{"id":20114,"date":"2024-05-10T12:58:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T16:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=20114"},"modified":"2024-05-10T12:58:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T16:58:07","slug":"kevin-hart-top-selling-comedian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/kevin-hart-top-selling-comedian\/","title":{"rendered":"Year in Review: Kevin Hart Named Top-Earning Comedian of 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>As we count down to 2019, Ticket Club is reviewing the past year in the entertainment industry. Follow along with our series as we explore the best of 2018&#8217;s live events, determined by internal sales data.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kevin Hart will be laughing all the way to the bank. The funnyman topped the list of Ticket Club&#8217;s Top 10 Best-Selling Comics, largely thanks to his massive Irresponsible Tour.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Hart&#8217;s latest comedy venture raked in more money than veteran comics like Jerry Seinfeld and Jeff Dunham. The Irresponsible Tour consisted of over 100 shows across four continents and followed Hart&#8217;s wildly successful 2015-16 What Now? World Tour.<\/p>\n<p>While his Irresponsible Tour was been quite a smash among fans, Hart has also been at the center of controversy in 2018. Earlier this month he announced he&#8217;d be hosting the 2019 Academy Awards, only to face public backlash after several homophobic tweets resurfaced. Less than 48 hours later, Hart stepped down from the gig.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I have made the choice to step down from hosting this year&#39;s Oscar&#39;s&#8230;.this is because I do not want to be a distraction on a night that should be celebrated by so many amazing talented artists. I sincerely apologize to the LGBTQ community for my insensitive words from my past.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kevin Hart (@KevinHart4real) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinHart4real\/status\/1070906075812118529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Closing in on Hart in the No. 2 spot is perennial best-seller Dunham. His Passively Aggressive Tour brought the ventriloquist to dozens of North American cities and featured new hilarious bits with his colorful cast of puppet characters. Martin Lawrence&#8217;s LIT AF Tour claimed the No. 3 ranking, while stand-up giants like Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan, Sebastian Maniscalco and Gabriel Iglesias also made the cut.<\/p>\n<p>Rounding out the list are Sal Vulcano, James Murray, Joe Gatto and Brian Quinn &#8211; otherwise known as TV&#8217;s Impractical Jokers. While their live tour must follow a different format than the hidden camera mayhem shown on TV, the quartet remains a comedy favorite among audiences around the country.<\/p>\n<p>See the full list below.<\/p>\n<h4>Ticket Club&#8217;s Top 10 Best-Selling Comedians of 2018<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Kevin Hart<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Dunham<\/li>\n<li>Martin Lawrence<\/li>\n<li>Sebastian Maniscalco<\/li>\n<li>Gabriel Iglesias<\/li>\n<li>Jerry Seinfeld<\/li>\n<li>Jim Gaffigan<\/li>\n<li>Steve Martin &amp; Martin Short<\/li>\n<li>Trevor Noah<\/li>\n<li>Cast of <em>Impractical Jokers<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Want to see more posts like this? Check out the rest of our Year in Review series <a href=\"\/blog\/ticket-club-2018-year-in-review\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we count down to 2019, Ticket Club is reviewing the past year in the entertainment industry. Follow along with our series as we explore the best of 2018&#8217;s live events, determined by internal sales data.\u00a0 Kevin Hart will be laughing all the way to the bank. The funnyman topped the list of Ticket Club&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"\/blog\/kevin-hart-top-selling-comedian\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Year in Review: Kevin Hart Named Top-Earning Comedian of 2018<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":19761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1277,5,715],"tags":[841,173,181,14,831,1309],"class_list":["post-20114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comedy","category-data","category-entertainment","category-top-trending","tag-comedy","tag-entertainment","tag-jeff-dunham","tag-kevin-hart","tag-top-trending","tag-year-in-review"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the 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