From Beyoncé to Bad Bunny 2025’s top-earning touring artists

The past year has had a lot of high-rated stars going on tours across the globe, paving the way for an extremely fun and jam-packed year for music lovers. Now, from Beyoncé to Billie Eilish and even Bad Bunny, a lot of beloved artists will be touring different countries to perform live on stage in 2025. Whether it's pop, rock, or indie, there is going to be something for everyone. Here is a list of some of the top-earning touring artists of 2025.

Beyoncé has managed to become one of the most legendary and sought-after artists in the entertainment industry on a global level. The artist is currently on tour from April to July in North America and Europe, performing songs from ‘Cowboy Carter.’ She is also one of the top-earning artists on tour currently, as her 2023 tour, ‘Renaissance World Tour,’ managed to become one of the highest-grossing tours. It earned her approximately $579,879,268 dollars, as per Variety.

Coldplay managed to rise to the top in a short amount of time and have been there ever since. The band also has the second highest-grossing tour of all time, where they earned around $1,269,044,120, as per Billboard. The group went on tour in 2024 with the ‘Music of the Spheres World Tour,’ which is still ongoing in 2025. Coldplay has managed to travel to different corners of the world to perform for their ongoing eighth concert and has managed to succeed in earning high from it as well.

The top artist, singer-songwriter Billie Eilish, is currently on tour and has already managed to make herself one of the highest-earning touring artists. Her tour, ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour,’ which started last year in September, has been ongoing since. Eilish will make her final pit stop in November 2025 to mark the end of this tour. According to Celebrity Net Worth, the artist currently has a total net worth of 50 million dollars. Her current tour is also expected to make more than 200 million dollars in total, possibly making it one of her highest-grossing tours of all time.

The ‘Roar’ singer is another one of the top-earning artists that is all set for her tour in 2025. The tour is all set to kick off this month, starting from select venues in Australia. The artist has not revealed much about the tour; however, this marks her major return to the industry after a hiatus of almost 4 years. Her tour from 2014 to 2015, ‘Prismatic World Tour,’ also managed to make a major mark in the world of entertainment. She earned a total of $204,300,000 from that tour and also earned the Most Creative Stage Production award at the Pollstar Awards.

The popular singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran also ranks in the top five highest-grossing touring artists. His ‘÷ Tour’ managed to hit the mark across a total of 255 shows. He ended up earning $776,200,000 from the tour, and it is still considered the 4th highest-grossing tour of all time. Currently, the ‘Shape of You’ singer is prepping for the 2025 leg of his ongoing tour. The artist has been on tour since 2022 with the ‘+–=÷× (Mathematics) Tour,’ which has already managed to earn him $649,529,567! The tour is finally supposed to come to an end in September this year.

According to Music Business Worldwide, Bad Bunny’s 2022 tour, ‘World's Hottest Tour,’ managed to break his own record at the time by earning approximately $314,445,480 dollars in total. His previous tour became the highest-grossing tour for a Latin artist, and his 2022 tour managed to break his own record. Currently, he still has the title for the second highest-grossing tour amongst Latin artists.