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Zach Bryan, George Strait, Luke Combs & Post Malone Rank Among Highest-Selling Tours Of 2025
Some serious money.
As 2025 slowly draws to a lose, any and all year-end charts are rolling out, thanks to Billboard, Spotify, Apple Music and more. Over the course of the past ten or so days, we’ve seen Apple drop their year-end “Apple Music Replay” which crowned Morgan Wallen’s I’m The Problem the most-listened to album on the platform, Spotify Wrapped also name I’m The Problem the most-streamed album in the U.S. (and eighth-most globally), Koe Wetzel’s “High Road” named the #1 song on country radio in 2025 and most notably, Billboard crown Morgan Wallen the Top Artist of 2025, along with nearly 20 different #1 spots across a wide array of their various charts.
Obviously, all of these charts and end-of-the-year rankings revolve around the music itself, whether it’s streaming, digital sales, physical sales, radio play and the like. With that being said, however, recently, Billboard dropped their 2025 year-end Top Tours chart, which provided an in-depth look at the highest-grossing concert series globally, among all artists.
Though country music is a bit underrepresented here, with only four artists making the Top 40, there’s still some interesting placements to note.
Starting off with the Top 10 overall, Coldplay was crowned the #1 touring act of 2025, grossing a staggering $464.9 million across 59 international shows to 3.5 million fans. Rounding out the Top 10 are the likes of Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar & SZA, The Weeknd, Shakira, Chris Brown, Imagine Dragons (I had no idea people still listen to them in 2025), Post Malone, Ed Sheeran and Stray Kids.
Obviously, Post Malone is the top-ranked country artist on this list (some will argue Beyoncé deserves a placement here, but I don’t feel like opening that can of worms). Post’s placement at #8 overall on the list is thanks in part to his massive Big A** Stadium World Tour, which not only sold-out stadiums here in the U.S. but in a plethora of different countries in Europe.
Overall, the “I Had Some Help” singer grossed $231.2 million across his 51 shows in 2025. As for attendance, he saw over 1.6 million fans throughout the year.
Coming in second is none other than Zach Bryan. Despite a highly controversial year that included the ongoing fallout due to his breakup with Brianna Chickenfry, his public beef with the likes of John Mooreland, Dave Portnoy, Gavin Adcock and more as well as his highly-publicized, unreleased “anti-ICE” song, the “Something in the Orange” singer still continued his massive success both in the studio and on the road. Sliding in at #13 overall, above the likes of Bruno Mars, Metallica and more, Bryan grossed a healthy $159.6 million across his limited 29-show run in 2025. Due to the limited dates, Bryan’s attendance was a bit lower compared to the others, totaling 941,000.
In third place among country artists is Luke Combs. At #35 overall, the North Carolina incredibly grossed $76.4 million in just 11 shows. Averaging nearly 49,000 fans per concert, he drew in 536,000 attendees overall.
Rounding out the entire list, both in country music and overall, is the King himself, George Strait. Easily the most impressive feat out of all the artists present on the list, Strait grossed a staggering $75.4 million in just six shows throughout 2025. With 288,000 fans in attendance, the “Amarillo By Morning” singer averaged 48,000 fans and just over $12.5 million in gross revenue per show.
Notably, world-beater and country superstar, Morgan Wallen, is absent from this list. However, this is mainly due to his 2025 tour, I’m The Problem, being pretty limited in scope, only having 19 shows across the U.S. and Canada.
The Top 40 highest-selling artists’ tours, ranked by gross revenue, are as follows:
Top 40 Highest-Selling Tours Of 2025
Coldplay ($464.9m)
Beyoncé ($407.6m)
Kendrick Lamar & SZA ($358.7m)
The Weeknd ($336.7m)
Shakira ($327.4m)
Chris Brown (248.7m)
Imagine Dragons ($241.6m)
Post Malone ($231.2m)
Ed Sheeran ($214.5m)
Stray Kids ($185.7m)
Tyler, The Creator ($174.5m)
Lady Gaga ($166.2m)
Zach Bryan ($159.6m)
Iron Maiden ($150.9m)
Linkin Park ($150.6m)
Eagles ($150.3m)
SEVENTEEN ($142.4m)
Dua Lipa ($141.1m)
Bruno Mars ($137m)
Metallica ($136.2m)
Usher ($129.9m)
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band ($124.8m)
Andrea Bocelli ($105.5m)
Dead & Company ($105.5m)
Paul McCartney ($104.5m)
Guns N’ Roses ($95.6m)
Rauw Alejandro ($91.7m)
My Chemical Romance ($88.6m)
Chayanne ($87.6m)
System of a Down ($85.9m)
Phish ($82.7m)
J-Hope ($79.9m)
Kylie Minogue ($78.4m)
Sabrina Carpenter ($77.4m)
Luke Combs ($76.4m)
Justin Timberlake ($76.2m)
ENHYPEN ($76.1m)
P!nk ($75.9m)
Tate McRae ($75.8m)
George Strait ($75.4m)
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