Queen in Hyde Park, 1976: 200,000 An estimated 200,000 people rocked up to watch Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon do their thing.
Rock in Rio, Brazil, January 1985
The shows on 12th and 18th of January attracted the biggest crowd Queen ever played to, with an estimated 250,000 to 500,000 people in attendance each night.
The largest attended concert of all time was the Rod Stewart concert held in 1994 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event attracted an estimated 3.5 million people, making it the largest concert ever held. The concert was free and was held on Copacabana Beach as part of the New Year's celebrations in Rio de Janeiro.
With more than 69,000 people in attendance, Taylor Swift has officially broken the record for the highest attended concert for a female artist in the U.S.. Swift overtook Madonna, who had held it since 1987 when she performed at Anaheim Stadium in LA in front of 63,000 people.
Rod Stewart holds the current world record for the largest concert performance. He performed on Copacabana Beach on New Year's Eve in 1994 for 3.5 million people.
Madonna is believed to have sold the most records among any female music artists in history, with 300 million records sold worldwide.
Across two shows on March 2 and 3, the international artist performed in front of 108,000 fans for his first concert at the 'G, before going on to break that record the following night, playing in front of the largest crowd of his career – a record breaking 109,500 fans for his second and final show in Melbourne.
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All in all, Michael performed 123 shows in 15 countries for 4.4 million people.
Similar crowds were drawn on Led Zeppelin's subsequent U.S. tours, and they continued to break attendance records (on April 30, 1977 they played to 76,229 fans at the Pontiac Silverdome, Michigan, a world record attendance for a solo indoor attraction).
During the 1980s the Queen made short tours to open the new High Court of Australia building in Canberra, the City Square in Melbourne, the 1981 Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Melbourne, the new National Gallery in 1982 and the Parramatta Stadium in Sydney in 1986.
It can't be overstated how Queen's 20-minute set at Live Aid in 1985 was one of the best live performances ever. Rami Malek's Academy Award-winning portrayal of Freddie Mercury in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody brought the epic show back into the spotlight in 2018.
The Beatles were basically the biggest thing ever, when it comes to mainstream music. Led Zeppelin could maybe be considered similar to an extent for a sub category of rock music, but in full reality, as huge as Zeppelin was, it really isn't even close.
The biggest crowd to ever turn out to see The Beatles provided a happier memory of Beatlemania. An incredible 300,000 fans lined the streets from Adelaide Airport to the city centre in 1964. For comparison, better known arrival at JFK, New York in the same year attracted an estimated 5,000.
The Summer Jam at Watkins Glen, the Grand Prix racetrack in New York state, took place on July 28, 1973. It was attended by a mind-boggling (and record-breaking) total of 600,000 people, who enjoyed hours and hours of music provided by just three acts, the Allman Brothers Band, the Grateful Dead, and The Band.
Brisbane is the first Australian city that Michael EVER visited. Michael returned to Brisbane on November 26th, 1987, while in Australia for his Bad World Tour.
In 1988, Michael Jackson pulled a crowd of 125,000 people for a concert in Liverpool. This is one of the most highest-attended concerts of all time!
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On October 1, 1992 Michael played Bucharest, Romania on his Dangerous World Tour to a sold-out stadium of 90,000 screaming fans.
The largest crowd ever for a concert event in Australia was The Seekers 1967 homecoming concert at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl which an estimated 200,000 people attended.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Taylor Swift's Eras Tour concerts at Nissan Stadium broke weekend attendance records, according to the venue. The Friday and Saturday night's shows set the new Nissan Stadium record for the highest attendance ever, at more than 70,000 people each night.
Total attendees: 475,427 at eight shows
Billboard reports Sheeran's shows in New Zealand earned an average of $4 million per night while the Australian gigs generated $7 million per gig. His three record-breaking concerts at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium also put him at the No.
Rihanna – $1.4 Billion
Robyn Rihanna Fenty, or Rihanna, as we all know her, is the richest female singer in the world.
Madonna. The Queen of Pop, Madonna, is the bestselling female artist of all time. She's released 14 studio albums, three soundtracks, five live albums and six compilations, plus 63 UK Top 10 singles. Since 1983, she's sold an estimated 335 million albums and singles worldwide.