While almost every other act is struggling to maintain a profitable tour a few have managed to stay out of the red. Among the list of tours that have made the most money in the first half of 2010, only two hip-hop acts made the cut: Black Eyed Peas and Jay-Z.

Pollstar.com released a list of the Top 100 North American Tours of 2010 to date and BEP landed at the number six spot. Their The E.N.D. World Tour has grossed $29.5 million thus far and has sold over 464,201 tickets at 35 shows.

Jay-Z appeared at number 12 on the chart having earned $22.5 million from his BP3 tour. The trek has sold 294,564 tickets at 21 shows to date.

Bon Jovi claimed the top spot, grossing $52.8 million during the top half of the year.  Taylor Swift came in at number three with $34.2 million, Alicia Keys popped up at the number 27 with $10.5 million, Maxwell and Jill Scott raked up $10.5 million to take the number 31 spot and Mariah Carey grossed $9.1 million and landed at number 36.

Both Jay and BEP released their albums last year and both debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart following their respective releases. Jay’s Blueprint 3 has sold 1.86 million copies to date and BEP’s The E.N.D. is well on its way to selling 3 million copies.

- By Sharniece Moore