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Highest Attendances at Paid Concerts

This list features the largest paid single-artist concerts in history by audience attendance — excluding festivals.

RANK	MUSICIAN	ATTENDANCE	VENUE	CITY	DATE
1	Vasco Rossi	225,173	Parco Enzo Ferrari	Modena, Italy	1 July 2017
2	Bijelo Dugme	220,000	Belgrade Hippodrome	Belgrade, Serbia	28 June 2005
3	Glay	200,000	Makuhari Messe	Chiba, Japan	31 July 1999
4	Paul McCartney	184,000	Maracanã Stadium	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	20 April 1990
5	Tina Turner	180,000	Maracanã Stadium	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	16 January 1988
6	Frank Sinatra	175,000	Maracanã Stadium	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	26 January 1980
7	Luciano Ligabue	165,264	Aeroporto di Reggio Emilia	Reggio Emilia, Italy	10 September 2005
8	Bruce Springsteen	160,000	Radrennbahn Weissensee	Berlin, Germany	19 July 1988
9	Ceca	150,500	Ušće Park	Belgrade, Serbia	28 June 2013
10	Roger Waters	150,000	Potsdamer Platz	Berlin, Germany	21 July 1990
11	U2	150,000	Aeroporto di Reggio Emilia	Reggio Emilia, Italy	20 September 1997

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