What are the highest grossing bands?

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

The Rolling Stones

YES THE STONES !

Answer 5

Boston. Best music, best band and highest paid.

Answer 6

Skillet has been voted as one of the most grossing Christian rock bands, but RED and Petra have been voted up there as well.

Answer 7

Rolling Stones, Beatles, and U2

Answer 8

Voodo Bus