Luke Combs, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran Remain At No. 1; Live75 Has The Most Top 10 Debuts

Holding steady at No. 1 on Pollstar’s weekly charts are Luke Combs on LIVE75, Bruno Mars on the Artist Power Index and Ed Sheeran on Global Concert Pulse, all with multiple week stints based on stadium touring. Combs makes it three weeks in a row scoring the highest ticket and gross averages on LIVE75 with box-office results from his “My Kinda Saturday Night Tour,” while Mars’ hold at No. 1 on APX also extends into a third consecutive week. He is just beginning the second month of “The Romantic Tour,” currently booked in North American cities but heading to Europe in June.

Then, Sheeran’s stand at No. 1 on GCP is based on tickets sold at the last 10 performances on the Oceania leg of his “Loop Tour.” Set in four Australian stadiums, his shows in February and early March are still included in the three-month eligibility window for Global Concert Pulse. His tour has been on hiatus since March 5 but resumes May 9 with a stadium event in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Along with the three top-ranked superstars, touring acts making their debut in the rankings are featured on all three charts. Of the three, LIVE75 has the most performers entering the top 10 with four artists joining the lineup near the top, based on tickets sold during recent weeks.

ILLENIUM returns to LIVE75 after last appearing on the April 10 chart in Pollstar’s May issue. The Illinois-born DJ and record producer is No. 3 this week after performing the final three nights of his nine-show residency at Sphere in Las Vegas. He averaged 16,449 sold tickets with a gross average of $2.5 million per show, April 2-4, to enter the chart with the highest-ranked debut.

Then, Florence + The Machine enters the lineup at No. 8 after box-office tallies were reported from the band’s “Everybody Scream Tour” that launched in early February. Ticket sales from four arena concerts in April – one in Boston and three in New York City – produced a per-night average of 13,397 to earn a top 10 position.

In the New York area, the group played two sellouts at Madison Square Garden, April 21-22, followed the next night by one sold-out show at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. And earlier, on the 20^th, they were on stage at Boston’s TD Garden. Since the tour began on Feb. 6, Florence + The Machine’s ticket sales have averaged 12,759 per show this year, according to reported box-office figures in both Europe and North America, and grossed an average of $1.4 million.

At No. 10 on LIVE75, co-headliners Romeo Santos and Prince Royce debut on the chart with their “Mejor Tarde Que Nunca Tour” that averaged 11,953 sold tickets per night at the first 12 performances. Beginning with the tour opener on April 1 at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, through the April 26 performance at Tampa, Florida’s Benchmark International Arena, their combined sold-ticket count reached 143,436, while grosses from those 12 concerts totaled $20.7 million.

The average gross of $1.73 million from the tour also earns Santos and Royce the highest-ranked debut on Global Concert Pulse. Landing at No. 9, the co-headliners are the only artists to enter the lineup in the top 10. Florence + The Machine also debuts on GCP this week, ranked No. 12 with a gross average of $1.36 million from nine concerts during the most recent 90-day period.

Santos and Royce also appear on the Artist Power Index with Santos moving up to rank No. 12 after claiming the 13^th position one week earlier. His debut on the chart this spring was in the first week of April. Then, Royce has the highest-ranked debut this week with an appearance at No. 21.

Four other artists debut on APX including Mary J. Blige, ranked No. 37 following the May 1 launch of her “My Life, My Story” concert residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM Las Vegas. She has already extended the run of the show with 10 new performances added after her production’s opening weekend.