base talk Biggest female tour ever: Tina → Céline → Cher → Madonna → Beyoncé → Taylor → …?

[Feanor]

The timeline of every tour that held the title for biggest concert tour by a female artist ever at some point…

 

 

$60M - Tina Turner, Break Every Rule World Tour (1987-88)

 

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$133M - Céline Dion, Let's Talk About Love World Tour (1998-99)

 

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$250M - Cher, Living Proof: The Farewell Tour (2002-05)

 

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$411M - Madonna, Sticky & Sweet Tour (2008-09)

 

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$580M - Beyoncé, Renaissance World Tour (2023)

 

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$2.08B - Taylor Swift, The Eras Tour (2023-24)

 

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…?

 

 

All records are broken/surpassed eventually, as we can see from this timeline.

So who do you predict will break Taylor Swift's current claim to the biggest female tour ever?

 

Edited 22 hours ago by Feanor

[kimberly]

P!nk, when she goes on another acrobatics summer tour that lasts 9 years and 650 shows

[Achilles.]

The way all 6 of these icons are in my top 40 most played artists. I can't lose.

[Loca]

There's no one in the current music landscape who can break that record, otherwise someone would at the very least get close. Did you just make this thread to brag about her achievements? 
 

 

 

[sugarysunflower]

Seeing all the records being broken gradually up until Renaissance to Eras looks in line with inflation until the latter jump tells you the fundamental flaw in the capitalist system and Swift's greed. How can you be relatable yet charging thousands of dollars, or several months rent, per seat. How is that relatable? It's a distinct juxtaposition in Swiftideaology. 
 

Anyone even eligible to break the Eras Tour gross will end up being part of a larger investigation or case law on ticket price setting, price fixing, price gouging. With the way inflation is going out of control worldwide at an unprecedented level it is an unsustainable model that many people will be willing to pay for extortionate prices.

 

The only contenders I could even consider is: Celine, Madonna or Beyoncé if they were doing a global, extended farewell tour. 

[BrokenMachine]

P!nk took the title from Bey a few weeks before Taylor finally reproted her numbers 

[Cheers]

Maybe one day we'll have a Latina and an Asian hold the crown.

[Kill Me]

1 minute ago, sugarysunflower said:

Seeing all the records being broken gradually up until Renaissance to Eras looks in line with inflation until the latter jump tells you the fundamental flaw in the capitalist system and Swift's greed. How can you be relatable yet charging thousands of dollars, or several months rent, per seat. How is that relatable? It's a distinct juxtaposition in Swiftideaology. 
 

Anyone even eligible to break the Eras Tour gross will end up being part of a larger investigation or case law on ticket price setting, price fixing, price gouging. With the way inflation is going out of control worldwide at an unprecedented level it is an unsustainable model that many people will be willing to pay for extortionate prices.

 

The only contenders I could even consider is: Celine, Madonna or Beyoncé if they were doing a global, extended farewell tour. 

Taylor did not use dynamic pricing which almost all of the industry uses to blow up their tour grosses. If she did, her gross would have blown up into 5B+. Resale prices going for 10k are not included in the 2B gross. Her tickets were cheaper than Beyonce who used dynamic pricing and priced most tickets in populated cities above 600 dollars and barely got 500M.

[Cruel Summer]

7 minutes ago, sugarysunflower said:

Seeing all the records being broken gradually up until Renaissance to Eras looks in line with inflation until the latter jump tells you the fundamental flaw in the capitalist system and Swift's greed. How can you be relatable yet charging thousands of dollars, or several months rent, per seat. How is that relatable? It's a distinct juxtaposition in Swiftideaology. 
 

Anyone even eligible to break the Eras Tour gross will end up being part of a larger investigation or case law on ticket price setting, price fixing, price gouging. With the way inflation is going out of control worldwide at an unprecedented level it is an unsustainable model that many people will be willing to pay for extortionate prices.

 

The only contenders I could even consider is: Celine, Madonna or Beyoncé if they were doing a global, extended farewell tour. 

The average Eras Tour ticket was like $207. That price is literally almost identical - actually a dollar less! - to that of Renaissance, the prior record holder. What you're posting here is a full-on conspiracy theory.

[kimberly]

4 minutes ago, Cheers said:

Maybe one day we'll have a Latina and an Asian hold the crown.

 

[BrokenMachine]

21 minutes ago, kimberly said:

P!nk, when she goes on another acrobatics summer tour that lasts 9 years and 650 shows

Whoa, the demand! Which is difficult to get, not everybody has that to their credit. 97 stadium shows for Summer+autumn* Carnival Tour was only the beggining 

 

[BrokenMachine]

1 minute ago, kimberly said:

 

[Mezik]

I think Olivia or Billie can snatch it.

 

P!nk or Beyoncé if they do a fare well tour.

[liam13]

15 minutes ago, sugarysunflower said:

Seeing all the records being broken gradually up until Renaissance to Eras looks in line with inflation until the latter jump tells you the fundamental flaw in the capitalist system and Swift's greed. How can you be relatable yet charging thousands of dollars, or several months rent, per seat. How is that relatable? It's a distinct juxtaposition in Swiftideaology. 
 

Anyone even eligible to break the Eras Tour gross will end up being part of a larger investigation or case law on ticket price setting, price fixing, price gouging. With the way inflation is going out of control worldwide at an unprecedented level it is an unsustainable model that many people will be willing to pay for extortionate prices.

 

The only contenders I could even consider is: Celine, Madonna or Beyoncé if they were doing a global, extended farewell tour. 

taylor didn't use dynamic pricing, average tix price is $204 and you call her greedy.

 

beyoncé used dynamic pricing, what are you gonna call her? quick

[Mezik]

21 minutes ago, sugarysunflower said:

Seeing all the records being broken gradually up until Renaissance to Eras looks in line with inflation until the latter jump tells you the fundamental flaw in the capitalist system and Swift's greed. How can you be relatable yet charging thousands of dollars, or several months rent, per seat. How is that relatable? It's a distinct juxtaposition in Swiftideaology. 
 

Anyone even eligible to break the Eras Tour gross will end up being part of a larger investigation or case law on ticket price setting, price fixing, price gouging. With the way inflation is going out of control worldwide at an unprecedented level it is an unsustainable model that many people will be willing to pay for extortionate prices.

 

The only contenders I could even consider is: Celine, Madonna or Beyoncé if they were doing a global, extended farewell tour. 

Imaging spewing all this hate, and lies, because you just don't like an artist? Taylor's tickets were on average cheaper than most pop girls and did not charge dynamic pricing. She was not charging in the 'thousands of dollars' for tickets so perhaps fact check before you lie so publicly?

[liam13]

nobody will surpass taylor's anytime soon. unless bey uses dynamic pricing for a 2 years stadium tour

[Tropez]

4 minutes ago, liam13 said:

nobody will surpass taylor's anytime soon. unless bey uses dynamic pricing for a 2 years stadium tour

Even if you add up all the previous record holders before Taylor and remove their total from her record. Taylor would still have the lead by over a billion. 

[bjorn]

@sugarysunflower disappeared quickly from this thread I see 

[sugarysunflower]

1 minute ago, bjorn said:

@sugarysunflower disappeared quickly from this thread I see 

I've said my piece and carried, what else is there to say? 

 

@bjorn

[DevilsRollTheDice]

36 minutes ago, sugarysunflower said:

Seeing all the records being broken gradually up until Renaissance to Eras looks in line with inflation until the latter jump tells you the fundamental flaw in the capitalist system and Swift's greed. How can you be relatable yet charging thousands of dollars, or several months rent, per seat. How is that relatable? It's a distinct juxtaposition in Swiftideaology. 
 

Anyone even eligible to break the Eras Tour gross will end up being part of a larger investigation or case law on ticket price setting, price fixing, price gouging. With the way inflation is going out of control worldwide at an unprecedented level it is an unsustainable model that many people will be willing to pay for extortionate prices.

 

The only contenders I could even consider is: Celine, Madonna or Beyoncé if they were doing a global, extended farewell tour. 

Others have already skull dragged but, just to add salt to the wound, Eras didn't use dynamic pricing AND is the first tour in history to gross 1 billion dollar even ADJUSTED for inflation. Also obviously the first to two billion. 

 

Edited 21 hours ago by DevilsRollTheDice

[DevilsRollTheDice]

Also, I don't say this to be messy, but should Renaissance be on this list? Eras just hadn't reported grosses in 2023, it was always ahead. 

[bjorn]

6 minutes ago, sugarysunflower said:

I've said my piece and carried, what else is there to say? 

 

@bjorn

So what do you have to say to everyone who dragged and debunked your theory 

[MonsterNavy]

36 minutes ago, Cheers said:

Maybe one day we'll have a Latina and an Asian hold the crown.

BLACKPINK - Born Pink Tour: 330M (66 dates)

 

they are coming to snatch

[Hair]

1 hour ago, Feanor said:

So who do you predict will break Taylor Swift's current claim to the biggest female tour ever?

Probably not even born yet tbh, Taylors record will be quite difficult to beat.

[Capris Groove]

Every one of those ladies are famously hardworking and deserved their flowers. Great line-up.