Turner's lucrative finale

Turner's last show was earlier this month

Tina Turner has ended her 44-year live performance career on a high note, selling $80m worth of concert tickets in the US and Canada during 2000.

According to figures compiled by trade publication Pollstar, the 61-year-old sold $80.2m (£53.8m) of concert tickets, beating pop heart-throbs 'N Sync, who took $76.4m (£51.2m) and Britney Spears, who took $40.5m (£27.1m).

US & Canada touring top 10

1. Tina Turner

2. 'N Sync

3. Dave Matthews Band

4. Kiss

5. Tim McGraw and Faith Hill

6. Dixie Chicks

7. Bruce Springsteen/ E Street Band

8. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

9. Metallica

10. Britney Spears

Turner's tour ended earlier this month, after playing 95 shows in 88 cities - as well as European dates in the summer.

She had announced in June that she was retiring from live performances so she could go out "at the top".

Rock act the Dave Matthews Band took $68.2m (£45.7m), making them the third top-selling act, while glam rockers Kiss proved their enduring popularity by selling $62.7m (£42.1m) of tickets for their latest farewell tour.

Husband and wife country singers Tim McGraw and Faith Hill completed the top five, grossing $48.8m (£32.7m) for performances in North America.

The figures also show that 'N Sync sold more tickets than anyone else, performing to 1.65 million fans - although that figure was 150,000 down on last year.

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But Kiss were the hardest-working band, playing 128 shows in 120 cites. Parodist Weird Al Yankovic played 150 dates in 141 cities, grossing $5.7m (£3.82m).

Barbra Streisand earned the most for the least work - her four farewell shows in New York and Los Angeles grossed $27m (£18.1m), putting her at number 14 on this year's list.

The list highlights the year's biggest flops - Diana Ross's Supremes reunion tour.

The jaunt - billed as the Diana Ross and the Supremes' Return To Love tour - featured Ross and two singers who had never appeared alongside her in the group before.

It was cancelled in July after 12 out of 30 shows, but still took $5.6m (£3.7m).

Pollstar editor-in-chief Gary Bongiovanni said that while that tour was "a complete disaster from the very beginning", other disappointing tours made up for their shortfalls with high ticket prices.