Not Taylor Swift, who is the highest touring artist of the year?

 According to the mid-year report of Pollstar (the revenue statistics unit of the performance industry), Madonna is the artist with the highest global tour in 2023 with the “Celebration Tour”.

This information surprised many fans because previously, Taylor Swift and The Eras Tour tour were the most talked about by the international media of the year.

In particular, Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour was recorded to exceed $1 billion in commercial revenue as of December 2023. The famous singer’s global tour is expected to bring in more than $2 billion by the end of this year.

Taylor Swift is absent from the list of artists with the highest global touring revenue in the world in 2024 voted by Pollstar (Photo: News).

In addition, Swift’s wealth increased rapidly thanks to a series of online listening records of the new album The Tortured Poets Department with a total of 31 songs. As of May, Forbes has named Taylor Swift to the list of global dollar billionaires when the singer owns $1.3 billion.

Taylor Swift’s absence from Pollstar’s list surprised many people. This unit revealed that their survey was based on data provided by the artists’ crew. Therefore, Taylor Swift’s failure to announce official data has caused the female singer to be absent this time.

According to data obtained by Pollstar, Madonna became the highest-grossing global touring artist to date. With an average ticket price of $208.85, the veteran star has an average gross of nearly $2.8 million and has sold 13,378 tickets for a single night. During the 65 nights of the Celebration Tour, Madonna sold 856,247 tickets for 34 stops.
Madonna is the artist with the highest global tour revenue in 2024 with the “Celebration Tour” (Photo: Getty Images).

Behind Madonna in the chart is Bad Bunny with $174.6 million in sales from the Most Wanted Tour. Next is Luis Miguel with 169.4 million USD, U2 group with 135 million USD, Karol G with 111 million USD.

The top 10 on Pollstar’s list also include Bruno Mars ($102 million), Coldplay ($100 million), Seventeen ($74 million), Eagles ($69 million) and Nicki Minaj ($66 million).

The Pollstar report revealed that the total global revenue of the show industry in 2024 will reach $3 billion, up from $2.83 billion in 2023. However, according to Pollstar, the tour business is showing signs of slowing down in the first half of 2024.

Over the past time, many of the world’s major artists have had to cancel tours because they cannot sell tickets. For example, the American rock group The Black Keys had to end their international tour early, while the cult singer Jennifer Lopez had to change her name, shifting the performance of songs from the new album to singing songs associated with her name.

Madonna has spent more than 4 decades in the arts and has become one of the most influential figures in pop culture. She has been recognized as the “Queen of Pop” of world music over the years.

Throughout her career, Madonna has reached a position that is difficult for anyone to reach, with influence that transcends musical, cultural, political, and social boundaries. Madonna is recognized by Guinness as the most successful solo female singer, selling the most records of all time and dozens of other records.

She is a pioneer in using music videos as a new form of musical expression, associated with the postmodern era.

Not only is she the “queen of pop”, the star born in 1958 is also a famous beauty icon. Her appearance has always been a topic of concern for the media and the public for decades.