Pollstar's 50 Top Grossing Tours '09

[CSCfan]

Pollstar Top 50 Tours of North America:

 

Rank Total Gross* Artist

 

1 123.0 U2

 

2 94.5 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

 

3 88.0 Elton John / Billy Joel

 

4 82.5 Britney Spears

 

5 77.9 AC/DC

 

6 71.1 Kenny Chesney

 

7 69.8 Jonas Brothers

 

8 56.9 Dave Matthews Band

 

9 54.5 Fleetwood Mac

 

10 53.4 Metallica

 

11 47.4 Nickelback

 

12 46.2 “Walking With Dinosaurs”

 

13 45.0 Miley Cyrus

 

14 43.7 Trans-Siberian Orchestra

 

15 42.8 Eagles

 

16 42.7 Keith Urban

 

17 42.6 Celine Dion

 

18 42.2 Rascal Flatts

 

19 40.8 Coldplay

 

20 40.7 Paul McCartney

 

21 37.2 Phish

 

22 35.4 Brad Paisley

 

23 34.6 Jeff Dunham

 

24 33.9 No Doubt

 

25 33.2 Cher

 

26 32.1 Lil’ Wayne

 

27 30.5 KISS

 

28 30.1 “American Idols Live”

 

29 29.7 Toby Keith

 

30 29.1 Bette Midler

 

31 28.1 Dane Cook

 

32 26.7 Blink-182

 

33 26.4 The Dead

 

34 26.4 Beyoncé

 

35 26.0 Il Divo

 

36 25.5 Taylor Swift

 

37 24.8 Def Leppard

 

38 24.2 Cirque du Soleil – “Saltimbanco”

 

39 23.5 Mötley Crüe

 

40 22.3 Depeche Mode

 

41 22.0 George Strait

 

42 21.9 Eric Clapton / Steve Winwood

 

43 21.8 Kings Of Leon

 

44 21.3 Leonard Cohen

 

45 20.4 Bob Dylan

 

46 19.7 ”So You Think You Can Dance”

 

47 19.1 Barry Manilow

 

48 18.8 Journey

 

49 18.7 Jimmy Buffett

 

50 18.5 Luis Miguel

 

* In US millions

 

This exclusive Pollstar chart ranks touring artists for all shows worked during the calendar 2009 year. All figures are in U.S. dollars. Average gross and tickets sold is per city except for the Las Vegas residencies for Cher and Bette Midler where the averages are per show.

[maceta_biloxi]

Well that's not fair, they didn't count the whole TC tour (2008-2009), although, for just 25 shows in 2009 4.2 million USD is a loooooot of money!!!

[davidjag79]

Wow Celine #17? Miley and Brittney ranked higher than Celine? :/ something doesn't seem right about this ranking.... where is Madonna??

 

 

J'adore Celine!

[anewdayhascome]

well it's for the tour of 2009 so it's fair and ubelievably great as she is so high just with 25 shows! Congrats Celine!

[davidjag79]

well it's for the tour of 2009 so it's fair and ubelievably great as she is so high just with 25 shows! Congrats Celine!

I mean don't get me wrong 42.6 million for only 25 shows is incredible, but something doesn't seem accurate. Madonna isn't even in the top 50 grossing tours of 2009? Thats what makes me question the ranking.

 

 

J'adore Celine!

[Bellamy]

Cher and Bette Midler earn so little.

[Celinefanatic07]

42.6 million in two months ..or 25 shows for the particulars WAHHOOO!! You rule Celine!

[smw]

That's amazing.....for her have made so much money with so few concerts in 2009.

[jespa]

wtf miley cyrus?!? WOW (im speechless) O_o

[patih_barsanti]

Miley Cyrus?

 

25 shows? Celine rules.

[Terre]

That's cool! Thanks for sharing!