| Rank |
Gross in
millions |
Artist |
Average
ticket
price |
No. of
cities/
shows |
| 1. |
$87.4 |
Prince |
$61.04 |
69/96 |
| 2. |
80.4 |
Celine Dion |
136.33 |
1/154 |
| 3. |
79.5 |
Madonna |
143.59 |
14/39 |
| 4. |
60.5 |
Metallica |
57.39 |
76/83 |
| 5. |
59.4 |
Bette Midler |
99.12 |
61/66 |
| 6. |
54.3 |
Van Halen |
76.44 |
72/79 |
| 7. |
50.8 |
Kenny Chesney |
44.40 |
75/77 |
| 8. |
50.1 |
Sting |
66.84 |
73/83 |
| 9. |
$43.7 |
Toby Keith |
$47.83 |
74/75 |
| 10. |
43.3 |
Elton John |
158.22 |
11/60 |
| 11. |
42.5 |
Rod Stewart |
74.78 |
79/81 |
| 12. |
41.2 |
Dave Matthews Band |
43.32 |
34/47 |
| 13. |
40.1 |
Tim McGraw |
52.48 |
60/64 |
| 14. |
34.6 |
Jimmy Buffett |
59.57 |
26/30 |
| 15. |
34.5 |
Shania Twain |
65.55 |
40/42 |
| 16. |
34.0 |
Alan Jackson/Martina McBride |
51.50 |
58/58 |
| 17. |
29.1 |
Cher |
65.19 |
50/54 |
| 18. |
29.1 |
Usher |
58.45 |
38/42 |
| 19. |
29.0 |
Eric Clapton |
69.25 |
29/33 |
| 20. |
28.0 |
Josh Groban |
53.96 |
78/80 |
NOTE: All figures are for North American dates only.
Source: Pollstar.
