List of highest-grossing live music artists

List of highest-grossing live music artists

Taylor Swift is the highest-grossing live music artist of all time.

The highest-grossing live music artists (also known as "highest-grossing touring artists") are reported by Billboard and Pollstar boxscores. The cumulative figures may be incomplete because not all concert dates are reported by those publications. For simplification, the figures are presented in nominal dollars without being adjusted for inflation, hence they do not reflect the real value of revenue from older concerts, and contemporary musicians may be overrepresented.

Taylor Swift is the highest-grossing live music artist of all time, collecting $3 billion according to Pollstar. U2, Coldplay, Bruce Springsteen, and Elton John also passed two-billion mark in concert revenue. The Rolling Stones are the highest-grossing live music group of all time, collecting over $2.9 billion according to Billboard Boxscore. The concert industry is very male-dominated, and only five women have grossed more than $1 billion (as of 2024), with Madonna being the first.

All-time ranking

List of highest-grossing live music artists

The Rolling Stones are the highest-grossing live music group of all time.

Elton John is the highest-grossing male solo live music artist of all time.

Pollstar

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Artists</th><th>Nationality</th><th>Nominal gross</th><th>Tickets sold</th><th>As of</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Taylor Swift</td><td>United States</td><td>$3.13 billion</td><td>18.88 million</td><td>2024</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Coldplay</td><td>United Kingdom</td><td>$2.49 billion</td><td>24.80 million</td><td>2025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>The Rolling Stones</td><td>United Kingdom</td><td>$2.40 billion</td><td>22.99 million</td><td>2024</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>U2</td><td>Ireland</td><td>$2.37 billion</td><td>26.84 million</td><td>2024</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band</td><td>United States</td><td>$2.16 billion</td><td>25.97 million</td><td>2024</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Elton John</td><td>United Kingdom</td><td>$2 billion</td><td>22 million</td><td>2023</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Metallica</td><td>United States</td><td>$1.88 billion</td><td>26.04 million</td><td>2025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Beyoncé</td><td>United States</td><td>$1.78 billion</td><td>11.83 million</td><td>2025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Ed Sheeran</td><td>United Kingdom</td><td>$1.75 billion</td><td>19.61 million</td><td>2025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Eagles</td><td>United States</td><td>$1.62 billion</td><td>10.99 million</td><td>2025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Madonna</td><td>United States</td><td>$1.62 billion</td><td>12.80 million</td><td>2024</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Pink</td><td>United States</td><td>$1.44 billion</td><td>12.95 million</td><td>2024</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>Kenny Chesney</td><td>United States</td><td>$1.36 billion</td><td>18.20 million</td><td>2025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Celine Dion</td><td>Canada</td><td>$1.35 billion</td><td>10.90 million</td><td>2022</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>Bon Jovi</td><td>United States</td><td>$1.32 billion</td><td>17.75 million</td><td>2022</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Paul McCartney</td><td>United Kingdom</td><td>$1.32 billion</td><td>10.45 million</td><td>2022</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>Billy Joel</td><td>United States</td><td>$1.18 billion</td><td>16.97 million</td><td>2022</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>Dave Matthews Band</td><td>United States</td><td>$1.13 billion</td><td>23.27 million</td><td>2025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>Guns N' Roses</td><td>United States</td><td>$1.10 billion</td><td>10.73 million</td><td>2025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>André Rieu</td><td>Netherlands</td><td>$1.05 billion</td><td>11.56 million</td><td>2025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>Iron Maiden</td><td>United Kingdom</td><td>$1 billion</td><td>10.07 million</td><td>2025</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Billboard

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Artists</th><th>Nationality</th><th>Nominal gross</th><th>Tickets sold</th><th>As of</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>The Rolling Stones</td><td>United Kingdom</td><td>$2.9 billion</td><td>28.9 million</td><td>2024</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>U2</td><td>Ireland</td><td>$2.46 billion</td><td>28.9 million</td><td>2024</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Coldplay</td><td>United Kingdom</td><td>$2.41 billion</td><td>23.9 million</td><td>2025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band</td><td>United States</td><td>$2.3 billion</td><td>22.6 million</td><td>2025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Elton John</td><td>United Kingdom</td><td>$1.98 billion</td><td>20.6 million</td><td>2023</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Beyoncé</td><td>United States</td><td>$1.8 billion</td><td>13.2 million</td><td>2025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Ed Sheeran</td><td>United Kingdom</td><td>$1.7 billion</td><td>18.9 million</td><td>2025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Madonna</td><td>United States</td><td>$1.6 billion</td><td>12.8 million</td><td>2024</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Pink</td><td>United States</td><td>$1.41 billion</td><td>12 million</td><td>2024</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Metallica</td><td>United States</td><td>$1.29 billion</td><td>14.7 million</td><td>2025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Kenny Chesney</td><td>United States</td><td>$1.172 billion</td><td>17.9 million</td><td>2023</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Celine Dion</td><td>Canada</td><td>$1.115 billion</td><td>8.8 million</td><td>2019</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>Guns N' Roses</td><td>United States</td><td>$1.06 billion</td><td>12.4 million</td><td>2025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Bon Jovi</td><td>United States</td><td>$1.03 billion</td><td>—N/a</td><td>2016</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>Eagles</td><td>United States</td><td>$1 billion</td><td>—N/a</td><td>2022</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Paul McCartney</td><td>United Kingdom</td><td>$1 billion</td><td>—N/a</td><td>2022</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Rankings by category

Hip-hop artists

Drake is the highest-grossing hip-hop artist according to Billboard.

Rank	Artists	Nationality	Nominal gross	As of	Ref.
1	Drake	Canada	$508.2 million	2024
2	Jay-Z	United States	$430.5 million
3	Post Malone	$245.7 million
4	Kendrick Lamar	$164.5 million
5	Travis Scott	$161.6 million
6	Kanye West	$161.2 million
7	Eminem	$151.7 million
8	50 Cent	$150.3 million
9	Black Eyed Peas	$119.4 million
10	Lil Wayne	$111.7 million
11	Nicki Minaj	Trinidad and Tobago	$93.9 million
12	J. Cole	United States	$91.7 million
13	Snoop Dogg	$73.7 million
14	Suicideboys	$57.3 million
15	Tyler, the Creator	$56.8 million
16	Wiz Khalifa	$45.2 million
17	Lil Baby	$45.1 million
18	Future	$44.7 million
19	Lauryn Hill	$41.5 million
20	Doja Cat	$37.3 million
21	Rod Wave	$36.7 million
22	Beastie Boys	$36.1 million
23	Chance the Rapper	$28.1 million
24	Childish Gambino	$26.8 million
25	Nas	$ 26.1 million

Latin artists

Luis Miguel is the highest-grossing live Latin music artist according to Billboard.

Rank	Artist	Nationality	Nominal gross	Tickets sold	As of	Ref.
1	Luis Miguel	Mexico	$633.1 million	6.3 million	2024
2	Shakira	Colombia	$529.7 million	4.9 million	2026
3	Bad Bunny	Puerto Rico	$508.7 million	3.3 million	2023
4	Karol G	Colombia	$400.9 million	2.96 million	2024
5	RBD	Mexico	$350.9 million	3.7 million	2024
6	Marc Anthony	United States	$315 million	3.8 million	2023
7	Daddy Yankee	Puerto Rico	$224.7 million	2.4 million	2023
8	Maná	México	$197.39 million	2.9 million	2022
9	Jennifer Lopez	United States	$191.6 million	1.4 million	2023
10	Enrique Iglesias	Spain	$176.1 million	3.2 million	2023
11	Alejandro Fernandez	Mexico	$161.7 million	2.6 million	2023
12	Juan Gabriel	Mexico	$157.2 million	2.5 million	2023
13	Ricky Martin	Puerto Rico	$157.1 million	2.5 million	2023
14	Ricardo Arjona	Guatemala	$154.6 million	2 million	2023
15	Pitbull	United States	$151.4 million	2.8 million	2023
16	Grupo Firme	Mexico	$149 million	1.4 million	2023
17	Vicente Fernandez	Mexico	$138 million	1.8 million	2023
18	Romeo Santos	United States	$133.4 million	1.4 million	2023
19	Chayanne	Puerto Rico	$118 million	1.8 million	2023
20	Marco Antonio Solis	Mexico	$106.6 million	1.5 million	2023
21	Gloria Trevi	Mexico	$96.18 million	1.7 million	2024
22	Maluma	Colombia	$95.9 million	1.1 million	2023

Decade ranking

List of highest-grossing live music artists

U2 is the highest-grossing live music act of the 2010s and the second highest of the 2000s.

Madonna is the highest-grossing solo live music artist of the 2000s.

Bruce Springsteen is the highest-grossing male solo live music artist of the 2000s.

Ed Sheeran is the highest-grossing solo live music artist of the 2010s.

2000s

Rank	Artists	Nationality	Nominal gross	Tickets sold
1	The Rolling Stones	United Kingdom	$869.4 million	8.23 million
2	U2	Ireland	$844.1 million	9.86 million
3	Madonna	United States	$801.2 million	6.38 million
4	Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band	United States	$688.1 million	8.60 million
5	Elton John	United Kingdom	$603.8 million	5.78 million
6	Celine Dion	Canada	$536.5 million	4.09 million
7	Dave Matthews Band	United States	$505.4 million	11.2 million
8	Kenny Chesney	United States	$477.9 million	9.21 million
9	Bon Jovi	United States	$419.4 million	5.38 million
10	Billy Joel	United States	$418.4 million	4.14 million

Rank	Artists	Nationality	Nominal gross	Tickets sold
1	Dave Matthews Band	United States	$529.1 million	11.6 million
2	Celine Dion	Canada	$522.2 million	4 million
3	Kenny Chesney	United States	$455.6 million	8.6 million
4	Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band	United States	$444.3 million	5.7 million
5	The Rolling Stones	United Kingdom	$426.9 million	3.2 million
6	U2	Ireland	$391 million	4.4 million
7	Madonna	United States	$325.3 million	2.1 million
8	Eagles	United States	$313.4 million	2.8 million
9	Elton John	United Kingdom	$286.4 million	2.5 million
10	Jimmy Buffett	United States	$285.8 million	4.5 million

2010s

Rank	Artists	Nationality	Nominal gross
1	U2	Ireland	$1.018 billion
2	Taylor Swift	United States	$910.2 million
3	The Rolling Stones	United Kingdom	$907.6 million
4	Ed Sheeran	United Kingdom	$848.3 million
5	Coldplay	United Kingdom	Unrevealed
6	Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band	United States	Unrevealed
7	Beyoncé	United States	Unrevealed
8	Bon Jovi	United States	Unrevealed
9	Paul McCartney	United Kingdom	Unrevealed
10	Roger Waters	United Kingdom	Unrevealed

Rank	Artists	Nationality	Nominal gross
1	U2	Ireland	$1,038,104,132
2	The Rolling Stones	United Kingdom	$929,196,083
3	Ed Sheeran	United Kingdom	$922,361,663
4	Taylor Swift	United States	$899,627,048
5	Bon Jovi	United States	$868,715,392
6	Beyoncé	United States	$857,405,819
7	Paul McCartney	United Kingdom	$813,811,559
8	Coldplay	United Kingdom	$731,805,591
9	Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band	United States	$729,789,815
10	Roger Waters	United Kingdom	$702,231,419

Records

Most $100-million tours

The following artists have the most tours grossing over US$100 million according to Billboard Boxscore.

Artists	Nationality	Number of tours
The Rolling Stones	United Kingdom	10
Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band	United States	7
Eagles	United States	7
U2	Ireland	7
Madonna	United States	6

Most $400-million tours

The following artists have multiple tours grossing over US$400 million according to Billboard Boxscore.

Artists	Nationality	Tours
The Rolling Stones	United Kingdom	A Bigger Bang Tour
No Filter Tour
Coldplay	United Kingdom	A Head Full of Dreams Tour
Music of the Spheres World Tour
Ed Sheeran	United Kingdom	÷ Tour
+–=÷× Tour
Beyoncé	United States	Renaissance World Tour
Cowboy Carter Tour