What are the highest grossing rock bands?

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Answer:

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

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