Most Popular Touring Artist Of The Millenium

And although she's not on the list, #1 is not Taylor Swift.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, Producer Christen just handed me a list. I

(00:02):
don't know if I should do it because you might
storm off the set. Christine, what, Yeah, I'm sorry. By
the way, we are one o six pointy seven Light FM,
New York's Christmas station. Cubby here with Christine, producer Kristen.
If you're new to our radio station, because maybe you're
checking us out for Christmas music, Hey, make sure you
hang around because when we flip back to our regular format,
we do play like Taylor Swift and you two and

(00:24):
Ed Sheeran and a lot of people I'm about to
mention right here.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
Okay.

Speaker 1 (00:28):
So Pollstar, a magazine, just released their top twenty five
list based on worldwide ticket sales from two thousand and
one through the end of this year. So these are
the most popular touring artists of the millennium. And this
is from Pollstar, so you get the whole millennium here. Yeah,
two thousand and one. This isn't like just last year.

(00:51):
We're talking about a long time here. Yes, So here
are your top ten and how many tickets were sold? Oh, okay, okay,
Number ten l to John Oh yeah, thirteen point eight
four million tickets. Bon Jovie number nine thirteen point nine million,
Metallica number eight fifteen point six million, Kenny Chesney at

(01:13):
number seven with eighteen point two million, Bruce Springsteen and
the Eas Street Band eighteen million, number six, Taylor Swift
Christine eighteen point nine million tickets sold at number five,
not number one, not number two, not number three, not
number four, Taylor Swift.

Speaker 2 (01:34):
Wait, she just said the eras tour like that sold
out and that was like a two year tour.

Speaker 1 (01:39):
So the only thing I can think about is, I mean,
this is from one to this past year, so she
didn't have the head start. Maybe maybe because obviously Elton,
John Bon, Joey Mettalada, Kenny Chesney, Bruce Taylor, I mean,
I'm sorry, not Taylor but Bruce. They were all doing
their things. Yeah. In the early two thousands, Dave Matthews
band came in number four over Taylor Taylor ed Sheeran

(02:02):
number three with nineteen point six million.

Speaker 2 (02:05):
Hold on he would do? He opened for Taylors. She
actually a good point. She helps him get going well.

Speaker 1 (02:10):
He took over the number three spot and number two
U two twenty point two million. And what is the
most popular touring artist of the millennium from two thousand
and one through the end of this year. Who is it?

Speaker 2 (02:25):
Madonna? I don't owe who.

Speaker 1 (02:26):
Not a bad guess?

Speaker 2 (02:27):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (02:28):
Coldplay? Number one?

Speaker 2 (02:30):
Coldplay.

Speaker 1 (02:31):
They've sold twenty four point eight million tickets. Coldplay.

Speaker 2 (02:35):
I love them, but they break up marriages and stuff.

Speaker 1 (02:38):
That's what they're known for. Five for sure.

Speaker 2 (02:40):
But yeah, Taylor, Taylor is number one.

Speaker 1 (02:42):
She used to seeing her number one everywhere. It's weird,
but it has to be the fact that it was
again two thousand and one. She wasn't around yeah, two
oh three, and then maybe she was.

Speaker 2 (02:52):
When did she start making the scene with her.

Speaker 1 (02:54):
Conser six o seven when she was doing the country stuff?

Speaker 2 (02:58):
Yes, it was yeah ten.

Speaker 1 (03:02):
Sometime.

Speaker 2 (03:03):
I mean yes, anyway, just look be happy though.

Speaker 1 (03:06):
Number five is.

Speaker 2 (03:07):
Not bad and she's okay. I think she's doing okay.

Speaker 1 (03:10):
Yeah, but Coldplay, how about that.

Speaker 2 (03:11):
Wow.

Speaker 1 (03:12):
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