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 six women have grossed more than $1 billion (as of 2026), with Madonna being the first.
All-time ranking
Pollstar +Artists with concert revenue of over US$1 billion according to Pollstar Rank Artists Nationality Nominal gross Tickets sold As of 1 United States $3.13 billion 18.88 million 2024 2 Coldplay United Kingdom $2.49 billion 24.80 million 2025 3 United Kingdom $2.40 billion 22.99 million 2024 4 U2 Ireland $2.37 billion 26.84 million 2024 5 E Street Band United States $2.16 billion 25.97 million 2024 6 United Kingdom $2 billion 22 million 2023 7 Metallica United States $1.88 billion 26.04 million 2025 8 Beyoncé United States $1.78 billion 11.83 million 2025 9 United Kingdom $1.75 billion 19.61 million 2025 10 Eagles United States $1.62 billion 10.99 million 2025 11 Madonna United States $1.62 billion 12.80 million 2024 12 Pink United States $1.44 billion 12.95 million 2024 13 United States $1.36 billion 18.20 million 2025 14 Canada $1.35 billion 10.90 million 2022 15 Bon Jovi United States $1.32 billion 17.75 million 2022 16 United Kingdom $1.32 billion 10.45 million 2022 17 United States $1.18 billion 16.97 million 2022 18 Lady Gaga United States $1.17 billion 8.6 million 2026 19 Dave Matthews Band United States $1.13 billion 23.27 million 2025 20 Guns N' Roses United States $1.10 billion 10.73 million 2025 21 André Rieu Netherlands $1.05 billion 11.56 million 2025 22 Iron Maiden United Kingdom $1 billion 10.07 million 2025
Billboard +Artists with concert revenue of over US$1 billion according to Billboard Rank Artists Nationality Nominal gross Tickets sold As of 1 United Kingdom $2.9 billion 28.9 million 2024 2 U2 Ireland $2.46 billion 28.9 million 2024 3 Coldplay United Kingdom $2.41 billion 23.9 million 2025 4 E Street Band United States $2.3 billion 22.6 million 2025 5 United Kingdom $1.98 billion 20.6 million 2023 6 Beyoncé United States $1.8 billion 13.2 million 2025 7 United Kingdom $1.7 billion 18.9 million 2025 8 Madonna United States $1.6 billion 12.8 million 2024 9 Pink United States $1.41 billion 12 million 2024 10 Metallica United States $1.29 billion 14.7 million 2025 11 Bad Bunny Puerto Rico $1.2 billion 7.1 million 2026 12 United States $1.172 billion 17.9 million 2023 13 Canada $1.115 billion 8.8 million 2019 14 United States $1.1 billion 8.4 million 2026 15 Guns N' Roses United States $1.06 billion 12.4 million 2025 16 Bon Jovi United States $1.03 billion 2016 17 Eagles United States $1 billion 2022 18 United Kingdom $1 billion 2022
By genre Country
+Top 10 highest-grossing country music artists according to BillboardRankArtistsNationalityNominal grossTickets soldAs of1Kenny ChesneyUnited States$1.172 billion17.9 million20232George StraitUnited States$733.7 million11.5 million20233Luke BryanUnited States$498.1 million8.6 million20234Tim McGrawUnited States$434 million11.1 million20235Shania TwainCanada$421.1 million6.1 million20236Toby KeithUnited States$397.5 million9.4 million20237Jason AldeanUnited States$362.8 million7.5 million20238Rascal FlattsUnited States$360.6 million7.8 million20239Taylor SwiftUnited States$339 million4.5 million201410Brad PaisleyUnited States$334.6 million8.2 million2023
Hip-hop
+Top 10 highest-grossing rappers according to BillboardRankArtistsNationalityNominal grossAs of1DrakeCanada$508.2 million20242Jay-ZUnited States$430.5 million20243Post MaloneUnited States$245.7 million20244Kendrick LamarUnited States$164.5 million20245Travis ScottUnited States$161.6 million20246Kanye WestUnited States$161.2 million20247EminemUnited States$151.7 million2024850 CentUnited States$150.3 million20249Black Eyed PeasUnited States$119.4 million202410Lil WayneUnited States$111.7 million2024
Latin
+Top 10 highest-grossing Latin music artists according to either Billboard or Pollstar Rank Artist Nationality Nominal gross Tickets sold As of 1 Bad Bunny Puerto Rico $1.2 billion 7.1 million 2026 2 Mexico $633.1 million 6.3 million 2024 3 Shakira Colombia $529.7 million 4.9 million 2026 4 Karol G Colombia $400.9 million 2.96 million 2024 5 RBD Mexico $350.9 million 3.7 million 2024 * 6 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 United States $191.6 million 1.4 million 2023 10 Spain $176.1 million 3.2 million 2023
Decade ranking
1990s +Top 10 highest-grossing live music artists of the 1990s (Amusement Business) Rank Artists Nationality Nominal gross 1 United Kingdom $751 million 2 Grateful Dead United States $285 million 3 U2 Ireland $283 million 4 Eagles United States $197 million 5 United States $183 million 6 United States $167 million 7 United States $158 million 8 Pink Floyd United Kingdom $153 million 9 United Kingdom $146 million 10 United States $145 million
2000s +Top 10 highest-grossing live music artists globally of the 2000s (Billboard) Rank Artists Nationality Nominal gross Tickets sold 1 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 E Street Band United States $688.1 million 8.60 million 5 United Kingdom $603.8 million 5.78 million 6 Canada $536.5 million 4.09 million 7 Dave Matthews Band United States $505.4 million 11.2 million 8 United States $477.9 million 9.21 million 9 Bon Jovi United States $419.4 million 5.38 million 10 United States $418.4 million 4.14 million
+Top 10 highest-grossing live music artists in North America of the 2000s (Pollstar) Rank Artists Nationality Nominal gross Tickets sold 1 Dave Matthews Band United States $529.1 million 11.6 million 2 Canada $522.2 million 4 million 3 United States $455.6 million 8.6 million 4 E Street Band United States $444.3 million 5.7 million 5 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 United Kingdom $286.4 million 2.5 million 10 United States $285.8 million 4.5 million
2010s +Top 10 highest-grossing live music artists of the 2010s (Billboard) Rank Artists Nationality Nominal gross 1 U2 Ireland $1.018 billion 2 United States $910.2 million 3 United Kingdom $907.6 million 4 United Kingdom $848.3 million 5 Coldplay United Kingdom 6 E Street Band United States 7 Beyoncé United States 8 Bon Jovi United States 9 United Kingdom 10 United Kingdom
+Top 10 highest-grossing live music artists of the 2010s (Pollstar) Rank Artists Nationality Nominal gross 1 U2 Ireland $1,038,104,132 2 United Kingdom $929,196,083 3 United Kingdom $922,361,663 4 United States $899,627,048 5 Bon Jovi United States $868,715,392 6 Beyoncé United States $857,405,819 7 United Kingdom $813,811,559 8 Coldplay United Kingdom $731,805,591 9 E Street Band United States $729,789,815 10 United Kingdom $702,231,419
See also List of highest-grossing benefit concerts List of highest-grossing concert residencies List of highest-grossing concert tours List of highest-grossing concert tours by Latin artists List of highest-grossing concert tours by women List of most-attended concerts List of most-attended concert tours List of most-attended concert series at a single venue
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