Who are the Most-Traveled Musicians in the World? You’ll Be Surprised.
Thanks to the changing landscape of the music industry, musicians spend a lot of time away from home that the used to. If you wanna make money, you gotta be on the road.
TravelBird, a package tour company out of The Netherlands, did some calculations about which musicians have done the most traveling through their careers. The results were kinda surprising. Here’s the top ten most-traveled musicians.
|
# |
Musician |
Career Miles Travelled |
Last 12 months |
Times around the world |
Times to the moon |
|
1 |
Tiësto |
1,557,131 |
209,773 |
62.53 |
6.52 |
|
2 |
Paul van Dyk |
1,442,993 |
115,968 |
57.95 |
6.04 |
|
3 |
Bob Dylan |
1,389,374 |
35,551 |
55.80 |
5.82 |
|
4 |
Metallica |
1,307,842 |
31,791 |
52.52 |
5.48 |
|
5 |
Aerosmith |
1,099,901 |
15,676 |
44.17 |
4.60 |
|
6 |
Muse |
1,070,332 |
37,281 |
42.98 |
4.48 |
|
7 |
Rolling Stones |
1,054,965 |
20,137 |
42.37 |
4.42 |
|
8 |
U2 |
1,039,470 |
0 |
41.74 |
4.35 |
|
9 |
Cyndi Lauper |
958,672 |
29,977 |
38.50 |
4.01 |
|
10 |
Snoop Dogg |
866,234 |
40,180 |
34.79 |
3.63 |
Damn, I wish I had some of these numbers in my frequent flyer account. For the full list, go here.
interesting list but not remotely comprehensive. Given the difficulty I’m not surprised that the list is short though.