Madonna - Elle 2008 Photoshoot
Madonna topped the Billboard Magazine’s Moneymakers list of the top tours in 2008. Madonna raked in more than $242 million for her Sticky & Sweet Tour, which reportedly sold more than 1 million tickets, making it the highest-grossing tour ever by a solo artist. Madonna was followed by New Jersey’s favorite sons, Bon Jovi ($157 million) and Bruce Springsteen ($156 million), and the final shows by the reunited and now broken-up again Police ($109.9 million), and Celine Dion ($99,171,237). The top five Moneymakers are also the five acts that earned the most on tour, and in the same order, according to Billboard Boxscore.
Among the stats pointed out by Billboard Magazine is that despite easily topping the touring list, Madonna’s Hard Candy was only the 50th best-selling album in the U.S. in 2008, another sign that touring revenue is becoming a larger and larger part of artists’ revenues.
Madonna - Promotional Shots For Hard Candy, The 2008 Album
Even more remarkably, the top Moneymaker Madonna only had the 50th-best-selling album in the country. Madonna ranked 14th on the list of Digital Track Sellers and didn’t place on the Ringmasters chart. Her place on Moneymakers, like her $242,176,466 income, comes from the highest-earning tour, Sticky & Sweet Tour that took place in 2008.
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