Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen tours financially dominated in 2023
Pollstar said the tours that made the worldwide Top 100 brought in over $9 billion, an increase of 46% over 2022
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Many musical artists were on world tours this year and, according to Pollstar, some familiar names saw theirs wind up generating the highest amounts of money.
Pollstar reported Friday that the tours that made its "2023 Worldwide Top 100 Tours" grossed $9.17 billion collectively. That figure, which spanned Nov. 17, 2022 to Nov. 15 of this year, surged 46% year-over-year, according to the music industry publication.
Of the $9.17 billion earned by this year’s worldwide top-100 tours, roughly $2.61 billion came from those belonging to five highest-grossing, Pollstar’s chart showed.
Pollstar identified the following artists as running the five worldwide tours that raked in the highest amounts this year:
1. Taylor Swift
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - NOVEMBER 24: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO BOOK COVERS.) Taylor Swift performs onstage during "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at Allianz Parque on November 24, 2023 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Buda Mendes/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management / Getty Images)
Taylor Swift saw her "Eras Tour" produce a gross of $1.04 billion over the course of the 12-month period, marking the first instance of a billion-dollar tour, the publication estimated. In mid-October, Time’s 2023 "Person of the Year" also put out a concert movie of the tour, with IMDb’s Box Office Mojo reporting it has sold nearly $249.6 million worth of tickets to date.
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2. Beyonce
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 01: (Editorial Use Only) Beyoncé performs onstage during the "RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR" at SoFi Stadium on September 01, 2023 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Parkwood) (Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Parkwood / Getty Images)
Beyonce, at $579.8 million, came in second out of worldwide tours with "Renaissance," with 56 shows in 39 cities contributing to it reaching that gross, Pollstar said. The singer, who also recently ranked No. 2 on StubHub’s list of "Top In-Demand Global Touring Artist" in 2023, made the "Renaissance" album and its songs like "Cuff it" and "Break My Soul" available to fans back in July 2022.
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3. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 30: Bruce Springsteen attends the "Love For The Holidays" concert at Town Hall on November 30, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jason Mendez/Getty Images) (ason Mendez/Getty Images / Getty Images)
Pollstar pegged the amount that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s tour earned at nearly $379.5 million. People have picked up more than 150 million of Springsteen’s various albums over the years, according to reports.
4. Coldplay
PERTH, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 18: Chris Martin of Coldplay performs on stage at Optus Stadium on November 18, 2023 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) (Paul Kane/Getty Images / Getty Images)
Coldplay, the British band whose world tour saw nearly $325.5 million in gross, played in 17 different cities during the time frame, performing 50 concerts, the publication said.
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5. Harry Styles
LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 11: Harry Styles attends The BRIT Awards 2023 at The O2 Arena on February 11, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) (Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images / Getty Images)
Harry Styles, who used to belong to boyband One Direction, received the No. 5 position on Pollstar’s list of top world tours of 2023. His "Love on Tour" generated $290.5 million in 2023, per the chart. The singer has put out three full albums to date – "Harry Styles," "Fine Line" and "Harry’s House," the last of which won the Grammy award for Album of the Year.