Top 25 Tours of 2011!

Adcm

08-12-2011

From Billboard

Quote:
“rank / total gross / artist / total attendance / total capacity / no. of shows / no. of sellouts
1 $293,281,487 U2 2,887,972 2,887,972 44 44
2 $192,947,951 BON JOVI 1,851,385 1,851,385 68 68
3 $185,175,360 TAKE THAT 1,806,473 1,806,473 29 29
4 $149,904,965 ROGER WATERS 1,279,652 1,279,652 92 92
5 $97,368,416 TAYLOR SWIFT 1,356,720 1,358,270 89 87
6 $84,576,917 KENNY CHESNEY 1,160,132 1,192,173 55 37
7 $74,954,681 USHER 922,327 931,823 73 58
8 $71,900,434 Lady Gaga 745,735 746,261 45 43
9 $67,104,756 ANDRÉ RIEU 657,757 810,329 102 15
10 $53,178,550 SADE 588,693 639,807 59 29
11 $49,856,921 MICHAEL BUBLÉ 520,242 536,489 57 36
12 $49,759,190 EAGLES 286,684 346,653 24 3
13 $48,851,454 KATY PERRY 1,002,656 1,024,534 98 54
14 $46,300,000 LIL WAYNE 712,000 1,037,000 69 14
15 $44,124,922 JUSTIN BIEBER 567,544 635,339 35 27
16 $40,854,811 GLEE LIVE! IN CONCERT! 485,852 485,852 40 40
17 $40,415,307 NKOTBSB 609,426 674,984 51 22
18 $39,069,939 JOURNEY 688,871 870,314 73 17
19 $37,100,000 BRITNEY SPEARS 396,000 430,000 39 14
20 $33,085,671 IRON MAIDEN 473,285 539,484 33 17
21 $32,559,439 KYLIE MINOGUE 307,135 347,133 41 2
22 $31,303,070 NEIL DIAMOND 239,723 262,246 20 4
23 $30,811,001 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS 397,857 402,266 38 32
24 $27,768,963 JASON ALDEAN 790,530 817,813 58 47
25 $27,313,132 TOBY KEITH 673,668 724,078 52 19”

So weird to see Gaga at 8 from just 5 months of touring!

If_U_Seek_Amy

08-12-2011

Originally Posted by Adcm:
“From Billboard

So weird to see Gaga at 8 from just 5 months of touring!”

She is an icon for a reason, you just know if she had been touring all year she'd be miles ahead at number 1.

odie8391

08-12-2011

Originally Posted by If_U_Seek_Amy:
“She is an icon for a reason, you just know if she had been touring all year she'd be miles ahead at number 1.”

If you take an average of the first year using her first five months, she would only be at #4, not miles ahead at #1

little-monster

08-12-2011

That says a lot. Glee only did a small handful of dates and yet grossed more than the like of Britney who has been touring non stop nearly all year.

__3kerry

08-12-2011

I'm surprised Rihanna's not on there.

staceyxxx23

08-12-2011

yay @ taylor being on there

TheChicagoBaron

08-12-2011

Why did they only count 39 of Britney's shows?

She's done over 70 by now, I think she's finishing up with 76.

Adcm

08-12-2011

Originally Posted by TheChicagoBaron:
“Why did they only count 39 of Britney's shows?

She's done over 70 by now, I think she's finishing up with 76.”

The cut off date was in November, I think.

TheChicagoBaron

08-12-2011

Originally Posted by Adcm:
“The cut off date was in November, I think.”

She had done 56 shows by the 1st of November.

Adcm

08-12-2011

Originally Posted by TheChicagoBaron:
“She had done 56 shows by the 1st of November.”

Strange.

inbeforethelock

08-12-2011

Nice to see Taylor as the biggest female touring act this year.

"Speak Now" tour was amazing.

Her power and impact are kinda underrated here.

Cha Cha Heels

09-12-2011

Originally Posted by Adcm:
“From Billboard

So weird to see Gaga at 8 from just 5 months of touring!”

Nothing weird about it. She'll be number 1, hands down, next year.

little-monster

09-12-2011

Originally Posted by inbeforethelock:
“Nice to see Taylor as the biggest female touring act this year.
"Speak Now" tour was amazing.

Her power and impact are kinda underrated here. ”

I agree. Sadly Country just doesn't click here

CLL Dodge

09-12-2011

Rock music isn't dead. Just old and on tour.

geordielady

09-12-2011

Originally Posted by inbeforethelock:
“Nice to see Taylor as the biggest female touring act this year.
"Speak Now" tour was amazing.

Her power and impact are kinda underrated here. ”

The biggest female artist on the planet as all Taylor fans already know.
And when you consider out of 89 shows 87 were a sellout one of the highest percentages on the list.
She is up there with the true rock greats in the industry and is only 21.
Taylor could have done another 50 shows and sold them out as well.
And her live shows have been fantastic.