The Catalan artist Rosalía ranks as the artist with the highest average resale price in the secondary ticket market in Spain, at €235 per ticket, ahead of Bad Bunny (€213), who leads in sales volume. This is revealed by data from the price comparison platform SeatPick, which has analysed transactions of 210 artists in Spain, France, and Italy over the past two years.
This figure is particularly striking considering that Bad Bunny is the artist with the most activity in the Spanish resale market, at a considerable distance from the rest of the ranking. However, the price that fans are willing to pay to see Rosalía exceeds the average barrier of €235, a figure that places her above not only Bad Bunny but also international artists like Bruno Mars (€253) in terms of perceived exclusivity by the public.
Rosalía is not the only woman to stand out in the Spanish ranking. Shakira (€169) and Aitana (€178) accompany her in the top 10 artists with the highest resale income, occupying the sixth and seventh positions respectively. The three surpass several male artists in the ranking, such as Don Omar, Romeo Santos, or Eric Clapton.
However, these three artists are the exception in a market overwhelmingly dominated by men. According to the SeatPick analysis, 9 out of 10 tickets sold in the resale market in Spain correspond to male artists. Women make up 20% of the artists present in the market, but their actual sales share barely reaches 10.2%. Below Rosalía, Shakira, and Aitana, the figures drop sharply: the rest of the female artists together account for fewer sales than Shakira alone.
The average resale price also reflects this inequality. Tickets for male artists average €218, which is 16.5% higher than the €182 average for female artists. The Spanish female market presents a very concentrated structure: a small group of top-level artists monopolises the vast majority of the volume, while the rest have a minimal presence.
Spain, with the highest local female presence in Europe
Spain is, nonetheless, the market with the highest presence of local female artists among the three countries analysed. In addition to Rosalía and Bad Gyal, names like Aitana, Mónica Naranjo, Valeria Castro, Rigoberta Bandini, Zahara, Natalia Lacunza, and Ana Torroja are among the artists with confirmed sales in the secondary market. Almost half of the female artists in the Spanish market are Spanish, a figure that does not occur in any other country in the study.
The contrast with other European markets is notable. In Italy, no Italian female artist appears among the women in the dataset: the female side of the Italian market is exclusively supported by international artists like Rosalía, Florence + the Machine, and Olivia Rodrigo. In France, only Aya Nakamura represents French female artists, with minimal presence.
The French paradox and the Italian gap
Across the three markets, female artists represent 12.2% of the total tickets sold. France presents the most striking case: it is the only market where the female average (€391) exceeds the male (€228). But this figure is almost entirely due to the weight of two artists, Céline Dion (average €475) and Lady Gaga (average €526), who account for 72% of all French female volume. Without them, the French female average drops to €152, 33% below the male average.
Italy has the widest gap of the three markets. The average female price (€161) is 36% lower than the male (€252), and the female share of tickets sold is less than 8%.
"The data reflects a reality that deserves attention: female artists generate real demand in the ticket market, but their presence remains very minority. The positive side is that this lower demand often translates into more accessible prices. A useful fact for fans looking to enjoy a great concert without paying the highest figures," says Gilad Zilberman, CEO of SeatPick.
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