ED SHEERAN BREAKS MUSICIAN EARNINGS RECORD

The 27-year-old performer didn't discharge any new music in 2018 yet that hasn't prevented him from having the most monetarily fruitful year of any artist.

Ed Sheeran has broken the record for the most cash made in a solitary year by a performer on account of his £342 million world visit.


The 27-year-old artist didn't discharge any new music in 2018 yet that hasn't prevented him from having the most fiscally fruitful year of any performer, as his Divide world visit - which he originally set out on in 2017 in help of his third studio collection of a similar name - has acquired an astounding £342.3 million of every 2018 alone.

As indicated by information gathered by Pollstar on the best 10 most astounding netting voyages through 2018, Sheeran sold 4.86 million tickets for the shows in the previous a year, including the four sold-out dates he performed at the 90,000 limit Wembley Stadium in London.

The Shape of You hitmaker has crushed his past visit profit for his 2014/15 visit Multiply - which earned £119 million - and is currently on course for the most worthwhile voyage through untouched.

Andy Gensler, official editorial manager of Pollstar said in an announcement: The Divide Tourwas an ideal tempest of medium-evaluated tickets, future exemplary singles that detonated all inclusive, a convincing solo execution that grasped group of onlookers support, a generation that was effectively overhauled from fields to arenas, and having an enormous online nearness that associated him specifically with fans."

Following firmly behind Sheeran in the Pollstar list is his dear companion Taylor Swift, whose Reputation Tour earned her £273 million with just about three million tickets sold, while third place went to wedded pair Beyonce and Jay-Z, who earned £201 million from 2.1 million ticket deals.

Rounding out the top five are Pink with her 1.28 ticket sales bringing in £134 million this year, and Bruno Mars who earned £132 million from 1.29 million tickets.

Pollstar's top 10 highest-grossing tours of 2018:

• Ed Sheeran £342m - 4,860,482 tickets
• Taylor Swift £273m - 2,888,892 tickets sold
• Jay-Z and Beyonce £201m - 2,169,050 tickets sold
• Pink £134m - 1,285,411 tickets sold
• Bruno Mars £132m - 1,290,438 tickets sold
• The Eagles £131m - 964,245 tickets sold
• Justin Timberlake £119m - 1,193,365 tickets sold
• Roger Waters £104m - 1,448,771 tickets sold
• U2 £100m - 927,034 tickets
• The Rolling Stones £92m - 750,914 tickets sold