2008 is 'Sticky & Sweet'

According to numbers released by concert trade magazine Pollstar, Madonna was the year's top concert draw in North America with ticket sales in excess of $105 million. After launching last summer in Wales, her Sticky & Sweet tour hit North America in early October for nearly eight weeks of concert dates.

Worldwide the Material Girl's tour actually grossed more than $280 million, making Sticky & Sweet the highest-grossing tour ever by a solo artist. Fittingly, the solo record she broke was her own: $195 million for her 2006 Confessions tour.

"Not only will this tour be the top selling tour of all time for a solo artist and a female artist (eclipsing her own record), but it will position her as one of the top selling touring artists of all time," noted Arthur Fogel, Live Nation's Chairman of Global Music and CEO of Global Touring, in a statement.

Sticky & Sweet, which promotes her 2008 chart-topping album Hard Candy, is the Madonna's first major venture as part of a new recording, touring and business deal—reportedly worth about $120 million—that she signed with Live Nation in late '07.

To recap, the year's Top 10 highest-grossing tours were as follows:

1. Madonna ($105 million)

2. Celine Dion ($94 million)

3. The Eagles ($73.4 million)

4. Kenny Chesney ($72.2 million)

5. Bon Jovi ($70.4 million)

6. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band ($69.3 million)

7. Neil Diamond ($59.8 million)

8. Rascal Flatts ($55.8 million)

9. The Police ($48 million)

10. Tina Turner ($47.7 million)

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