The 25 highest grossing live artists since 1990 Top Live Artists From 1990-2014
Billboard has compiled a list of the 25 artists who have made the greatest gains , thanks to their tours and live performances , from 1990 until today. The bands and artists , active in the seventies and early eighties are in the majority: we are talking about well-known names like the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney , Kiss, Def Leppard , Journey , Billy Joel , Elton John, Eagles , Aerosmith, Alice Cooper and Cher. Taking into account this classification , we note that the evergreen are the ones that have the highest number of collections , including the new include Coldplay, in business since 2000 .
In the first place there are the Rolling Stones, with over a billion and a half dollars earned in 538 concerts. Here are U2, Springsteen , Madonna and Bon Jovi : all with more than a billion dollars earned .
The average age is very high and many of the artists featured in the standings over the next few years , will leave the music business , leaving spaces in names like Rihanna, Taylor Swift, One Direction , Justin Bieber , Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars , Miley Cyrus , Pink , Beyonce , Jay Z , Justin Timberlake and Maroon 5.
Here is the complete list of the 25 artists that have earned more , performing live since 1990 :
1. THE ROLLING STONES
Gross: $ 1,565,792,382
Attendance: 19,677,569
Concerts: 538
2 . U2
Gross: $ 1,514,979,793
Attendance: 20,536,168
Concerts: 526
3 . BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Gross: $ 1,196,116,507
Attendance: 15,010,773
Concerts: 727
4 . MADONNA
Gross: $ 1,140,230,941
Attendance: 9,694,079
Concerts: 382
5 . BON JOVI
Gross: $ 1,030,082,884
Attendance: 12,333,668
Concerts: 578
6 . ELTON JOHN
Gross: $ 786,791,043
Attendance: 12,164,513
Concerts: 956
7 . DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
Gross: $ 776,969,736
Attendance: 17,823,077
Concerts: 992
8 . CELINE DION
Gross: $ 737,573,927
Attendance: 6,546,109
Concerts: 1,143
9 . KENNY CHESNEY
Gross: $ 752,706,599
Attendance: 12,681,629
Concerts: 755
10 . THE EAGLES
Gross: $ 702,110,908
Attendance: 7.720.76 million
Concerts: 484
11 . THE POLICE / STING
Gross: $ 556,114,962
Attendance: 7.257.611
Concerts: 605
12 . ROGER WATERS
Gross: $ 547,305,412
Attendance: 5.474.759
Concerts: 316
13 . PAUL McCARTNEY
Gross: $ 505,534,809
Attendance: 5.248.175
Concerts: 220
14 . BILLY JOEL
Gross: $ 499,978,726
Attendance: 10,408,169
Concerts: 577
15 . ROD STEWART
Gross: $ 497,033,399
Attendance: 7.885.676
Concerts: 714
16 . NEIL DIAMOND
Earnings: $ 465,448,371
Attendance: 8.870.666
Concerts: 643
17 . METALLICA
Gross: $ 432,816,245
Attendance: 8,388,374
Concerts: 468
18 . AEROSMITH
Gross: $ 417,573,638
Attendance: 8.405.069
Concerts: 582
19 . GEORGE STRAIT
Gross: $ 405,034,063
Attendance: 9.736.586 million
Concerts: 584
20 . JIMMY BUFFETT
Gross: $ 402,756,057
Attendance: 9.746.471
Concerts: 539
21 . COLDPLAY
Gross: $ 378,359,252
Attendance: 5.394.616
Concerts: 315
22. TOBY KEITH
Gross: $ 361,256,245
Attendance: 8.608.696
Concerts: 711
23. CHER
Gross: $ 351,625,611
Attendance: 4.531.739
Concerts: 548
24 . FLEETWOOD MAC / STEVIE NICKS
Gross: $ 349,906,931
Attendance: 4.906.995
Concerts: 483
25 . The AC/DC
Gross: $ 337,879,092
Attendance: 5,387,353
Concerts: 316
