Country and Reunion Tours Dominated Online Music Ticket Sales in '14

StubHub reveals this year's big trends

While it's probably not shocking that StubHub's top selling music ticket of the year was One Direction, numbers two and three may surprise.

George Strait and Luke Bryan took over the next spots, proving country music's national popularity. In fact, Strait's last show sold so many tickets on StubHub that sales for the following two biggest music events of 2014—Luke Bryan and Justin Timberlake concerts—didn't combine to top the country singer's box-office performance. 

"I don't think we realize how huge country music is," StubHub lead rep Glen Lehrman said.

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