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95% of the $ 54.5 million income was generated by a concert tour
The Irish band U2 was the best-performing music company with $ 54.5 million in revenue (46.6 millions of euros). Act of 2017. As reported by the American music magazine Billboard the Irish band has earned more than 95% of its sales through its live tour.
Garth Brooks came in second place at $ 52.2 million (44.6 million euros) earned. Third place goes to the heavy metal band Metallica with $ 43.2 million (36.9 million euros). The best placed woman is Lady Gaga, with $ 29.7 million ($ 25.4 million) behind Bruno Mars ($ 40.7 million / $ 34.8 million) and Ed Sheeran (31.3 million dollars / 26.7 million euros)
Similar to U2, the majority of other musicians in the rankings – which includes 50 artists – are the main source of revenue for concerts, with an average share of 80%. Only two musicians who were not touring last year were in the Top 50: Canadian rapper Drake ($ 12.1 million / 10.3 million euros) in the 37th Square and singer Taylor Swift, who earned 9.3 Millions of dollars (7.9 million euros) occupy the 48th place. (As)
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