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She smashed. She joins Taylor Swift & Beyoncé as the only female artists who've hit #1 on Spotify's Global Artist chart this year. + "Saturn" did 2.46M too. Only "Get Behind Me (Interlude)" didn't chart. But still, 30M+ streams for a deluxe. 'SOS' in total probably did 40-45M streams.

Overall: Un Verano Sin Ti 18.2B Starboy 15.7B Divide 15.7B SOUR 13.8B Hollywood's Bleeding 13.6B After Hours 13.5B Future Nostalgia 13.1B Dua Lipa 13.1B Beerbongs & Bentleys 12.2B Lover 11.8B Among Women: SOUR 13.8B Future Nostalgia 13.1B Dua Lipa 13.1B Lover 11.8B When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? 11.8B don't Smile at me 10.3B Midnights 10.1B SOS 9.8B folklore 9.2B reputation 8.9B 2019 Albums: Hollywood's Bleeding 13.6B Lover 11.8B When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? 11.8B Fine Line 9.9B Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent 9.3B Thank U, Next 8.2B No. 6 Collaborations Project 6.2B Death Race For Love 6.2B Romance 5.4B Vida 5.4B Taylor: Lover 11.8B Midnights 10.1B folklore 9.2B reputation 8.9B 1989 8.7B TTPD 6.4B Red TV 5.8B evermore 5.3B 1989 TV 4.7B Fearless TV 4.5B Red 3.6B Speak Now 3.4B Speak Now TV 2.9B Fearless 2.5B Taylor Swift 1.5B Taylor (Combined):

Decided to make a megathread for this since a lot of threads get made every Friday

Concert tours are becoming an increasingly bigger part of the music industry & pop culture, so I wanted to compile a list of the 20 highest-grossing concert tours of all time, which will be kept up-to-date over time as more data becomes available. This list is unadjusted for inflation (more on that below) and the source (almost always Pollstar or Billboard) for each box office number is linked + the no. of shows & tickets sold is given. * = the tour is still ongoing and/or not all numbers are reported yet 1. Taylor Swift - The Eras Tour (2023-24) $2.08B | 149 shows | 10.17M tickets 2. Coldplay - Music Of The Spheres World Tour (2022-25) $1.14B | 175/223 shows * | 10.33M tickets 3. Elton John - Farewell Yellow Brick Road (2018-23) $939.1M | 329 shows | 6.04M tickets 4. Ed Sheeran - ÷ Tour (2017-19) $776.2M | 255 shows | 8.88M tickets 5. U2 - U2 360° Tour (2009-11) $736.4M | 110 shows | 7.27M tickets 6. Harry Styles - Love On Tour (2021-23) $617.3M | 169 shows | 5.02M tickets 7. P!nk - Summer Carnival (2023-24) $584.7M | 94 shows | 4.35M tickets 8. Ed Sheeran - +–=÷× Tour (2022-25) $584.6M | 103/164 shows * | 6.13M tickets 9. Guns N' Roses - Not In This Lifetime… Tour (2016-19) $584.2M | 158 shows | 5.37M tickets 10. Beyoncé - Renaissance World Tour (2023) $579.8M | 56 shows | 2.78M tickets ------------------ 11. Rammstein - Rammstein Stadium Tour (2019-24) $562.9M | 105/135 shows * | 6.00M tickets 12. The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang Tour (2005-07) $558.3M | 140 shows | 4.68M tickets 13. The Rolling Stones - No Filter Tour (2017-21) $546.5M | 58 shows | 2.87M tickets 14. Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams Tour (2016-17) $523.0M | 114 shows | 5.39M tickets 15. Roger Waters - The Wall Live (2010-13) $459.0M | 219 shows | 4.13M tickets 16. AC/DC - Black Ice World Tour (2008-10) $441.9M | 165 shows | 4.90M tickets 17. Metallica - WorldWired Tour (2016-19) $433.8M | 143 shows | 4.20M tickets 18. Madonna - Sticky & Sweet Tour (2008-09) $411.0M | 85 shows | 3.55M tickets 19. P!nk - Beautiful Trauma Tour (2018-19) $397.3M | 156 shows | 3.09M tickets 20. The Weeknd - After Hours Til Dawn Tour (2022-24) $391.4M | 68 shows | 3.45M tickets Honorable mention: 21. U2 - The Joshua Tree Tours 2017 & 2019 (2017 & 2019) $390.8M | 65 shows | 3.28M tickets ------------------ BONUS LISTS for top 10 tours based on adjusted gross & tickets sales: ------------------ And for female artists specifically, these are the top 20 biggest concert tours of all time by female artists/bands:

The song is also eligible for 4X Platinum in the US

This thread is a work in progress. I wanted to compile who the female acts with most Top 10 entries on the 2 most relevant Billboard Year End charts were. Im including everyone with at least 6 entries. Avril Lavigne, Gwen Stefani, Nelly Furtado, Miley Cyrus, P!nk, Christina Aguilera, Alicia Keys and Jennifer Lopez did not get enough entries to qualify, but if im forgetting anyone else please do tell me. Hope you enjoy! 24 entries: TAYLOR SWIFT (3 DECADES ON BOTH SINGLES AND ALBUMS): 2000s - Albums (2): 2008: #5 Taylor Swift 2009: #1 Fearless 2000s - Singles (1): 2009: #4 Love Story 2010s - Albums (9): 2010: #7 Fearless 2010: #9 Speak Now 2011: #2 Speak Now 2012: #4 Red 2013: #2 Red 2014: #3 1989 2015: #1 1989 2018: #1 reputation 2019: #4 Lover 2010s - Singles (1): 2015: #7 Blank Space 2020s - Albums (10): 2020: #5 folklore 2021: #4 evermore 2022: #4 Midnights 2022: #5 Red (Taylor's Version) 2023: #2 Midnights 2023: #9 Lover 2024: #1 The Tortured Poets Department 2024: #2 1989 (Taylor's Version) 2024: #9 Lover 2024: #10 Midnights 2020s - Singles (1): 2023: #4 Anti Hero 11 entries: MARIAH CAREY (2 DECADES ON BOTH SINGLES AND ALBUMS): 1990s - Albums (3): 1991: #1 Mariah Carey 1994: #2 Music Box 1996: #2 Daydream 1990s - Singles (6): 1990: #6 Vision Of Love 1993: #8 Dreamlover 1994: #5 Hero 1995: #7 Fantasy 1996: #2 One Sweet Day 1996: #5 Always Be My Baby 2000s - Albums (1): 2005: #4 The Emancipation Of Mimi 2000s - Singles (1): 2005: #1 We Belong Together 10 entries: BEYONCÉ (including Destiny's Child - 2 DECADES ON ALBUMS): 2000s - Albums (2): 2005: #7 Destiny Fulfilled (DC) 2009: #2 I Am... Sasha Fierce 2000s - Singles (6): 2000: #6 Say My Name (DC) 2001: #10 Independent Woman Part I (DC) 2003: #4 Crazy In Love (DC) 2006: #10 Check On It 2007: #1 Irreplaceable 2009: #8 Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) 2010s - Albums (2): 2014: #2 BEYONCÉ 2016: #4 Lemonade 9 entries: JANET JACKSON (3 DECADES ON SINGLES, 2 DECADES ON ALBUMS): 1980s - Albums (2): 1986: #6 Control 1987: #5 Control 1980s - Singles (1): 1989: #5 Miss You Much 1990s - Albums (3): 1990: #1 Rhythm Nation 1814 1993: #4 Janet. 1994: #8 Janet. 1990s - Singles (2): 1993: #4 That's The Way Love Goes 1998: #6 Together Again 2000s - Singles (1): 2001: #3 All For You 8 entries: FERGIE (including Black Eyed Peas - 2 DECADES ON BOTH SINGLES AND ALBUMS): 2000s - Albums (2): 2007: #3 The Dutchess 2009: #10 The E.N.D. 2000s - Singles (4): 2007: #4 Big Girls Dont Cry 2007: #10 Glamorous 2009: #1 Boom Boom Pow 2009: #4 I Gotta Feeling 2010s - Albums (1): 2010: #10 The E.N.D. 2010s - Singles (1): 2011: #10 Just Cant Get Enough 8 entries: RIHANNA (2 DECADES ON SINGLES): 2000s - Singles (1): 2007: #2 Umbrella 2010s - Albums (4): 2011: #9 Loud 2012: #8 Talk That Talk 2010: #10 Unapologetic 2016: #5 ANTI 2010s - Singles (3): 2010: #7 Love The Way You Lie 2012: #8 We Found Love 2016: #4 Work 8 entries: WHITNEY HOUSTON (2 DECADES ON BOTH SINGLES AND ALBUMS): 1980s - Albums (1): 1986: #1 Whitney Houston 1980s - Singles (3): 1986: #6 How Will I Know 1987: #4 I Wanna Dance With Somebody 1988: #6 So Emotional 1990s - Albums (2): 1991: #10 Im Your Baby Tonight 1993: #1 The Bodyguard 1990s - Singles (2): 1993: #1 I Will Always Love You 1999: #4 Heartbreak Hotel 7 entries: ADELE (2 DECADES ON BOTH SINGLES AND ALBUMS): 2010s - Albums (3): 2011: #1 21 2012: #1 21 2016: #1 25 2010s - Singles (2): 2011: #1 Rolling In The Deep 2016: #7 Hello 2020s - Albums (1): 2022: #2 30 2020s - Singles (1): 2022: #4 Easy On Me 7 entries: KATY PERRY: 2010s - Albums (2): 2011: #10 Teenage Dream 2014: #8 Prism 2010s - Singles (5): 2010: #4 California Gurls 2011: #3 Firework 2011: #4 E.T. 2013: #10 Roar 2014: #2 Dark Horse 7 entries: LADY GAGA (2 DECADES ON BOTH SINGLES AND ALBUMS): 2000s - Albums (1): 2009: #8 The Fame 2000s - Singles (2): 2009: #2 Poker Face 2009: #3 Just Dance 2010s - Albums (3): 2010: #4 The Fame 2011: #3 Born This Way 2019: #3 A Star Is Born 2010s - Singles (2): 2010: #8 Bad Romance 6 entries: ARIANA GRANDE (2 DECADES ON BOTH SINGLES AND ALBUMS): 2010s - Albums (1): 2019: #2 thank u, next 2010s - Singles (2): 2014: #9 Problem 2019: #7 7 rings 2020s - Albums (1): 2021: #8 positions 2020s - Singles (2): 2021: #2 Save Your Tears (Remix) 2023: #7 Die For You (Remix) 6 entries: BRITNEY SPEARS (2 DECADES ON ALBUMS): 1990s - Albums (1): 1999: #2 Baby One More Time 1990s - Singles (1): 1999: #5 Baby One More Time 2000s - Albums (4): 2000: #4 Oops!... I Did It Again 2001: #8 Britney 2004: #8 In The Zone 2009: #6 Circus 6 entries: CÉLINE DION (2 DECADES ON ALBUMS): 1990s - Albums (3): 1996: #3 Falling Into You 1997: #3 Falling Into You 1998: #2 Let's Talk About Love 1990s - Singles (2): 1994: #4 The Power Of Love 1996: #3 Because You Loved Me 2000s - Albums (1): 2000: #7 All The Way... A Decade Of Songs 6 entries: MADONNA (2 DECADES ON BOTH SINGLES AND ALBUMS): 1980s - Albums (1): 1985: #3 Like A Virgin 1980s - Singles (2): 1985: #2 Like A Virgin 1985: #9 Crazy For You 1990s - Albums (1): 1991: #8 The Immaculate Collection 1990s - Singles (2): 1990: #5 Vogue 1995: #8 Take A Bow 6 entries: SHANIA TWAIN (2 DECADES ON ALBUMS): 1990s - Albums (3): 1996: #6 The Woman In Me 1998: #5 Come On Over 1999: #3 Come On Over 1990s - Singles (1): 1998: #3 You're Still The One 2000s - Albums (2): 2003: #3 Up! 2005: #9 Greatest Hits

Pollstar The entire top 200 is locked behind a paywall sadly, the top 10 is all we get to see for free.

I'll try to update the list once HDD updates its too. Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department: 6 750 486 Morgan Wallen - One Thing At A Time: 3 065 483 Sabrina Carpenter - Short N' Sweet: 2 304 081 Noah Kahan - Stick Season: 2 108 439 Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: 2 095 393 ( + 1) SZA - SOS: 1 828 313 ( - 1) Morgan Wallen - Dangerous: The Double Album: 1 815 346 Chappell Roan - The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess: 1 796 147 Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan: 1 653 807 Future & Metro Boomin - We Don't Trust You: 1 557 186 Taylor Swift - Lover: 1 523 029 Post Malone - F-1 Trillion: 1 514 092 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version): 1 440 287 Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter: 1 373 197 Zach Bryan - American Heartbreak: 1 370 505 Taylor Swift - Midnights: 1 353 879 ( + 1) Post Malone - The Diamond Collection: 1 346 574 ( - 1) Drake - For All The Dogs: 1 328 919 Ariana Grande - eternal sunshine: 1 312 113 Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS: 1 308 545 Benson Boone - Fireworks & Rollerblades: 1 284 400 Taylor Swift - folklore: 1 203 786 Travis Scott - Utopia: 1 173 652 Zach Bryan - The Great American Bar Scene: 1 146 341 ( + 1) Charli XCX - Brat: 1 069 253 ( - 1) 21 Savage - American Dream: 1 038 524 ( + 1) Teddy Swims - I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1): 1 033 014 ( - 1) Linkin Park - Papercuts: 1 029 164 ( + 1) Shaboozey - Where I've Been Isn't Where I'm Going: 999 340 ( - 1) Peso Pluna - Genesis: 985 693 Bad Bunny - Un Verano Sin Ti: 961 592 Eminem - The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grace): 959 670 ( + 1) Taylor Swift - reputation: 944 443 ( - 1) Luke Combs - This One's For You: 944 063 ( + 3) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours: 922 824 ( - 1) Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR: 921 401 Eminem - Curtain Call: 914 544 ( - 2) Luke Combs - Gettin' Old: 905 522 ( + 3) Elton John - Diamonds: 902 082 ( + 1) Peso Pluma - Exodo: 885 964 ( + 2) Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.: 885 246 ( - 2) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits: 882 989 ( - 4) Fuerza Regida - Pa Las Baby's Y Belikeada: 882 878 (NEW) Gracie Abrams - The Secret Of Us: 857 755 ( - 1) Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city: 850 890 ( - 1) Frank Ocean - Blonde: 850 503 Drake - Take Care: 823 115 SZA - CTRL: 816 166 (NEW) Tyler, The Creator - CHROMAKOPIA: 810 264 ( - 1) Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend: 801 063

For context, these are the 5 biggest female live acts of all time, based on unadjusted box office gross: 1. Taylor Swift $3.0B gross & 19.8M ticket sales 2. Madonna $1.7B gross & 16.4M ticket sales 3. Beyoncé $1.6B gross & 12.4M ticket sales 4. P!nk $1.4B gross & 13.8M ticket sales 5. Céline Dion $1.35B gross & 10.9M ticket sales When adjusted for inflation, Madonna's lifetime ticket revenue increases to about ~$2.5B, so even this way Taylor Swift would retain her title for biggest female live artist of all time in both ticket revenue & volume.

December 10, 2024 Breakin' Dishes - 225,873,971 (+1,023,451) It's #123 on Shazam global and charting on Spotify in multiple countries Shazam: #14 Belarus (+10) #22 Ukraine (+25) #47 Kazakhstan (+38) #49 Russia (+27) #64 Czech Republic (+13) #66 Sweden (+67) #80 Saudi Arabia (+51) #98 Thailand (+34) #104 Finland (=) #117 Denmark (+58) #123 Poland (+53) #123 Worldwide (+71) #129 Switzerland (+38) #138 Philippines (=) #146 Israel (NE) #152 Norway (+34) #160 Germany (NE) #177 Hungary (=) #192 Austria (NE) #193 Netherlands (=) #194 France (NE) Spotify: #20 Ukraine (+8) #26 Belarus (+3) #53 Kazakhstan (+3) #98 Estonia (+42) #98 Latvia (+4) #103 Bulgaria (+27) #108 Saudi Arabia (+7) #114 Lithuania (+17) #116 Hungary (+10) #126 Romania (-8) #134 Poland (+4) #171 Austria (+6) #178 Czech Republic (-7) #198 Germany (NE) Apple Music: #98 Kazakhstan (NE) #99 Ukraine (NE) #177 Russia (+20)

Let's see how the singles market have changed in the last 4 decades, these are the Top certified female songs based on the year they were released as official singles: (Remember that there are a lot of undercertified artists by the RIAA) 1980: Dolly Parton, "9 to 5": 3x Platinum 1981: Diana Ross/Lionel Richie, "Endless Love"; Olivia Newton-John – Physical; Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, "I Love Rock 'n Roll": Platinum* 1982: Toni Basil, "Mickey": Platinum* 1983: Cyndi Lauper, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun": 6x Platinum 1984: Cyndi Lauper, "Time After Time": 5x Platinum 1985: Whitney Houston, "How Will I Know" 2x Platinum 1986: Whitney Houston, "Greatest Love of All" 2x Platinum 1987: Whitney Houston, "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" 7x Platinum 1988: Paula Abdul, "Straight Up": 2x Platinum 1989: Jodi Benson, "Part of Your World": 3x Platinum 1990: Madonna, "Vogue" 3x Platinum 1991: Reba McEntire, "Fancy": 2x Platinum 1992: Whitney Houston, "I Will Always Love You" 10x Platinum 1993: SWV, "Weak"; Mariah Carey, "Hero": 3x Platinum 1994: Mariah Carey, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" 16x Platinum 1995: Mariah Carey, "Fantasy": 6x Platinum 1996: Mariah Carey, "Always Be My Baby": 5x Platinum 1997: LeAnn Rimes - How Do I Live; Celine Dion, "My Heart Will Go On": 4x Platinum 1998: Britney Spears - "...Baby One More Time": 5x Platinum 1999: TLC, "No Scrubs" 5x Platinum 2000: Lee Ann Womack, "I Hope You Dance" 4x Platinum 2001: Alicia Keys, "Fallin'" 3x Platinum 2002: Avril Lavigne, "Complicated"; Missy Elliott, "Work It"; Norah Jones, "Don't Know Why": 3x Platinum 2003: Beyoncé, "Crazy In Love": 6x Platinum 2004: Alicia Keys, "If I Ain't Got You"; Britney Spears, "Toxic" 6x Platinum 2005: Mariah Carey, "We Belong Together"; Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl: 6x Platinum 2006: Carrie Underwood, "Before He Cheats"; Nelly Furtado, "Promiscuous": 7x Platinum 2007: Rihanna, "Umbrella"; Alicia Keys, "No One": 10x Platinum 2008: Lady Gaga, "Just Dance" 11x Platinum 2009: Miley Cyrus, "Party In The U.S.A.": 14x Platinum 2010: Katy Perry, "Firework" 12x Platinum 2011: Nicki Minaj, "Super Bass" 12x Platinum 2012: Rihanna, "Stay" 11x Platinum 2013: Katy Perry, "Roar" 15x Platinum 2014: Meghan Trainor, "All About That Bass"; Taylor Swift, "Shake It Off"; Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj, "Bang Bang"; Sia, "Chandelier": 10x Platinum 2015: Ellie Goulding, "Love Me Like You Do": 8x Platinum 2016: Rihanna, "Work"; Rihanna, "Needed Me": 10x Platinum 2017: Bebe Rexha, "Meant to Be"; Cardi B, "Bodak Yellow": 11x Platinum 2018: Cardi B, "I Like It" 11x Platinum 2019: Billie Eilish - Bad Guy 10x Platinum 2020: Dua Lipa, "Levitating" 10x Platinum 2021: Olivia Rodrigo, "good 4 u": 7x Platinum 2022: SZA, "Kill Bill": 5x Platinum 2023: SZA, "Snooze"; Doja Cat, "Paint The Town Red": 4x Platinum 2024: Sabrina Carpenter, "Espresso": 5x Platinum

The top played artist on each radio format:

There's a black sheep among these 10 albums, but we don't recognise her…

https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=&ti=&lab=&genre=&format=&date_option=certification&from=2024-01-01&to=2025-04-26&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section

It also has the most global #1s of any song. It should be close to taking this based on sales as well. @stevyy, have you compiled global sales/SPS totals?

The screenshots from the data are from Kworb. Thoughts?

I was looking at HDD's year-to-date album units chart today and was pleasantly surprised to see that quite a few albums by female artists are present in the top 50: 1. 'THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT' - 6.75M units 2. 'Short N' Sweet' - 2.30M 3. 'HIT ME HARD AND SOFT' - 2.10M 4. 'SOS' - 1.83M 5. 'The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess' - 1.80M 6. 'Lover' - 1.52M 7. '1989 (Taylor's Version) - 1.44M 8. 'COWBOY CARTER' - 1.37M 9. 'Midnights' - 1.35M 10. 'eternal sunshine' - 1.31M ---------------- 11. 'GUTS' - 1.31M 12. 'folklore' - 1.20M 13. 'brat' - 1.07M 14. 'reputation' - 0.94M 15. 'SOUR' - 0.92M 16. 'The Secret Of Us' - 0.86M 17. 'Ctrl' - 0.82M Any surprises to you? It's nice to see that 'evermore' is still hanging on and that 'Ctrl' is also having fantastic longevity.

Its also the first song released this year to surpass 6M units in the US, the 12th biggest Billboard Hot 100 hit of the 2020s decade, one of the 150 biggest Hot 100 hits of all time, and the longest-running Hot 100 #1 (19 weeks; tie with Old Town Road).

Spotify launched their official weekly "Top Artists" chart in October 2021, measuring the most streamed artists worldwide on a weekly basis. These are the artists with the most weeks at #1 since this chart's launch… 107 weeks Taylor Swift 46 weeks Bad Bunny 6 weeks The Weeknd 2 weeks Adele 1 week Drake | Ed Sheeran | Kendrick Lamar | SZA This will be updated regularly.