Lovett Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 @Underdogs Great thread! I think the OP would benefit from having an additional column for number of shows though. Thanks for compiling this!
wowsignal14 Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 This list was compiled by me, if i forgot any tours please tell me so i can add them. The Eras Tour is still unreported meanwhile only the European dates of RWT are. # Artist Tour Year Original Gross Adjusted to inflation 1 Madonna Sticky & Sweet Tour 2008-09 407,713,266 579,839,314 2 P!NK Beautiful Trauma World Tour 2018-19 397,300,000 474,150,153 3 Taylor Swift Reputation Stadium Tour 2018 345,675,146 420,014,568 4 Madonna The MDNA Tour 2012 305,158,362 405,526,985 5 Cher Living Proof: The Farewell Tour 2002-05 250,000,000 403,796,983 6 Céline Dion Taking Chances World Tour 2008-09 274,783,904 389,400,251 7 Adele Adele Live 2016/2017 2016-17 278,442,753 353,970,467 8 Beyoncé The Formation World Tour 2016 256,084,556 325,547,600 9 Taylor Swift The 1989 World Tour 2015 250,733,097 322,765,559 10 Lady Gaga The Monster Ball Tour 2009-11 227,400,000 318,183,341 11 Beyoncé The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour 2013-14 229,700,000 300,843,234 12 Madonna The Confessions Tour 2006 194,754,447 294,748,683 13 Katy Perry Prismatic World Tour 2014-15 204,300,000 262,992,818 14 Lady Gaga Born This Way Ball 2011-12 183,900,000 249,443,383 15 Tina Turner Wildest Dreams Tour 1996-97 130,000,000 247,128,785 16 P!NK The Truth About Love Tour 2013-14 184,061,847 241,069,923 17 Tina Turner Twenty Four Seven Tour 2000 122,500,000 217,049,085 18 Madonna Rebel Heart Tour 2016 169,804,336 215,863,834 19 Taylor Swift The Red Tour 2013-14 150,184,971 196,700,620 20 Tina Turner Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour 2008-09 132,500,000 187,767,669 21 Britney Spears The Circus Starring Britney Spears 2,009 131,800,000 187,442,568 22 Rihanna Diamonds World Tour 2013 140,118,252 183,516,013 23 Spice Girls Spiceworld Tour 1998 93,600,000 175,203,696 24 Ariana Grande Sweetener World Tour 2019 146,600,000 174,956,991 25 Taylor Swift Speak Now World Tour 2011-12 123,678,576 167,758,577 26 Tina Turner Foreign Affair: The Farewell Tour 1990 70,000,000 163,409,564 27 Tina Turner Break Every Rule World Tour 1987-88 60,000,000 154,746,746 28 Beyoncé Renaissance World Tour* 2,023 154,357,719 154,357,719 29 Madonna The Girlie Show 1993 70,000,000 147,803,668 30 Madonna Blonde Ambition World Tour 1990 62,700,000 146,368,281
Solaria Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 Madonna 33 year old tour still being on this list the QUEEN
Happylittlepunk Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 (edited) Beyoncé is coming with a $600+ million tour. Edited July 18, 2023 by Happylittlepunk
ctlp27 Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 With prices higher than ever and unadjusted inflation, it's really difficult to gauge and compare IMO. Same for comparing sales from the 80s with streaming in 20's.
MonsterNavy Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 BLACKPINK - Born Pink World Tour - $180m (so far, expected to gross over $300m)
FolkLover1989 Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 Tina Turner having so many tours from 90s on this list Her 26 yrs old tour also here. This is what we call legacy. Never seen a performer like her.
wowsignal14 Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, MonsterNavy said: BLACKPINK - Born Pink World Tour - $180m (so far, expected to gross over $300m) its shows aren't reported by billboard yet as far as i know Edited July 18, 2023 by wowsignal14
dabunique Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 17 minutes ago, FolkLover1989 said: Tina Turner * Madonna 2nd yes Tina Turner is legend of touring. No one will come close to her Madonna will forever be da queen of touring, regardless of who's name you drop Tina Turner is one of da best female performers of all time
FolkLover1989 Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 11 minutes ago, dabunique said: Madonna will forever be da queen of touring, regardless of who's name you drop Tina Turner is one of da best female performers of all time Tina Turner reputation as touring artist was phenomenal Her records are still to be broken Yes Madonna is legendary and queen of pop But Queen of Touring is definitely Tina Turner
45seconds Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 Make Space for #1 and # 2 by the end of the year.
dabunique Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 13 minutes ago, FolkLover1989 said: Tina Turner reputation as touring artist was phenomenal Her records are still to be broken Yes Madonna is legendary and queen of pop But Queen of Touring is definitely Tina Turner i'm not denying anything u r saying about Tina except who da queen is but da Queen of Touring is Madonna, when ur BAT revolutionizes da way women tour, and u see its impact currently with artists like Beyonce & Taylor, u wouldn't question why she is da Queen of Touring
dussel_06 Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 Taylor is coming to demolish......I don't even have words to describe it.
Taylena Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 The Eras will triple the current #1 tour unadjusted gross and double its adjusted for inflation gross.
BrokenMachine Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 Not P!nk going up for $80M in just four years, inflation has been insane Also, I've been trying to find data for the Funhouse Tour, but it seems like her team/agency were a mess back then, they only reported 88 dates making up to a $103.5M gross (which, if I'm not mistaken, adjusted by inflation goes up to $147M pushing Blonde Ambition out of the top 30 ), but there are still 63 unreported dates we'll never know about. Same for the whole I'm Not Dead Tour Spoiler Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20100215025847/http://www.pollstarpro.com/SpecialFeatures2009/2009YearEndTop50WorldwideConcertTours.pdf
BrokenMachine Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 1 hour ago, wowsignal14 said: Foreign Affair: The Farewell Tour Not a 'Farewell Tour' only for her to snatch three tours with higher grossing than that one later on Also I just saw she played in Yugoslavia, East Germany and West Germany with that tour, what a piece of history
Rev8 Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 The pre-2010s tours are the most impressive The way most of the Huge-impact Pop Girls are present
besaid Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 Madonna notching another tour on here once Celebration completes Could be looking at 200M+ or more after rescheduled shows and with no stadiums.
Rev8 Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 Also, is the inflation correct? hopefully someone checked on all the dates correctly lol
fridayteenage Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 2 hours ago, Rev8 said: Also, is the inflation correct? hopefully someone checked on all the dates correctly lol I don't think it's possible to be correct unless one looks at just one country Since there are a thousand different currencies globally with different values at different times on a relative basis
spree Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 6 hours ago, FolkLover1989 said: Tina Turner * Madonna 2nd yes Tina Turner is legend of touring. No one will come close to her Madonna has 6 entries on this list compared to Tina's 5. And yet NO ONE WILL COME CLOSE to Tina?
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