About this chart race
Only four tours have held the all-time record in eighteen years. The Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang led on $558M until U2's 360° Tour closed on $736M in 2011 and held the top spot for eight years. Ed Sheeran's Divide Tour took it in 2019 on $775M. Then Taylor Swift's Eras Tour arrived: $1,039M after its first year, and $2,078M once it ended in 2024 - a single-year rise of $1,039M, and 2.68 times the record it broke. The rest of the list grew with it: the top ten was worth $3.4B combined in 2009 and $9.9B in 2026.
This animated ranking shows how total tour gross changed across 64 series between 2009 and 2026. The bars re-order themselves as the years advance, so overtakes are visible as they happen rather than hidden inside a table. Use the list on the left to choose exactly who competes, drag the slider to jump to any year, or open the table view to read the underlying numbers.
As of 2026, Taylor Swift - The Eras Tour leads with 2,078.
Included in this race
Taylor Swift - The Eras Tour, Coldplay - Music of Spheres, Elton John - Yellow Brick Road, The Weeknd - After Hours, Ed Sheeran - Mathematics Tour, Ed Sheeran - Divide Tour, U2 - 360° Tour, Springsteen - 2023-25 Tour, Metallica - M72 World Tour, Harry Styles - Love On Tour, Pink - Summer Carnival, GN'R - Not in This Lifetime, Beyoncé - Renaissance, Rammstein - Stadium Tour, Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang, Rolling Stones - No Filter, Coldplay - Head Full of Dreams, Shakira - Las Mujeres, Zach Bryan - The Quittin' Time, Bad Bunny - Debí Tirar, Roger Waters - The Wall, AC/DC - Black Ice World Tour, Metallica - WorldWired Tour, Madonna - Sticky & Sweet Tour, Pink - Beautiful Trauma, U2 - The Joshua Tree Tour, RHCP - Unlimited Love, U2 - Vertigo Tour, Michael Jackson: The Immortal, Bruno Mars - 24K Magic, Garth Brooks - World Tour, The Police - Reunion Tour, Springsteen - Wrecking Ball, Taylor Swift - Reputation, Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge, Rolling Stones - Licks Tour, Springsteen - River Tour 2016, Madonna - The MDNA Tour, Billy Joel - In Concert, One Direction - Where We Are, Celine Dion - Taking Chances, Paul McCartney - Out There!, Stones - Bridges to Babylon, Cher - Living Proof, Bon Jovi - Because We Can, Beyoncé - The Formation, Taylor Swift - The 1989, Eagles - Long Road out of Eden, Pink Floyd - The Division Bell, Springsteen - Magic Tour, Lady Gaga - The Monster Ball, Springsteen - The Rising, Metallica - World Magnetic, Bon Jovi - Lost Highway Tour, Bon Jovi - The Circle Tour, Madonna - Confessions Tour, U2 - PopMart Tour, Michael Jackson - HIStory, U2 - Elevation Tour, McGraw & Hill - Soul2Soul II, Britney Spears - The Circus, Timberlake - FutureSex, Paul McCartney - Driving, Madonna - Re-Invention.
Source
Data from Wikipedia (Pollstar / Billboard Boxscore). Every figure shown comes from this source — nothing is estimated or generated.
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