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Taylor Swift performing at the Eras Tour, the highest-grossing concert tour of all time.

The following is a list of the highest-grossing concert tours by women (soloists and all-female groups), divided in all-time terms and by decade. Many reported figures are taken from Billboard and Pollstar, two major publications that regularly provide the official figures of concerts' gross revenue worldwide; although both publications have had missing data in their early reporting, including the lattermost which did not begin to track overseas data until late 2000s.

Female touring industry have been generally dominated by pop stars such as Madonna, P!nk, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift —who have had their names among the all-time highest-grossing live music artists and have also tours among the highest-grossing concert tours in history— as well G.E.M. from the C-pop scene, Tina Turner from the rock scene, Spice Girls and Blackpink among girl groups, and Celine Dion among adult contemporary balladeers. Turner and Dion were among the first performers to have been claimed with revenue passing $100 million in a single tour.

As of December 2024, the highest-grossing tour by a woman is the Eras Tour by Swift, with a revenue of US$2.07 billion from 147 shows.[1] The Eras Tour is also the highest-grossing tour ever overall; its figures were not reported to Billboard, which listed Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour as the all-time top female tour excluding the Eras Tour. In the Billboard Box Score history, previous record holders includes Tina Turner's Twenty Four Seven Tour (between 2000 and 2003) and Cher's Living Proof: The Farewell Tour (between 2003 and 2006), and Madonna's Confessions Tour (between 2006 and 2008) and Sticky & Sweet Tour (between 2008 and 2023).

Legend

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Key
† Indicates an ongoing tour
‡ Previous record holder

List of highest-grossing concert tours by women

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List of Top 20 highest-grossing tours of all time by women
Rank Peak All-time
peak 		Actual gross Adjusted gross
(in 2024 dollars) 		Artist Tour title Year(s) Shows Average
gross 		Ref.
1 1[2] 1[2] $2,077,618,725 $2,077,618,725 Taylor Swift The Eras Tour[2][a] 2023–2024 149 $13,943,750 [1]
2 2[3] 8[3] $584,700,000 $584,700,000 Pink Summer Carnival 2023–2024 97 $6,027,835 [3]
3 1[4] 7[5] $579,800,000 $598,354,107 Beyoncé Renaissance World Tour ‡[6][a] 2023 56 $10,353,571 [5]
4 $424,000,000 $424,000,000 G.E.M. I Am Gloria World Tour † 2023–2025 86 $4,930,233 [7]
5 1[8] 2[9] $411,000,000 $602,379,246 Madonna Sticky & Sweet Tour ‡[8][a] 2008–2009 85 $4,835,294 [10]
6 2[11] 10[11] $397,300,000 $488,622,634 Pink Beautiful Trauma World Tour 2018–2019 156 $2,546,795 [11]
7 2[8] $345,675,146 $432,849,782 Taylor Swift Reputation Stadium Tour 2018 53 $6,522,173 [12]
8 $313,300,000 $313,300,000 Karol G Mañana Será Bonito Tour 2023–2024 62 $5,053,226 [13]
9 2[8] 10[14] $305,158,363 $417,950,626 Madonna The MDNA Tour 2012 88 $3,467,709 [14]
10 2[15] $280,000,000 $410,380,022 Celine Dion Taking Chances World Tour 2008–2009 131 $2,137,405 [16]
11 $256,084,556 $335,516,219 Beyoncé The Formation World Tour 2016 49 $5,226,215 [17]
12 $250,400,000 $332,167,570 Taylor Swift The 1989 World Tour 2015 85 $2,945,882 [18]
13 $229,100,000[b] $304,296,584 Beyoncé The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour 2013–2014 132 $1,735,606 [19][20]
14 15[21] $227,400,000 $317,296,302 Lady Gaga The Monster Ball Tour 2009–2011 203 $1,118,227 [22]
15 $227,247,141 $227,247,141 Madonna The Celebration Tour 2023–2024 80 $2,840,589 [23]
16 $204,000,000 $270,615,752 Katy Perry Prismatic World Tour 2014–2015 151 $1,350,993 [24]
17 $202,200,000 $259,379,283 A-Mei Utopia World Tour 2015–2017 104 $1,944,230 [25]
18 1[26] $200,000,000 $321,996,933 Cher Living Proof: The Farewell Tour ‡[27][a] 2002–2005 325 $615,385 [26]
19 2[c] $194,000,000 $302,592,605 Madonna Confessions Tour 2006 60 $3,233,333 [9]
20 $186,600,000 $186,600,000 Olivia Rodrigo Guts World Tour † 2024–2025 95 $1,943,158 [28]

List of highest-grossing concert tours by female groups

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Rank Actual gross Adjusted gross
(in 2024 dollars) 		Artist Tour Year(s) Shows Average
gross 		Ref.
1 $148,300,000[d] $153,045,730 Blackpink Born Pink World Tour 2022–2023 29 $5,113,793 [30]
2 $78,400,000 $78,400,000 Twice Ready to Be World Tour 2023–2024 23 $3,408,696 [29][31]
3 $78,203,580 $96,179,309 Spice Girls Spice World – 2019 Tour 2019 13 $6,015,660 [32]
4 $70,100,000 $102,376,337 The Return of the Spice Girls Tour 2007–2008 45 $1,491,489 [32]
5 $64,200,000 $109,736,939 The Chicks Top of the World Tour 2003 73 $879,452 [33]
6 $60,000,000 $115,749,285 Spice Girls Spiceworld Tour 1998 41 $618,557 [34]
7 $56,756,285 $73,791,838 Blackpink In Your Area World Tour 2018–2020 36 $1,576,563 [35]

Decade rankings

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1980s

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Rank Actual gross Adjusted gross
(in 2024 dollars) 		Artist Tour title Year(s) Shows Ref.
1 $60,000,000 $159,521,666 Tina Turner Break Every Rule World Tour 1987–1988 220 [36]
2 $40,000,000 $116,943,069 Tina Turner Private Dancer Tour 1985 182 [37]
3 $32,368,629[e] $89,587,339 Madonna Who's That Girl World Tour 1987 38 [40]
4 $20,100,000[f] $53,439,758 Whitney Houston Moment of Truth World Tour 1987–1988 89 [39]

1990s

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Rank Actual gross Adjusted gross
(in 2024 dollars) 		Artist Tour title Year(s) Shows Ref.
1 $133,000,000[g] $251,042,149 Celine Dion Let's Talk About Love World Tour 1998–1999 97 [41]
2 $130,000,000 $254,637,231 Tina Turner Wildest Dreams Tour 1996–1997 255 [42]
3 $86,000,000 $162,328,006 Shania Twain Come On Over Tour 1998–1999 165 [43]
4 $70,000,000 $152,368,118 Madonna The Girlie Show 1993 39 [38]
5 $62,700,000 $150,904,814 Madonna Blond Ambition World Tour 1990 57 [44]

2000s

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Rank Actual gross Adjusted gross
(in 2024 dollars) 		Artist Tour title Year(s) Shows Ref.
1 $411,000,000 $602,379,246 Madonna Sticky & Sweet Tour 2008–2009 85 [9]
2 $280,000,000 $410,380,022 Celine Dion Taking Chances World Tour 2008–2009 131 [16]
3 $200,000,000 $321,996,933 Cher Living Proof: The Farewell Tour 2002–2005 325 [26]
4 $194,000,000 $302,592,605 Madonna Confessions Tour 2006 60 [9]
5 $132,500,000 $194,197,689 Tina Turner Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour 2008–2009 90 [45]
6 $131,800,000 $193,171,739 Britney Spears The Circus Starring Britney Spears 2009 97 [46]

2010s

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Rank Actual gross Adjusted gross
(in 2024 dollars) 		Artist Tour title Year(s) Shows Ref.
1 $397,300,000 $488,622,634 Pink Beautiful Trauma World Tour 2018–2019 156 [11]
2 $345,675,146 $432,849,782 Taylor Swift Reputation Stadium Tour 2018 53 [12]
3 $305,158,363 $417,950,626 Madonna The MDNA Tour 2012 88 [14]
4 $256,084,556 $335,516,219 Beyoncé The Formation World Tour 2016 49 [17]
5 $250,400,000 $332,167,570 Taylor Swift The 1989 World Tour 2015 85 [18]

2020s

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Rank Actual gross Adjusted gross
(in 2024 dollars) 		Artist Tour title Year(s) Shows Ref.
1 $2,077,618,725 $2,077,618,725 Taylor Swift The Eras Tour 2023–2024 149 [1]
2 $584,700,000 $584,700,000 Pink Summer Carnival 2023–2024 97 [3]
3 $579,800,000 $598,354,107 Beyoncé Renaissance World Tour 2023 56 [5]
4 $313,000,000 $313,000,000 Karol G Mañana Será Bonito Tour 2023–2024 62 [13]
5 $227,247,141 $227,247,141 Madonna The Celebration Tour 2023–2024 80 [23]

List of highest average gross per concert

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Average gross of over 3 million (updated as of September 2023)
Artist Tour title Year(s) Shows Average
gross
Taylor Swift The Eras Tour[47][a] 2023–2024 149 $13,943,750
Beyoncé Renaissance World Tour ‡[47][a] 2023 56 $10,353,571
Karol G Mañana Será Bonito Tour 2023–2024 19 $7,731,579
Taylor Swift Reputation Stadium Tour ‡[48][a] 2018 53 $6,522,173
Barbra Streisand Timeless 1999–2000 10 $6,345,618
Pink Summer Carnival 2023–2024 97 $6,027,835
Spice Girls Spice World – 2019 Tour 2019 13 $6,015,660
Lady Gaga The Chromatica Ball 2022 20 $5,620,000
Beyoncé The Formation World Tour 2016 49 $5,226,215
Blackpink Born Pink World Tour 2022–2023 29 $5,113,793
Madonna Sticky & Sweet Tour 2008–2009 85 $4,835,294
Barbra Streisand Streisand 2006–2007 29 $4,120,690
Madonna The MDNA Tour 2012 88 $3,467,709
Twice Ready to Be World Tour 2023–2024 23 $3,408,696
Barbra Streisand Barbra Live 2013 20 $3,315,000
Madonna Confessions Tour ‡[49][a] 2006 60 $3,233,333

Annual highest-grossing tours

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No female artists were included at various Pollstar year-end reports, including 1991[50] or 1992[51] for instance. Amusement Business, sister publication of Billboard, counted both U.S. and overseas data while Pollstar only reported North American statistics during several years,[52] until 2008.[53] List does not include concert residencies, which is the case of Celine Dion, whom topped the tours of 2005 and 2007 by female artists with her residency.[54][55]

Year Tour title Actual gross Adjusted gross
(in 2024 dollars) 		Artist Shows Ref.
1987 Moment of Truth World Tour $20.1 million $55,631,195 Whitney Houston 89 [39]
1990 Rhythm Nation World Tour 1990 $28.1 million $67,630,387 Janet Jackson 89 [56]
1993 The Girlie Show $15.19 million $33,071,931 Madonna 11 [57]
1994 Barbra Streisand in Concert $58.9 million $124,954,221 Barbra Streisand 26 [58]
1995 Starting Over Tour $27.4 million $56,541,297 Reba McEntire [59]
1996 20th Anniversary Tour $26.1 million $52,327,371 86 [60]
1997 Wildest Dreams Tour $24.8 million $48,576,949 Tina Turner[h] 70 [61]
1998 The Velvet Rope Tour $32.3 million $62,311,699 Janet Jackson 60 [62]
1999 Come On Over Tour $40.8 million $77,011,426 Shania Twain 165 [63]
2000 Twenty Four Seven Tour $80.2 million $146,436,676 Tina Turner 121 [64]
2001 Drowned World Tour $74 million $131,408,758 Madonna 47 [65]
2002 Living Proof: The Farewell Tour $80.1 million $140,030,509 Cher 93 [66]
2003 $76.2 million $130,367,080 113 [67]
2004 Re-Invention World Tour $125 million $208,091,085 Madonna 56[68] [69]
2005 Living Proof: The Farewell Tour $27.2 million $43,852,184 Cher 40 [70]
2006 Confessions Tour $195 million $304,152,361 Madonna 60 [71]
2007 Back to Basics Tour $48.1 million $72,941,245 Christina Aguilera 63 [72]
2008 Sticky & Sweet Tour $207.5 million $303,039,799 Madonna 39 [53][73]
2009 $222 million $325,372,732 46 [74]
2010 The Monster Ball Tour $133.6 million $192,642,515 Lady Gaga 102 [75]
2011 Speak Now World Tour $97.3 million $136,004,098 Taylor Swift 89 [76]
2012 The MDNA Tour $296.1 million $405,544,122 Madonna 67 [77]
2013 The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour $188.6 million $254,583,057 Beyoncé 77 [19]
2014 Prismatic World Tour $153.3 million $203,617,051 Katy Perry 66 [20]
2015 The 1989 World Tour $250.4 million $332,167,570 Taylor Swift 53 [78]
2016 The Formation World Tour $256.4 million $335,929,506 Beyoncé 46 [79]
2017 Celine Dion Live 2017 $101.2 million $129,817,920 Celine Dion 29 [80]
2018 Reputation Stadium Tour $345.1 million $432,129,592 Taylor Swift 36 [81]
2019 Beautiful Trauma World Tour $215.2 million $264,665,469 Pink 59 [82][83]
2020 Courage World Tour $71.2 million $86,507,496 Celine Dion 27 [84]
2021 2021 World Tour $29.4 million $34,115,265 Alanis Morissette 33 [85]
2022 The Chromatica Ball[i] $112.4 million $120,765,962 Lady Gaga 20 [87]
2023 The Eras Tour $1,039,263,762 $1,072,521,110 Taylor Swift 60 [88]
2024 $1,043,421,552 $1,043,421,552 80 [89]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h As reported by either the Guinness World Records or touring-related publications such as Billboard Box Score and Pollstar.
  2. ^ Divided in $188.6 million (2013) and $40.5 million (2014)
  3. ^ According to Billboard boxscore, the Confessions Tour surpassed Cher's Living Proof: The Farewell Tour as the highest-grossing female tour of all time.[9] However, many of Cher's dates were not reported to the boxscore. Billboard estimated Cher's 2002–2005 gross at "well over $200 million".[26]
  4. ^ Excluding Asian shows, which were not reported to Billboard.[29]
  5. ^ Other estimated reports stand at $25 million.[38] According to Pollstar, the tour generated $14.9 million from 22 shows in the United States alone.[39]
  6. ^ Only North American shows reported until 1987.
  7. ^ Other estimated reports stand at $91 million.
  8. ^ Reba McEntire made appearance at the Top 10, but it was a tour co-headlined by Brooks & Dunn.[61]
  9. ^ Lady Gaga became the top female artist on the year-end Billboard Boxscore chart, with $125.3 million, which included the gross of her Jazz & Piano residency.[86]

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