A new study analyzed tour data for 200 of the world’s music popular music artists (ticket sales, tour revenues, and average show lengths) to rank concerts on a cost-per-minute basis.
And no, Taylor Swift isn’t even in the Top 15!
Key takeaways:
- Bruno Mars tickets are the costliest per minute, averaging $2.19 every 60 seconds.
- Tickets cost $0.88 per minute on average to see the world’s most popular musicians.
- Taylor Swift puts on the longest concert, averaging 3 hours, and 21 minutes per show.
- U2 has the costliest average ticket price at $272 per ticket.
- Having performed a staggering 238 shows over the last four years, earning only an average of $47,899 per show, Lauren Daigle is the hardest-working popular musician.
Take a look at the full report here