Now that the Omicron variant of Covid-19 is subsiding and spring is beckoning, people are feeling more confident about attending shows and concerts. Long-planned tours that were delayed because of the pandemic are back on the books – including the much-anticipated putative farewell performances of artists such as Elton John – and venues large and small are likely to be filled in the coming months.
To determine the 100 most popular musicians on tour this spring, 24/7 Tempo reviewed tour date announcements from the live music aggregator Songkick and internet popularity data from Wikipedia. Musicians who have at least 20 upcoming concert dates with at least one in the U.S. between March 20 and June 21 of this year – not including Las Vegas residencies – were ranked based on daily average Wikipedia pageviews between March 7, 2019 and March 6, 2022. (Data on Billboard 200 performance comes from Billboard and is current through January 15, 2022. Data on certified U.S. album sales is from the Recording Industry Association of America.)
Concertgoers this spring can look forward to seeing performers who’ve won Grammy Awards across every music genre – music stars both young and old, some of whom have been touring and racking up millions of record sales for many decades. (These are 35 musicians with legendarily long careers.)
Female artists will be well-represented on concert stages this spring, with current chart-toppers such as Billie Eillish, Olivia Rodrigo, and Dua Lipa, as well as accomplished veterans including Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight, and Patti LaBelle.
Justin Bieber, Harry Styles, and Shawn Mendes are among the contemporary artists on tour this spring. Rappers such as T-Pain, Nelly, Snoop Dogg, and OG Ice Cube will be performing. Ageless (and aging) metal bands Mötley Crüe, Megadeath, and Judas Priest will challenge sound-volume barriers once more, and country stars Tim McGraw, Maren Morris, Chris Stapleton, and icon Willie Nelson, among others, will be on the road again. (These are the 50 most popular country stars right now.)
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If you miss the 1980s and its fluorescent clothes and high hair, you can return to that era, at least for a day, by listening to the music of Tears for Fears, Blondie, Billy Idol, and Elvis Costello.
And if your tastes predate that decade, acts like Chicago, the Beach Boys, the Who, and Bob Dylan are on the concert-tour horizon.
100. Gladys Knight
> Upcoming concert dates: 23
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,192
> Billboard 200 performance: 30 albums (575 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 1 million
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99. Gordon Lightfoot
> Upcoming concert dates: 31
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,195
> Billboard 200 performance: 17 albums (294 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 6 million
98. Anne-Marie
> Upcoming concert dates: 20
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,215
> Billboard 200 performance: 1 album (29 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 1 million
97. REO Speedwagon
> Upcoming concert dates: 63
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,216
> Billboard 200 performance: 15 albums (453 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 25 million
96. Earth, Wind & Fire
> Upcoming concert dates: 48
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,245
> Billboard 200 performance: 24 albums (630 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 24 million
95. The Offspring
> Upcoming concert dates: 33
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,279
> Billboard 200 performance: 9 albums (306 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: N/A
94. Bon Iver
> Upcoming concert dates: 39
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,284
> Billboard 200 performance: 6 albums (84 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 3 million
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93. Blondie
> Upcoming concert dates: 25
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,290
> Billboard 200 performance: 10 albums (258 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 5 million
92. Interpol
> Upcoming concert dates: 26
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,291
> Billboard 200 performance: 6 albums (50 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 1 million
91. Foreigner
> Upcoming concert dates: 58
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,302
> Billboard 200 performance: 18 albums (571 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 38 million
90. The Strokes
> Upcoming concert dates: 36
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,350
> Billboard 200 performance: 6 albums (100 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 2 million
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89. Patti Labelle
> Upcoming concert dates: 23
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,372
> Billboard 200 performance: 20 albums (320 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 4 million
88. T-Pain
> Upcoming concert dates: 22
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,415
> Billboard 200 performance: 9 albums (99 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 1 million
87. J Balvin
> Upcoming concert dates: 33
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,418
> Billboard 200 performance: 5 albums (75 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 1 million
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86. Ted Nugent
> Upcoming concert dates: 25
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,468
> Billboard 200 performance: 17 albums (286 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 14 million
85. Kenny Chesney
> Upcoming concert dates: 42
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,483
> Billboard 200 performance: 21 albums (1,065 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 31 million
84. Elvis Costello
> Upcoming concert dates: 35
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,529
> Billboard 200 performance: 30 albums (344 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 4 million
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83. Megadeth
> Upcoming concert dates: 36
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,546
> Billboard 200 performance: 21 albums (284 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 7 million
82. Judas Priest
> Upcoming concert dates: 77
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,549
> Billboard 200 performance: 19 albums (278 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 10 million
81. Nick Cave
> Upcoming concert dates: 36
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,553
> Billboard 200 performance: 8 albums (12 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: N/A
80. Chicago
> Upcoming concert dates: 27
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,558
> Billboard 200 performance: 33 albums (1,153 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 39 million
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79. Diplo
> Upcoming concert dates: 24
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,601
> Billboard 200 performance: 5 albums (51 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 1 million
78. Maren Morris
> Upcoming concert dates: 46
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,607
> Billboard 200 performance: 3 albums (186 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 2 million
77. Kansas
> Upcoming concert dates: 42
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,617
> Billboard 200 performance: 15 albums (283 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 16 million
76. Evanescence
> Upcoming concert dates: 30
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,700
> Billboard 200 performance: 6 albums (206 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 10 million
75. The Temptations
> Upcoming concert dates: 22
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,713
> Billboard 200 performance: 48 albums (1,239 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 13 million
74. Toto
> Upcoming concert dates: 67
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,736
> Billboard 200 performance: 10 albums (250 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 8 million
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73. Belinda Carlisle
> Upcoming concert dates: 31
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,800
> Billboard 200 performance: 3 albums (110 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 2 million
72. Tears For Fears
> Upcoming concert dates: 42
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,844
> Billboard 200 performance: 7 albums (227 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 8 million
71. Tame Impala
> Upcoming concert dates: 30
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,864
> Billboard 200 performance: 3 albums (66 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 1 million
70. Twenty One Pilots
> Upcoming concert dates: 38
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,880
> Billboard 200 performance: 6 albums (587 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 7 million
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69. Lil Durk
> Upcoming concert dates: 25
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,880
> Billboard 200 performance: 10 albums (225 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 1 million
68. Steely Dan
> Upcoming concert dates: 23
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,899
> Billboard 200 performance: 14 albums (365 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 11 million
67. Weezer
> Upcoming concert dates: 25
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,916
> Billboard 200 performance: 16 albums (273 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 7 million
66. Korn
> Upcoming concert dates: 40
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,987
> Billboard 200 performance: 16 albums (476 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 17 million
65. Def Leppard
> Upcoming concert dates: 36
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 2,987
> Billboard 200 performance: 17 albums (702 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 36 million
64. Luke Bryan
> Upcoming concert dates: 49
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 3,020
> Billboard 200 performance: 13 albums (837 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 13 million
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63. Morgan Wallen
> Upcoming concert dates: 52
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 3,070
> Billboard 200 performance: 2 albums (223 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 1 million
62. Chris Stapleton
> Upcoming concert dates: 54
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 3,122
> Billboard 200 performance: 4 albums (532 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 6 million
61. Jack White
> Upcoming concert dates: 58
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 3,128
> Billboard 200 performance: 4 albums (72 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 1 million
60. Dionne Warwick
> Upcoming concert dates: 37
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 3,163
> Billboard 200 performance: 33 albums (789 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 4 million
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59. Elle King
> Upcoming concert dates: 53
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 3,167
> Billboard 200 performance: 2 albums (67 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 1 million
58. Greta Van Fleet
> Upcoming concert dates: 72
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 3,176
> Billboard 200 performance: 4 albums (71 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 1 million
57. Nelly
> Upcoming concert dates: 20
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 3,188
> Billboard 200 performance: 11 albums (324 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 22 million
56. Imagine Dragons
> Upcoming concert dates: 41
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 3,199
> Billboard 200 performance: 8 albums (835 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 5 million
55. Jesse McCartney
> Upcoming concert dates: 37
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 3,208
> Billboard 200 performance: 5 albums (115 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: N/A
54. Van Morrison
> Upcoming concert dates: 31
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 3,225
> Billboard 200 performance: 51 albums (825 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 10 million
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53. Tim McGraw
> Upcoming concert dates: 28
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 3,237
> Billboard 200 performance: 23 albums (1,408 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 38 million
52. Miranda Lambert
> Upcoming concert dates: 28
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 3,339
> Billboard 200 performance: 8 albums (566 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 8 million
51. Billy Idol
> Upcoming concert dates: 29
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 3,355
> Billboard 200 performance: 12 albums (414 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 7 million
50. Phoebe Bridgers
> Upcoming concert dates: 26
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 3,355
> Billboard 200 performance: 2 albums (4 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: N/A
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49. Rick Astley
> Upcoming concert dates: 59
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 3,378
> Billboard 200 performance: 4 albums (102 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 3 million
48. JoJo
> Upcoming concert dates: 37
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 3,408
> Billboard 200 performance: 10 albums (228 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 2 million
47. New Kids On The Block
> Upcoming concert dates: 57
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 3,434
> Billboard 200 performance: 9 albums (368 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 17 million
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46. Jack Harlow
> Upcoming concert dates: 29
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 3,487
> Billboard 200 performance: 2 albums (95 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 1 million
45. Brandi Carlile
> Upcoming concert dates: 27
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 3,489
> Billboard 200 performance: 7 albums (59 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 1 million
44. Jewel
> Upcoming concert dates: 39
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 3,565
> Billboard 200 performance: 12 albums (276 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 19 million
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43. “Weird Al” Yankovic
> Upcoming concert dates: 65
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 3,603
> Billboard 200 performance: 16 albums (274 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 9 million
42. Josh Groban
> Upcoming concert dates: 33
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 3,680
> Billboard 200 performance: 13 albums (531 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 21 million
41. Charli XCX
> Upcoming concert dates: 39
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 3,696
> Billboard 200 performance: 4 albums (11 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: N/A
40. Kid Rock
> Upcoming concert dates: 30
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 3,714
> Billboard 200 performance: 12 albums (598 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 24 million
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39. Marc Anthony
> Upcoming concert dates: 22
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 4,062
> Billboard 200 performance: 12 albums (213 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 6 million
38. Kane Brown
> Upcoming concert dates: 21
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 4,092
> Billboard 200 performance: 5 albums (355 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 3 million
37. ZZ Top
> Upcoming concert dates: 23
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 4,166
> Billboard 200 performance: 22 albums (670 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 25 million
36. Lorde
> Upcoming concert dates: 61
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 4,186
> Billboard 200 performance: 5 albums (177 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 4 million
35. James Taylor
> Upcoming concert dates: 44
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 4,215
> Billboard 200 performance: 26 albums (789 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 33 million
34. John Williams
> Upcoming concert dates: 29
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 4,220
> Billboard 200 performance: 2 albums (16 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 4 million
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33. Green Day
> Upcoming concert dates: 23
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 4,334
> Billboard 200 performance: 19 albums (565 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 24 million
32. Foo Fighters
> Upcoming concert dates: 59
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 4,514
> Billboard 200 performance: 13 albums (564 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 7 million
31. Coldplay
> Upcoming concert dates: 56
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 4,561
> Billboard 200 performance: 14 albums (548 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 15 million
30. Yungblud
> Upcoming concert dates: 49
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 4,643
> Billboard 200 performance: 2 albums (2 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: N/A
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29. Bad Bunny
> Upcoming concert dates: 58
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 4,820
> Billboard 200 performance: 6 albums (355 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 2 million
28. The Beach Boys
> Upcoming concert dates: 28
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 4,891
> Billboard 200 performance: 55 albums (1,459 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 23 million
27. Adam Lambert
> Upcoming concert dates: 40
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 4,891
> Billboard 200 performance: 9 albums (84 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 1 million
26. John Mayer
> Upcoming concert dates: 27
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 4,947
> Billboard 200 performance: 14 albums (527 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 18 million
25. Alice Cooper
> Upcoming concert dates: 52
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 5,036
> Billboard 200 performance: 27 albums (455 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 8 million
24. Andrea Bocelli
> Upcoming concert dates: 42
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 5,073
> Billboard 200 performance: 27 albums (683 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 16 million
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23. Backstreet Boys
> Upcoming concert dates: 58
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 5,086
> Billboard 200 performance: 9 albums (332 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 37 million
22. Sting
> Upcoming concert dates: 79
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 5,497
> Billboard 200 performance: 21 albums (506 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 18 million
21. Rod Stewart
> Upcoming concert dates: 67
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 5,510
> Billboard 200 performance: 43 albums (1,289 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 38 million
20. Alanis Morissette
> Upcoming concert dates: 21
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 5,512
> Billboard 200 performance: 11 albums (245 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 21 million
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19. The Who
> Upcoming concert dates: 28
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 5,609
> Billboard 200 performance: 32 albums (614 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 21 million
18. Slipknot
> Upcoming concert dates: 66
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 6,106
> Billboard 200 performance: 8 albums (277 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 6 million
17. Willie Nelson
> Upcoming concert dates: 26
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 6,774
> Billboard 200 performance: 68 albums (1,062 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 32 million
16. Ice Cube
> Upcoming concert dates: 22
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 6,866
> Billboard 200 performance: 15 albums (347 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 8 million
15. Metallica
> Upcoming concert dates: 21
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 7,177
> Billboard 200 performance: 19 albums (1,393 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 63 million
14. Tyler, The Creator
> Upcoming concert dates: 35
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 7,403
> Billboard 200 performance: 6 albums (253 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 2 million
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13. Louis Tomlinson
> Upcoming concert dates: 56
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 7,469
> Billboard 200 performance: 1 album (1 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: N/A
12. Shawn Mendes
> Upcoming concert dates: 74
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 9,481
> Billboard 200 performance: 7 albums (415 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 4 million
11. Mötley Crüe
> Upcoming concert dates: 36
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 9,680
> Billboard 200 performance: 14 albums (608 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 25 million
10. Olivia Rodrigo
> Upcoming concert dates: 48
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 9,731
> Billboard 200 performance: 1 album (33 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 2 million
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9. Bob Dylan
> Upcoming concert dates: 26
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 10,385
> Billboard 200 performance: 77 albums (1,169 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 36 million
8. Halsey
> Upcoming concert dates: 27
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 12,383
> Billboard 200 performance: 5 albums (382 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 4 million
7. Doja Cat
> Upcoming concert dates: 30
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 12,390
> Billboard 200 performance: 3 albums (146 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 1 million
6. Snoop Dogg
> Upcoming concert dates: 43
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 13,220
> Billboard 200 performance: 21 albums (336 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 13 million
5. Harry Styles
> Upcoming concert dates: 37
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 13,769
> Billboard 200 performance: 2 albums (220 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 3 million
4. Justin Bieber
> Upcoming concert dates: 102
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 16,025
> Billboard 200 performance: 11 albums (676 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 21 million
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3. Dua Lipa
> Upcoming concert dates: 73
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 18,282
> Billboard 200 performance: 3 albums (189 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 2 million
2. Elton John
> Upcoming concert dates: 115
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 21,642
> Billboard 200 performance: 49 albums (1,914 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 79 million
1. Billie Eilish
> Upcoming concert dates: 54
> Daily avg. Wikipedia pageviews: 38,966
> Billboard 200 performance: 5 albums (384 weeks total)
> Certified U.S. album sales: 5 million
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