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MADONNA and Celine Dion were the biggest worldwide concert draws in 2008, each selling more than US$200 million worth of tickets, according to trade publication Pollstar.
The pop singers also took the top two spots in North America, which accounts for an estimated 40 percent of the concert business, Pollstar said.
Madonna's "Sticky & Sweet" world tour, which finished in Brazil last week, tallied US$281.6 million from 17 countries. North American fans spent US$105.3 million.
Dion, launching her first world tour in more than eight years, earned US$236.6 million from 24 countries, with North America contributing US$94 million.
Among the all-time North American tours, Madonna's ranks at No. 8 and Dion's at No. 12. The Rolling Stones hold the record with US$162 million in 2005.
Dion, 40, might well be the hardest working woman in show business, having made Pollstar's list of top 10 acts every year since 2003. That year she began a 700-plus show residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, and grossed more than US$385 million by the time it wrapped last December.
Rounding out the top five of Pollstar's worldwide list were Bon Jovi (US$176.3 million), Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band (US$165.8 million), and last year's North American champs The Police (US$120.6 million).
The pop singers also took the top two spots in North America, which accounts for an estimated 40 percent of the concert business, Pollstar said.
Madonna's "Sticky & Sweet" world tour, which finished in Brazil last week, tallied US$281.6 million from 17 countries. North American fans spent US$105.3 million.
Dion, launching her first world tour in more than eight years, earned US$236.6 million from 24 countries, with North America contributing US$94 million.
Among the all-time North American tours, Madonna's ranks at No. 8 and Dion's at No. 12. The Rolling Stones hold the record with US$162 million in 2005.
Dion, 40, might well be the hardest working woman in show business, having made Pollstar's list of top 10 acts every year since 2003. That year she began a 700-plus show residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, and grossed more than US$385 million by the time it wrapped last December.
Rounding out the top five of Pollstar's worldwide list were Bon Jovi (US$176.3 million), Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band (US$165.8 million), and last year's North American champs The Police (US$120.6 million).
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