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Ed Sheeran brought home $429 million in the 2018 chart year, setting all-time records for the highest-grossing solo tour and highest year-end gross ever. According to PollStars, It took Ed Sheeran 99 shows to break this ridiculous record. The current record was held by Rogers Waters,he grossed over $459 million off his “The Wall Live” tour.

Ed Sheeran made 122 million of his tour in 2017. He hit the stage over 105 times that year compared to his 99 shows this year. Ed Sheeran did outstanding numbers globally, delivering 2018’s top boxscore grossing $28 million over four nights at London’s Wembley Stadium, compared to $5 million over three nights at the same city’s O2 Arena on May 1-3, 2017. Similarly, he leapt from grossing $3.6 million at the Staples Center on Aug. 10-12, 2017 to $6.3 million from one night at Pasadena’s Rose Bowl on Aug. 18. Elsewhere, Sheeran leveled up to stadiums across Japan, Australia, Europe, Singapore, and markets throughout the U.S.

The Divide Tour is one of only six tours ever to gross more than $300 million in one year, following The Rolling Stones in 2006, U2 in 2009 and 2017, Guns N’ Roses in 2017, and Taylor Swift in 2018 ($315.2 million, The Reputation Stadium Tour).

Sheeran is scheduled to continue his expansive tour throughout 2019 before wrapping up on Aug. 26 at Chantry Park in Ipswich, England. After three shows Nov. 3 -9, 2018 (these grosses will count toward the 2019 year-end charts), $171.4 million separates The Divide Tour and U2’s 360 Tour, which remains the highest-grossing tour of all time. With 50 dates on the books next year, Sheeran needs to average $3.4 million per show to break U2’s all time grossing tour ever.