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The Most Popular Musicians on Tour This Fall
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Calling all music fanatics and concert junkies who crave a euphoric live performance from their favorite artists. A few of us music fans at 24/7 Wall St. compiled a list of the most popular music acts touring this fall.
There are plenty of ways to find out who will be on tour and when, including perusing ticket-selling powerhouses such as Ticketmaster, AXS, and StubHub. But to find which of these acts are most popular, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the number of fans tracking concerts of each band on ticket-selling platform Songkick, and their average daily Wikipedia page views. Of the top 358 musicians that are touring this fall, these are the 100 most popular.
So who should you expect to find on this list? The most popular touring musicians are mostly big names any pop culture follower and music fan would expect. Think anything from artists relatively fresh on the scene to those who have been active for decades and are now considered legends.
The multi-faceted Bruno Mars ranks toward the top of the list with his mastery of combining several music styles into one song. Hints of reggae, R&B, pop, funk, and soul can be heard in all of his albums, and he remains a favorite of many since he debuted as a singer in 2010 with the hit single, “Nothin’ On You.”
Also in the top 25 is none other than the famed English rock band, with members now in their seventies, the Rolling Stones. Debuting in 1962, the band, which continues to tour the world today, has accumulated over 1.1 million followers on Songkick. Songkick itself was launched just in 2007, or 45 years after the Rolling Stones was formed.
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To determine the most popular musicians on tour this fall, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed artists with at least one show during the fall season that also have at least 200,000 fans tracking their tour dates. Individual artists, bands, and DJs were ranked based on a weighted average of the number of fans tracking tour dates on Songkick as well as the average daily number of visits to the musician’s Wikipedia page over the past 12 months. The number of fans and Wikipedia hits are 70% and 30% of the weighted average. Where a musician was born or a band was formed came from open source music encyclopedia Musicbrainz.org. The end of each artist’s tour also came from Songkick.
100. Zedd
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 570,000
> Spotify followers: 1.51 million
> From: Saratov Oblast, Russia
> End of tour: 11/4/2017
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99. Luke Bryan
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 510,000
> Spotify followers: 1.75 million
> From: Leesburg, Georgia
> End of tour: 1/18/2018
98. Band of Horses
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 610,000
> Spotify followers: 570,000
> From: Seattle, Washington
> End of tour: 10/21/2017
97. Cage the Elephant
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 590,000
> Spotify followers: 860,000
> From: Bowling Green, Kentucky
> End of tour: 11/18/2017
96. Korn
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 490,000
> Spotify followers: 1.39 million
> From: Bakersfield, California
> End of tour: 9/30/2017
95. Keith Urban
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 420,000
> Spotify followers: 1.06 million
> From: Whangarei, Northland
> End of tour: 10/20/2017
94. Incubus
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 560,000
> Spotify followers: 960,000
> From: Calabasas, California
> End of tour: 12/29/2017
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93. The Offspring
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 580,000
> Spotify followers: 1.39 million
> From: Huntington Beach, California
> End of tour: 9/30/2017
92. Pixies
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 580,000
> Spotify followers: 640,000
> From: Boston, Massachusetts
> End of tour: 12/10/2017
91. Ozzy Osbourne
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 400,000
> Spotify followers: 810,000
> From: Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
> End of tour: 11/3/2017
90. Black Sabbath
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 490,000
> Spotify followers: 1.42 million
> From: Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
> End of tour: 10/21/2017
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89. 2 Chainz
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 550,000
> Spotify followers: 1.49 million
> From: College Park, Georgia
> End of tour: 9/30/2017
88. Sting
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 410,000
> Spotify followers: 640,000
> From: Wallsend, North Tyneside, United Kingdom
> End of tour: 10/17/2017
87. Celine Dion
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 330,000
> Spotify followers: 840,000
> From: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
> End of tour: 1/20/2018
86. Shawn Mendes
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 350,000
> Spotify followers: 3.99 million
> From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
> End of tour: 12/3/2017
85. Modest Mouse
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 650,000
> Spotify followers: 610,000
> From: Issaquah, Washington
> End of tour: 10/28/2017
84. Iggy Azalea
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 490,000
> Spotify followers: 2.28 million
> From: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
> End of tour: 11/11/2017
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83. The Kooks
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 690,000
> Spotify followers: 1.11 million
> From: Brighton, Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom
> End of tour: 1/19/2018
82. Lynyrd Skynyrd
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 500,000
> Spotify followers: 700,000
> From: Jacksonville, Florida
> End of tour: 12/13/2017
81. Lady Antebellum
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 660,000
> Spotify followers: 1.20 million
> From: Nashville, Tennessee
> End of tour: 10/15/2017
80. Marilyn Manson
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 410,000
> Spotify followers: 1.06 million
> From: Canton, Ohio
> End of tour: 12/9/2017
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79. alt-J
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 670,000
> Spotify followers: 1.54 million
> From: Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
> End of tour: 2/4/2018
78. R. Kelly
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 540,000
> Spotify followers: 1.05 million
> From: Chicago, Illinois
> End of tour: 10/8/2017
77. The Script
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 740,000
> Spotify followers: 2.02 million
> From: Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
> End of tour: 10/15/2017
76. Migos
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 280,000
> Spotify followers: 1.51 million
> From: Lawrenceville, Georgia
> End of tour: 11/18/2017
75. Nelly
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 660,000
> Spotify followers: 690,000
> From: Austin, Texas
> End of tour: 12/5/2017
74. Paul McCartney
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 410,000
> Spotify followers: 870,000
> From: Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
> End of tour: 12/16/2017
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73. Phoenix
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 730,000
> Spotify followers: 1.13 million
> From: Versailles, Yvelines, France
> End of tour: 11/18/2017
72. Two Door Cinema Club
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 740,000
> Spotify followers: 1.24 million
> From: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
> End of tour: 10/5/2017
71. Depeche Mode
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 610,000
> Spotify followers: 1.05 million
> From: Basildon, Essex, United Kingdom
> End of tour: 3/27/2018
70. Nas
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 570,000
> Spotify followers: 910,000
> From: Brooklyn, New York
> End of tour: 10/11/2017
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69. Mac Miller
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 600,000
> Spotify followers: 1.70 million
> From: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
> End of tour: 10/1/2017
68. Billy Joel
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 570,000
> Spotify followers: 730,000
> From: Bronx, New York, New York
> End of tour: 12/20/2017
67. Deadmau5
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 700,000
> Spotify followers: 1.73 million
> From: Ontario, Canada
> End of tour: 10/31/2017
66. Major Lazer
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 690,000
> Spotify followers: 2.15 million
> From: Los Angeles, California
> End of tour: 12/15/2017
65. Akon
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 660,000
> Spotify followers: 1.01 million
> From: St. Louis, Missouri
> End of tour: 11/4/2017
64. Ice Cube
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 360,000
> Spotify followers: 1.15 million
> From: Los Angeles, California
> End of tour: 10/13/2017
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63. Ne-Yo
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 750,000
> Spotify followers: 1.87 million
> From: Camden, Arkansas
> End of tour: 9/23/2017
62. Ludacris
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 660,000
> Spotify followers: 870,000
> From: Champaign, Illinois
> End of tour: 10/22/2017
61. Chance the Rapper
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 390,000
> Spotify followers: 1.71 million
> From: Chicago, Illinois
> End of tour: 10/22/2017
60. Beck
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 720,000
> Spotify followers: 610,000
> From: Los Angeles, California
> End of tour: 9/22/2017
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59. Weezer
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 800,000
> Spotify followers: 930,000
> From: Los Angeles, California
> End of tour: 10/28/2017
58. Sia
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 830,000
> Spotify followers: 4.20 million
> From: Adelaide, South Australia
> End of tour: 12/5/2017
57. Jack Johnson
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 850,000
> Spotify followers: 1.67 million
> From: Hau’ula, Hawaii
> End of tour: 11/11/2017
56. Stevie Wonder
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 650,000
> Spotify followers: 1.35 million
> From: Saginaw, Michigan
> End of tour: 10/20/2017
55. Future
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 580,000
> Spotify followers: 3.48 million
> From: Atlanta, Georgia
> End of tour: 10/28/2017
54. Pharrell Williams
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 670,000
> Spotify followers: 1.49 million
> From: Virginia Beach, Virginia
> End of tour: 9/23/2017
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53. Aerosmith
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 790,000
> Spotify followers: 2.07 million
> From: Boston, Massachusetts
> End of tour: 10/7/2017
52. A$AP Rocky
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 760,000
> Spotify followers: 2.13 million
> From: Harlem, New York
> End of tour: 10/30/2017
51. Jay-Z
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 780,000
> Spotify followers: 2.95 million
> From: Brooklyn, New York
> End of tour: 12/21/2017
50. Nickelback
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 830,000
> Spotify followers: 2.06 million
> From: Hanna, Alberta, Canada
> End of tour: 10/1/2017
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49. Train
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 890,000
> Spotify followers: 1.65 million
> From: San Francisco, California
> End of tour: 3/7/2018
48. The Chainsmokers
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 440,000
> Spotify followers: 3.22 million
> From: New York, New York
> End of tour: 10/24/2017
47. Bon Iver
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 890,000
> Spotify followers: 1.68 million
> From: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
> End of tour: 10/14/2017
46. Big Sean
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 840,000
> Spotify followers: 2.37 million
> From: Santa Monica, California
> End of tour: 10/6/2017
45. Arcade Fire
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 950,000
> Spotify followers: 980,000
> From: Boston, Massachusetts
> End of tour: 4/16/2018
44. Foster the People
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 1.00 million
> Spotify followers: 1.84 million
> From: Los Angeles, California
> End of tour: 10/14/2017
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43. blink-182
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 840,000
> Spotify followers: 2.45 million
> From: Poway, California
> End of tour: 9/24/2017
42. Enrique Iglesias
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 800,000
> Spotify followers: 3.19 million
> From: Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
> End of tour: 10/22/2017
41. J. Cole
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 830,000
> Spotify followers: 3.16 million
> From: Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
> End of tour: 12/9/2017
40. MGMT
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 1.02 million
> Spotify followers: 910,000
> From: Middletown, Connecticut
> End of tour: 9/22/2017
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39. Lorde
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 820,000
> Spotify followers: 2.37 million
> From: Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
> End of tour: 4/15/2018
38. Elton John
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 820,000
> Spotify followers: 1.04 million
> From: Pinner, Harrow, London, United Kingdom
> End of tour: 3/2/2018
37. Kesha
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 940,000
> Spotify followers: 1.89 million
> From: Los Angeles, California
> End of tour: 11/1/2017
36. T.I.
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 910,000
> Spotify followers: 1.56 million
> From: Atlanta, Georgia
> End of tour: 10/1/2017
35. Paramore
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 1.00 million
> Spotify followers: 2.17 million
> From: Franklin, Tennessee
> End of tour: 10/23/2017
34. The xx
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 1.00 million
> Spotify followers: 2.52 million
> From: Wandsworth, London, England, United Kingdom
> End of tour: 11/18/2017
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33. Fall Out Boy
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 1.05 million
> Spotify followers: 2.99 million
> From: Wilmette, Illinois
> End of tour: 3/7/2018
32. John Mayer
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 970,000
> Spotify followers: 2.29 million
> From: Bridgeport, Connecticut
> End of tour: 10/27/2017
31. Guns N’ Roses
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 920,000
> Spotify followers: 3.52 million
> From: Los Angeles, California
> End of tour: 11/29/2017
30. Queen
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 970,000
> Spotify followers: 4.20 million
> From: London, England, United Kingdom
> End of tour: 12/15/2017
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29. John Legend
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 950,000
> Spotify followers: 2.08 million
> From: Springfield, Ohio
> End of tour: 10/14/2017
28. Gorillaz
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 920,000
> Spotify followers: 2.17 million
> From: Essex, England, United Kingdom
> End of tour: 12/15/2017
27. Mariah Carey
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 710,000
> Spotify followers: 1.51 million
> From: Huntington, New York
> End of tour: 10/14/2017
26. Jennifer Lopez
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 720,000
> Spotify followers: 2.17 million
> From: The Bronx, New York
> End of tour: 10/7/2017
25. Shakira
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 870,000
> Spotify followers: 4.28 million
> From: Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
> End of tour: 2/10/2018
24. Pitbull
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 1.17 million
> Spotify followers: 4.00 million
> From: Miami, Florida
> End of tour: 10/22/2017
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23. Foo Fighters
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 1.21 million
> Spotify followers: 2.78 million
> From: Seattle, Washington
> End of tour: 12/10/2017
22. The Rolling Stones
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 1.13 million
> Spotify followers: 2.61 million
> From: London, England, United Kingdom
> End of tour: 10/25/2017
21. Imagine Dragons
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 1.26 million
> Spotify followers: 4.92 million
> From: Las Vegas, Nevada
> End of tour: 11/16/2017
20. Muse
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 1.34 million
> Spotify followers: 2.86 million
> From: Devon, England, United Kingdom
> End of tour: 9/22/2017
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19. Metallica
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 1.04 million
> Spotify followers: 3.77 million
> From: Los Angeles, California
> End of tour: 5/11/2018
18. Green Day
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 1.22 million
> Spotify followers: 3.74 million
> From: Berkeley, California
> End of tour: 11/18/2017
17. Wiz Khalifa
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 1.26 million
> Spotify followers: 5.02 million
> From: Minot, North Dakota
> End of tour: 10/28/2017
16. David Guetta
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 1.39 million
> Spotify followers: 9.24 million
> From: Paris, Île-de-France, France
> End of tour: 10/21/2017
15. Britney Spears
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 1.00 million
> Spotify followers: 2.29 million
> From: McComb, Mississippi
> End of tour: 12/31/2017
14. Calvin Harris
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 1.39 million
> Spotify followers: 6.99 million
> From: Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
> End of tour: 11/10/2017
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13. The Killers
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 1.46 million
> Spotify followers: 2.17 million
> From: Las Vegas, Nevada
> End of tour: 1/24/2018
12. Kendrick Lamar
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 1.11 million
> Spotify followers: 4.91 million
> From: Compton, California
> End of tour: 10/27/2017
11. Kings of Leon
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 1.50 million
> Spotify followers: 2.11 million
> From: Nashville, Tennessee
> End of tour: 11/4/2017
10. Lil Wayne
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 1.47 million
> Spotify followers: 4.64 million
> From: New Orleans, Louisiana
> End of tour: 10/28/2017
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9. Justin Timberlake
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 1.39 million
> Spotify followers: 3.94 million
> From: Memphis, Tennessee
> End of tour: 10/20/2017
8. The Weeknd
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 1.19 million
> Spotify followers: 6.78 million
> From: Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
> End of tour: 11/29/2017
7. Red Hot Chili Peppers
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 1.64 million
> Spotify followers: 4.33 million
> From: Los Angeles, California
> End of tour: 10/18/2017
6. Ed Sheeran
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 1.37 million
> Spotify followers: 10.72 million
> From: Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
> End of tour: 8/11/2018
5. Katy Perry
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 1.71 million
> Spotify followers: 6.41 million
> From: Santa Barbara, California
> End of tour: 6/25/2018
4. U2
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 2.19 million
> Spotify followers: 1.82 million
> From: Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
> End of tour: 10/25/2017
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3. Lady Gaga
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 1.50 million
> Spotify followers: 3.19 million
> From: Manhattan, New York
> End of tour: 12/18/2017
2. Bruno Mars
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 1.68 million
> Spotify followers: 7.23 million
> From: Honolulu, Hawaii
> End of tour: 5/9/2018
1. Coldplay
> Fans tracking tour dates on Songkick: 2.37 million
> Spotify followers: 7.89 million
> From: London, England, United Kingdom
> End of tour: 11/11/2017
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