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Stats: The Top 25 Touring Acts
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So, I've now updated a list made by BILLBOARD in 2014: Top 25 Live Artists. And as you may notice with this update there have been many changes over the course of the last two years (Cher, Toby Keith, Coldplay, Jimmy Buffett, for example, are now out. There were only 3 pop acts, now there are 7).
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Top Live Artists From 1990-2016
1. The Rolling Stones
Gross: $1,882,979,893
Attendance: 21,694,450
Shows: 590
2. U2
Gross: $1,667,208,020
Attendance: 21,822,584
Shows: 602
3. Madonna ▲ +1
Gross: $1,310,035,277
Attendance: 10,739,558
Shows: 464
4. Bruce Springsteen ▼ -1
Gross: $1,286,452,673
Attendance: 15,736,943
Shows: 773
5. Bon Jovi
Gross: $1,030,082,884
Attendance: 12,333,668
Shows: 578
6. Kenny Chesney
Gross: $878,661,132
Attendance: 14,191,181
Shows: 819
7. Dave Matthews Band
Gross: $857,421,342
Attendance: 19,227,590
Shows: 1,086
8. The Eagles
Gross: $850,000,000
Attendance: 8,800,000
Shows: 564
9. Elton John* +
Gross: $800,851,618
Attendance: 12,287,213
Shows: 975
10. Celine Dion
Gross: $778,679,559
Attendance: 6,806,837
Shows: 1,208
11. Taylor Swift
Gross: $588,302,234
Attendance: 6,762,992
Shows: 401
12. One Direction
Gross: $576,498,539
Attendance: 7,000,642
Shows: 230
13. The Police/Sting
Gross: $566,389,396
Attendance: 7,344,440
Shows: 614
14. Roger Waters
Gross: $547,305,412
Attendance: 5,474,759
Shows: 316
15. AC/DC ▲ +1
Gross: $527,964,584
Attendance: 7,785,306
Shows: 376
16. Neil Diamond ▼ -1
Gross: $515,153,603
Attendance: 9,326,894
Shows: 689
17. Billy Joel* + ▲ +2
Gross: $511,852,476
Attendance: 10,519,514
Shows: 581
18. Paul McCartney +
Gross: $509,853,143
Attendance: 5,274,238
Shows: 222
19. Rod Stewart ▼ -2
Gross: $502,897,168
Attendance: 7,934,249
Shows: 724
20. Beyoncé* ▲ +4
Gross: $484,960,793
Attendance: 4,609,160
Shows: 271
21. Lady Gaga ▼ -1
Gross: $483,500,464
Attendance: 5,101,024
Shows: 369
22. Justin Timberlake* ▼ -1
Gross: $458,432,750
Attendance: 4,755,428
Shows: 307
23. Metallica
Gross: $437,157,359
Attendance: 8,429,493
Shows: 469
24. Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks ▼ -2
Gross: $425,701,712
Attendance: 5,498,325
Shows: 527
25. Coldplay ▲ +3
Gross: $417,850,282
Attendance: 5,938,992
Shows: 325
*Includes co-headlining tours
+It hasn't been updated
Note: Billboard began tracking concert grosses in the early 90s. The list is based on sales data from Billboard Boxscore; that is, every show that were reported to BB
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Gaga being so high 
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Wow the first few years of Gaga's career was so successful that she's able to be listed so high on stuff like this years later. Sad when you realize what she's become.
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Originally posted by FloridaKilos
Wow the first few years of Gaga's career was so successful that she's able to be listed so high on stuff like this years later. Sad when you realize what she's become.
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Gaga is doing just fine.
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12. One Direction
Gross: $576,498,539
Attendance: 7,000,642
Shows: 230
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6. Kenny Chesney
Gross: $866,801,183
Attendance: 14,016,651
Shows: 812
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Taylor @ 11. Queen
Still dumb af for not visiting more countries in her 1989 Local Tour. smh.
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Gaga
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12. One Direction
Gross: $576,498,539
Attendance: 7,000,642
Shows: 230
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I was shocked.
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18. Billy Joel* +
Gross: $499,978,726
Attendance: 10,408,169
Shows: 577
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Madonna slaying She'll reach 1.4 billion after RH tour And she only did 443 shows  Queen of Universe 
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Taylor @ 11. Queen
Still dumb af for not visiting more countries in her 1989 Local Tour. smh. |
Local? She visited Australia, China, Japan, Singapore, UK, Ireland, Germany, Holland, Canada, USA.
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Taylor SO high! QUEEN.
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12. One Direction
Gross: $576,498,539
Attendance: 7,000,642
Shows: 230
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slaying with less shows than the others
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Originally posted by Travis Bickle
I was shocked.
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$576,498,539 with just 230 shows. Very impressive.
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1D
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Originally posted by hausofandrew
Local? She visited Australia, China, Japan, Singapore, UK, Ireland, Germany, Holland, Canada, USA.
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The schedule of the 1989 World Tour outside of North America was a damn joke. She's been progressively visiting less countries with each tour since Speak Now while her albums and singles success internationally has increased with each era since then. Her decisions regarding her tours are defying logic to say the least!
EDIT: And yeah, local is an exaggeration, but it definitely had a lot of wasted potential which is the point JC_Arrow was trying to make!
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slaying with less shows than the others
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Yeah, good luck with another 10 years career 
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Gaga, Bey and Taylor
Gaga has the youngest career in the top 25 
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Springsteen 
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