This list represents the top-grossing tour of each year according to data provided by either
Pollstar or
Billboard Boxscore (formerly
Amusement Business). The two publications may differ on their annual figures due to different total of dates reported or different year-end tracking period. For example,
Pollstar listed
Madonna's
Sticky & Sweet Tour as the top tour of 2008 with $281.6 million, but
Billboard ranked it third on their year-end chart whose tracking period ended on November 11, 2008, thus excluding 20 shows by Madonna. In 2019,
Billboard listed
Ed Sheeran's
÷ Tour as the top tour of the year ($223.7 million), instead of
Pink's
Beautiful Trauma World Tour ($215.2 million) as reported by
Pollstar. However,
Billboards figure included Sheeran's gross from November 2018 shows; therefore,
Pollstars figure is closer to accurate for the 2019 calendar year. File:U2 at Bonnaroo on Joshua Tree Tour 2017 6-9-17.jpg|
U2 on
the Joshua Tree Tour 2017, the most recent of their eight that achieved highest-grossing tour of the year File:Rolling Stones bow post-show, London, 22 May 2018 (41437870545).jpg|
The Rolling Stones on the
No Filter Tour, the most recent of their eight that achieved highest-grossing tour of the year File:Vogue (7581412062).jpg|
Madonna on
the MDNA Tour, the most recent of her three that achieved highest-grossing tour of the year == See also ==