Billboard Music Award for Top Touring Artist

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Billboard Music Award for Top Touring Artist. This award has been given out since 2011 and currently U2 hold the record for most wins in this category with three. The award is not given since 2021 because the touring business is disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[1]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2010s

Year	Artist	Ref
2011
	U2	[2]
	Bon Jovi
	Michael Bublé
	Lady Gaga
	Roger Waters
2012
	U2	[3]
	Bon Jovi
	Taylor Swift
	Take That
	Roger Waters
2013
	Madonna	[4]
	Coldplay
	Lady Gaga
	Bruce Springsteen
	Roger Waters
2014
	Bon Jovi	[5]
	Beyoncé
	P!nk
	Rihanna
	Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
2015
	One Direction	[6]
	Lady Gaga
	Katy Perry
	The Rolling Stones
	Justin Timberlake
2016
	Taylor Swift	[7]
	Madonna
	One Direction
	The Rolling Stones
	U2
2017
	Beyoncé	[8]
	Justin Bieber
	Coldplay
	Guns N' Roses
	Bruce Springsteen
2018
	U2
	Bruno Mars
	Coldplay
	Ed Sheeran
	Guns N' Roses
2019
	Ed Sheeran	[9]
	Beyoncé & Jay-Z
	Bruno Mars
	Justin Timberlake
	Taylor Swift

2020s

Year	Artist	Ref
2020
	Pink	[10]
	Elton John
	Metallica
	The Rolling Stones
	Ed Sheeran

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

3 wins

• U2

Nominations

4 nominations U2 3 nominations Bon Jovi Roger Waters Lady Gaga Bruce Springsteen Taylor Swift The Rolling Stones Ed Sheeran

2 nominations Beyoncé Bruno Mars Coldplay Madonna One Direction Pink

References

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