Spinning around: DJ Tiësto tops list of the world's most-travelled musicians

Tiësto is the most-travelled musician in the world, according to a new report that calculates the career miles of leading artists, based on their tour schedules.

The Dutch DJ – who has previously topped Forbes’ list of the richest people in dance music – has travelled an exhausting 1,557,131 miles in the course of his career, equivalent to 62.53 times around the world (or 6.52 times to the moon).

Tiësto is followed in the league table by another DJ, Paul van Dyk, who has travelled 1,442,993 miles during his career and 115,968 miles in the past 12 months alone.

Though in stark contrast musically, Nobel-nabbing songwriter Bob Dylan came in third place, with 1,389,374 career miles, followed by rockers Metallica (1,307,842 miles) and Aerosmith (1,099,901).

Beyoncé was ranked 19th, travelling 472,443 miles in her 15-year career, while the Beatles travelled a humble 95,970 miles between 1960-1970 (though they stopped touring in 1966).

The report by travel deals site TravelBird shows that the number of years over which an artist has performed does not always mean they have travelled further; the two leading artists have both been active since the 1990s, beating many acts that have been performing since the 60s.

Muse and Snoop Dogg were two other artists who have been active since the 90s and are in the top 10, while the Rolling Stones, U2 and Cyndi Lauper were also among the top-ranked acts. Rumours that Australian pop duo Savage Garden made it to the moon and back have yet to be confirmed.

The full report looked at 36 artists chosen from a poll of 100 influential musicians. Distances were estimated based on tour schedules, with one-off and private events excluded.