PRINCE, MADONNA, CELINE DION TOP POLLSTAR’S MIDYEAR TOUR POLL

Prince’s "don’t call it a comeback" comeback tour tops the list with $45.7 million in grosses, including a "free" giveaway of his new album, Musicology, a controversial move which has kept the record high on the album chart all summer—at least according to Soundscan. Prince has sold a total of 737k tickets, with an average gross of $1.038 million per show, based on an average ticket price of $61.59.

Madonna’s Re-Invention Tour is next, selling $44.9 million worth of tickets, followed by Dion, who didn’t have to leave Las Vegas to rack up $40.8 million in sales. Madonna sold 258k total tickets at an average ticket price of $174.17 (highest in the Top 100) through June 30, while Celine moved 296k at a $137.65 average price.

The rest of the year’s Top 10 included Bette Midler ($33.7m), Rod Stewart ($32.7m), Shania Twain ($27.6m), Kenny Chesney ($27.0m), Metallica ($26.1m), Aerosmith ($25.2m) and Alan Jackson/Martina McBride ($24.9m).

At numbers 11-20 are Beyonce ($19.8m), Elton John ($19.1m), Britney Spears ($18.9m), Luis Miguel ($18.0m), George Strait ($17.4m), David Bowie ($16.4m), Kid Rock ($16.3m), Fleetwood Mac ($15.4m), Sarah Brightman ($14.9m) and Linkin Park ($14.5m).