Billboard's Top 25 Touring Artists of the Decade
 

1. THE ROLLING STONES
Total Gross: $869,471,325
Total Attendance: 8,236,586
Number of Sell-Outs: 190/294

2. U2
Total Gross: $844,157,925
Total Attendance: 9,869,953
Number of Shows: 288/288

3. MADONNA
Total Gross: $801,299,671
Total Attendance: 6,387,124
Number of Sell-Outs: 244/248

4. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Total Gross: $688,136,476
Total Attendance: 8,605,238
Number of Sell-Outs: 248/403

5. ELTON JOHN
Total Gross: $603,804,670
Total Attendance: 5,789,833
Number of Sell-Outs: 470/541

6. CELINE DION
Total Gross: $536,593,262
Total Attendance: 4,099,963
Number of Sell-Outs: 597/792

7. DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
Total Gross: $505,447,901
Total Attendance: 11,230,696
Number of Sell-Outs: 282/547

8. KENNY CHESNEY
Total Gross: $477,931,760
Total Attendance: 9,210,288
Number of Sell-Outs: 409/622

9. BON JOVI
Total Gross: $419,481,741
Total Attendance: 5,384,747
Number of Sell-Outs: 224/249

10. BILLY JOEL
Total Gross: $418,421,266
Total Attendance: 4,141,287
Number of Sell-Outs: 213/241

11. THE POLICE
Total Gross: $361,851,102
Total Attendance: 3,327,161
Number of Sell-Outs: 134/144

12. THE EAGLES
Total Gross: $347,640,186
Total Attendance: 3,107,832
Number of Sell-Outs: 174/240

13. TIM MCGRAW
Total Gross: $303,950,209
Total Attendance: 5,203,501
Number of Sell-Outs: 175/388

14. AEROSMITH
Total Gross: $292,201,481
Total Attendance: 4,646,827
Number of Sell-Outs: 61/320

15. NEIL DIAMOND
Total Gross: $264,810,659
Total Attendance: 3,845,603
Number of Sell-Outs: 244/288

16. CHER
Total Gross: $257,319,809
Total Attendance: 3,402,569
Number of Sell-Outs: 171/383

17. PAUL MCCARTNEY
Total Gross: $238,755,522
Total Attendance: 1,870,274
Number of Sell-Outs: 85/106

18. ROD STEWART
Total Gross: $233,773,789
Total Attendance: 3,022,292
Number of Sell-Outs: 148/281

19. METALLICA
Total Gross: $227,568,718
Total Attendance: 3,581,445
Number of Sell-Outs: 93/187

20. RASCAL FLATTS
Total Gross: $222,256,153
Total Attendance: 4,514,282
Number of Sell-Outs: 274/401

21. BRITNEY SPEARS
Total Gross: $216,229,560
Total Attendance: 3,704,826
Number of Sell-Outs: 158/255

22. JIMMY BUFFETT
Total Gross: $215,367,754
Total Attendance: 3,927,053
Number of Sell-Outs: 131/196

23. TINA TURNER
Total Gross: $212,012,527
Total Attendance: 3,205,895
Number of Sell-Outs: 106/168

24. TOBY KEITH
Total Gross: $271,904,093
Total Attendance: 6,355,046
Number of Sell-Outs: 200/542

25. TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA
Total Gross: $203,605,519
Total Attendance: 5,045,297
Number of Sell-Outs: 309/728

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Thoughts?

I'm amazed that majority of the artists on the list date back 2-4 decades. Good to see 8)

Not bad, also considering that they did less shows than everyone else who made more (except Madonna).

Also interesting that Aerosmith only sold out 61 of 320 shows.

Interesting! U2 sold out every shows, that's pretty impressive. I saw them last year and will see them again this year (in Europe)

Well done for Bon Jovi on being on the top ten. Still successful in the US.
It's only for the US right?

Billboard really picked the wrong video here...I can't listen to Jon's voice nor the f*cking violin!

Really? Bon Jovi only played 249 shows from 2000-2009? I mean 100 of them alone were on the Lost Highway tour. Seems a bit low but I could be wrong.

It is US shows - the US leg of LH were not 100 shows....

I guess that would make more sense despite it not saying anything about it being the U.S. specifically.

It's always like that when you read US-articles: The rest of the world doesn't count lol.
But those dates are 100% the US dates only