( CNN ) -- The King of Country Music is once again king of the country road . George Strait had the highest ticket sales of any country music tour in 2014 , according to a new list released by StubHub , and he was second only to British pop sensation One Direction overall . Luke Bryan comes in behind his fellow country troubadour at Number Three on the ticket resale website 's year-end list , topping Justin Timberlake at Number Four . `` I do n't think we realize how huge country music is , '' StubHub executive Glen Lehrman tells Ad Week . `` Traditionally , we think of pop music as the one that is going to drive the most interest in ticket sales â€ ” your Beyonce , Katy Perry , Lady Gaga ... . George Strait did n't do that many dates , but his last concert ever was by far one of the biggest events we had in 2014 . '' That final Strait show , at AT & T Stadium in Arlington , Texas ( home of the Dallas Cowboys ) , was attended by 104,793 fans . It set the record for the largest indoor concert ever in North America , topping a previous attendance record set by the Rolling Stones in 1981 . The star-studded show ( surprise guests included Miranda Lambert , Faith Hill and Eric Church ) marked the end of Strait 's illustrious , 33-year touring career , but retirement is still a four-letter word . The country icon has promised at least five more albums of all-new material in the coming years . As for Bryan 's spot on StubHub 's list , Billboard begs to differ : It places his 2014 touring at Number One among country treks but 14th overall . It lists Strait as Number 16 , and agrees that One Direction was the top-grossing touring artist of the year . Bryan , the reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year , had 1.7 million fans attend his shows this year â€ ” numbers combined from three different trips : the That 's My Kind of Night Tour , the Farm Tour , and the Spring Break 2014 Tour . `` We 've played all types of shows this year , '' says Bryan . `` It 's just as exciting to play for smaller capacity crowds during a two-day run in the very northern point of Canada as it is to 60,000 screaming fans at the stadiums shows ... or to the first-time fan who may have never been to a concert until the Farm Tour came to their small rural community . '' StubHub is expecting big numbers in 2015 from a different crop of touring ( or rumored-to-be-touring ) artists : Adele , Coldplay , Foo Fighters , Taylor Swift and U2 . Read the original story at Rolling Stone.com . Copyright © 2011 Rolling Stone .
Strait had the highest country music tour sales . His final show was attended by over 100,000 fans . StubHub is expecting big numbers in 2015 .