• 40. Britney Spears

    American – Pop – active since 1992

    gross $38 mil
    240k people attended
    60 shows in 1 city (Vegas of course)

  • 39. Take That

    English – Pop – active on/off since 1990

    $50 mil
    530k people attended
    39 shows in 21 cities

    ranked 23rd in 2015

  • 38. Dead & Company

    American – Rock – started in 2015
    (building on the legacy of The Grateful Dead)

    gross $52 mil
    610k people attended
    33 shows in 26 cities

    ranked 20th in 2016

  • 37. Queen + Adam Lambert

    Collaboration: American/English – Rock – active since 1970

    gross $52 mil
    530k people attended
    51 shows in 49 cities

  • 36. John Mayer

    American – Pop – active since 1998

    gross $54 mil
    800k people attended
    64 shows in 61 cities

  • 35. Ovo – Cirque du Soleil

    Canadian – Circus – founded in 1984

    gross $54 mil
    750k people attended
    308 shows in 44 cities

    they're not done yet

  • 34. Drake

    Canadian – Rap – active since 2001

    gross $56 mil
    600k people attended
    46 shows in 28 cities

    ranked 22nd in 2014 & 10th in 2016

  • 33. Luke Bryan

    American – Country – active since 2006

    gross $56 mil
    +1 mil people attended
    71 shows in 63 cities

    ranked 14th in 2014, 10th in 2015 & 11th in 2016
    every year he performes 55-72 shows
    which over a million people attend

  • 32. Florida Georgia Line

    American – Country – formed in 2010

    gross $56 mill
    +1 million people attended
    76 shows in 73 cities

  • 31. Eric Church

    American – Country – active since 2005

    gross $58 mil
    950k people attended
    71 shows in 63 cities

    ranked 25th in 2015 with a tour 2/3rds the size
    (55 shows, 630k people, gross $30 mil)

  • 29. Toruk – Cirque du Soleil

    Canadian – Circus – founded in 1984

    gross $60 mil
    750k people attended
    169 shows in 31 cities

  • 28. Lúzia – Cirque du Soleil

    Canadian – Circus – founded in 1984

    gross $60 mil
    700k people attended
    403 shows in 49 cities

  • 27. Trans-Siberian Orchestra

    American – Rock – formed in 1996

    gross $61 mil
    +1 mil people attended
    102 shows in 62 cities

  • 26. Kurious – Cirque du Soleil

    Canadian – Circus – founded in 1984

    gross $62 mil
    770k people attended
    411 shows in 50 cities

    Cirque du Soleil has a total of 8 entries on the list
    If they were all to be sorted as one entry, it'd look like:

    gross $400 mil
    5.2 million people attended
    2,402 shows

    which would place them at the top of this list

  • 25. Robbie Williams

    English – Pop – active since 1990
    Williams' band Take That is also on the list, ranked 39th.

    gross $62 mil
    570k people attended
    31 shows in 23 cities

  • 24. Neil Diamond

    American – Pop – active since 1962

    gross $63 mil
    630k people went
    56 shows in 52 cities

    ranked 14th in 2015

  • 23. Elton John

    English – Rock – active since 1963

    gross $64 mil
    684k people attended
    90 shows in 65 cities

    ranked 15th in 2014
    (worth noting with a tour of a similar size:
    60 shows grossing $60 million
    => means that there are more big tours year on year!)

    19th in 2015 (grossing $39 mil then)

  • 22. Green Day

    American – Punk – active since 1986

    gross $64 mil
    1.1 million people attended
    95 shows in 91 cities

  • 21. Sting

    American – Rock – formed in 1996

    gross $61 mil
    +1 mil people attended
    102 shows in 62 cities