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100 Most Popular Musicians on Tour This Spring
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The immense size of this year’s Coachella festival — which is projected to draw 125,000 attendees each day — proves that there is still huge demand for live music. And the event’s approximately 160 musical acts indicate that there are plenty of artists eager to perform.
Of course, three-day long music festivals in a desert in California are not always the most convenient way for music lovers to see their favorite acts. Fans rely on artists to put in the time and go on tour, hopping from city to city, so they can catch some of that live music magic — along with the showmanship and everything else that goes along with a good music concert.
With the arrival of spring, people are once again leaving their homes in search of things to do — and concerts are among the most popular options. 24/7 Tempo has identified the 100 most popular musicians on tour this spring, based on followers on music-tracking site Songkick and online interest in each performer. Only musicians with concerts scheduled between April 23 and June 21 — the last day of Spring — were included.
Just like rock, pop, and hip hop/R&B are the three most popular music genres, rock, pop, and hip hop/R&B artists are the most popular touring musicians. And while fans still love older acts such as The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan, the majority of performers that have the most fans tracking them are popular new musicians.
Click here to see the 100 most popular musicians on tour this spring.
To identify the 100 most popular musicians on tour this spring, 24/7 Tempo created an index based on the weighted average of the number of fans tracking an artist’s tour dates on live music-tracking site Songkick as well as the average daily number of visits to the artist’s Wikipedia page over the past 24 months (as of April 23, 2019). To be considered for the ranking, an artist or band needed to currently have scheduled tour dates in the United States and have at least 200,000 fans tracking them on Songkick.
Songkick is a concert listings aggregator that collects listings from sources such as all major ticket vendors, smaller vendors, local listings, and more. Artists and their managers can also manage their own listings on the site. The total number of U.S. tour dates for each artist comes from Songkick and only includes events as of April 23, 2019. Some artists may add or remove events from their schedule so therefore not all events may be reported by Songkick. However, the number of shows listed is the best approximation at the time the data was collected. Each artist’s most recent album refers to the most recent full-length studio album.
100. Tame Impala
> Total number of US tour dates: 9
> Followers on Songkick: 821,128
> Most recent album: Currents (2015)
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99. Backstreet Boys
> Total number of US tour dates: 12
> Followers on Songkick: 532,641
> Most recent album: DNA (2019)
98. Florence and the Machine
> Total number of US tour dates: 16
> Followers on Songkick: 816,707
> Most recent album: High as Hope (2018)
97. Neil Young
> Total number of US tour dates: 5
> Followers on Songkick: 670,938
> Most recent album: The Visitor (2017)
96. Celine Dion
> Total number of US tour dates: 36
> Followers on Songkick: 481,183
> Most recent album: Encore un soir (2016)
95. Meghan Trainor
> Total number of US tour dates: 1
> Followers on Songkick: 724,228
> Most recent album: Thank You (2016)
94. Madonna
> Total number of US tour dates: 1
> Followers on Songkick: 984,778
> Most recent album: Rebel Heart (2015)
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93. Death Cab for Cutie
> Total number of US tour dates: 27
> Followers on Songkick: 949,842
> Most recent album: Thank You for Today (2018)
92. The Who
> Total number of US tour dates: 27
> Followers on Songkick: 792,793
> Most recent album: Endless Wire (2006)
91. T-Pain
> Total number of US tour dates: 3
> Followers on Songkick: 824,599
> Most recent album: 1UP (2019)
90. Blake Shelton
> Total number of US tour dates: 3
> Followers on Songkick: 601,044
> Most recent album: Texoma Shore (2017)
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89. Lil Uzi Vert
> Total number of US tour dates: 4
> Followers on Songkick: 586,258
> Most recent album: Luv Is Rage 2 (2017)
88. Vampire Weekend
> Total number of US tour dates: 39
> Followers on Songkick: 943,899
> Most recent album: Vampire Weekend (2013)
87. Luke Bryan
> Total number of US tour dates: 48
> Followers on Songkick: 747,257
> Most recent album: What Makes You Country (2017)
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86. Rick Ross
> Total number of US tour dates: 4
> Followers on Songkick: 816,065
> Most recent album: Rather You Than Me (2017)
85. Carrie Underwood
> Total number of US tour dates: 37
> Followers on Songkick: 713,981
> Most recent album: Cry Pretty (2018)
84. Nelly
> Total number of US tour dates: 27
> Followers on Songkick: 898,840
> Most recent album: M.O. (2013)
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83. The Beach Boys
> Total number of US tour dates: 8
> Followers on Songkick: 746,807
> Most recent album: The Beach Boys with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (2018)
82. System of a Down
> Total number of US tour dates: 2
> Followers on Songkick: 858,865
> Most recent album: Hypnotize (2005)
81. Bebe Rexha
> Total number of US tour dates: 7
> Followers on Songkick: 490,761
> Most recent album: Expectations (2018)
80. Gucci Mane
> Total number of US tour dates: 7
> Followers on Songkick: 747,781
> Most recent album: Evil Genius (2018)
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79. Zedd
> Total number of US tour dates: 37
> Followers on Songkick: 923,834
> Most recent album: True Colors (2015)
78. Ozzy Osbourne
> Total number of US tour dates: 43
> Followers on Songkick: 546,494
> Most recent album: Scream (2010)
77. Childish Gambino
> Total number of US tour dates: 4
> Followers on Songkick: 1,075,867
> Most recent album: “Awaken, My Love!” (2016)
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76. Meek Mill
> Total number of US tour dates: 3
> Followers on Songkick: 724,737
> Most recent album: Championships (2018)
75. Marilyn Manson
> Total number of US tour dates: 20
> Followers on Songkick: 566,112
> Most recent album: Heaven Upside Down (2017)
74. Lynyrd Skynyrd
> Total number of US tour dates: 29
> Followers on Songkick: 701,902
> Most recent album: Last of a Dyin’ Breed (2012)
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73. Beck
> Total number of US tour dates: 28
> Followers on Songkick: 926,753
> Most recent album: Colors (2017)
72. The Strokes
> Total number of US tour dates: 4
> Followers on Songkick: 1,020,230
> Most recent album: Comedown Machine (2013)
71. Ludacris
> Total number of US tour dates: 2
> Followers on Songkick: 913,907
> Most recent album: Ludaversal (2015)
70. Nas
> Total number of US tour dates: 21
> Followers on Songkick: 773,619
> Most recent album: Nasir (2018)
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69. The Lumineers
> Total number of US tour dates: 9
> Followers on Songkick: 1,063,764
> Most recent album: Cleopatra (2016)
68. Lil Pump
> Total number of US tour dates: 13
> Followers on Songkick: 307,091
> Most recent album: Harverd Dropout (2019)
67. Akon
> Total number of US tour dates: 2
> Followers on Songkick: 902,923
> Most recent album: Freedom (2008)
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66. Ne-Yo
> Total number of US tour dates: 2
> Followers on Songkick: 1,024,238
> Most recent album: Good Man (2018)
65. 2 Chainz
> Total number of US tour dates: 1
> Followers on Songkick: 972,971
> Most recent album: Rap or Go to the League (2019)
64. Sam Smith
> Total number of US tour dates: 1
> Followers on Songkick: 1,195,058
> Most recent album: The Thrill of It All (2017)
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63. Train
> Total number of US tour dates: 46
> Followers on Songkick: 1,119,229
> Most recent album: A Girl, a Bottle, a Boat (2017)
62. Trey Songz
> Total number of US tour dates: 2
> Followers on Songkick: 1,115,466
> Most recent album: Tremaine the Album (2017)
61. Billy Joel
> Total number of US tour dates: 12
> Followers on Songkick: 823,333
> Most recent album: Fantasies & Delusions (2001)
60. G-Eazy
> Total number of US tour dates: 7
> Followers on Songkick: 807,860
> Most recent album: The Beautiful & Damned (2017)
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59. Michael Bublé
> Total number of US tour dates: 10
> Followers on Songkick: 940,005
> Most recent album: Love (2018)
58. Jason Mraz
> Total number of US tour dates: 7
> Followers on Songkick: 1,140,874
> Most recent album: Know. (2018)
57. Aerosmith
> Total number of US tour dates: 25
> Followers on Songkick: 1,027,647
> Most recent album: Music from Another Dimension! (2012)
56. The Chainsmokers
> Total number of US tour dates: 36
> Followers on Songkick: 999,812
> Most recent album: Sick Boy (2018)
55. Billie Eilish
> Total number of US tour dates: 23
> Followers on Songkick: 378,331
> Most recent album: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019)
54. Weezer
> Total number of US tour dates: 5
> Followers on Songkick: 1,045,530
> Most recent album: Weezer (Black Album) (2019)
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53. Cher
> Total number of US tour dates: 24
> Followers on Songkick: 290,713
> Most recent album: Dancing Queen (2018)
52. Major Lazer
> Total number of US tour dates: 4
> Followers on Songkick: 1,157,693
> Most recent album: Peace Is the Mission (2015)
51. 21 Savage
> Total number of US tour dates: 3
> Followers on Songkick: 507,363
> Most recent album: I Am > I Was (2018)
50. Tyga
> Total number of US tour dates: 4
> Followers on Songkick: 1,028,276
> Most recent album: Kyoto (2018)
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49. A$AP Rocky
> Total number of US tour dates: 1
> Followers on Songkick: 1,301,683
> Most recent album: Testing (2018)
48. Christina Aguilera
> Total number of US tour dates: 16
> Followers on Songkick: 947,346
> Most recent album: Liberation (2018)
47. Panic! At the Disco
> Total number of US tour dates: 2
> Followers on Songkick: 1,075,406
> Most recent album: Pray for the Wicked (2018)
46. blink-182
> Total number of US tour dates: 4
> Followers on Songkick: 1,169,684
> Most recent album: California (2016)
45. Paul McCartney
> Total number of US tour dates: 15
> Followers on Songkick: 616,024
> Most recent album: Egypt Station (2018)
44. MGMT
> Total number of US tour dates: 16
> Followers on Songkick: 1,327,167
> Most recent album: Little Dark Age (2018)
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43. Twenty One Pilots
> Total number of US tour dates: 25
> Followers on Songkick: 1,107,448
> Most recent album: Trench (2018)
42. Pharrell Williams
> Total number of US tour dates: 4
> Followers on Songkick: 1,122,282
> Most recent album: Girl (2014)
41. Kelly Clarkson
> Total number of US tour dates: 1
> Followers on Songkick: 1,016,381
> Most recent album: Meaning of Life (2017)
40. Skrillex
> Total number of US tour dates: 3
> Followers on Songkick: 1,353,156
> Most recent album: Recess (2014)
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39. Migos
> Total number of US tour dates: 5
> Followers on Songkick: 786,686
> Most recent album: Culture II (2018)
38. OneRepublic
> Total number of US tour dates: 6
> Followers on Songkick: 1,457,360
> Most recent album: Oh My My (2016)
37. DJ Khaled
> Total number of US tour dates: 1
> Followers on Songkick: 933,693
> Most recent album: Grateful (2017)
36. 50 Cent
> Total number of US tour dates: 2
> Followers on Songkick: 1,039,440
> Most recent album: Animal Ambition (2014)
35. Black Eyed Peas
> Total number of US tour dates: 2
> Followers on Songkick: 1,593,281
> Most recent album: Masters of the Sun Vol. 1 (2018)
34. Big Sean
> Total number of US tour dates: 4
> Followers on Songkick: 1,388,014
> Most recent album: I Decided (2017)
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33. Fall Out Boy
> Total number of US tour dates: 2
> Followers on Songkick: 1,404,616
> Most recent album: Mania (2018)
32. Pitbull
> Total number of US tour dates: 13
> Followers on Songkick: 1,605,460
> Most recent album: Climate Change (2017)
31. Flo Rida
> Total number of US tour dates: 21
> Followers on Songkick: 1,539,949
> Most recent album: Wild Ones (2012)
30. Jay-Z
> Total number of US tour dates: 2
> Followers on Songkick: 944,147
> Most recent album: 04:44 (2017)
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29. Shawn Mendes
> Total number of US tour dates: 41
> Followers on Songkick: 819,905
> Most recent album: Shawn Mendes (2018)
28. Kesha
> Total number of US tour dates: 6
> Followers on Songkick: 1,256,530
> Most recent album: Rainbow (2017)
27. John Mayer
> Total number of US tour dates: 29
> Followers on Songkick: 1,302,539
> Most recent album: The Search for Everything (2017)
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26. Jason Derulo
> Total number of US tour dates: 1
> Followers on Songkick: 1,522,861
> Most recent album: Everything Is 4 (2015)
25. Bob Dylan
> Total number of US tour dates: 3
> Followers on Songkick: 1,083,432
> Most recent album: Triplicate (2017)
24. Mariah Carey
> Total number of US tour dates: 1
> Followers on Songkick: 1,022,575
> Most recent album: Caution (2018)
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23. John Legend
> Total number of US tour dates: 1
> Followers on Songkick: 1,345,313
> Most recent album: A Legendary Christmas (2018)
22. Foo Fighters
> Total number of US tour dates: 7
> Followers on Songkick: 1,555,167
> Most recent album: Concrete and Gold (2017)
21. Ellie Goulding
> Total number of US tour dates: 6
> Followers on Songkick: 1,731,033
> Most recent album: Delirium (2015)
20. Travis Scott
> Total number of US tour dates: 7
> Followers on Songkick: 832,243
> Most recent album: Astroworld (2018)
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19. The Rolling Stones
> Total number of US tour dates: 14
> Followers on Songkick: 1,535,955
> Most recent album: Blue & Lonesome (2016)
18. Kings of Leon
> Total number of US tour dates: 2
> Followers on Songkick: 1,910,790
> Most recent album: Walls (2016)
17. Snoop Dogg
> Total number of US tour dates: 19
> Followers on Songkick: 1,304,672
> Most recent album: Bible of Love (2018)
16. David Guetta
> Total number of US tour dates: 8
> Followers on Songkick: 1,962,057
> Most recent album: 7 (2018)
15. Wiz Khalifa
> Total number of US tour dates: 5
> Followers on Songkick: 1,830,827
> Most recent album: Rolling Papers 2 (2018)
14. Jennifer Lopez
> Total number of US tour dates: 25
> Followers on Songkick: 1,017,929
> Most recent album: A.K.A. (2014)
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13. The Killers
> Total number of US tour dates: 8
> Followers on Songkick: 1,966,256
> Most recent album: Wonderful Wonderful (2017)
12. Post Malone
> Total number of US tour dates: 1
> Followers on Songkick: 890,100
> Most recent album: Beerbongs & Bentleys (2018)
11. Imagine Dragons
> Total number of US tour dates: 4
> Followers on Songkick: 2,008,966
> Most recent album: Origins (2018)
10. Chris Brown
> Total number of US tour dates: 1
> Followers on Songkick: 2,102,915
> Most recent album: Heartbreak on a Full Moon (2017)
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9. Kendrick Lamar
> Total number of US tour dates: 1
> Followers on Songkick: 2,011,786
> Most recent album: Damn (2017)
8. Lil Wayne
> Total number of US tour dates: 7
> Followers on Songkick: 2,159,528
> Most recent album: Tha Carter V (2018)
7. Drake
> Total number of US tour dates: 2
> Followers on Songkick: 2,865,793
> Most recent album: Scorpion (2018)
6. Nicki Minaj
> Total number of US tour dates: 1
> Followers on Songkick: 2,007,002
> Most recent album: Queen (2018)
5. Katy Perry
> Total number of US tour dates: 1
> Followers on Songkick: 2,297,076
> Most recent album: Witness (2017)
4. Cardi B
> Total number of US tour dates: 21
> Followers on Songkick: 557,834
> Most recent album: Invasion of Privacy (2018)
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3. Bruno Mars
> Total number of US tour dates: 11
> Followers on Songkick: 2,484,755
> Most recent album: 24K Magic (2016)
2. Lady Gaga
> Total number of US tour dates: 21
> Followers on Songkick: 1,991,436
> Most recent album: Joanne (2016)
1. Ariana Grande
> Total number of US tour dates: 39
> Followers on Songkick: 1,381,800
> Most recent album: Thank U, Next (2019)
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