List of highest-grossing live music artists

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.

The Rolling Stones are the highest-grossing live music act of all time, collecting over $2.5 billion according to Billboard Boxscore. The band is followed by U2 and Elton John, who both also passed two-billion mark in concert revenue. The concert industry is very male-dominated, and only four women have grossed more than $1 billion (as of 2024), with Madonna being the first. According to Pollstar, Taylor Swift is the highest-grossing woman with over $1.96 billion.

All-time ranking

Pollstar

Billboard

Decade ranking

2000s

2010s

See also

• List of most-attended concert tours
• List of most-attended concerts
• List of highest-grossing concert tours
• List of highest-grossing concert residencies
• List of highest-grossing concert tours by women
• List of highest-grossing concert tours by Latin artists

Notes

References