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Whereas Arab-dollar-earnings Tours by artists like Taylor Swift And weekend to pass dominance recent HeadlinesA new analysis takes a comprehensive look at the most popular touring artists of the past two decades, based on ticket sales.
concert trade publications polestar has unveiled its “Most Popular Touring Artists of the Millennium” list, ahead of its 2025 year-end issue. Ranking based on ticket sales observed from January 1, 2001 to the end of 2025 bad game took the top spot with an impressive sales of 24.8 million tickets.
they are closely monitored u2with 20.2 million tickets, and Ed SheeranWho have transferred 19.6 million. Dave Matthews Band also features prominently with approximately 19.6 million sales, while Taylor Swift rounds out the top five with approximately 18.9 million tickets – an especially notable feat considering that her debut album was released in 2006.
This comprehensive ranking is based on reported and projected box office data for events taking place between 2001 and 2025.
Swift is the only woman in the top 10. They are followed by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Kenny Chesney, Metallica, Bon Jovi and Elton John.
In fact, there are only four women in the top 25: Pink at No. 11 with nearly 13 million tickets. Beyoncé is in 13th place with 11.8 million tickets sold; Madonna is listed at 15th place with almost 11 million tickets.
There is a difference between tickets sold and money earned
Don’t get it twisted: It should be mentioned that the number of tickets sold is a different metric than money earned.
As previously mentioned, Swift’s Erasure Tour in 2023 became the first tour to cross the billion-dollar mark. Polestar’s 2023 year end charts. Then he broke his own record: In December 2024, polestar It was announced that the Era’s Tour earned $2.2 billion over its nearly two-year run, making it the highest-grossing tour of all time.
Swift has made more than $3.1 billion in the new millennium, according to new charts published Monday. Compare this to Coldplay, who lead the way with the most tickets sold and come in second with earnings of around $2.5 billion.
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on September, polestar It was reported that the total earnings from Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres Tour reached $1.39 billion. This also launches in 2022 and runs until 2025.
And last month, The Weeknd’s After Hours ‘Til Dawn Tour officially crossed the $1 billion mark, according to Live Nation.