U2 SCORES TOP TOUR OF 2009, SECOND OF DECADE
Full recap of U2 appearances on Billboard's year-end of decade-end charts
Billboard magazine has published dozens of lists recapping its chart tracking for both 2009 and the entire decade. The most jaw-dropping chart is the Top Touring Artists of the Decade, where U2 ranks number twooverall with nearly a billion dollars in gross revenue from touring -- $844,157,925 to be exact. The Rolling Stones are first, beating U2 by a paltry $25 million.
Billboard's numbers show U2 selling 9,869,953 tickets during the decade, second to the seemingly always-on-tour Dave Matthews Band (11,230,696). As for the 2009 calendar year, the U2 360 tour is ranked number one with more than $311 million gross and more than three million tickets sold.
Here's a look at U2's other appearances on Billboard's end-of-year and end-of-decade charts.
U2
Billboard's numbers show U2 selling 9,869,953 tickets during the decade, second to the seemingly always-on-tour Dave Matthews Band (11,230,696). As for the 2009 calendar year, the U2 360 tour is ranked number one with more than $311 million gross and more than three million tickets sold.
Here's a look at U2's other appearances on Billboard's end-of-year and end-of-decade charts.
U2
- #1 Touring Artist of 2009
- #2 Touring Artist of the decade
- #19 in 2009 "The Billboard 200 Artists" (whatever that means; they were not in "Hot 100 Artists" nor in "Top Artists")
- #9 in 2009 Digital Album Artist of 2009
- #87 in Artists of the Decade (but not in "Hot 100 Artists" of the decade)
- #44 on "The Billboard 200 Artists" of the decade
- #25 Top Rock Song Artist of the decade
All That You Can't Leave Behind
#68 on "The Billboard 200 Albums" of the decade
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
#124 on "The Billboard 200 Albums" of the decade
No Line On The Horizon
#68 on "The Billboard 200 Albums" of the decade
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
#124 on "The Billboard 200 Albums" of the decade
No Line On The Horizon
- #18 The Billboard 200 Albums of 2009
- #5 Top Rock Albums of 2009
- #12 Top Digital Albums of 2009
- #25 Top Digital Albums of the decade
- #4 Top Alternative Albums of 2009
- #5 Top European Albums of 2009
- #18 Top Canadian Albums of 2009
The Best of 1980-1990
#41 Top Catalog Albums of the decade
"Beautiful Day"
#90 Top Rock Songs of the decade
"Magnificent"
#96 European Hot 100 Singles of 2009
"Get On Your Boots"
#99 European Hot 100 Singles of 2009
#41 Top Catalog Albums of the decade
"Beautiful Day"
#90 Top Rock Songs of the decade
"Magnificent"
#96 European Hot 100 Singles of 2009
"Get On Your Boots"
#99 European Hot 100 Singles of 2009
If you're curious, Billboard says its charts are "calculated using custom formulas collecting sales, streaming and radio play."
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