APA
15. 76.8 Violetta 73.19 20,986 1,049,323 1,536,000 50/145 DG Entertainment
16. 72.0 Maroon 5 81.58 16,344 882,569 1,333,333 54/62 Creative Artists Agency / Int’l Talent Booking
17. 71.8 Luke Bryan 55.48 22,705 1,294,160 1,259,649 57/75 WME
18. 69.9 Billy Joel 106.47 36,473 656,522 3,883,333 18/29 Artist Group International
19. 69.0 Shania Twain 98.13 10,818 703,148 1,061,538 65/69 Creative Artists Agency
20. 68.0 Neil Diamond 106.87 11,362 636,287 1,214,286 56/68 WME