According to reports from tour data, bts have overtaken some of the biggest Western artists this year in terms of concert revenue. Tiffany Vogtan entertainment journalist and member of the Television Critics Association pointed to this startling statistic in a series of recent tweets.
In April, it was reported that BTS Permission to dance on stage the concert series grossed $230.7 million from 12 shows across all formats, namely in-person and live shows. The total number of tickets sold was 3.416 million.
cold playone of the most popular bands in the world, sold nearly 1,947 million tickets for 34 shows in the MUSIC OF THE SPHERES tour, generating approximately $178 million in revenue. With an average box office revenue of $5.2 million per concert, Coldplay will catch up with BTS’ concert revenue after about 10 shows of the remaining 38 on this tour.
On the other hand, Harry Styles has given 67 shows so far for his LOVE ON TOUR concerts with 39 million tickets sold, generating total revenue of $157.4 million. The average revenue from each concert is around $2.37 million, which means it will reach BTS’s reported revenue after 30 of the remaining 59 shows.
These figures are very significant in attesting to the real demand of BTS, who have often been wrongly accused of fabricating the streams and sales figures of their music. According to Tiffany Vogt, this fact indicates that BTS is not raising the K-Pop industry alone. Its impact is global and irreplaceable.
#BTS It is truly the key driving force of the Kpop music industry and is likely to be a contributing driving force for the entire music industry globally. The impulse that #BTS It seems unrepeatable at this point.
— Tiffany Vogt (@TVWatchtower) September 2, 2022