The top-grossing artist this year was Madonna, whose Re-invention tour sold out 55 of 56 shows for $125 million. No. 2 was Prince with $90.2 million in sales.
The first country act comes in at No. 3. Shania Twain played to nearly 1 million fans, good for $62.5 million.
The rest of the top 10: Simon & Garfunkel ($59 million), Metallica ($53.8 million), Bette Midler ($53.3 million), Sting ($52.4 million), Kenny Chesney ($49.3 million), David Bowie ($46 million) and Toby Keith ($44.3 million).
