There's two sides to the answer here - sales and gross world tours/concerts. According to sources:
(sales)
Michael Jackson $1.25billion ($500m increase since his death)
Beatles and Elvis sales $1billion+
ABBA $370m
Queen $300m
Madonna and Elton John $250m
(concerts - totals)
Rolling Stones $1.7billion
M Jackson $1 billion ($500m "this is it" grossed sales)
U2 $1billion
Madonna $780m
B Springsteen $605
Rolling Stones still holds the biggest selling grossed tour to date (inflation adjusted)
A Bigger Bang Tour - $608m
This is it - $500m (if he turned up)
Voodoo Lounge - $456m
Bridges to Babylon - $450m
Vertigo - $420m
There's two sides to the answer here - sales and gross world tours/concerts. According to sources:
(sales)
Michael Jackson $1.25billion ($500m increase since his death)
Beatles and Elvis sales $1billion+
ABBA $370m
Queen $300m
Madonna and Elton John $250m
(concerts - totals)
Rolling Stones $1.7billion
M Jackson $1 billion ($500m "this is it" grossed sales)
U2 $1billion
Madonna $780m
B Springsteen $605
Rolling Stones still holds the biggest selling grossed tour to date (inflation adjusted)
A Bigger Bang Tour - $608m
This is it - $500m (if he turned up)
Voodoo Lounge - $456m
Bridges to Babylon - $450m
Vertigo - $420m
All the info at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest_grossing_concert_tours
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/119095
I believe that it was The Grateful Dead. I mean in sheer volume they tpoured for 30 years and sold out every show they did for the greater part of that and considering that they preformed between 90 and 200 shows a year, I think that they are a shoe in
Skillet has been voted as one of the most grossing Christian rock bands, but RED and Petra have been voted up there as well.
Rolling Stones, Beatles, and U2
Voodo Bus
UB40 of all time
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Hey Jude.
mamma mia
The HIStory World Tour; $163,500,000.
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Most popular: Horror Highest Grossing: adults
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the bible
Australia
The Wiggles