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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 Tina Turner from the rock scene, Spice Girls and Blackpink among girl groups, and Celine Dion among adult contemporary balladers. Turner and Dion were among the first performers to have been claimed with revenue passing $100 million in a single tour.

As of November 2023, the highest-grossing tour by a woman is the Eras Tour by Swift, with a revenue of $1.039 billion from 60 concerts.[a] The Eras Tour is also the overall highest-grossing tour ever; 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 2023 dollars) 		Artist Tour title Year(s) Shows Average
gross 		Ref.
1 1[1] 1[1] $1,039,263,762 $1,039,263,762 Taylor Swift The Eras Tour †[1][b] 2023–2024 60 $17,321,063 [2]
2 1[3] 7[4] $579,813,546 $579,813,546 Beyoncé Renaissance World Tour ‡[5][b] 2023 56 $10,353,571 [4]
3 3 3 $469,300,000 $469,300,000 Pink Summer Carnival † 2023–2024 61 $7,693,443 [6]
4 1[7] 2[8] $411,000,000 $583,700,326 Madonna Sticky & Sweet Tour ‡[7][b] 2008–2009 85 $4,835,294 [9]
5 2[10] 10[10] $397,300,000 $473,471,144 Pink Beautiful Trauma World Tour 2018–2019 156 $2,546,795 [10]
6 2[7] $345,675,146 $419,427,728 Taylor Swift Reputation Stadium Tour 2018 53 $6,522,173 [11]
7 $313,300,000 $313,300,000 Karol G Mañana Será Bonito Tour 2023–2024 62 $5,053,226 [12]
8 2[7] 10[13] $305,158,363 $404,990,574 Madonna The MDNA Tour 2012 88 $3,467,709 [13]
9 2[14] $280,000,000 $397,654,723 Celine Dion Taking Chances World Tour 2008–2009 131 $2,137,405 [15]
10 $256,084,556 $325,112,340 Beyoncé The Formation World Tour 2016 49 $5,226,215 [16]
11 $250,400,000 $321,867,528 Taylor Swift The 1989 World Tour 2015 85 $2,945,882 [17]
12 $229,100,000[c] $294,860,782 Beyoncé The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour 2013–2014 132 $1,735,606 [18][19]
13 14[20] $227,400,000 $307,457,396 Lady Gaga The Monster Ball Tour 2009–2011 203 $1,118,227 [21]
14 $227,247,141 $227,247,141 Madonna The Celebration Tour 2023–2024 80 $2,840,589 [22]
15 $204,000,000 $262,224,344 Katy Perry Prismatic World Tour 2014–2015 151 $1,350,993 [23]
16 $202,200,000 $251,336,302 A-Mei Utopia World Tour 2015–2017 104 $1,944,230 [24]
17 1[25] $200,000,000 $312,012,268 Cher Living Proof: The Farewell Tour ‡[26][b] 2002–2005 325 $615,385 [25]
18 2[d] $194,000,000 $293,209,640 Madonna Confessions Tour 2006 60 $3,233,333 [8]
19 $184,000,000 $236,815,294 Pink The Truth About Love Tour 2013–2014 142 $1,295,775 [27]
20 $170,000,000 $222,360,000 Lady Gaga Born This Way Ball 2012–2013 98 $1,734,694 [e]

List of highest-grossing concert tours by female groups

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Rank Actual gross Adjusted gross
(in 2023 dollars) 		Artist Tour Year(s) Shows Average
gross 		Ref.
1 $148,300,000[f] $148,300,000 Blackpink Born Pink World Tour 2022–2023 29 $5,113,793 [31]
2 $78,400,000 $78,400,000 Twice Ready to Be World Tour 2023–2024 23 $3,408,696 [30][32]
3 $78,203,580 $93,196,925 Spice Girls Spice World – 2019 Tour 2019 13 $6,015,660 [33]
4 $70,100,000 $99,201,793 Spice Girls The Return of the Spice Girls Tour 2007–2008 45 $1,491,489 [33]
5 $64,200,000 $106,334,153 The Chicks Top of the World Tour 2003 73 $879,452 [34]
6 $60,000,000 $112,160,065 Spice Girls Spiceworld Tour 1998 41 $618,557 [35]
7 $56,756,285 $Expression error: Unexpected < operator Blackpink In Your Area World Tour 2018–2020 36 $The time allocated for running scripts has expired. [36]

Decade rankings

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1980s

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Rank Actual gross Adjusted gross
(in The time allocated for running scripts has expired. dollars) 		Artist Tour title Year(s) Shows Ref.
1 $60,000,000 $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. The time allocated for running scripts has expired. Break Every Rule World Tour 1987–1988 220 [37]
2 $40,000,000 $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. The time allocated for running scripts has expired. Private Dancer Tour 1985 182 [38]
3 $32,368,629[g] $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Madonna Who's That Girl World Tour 1987 38 [41]
4 $20,100,000[h] $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Whitney Houston Moment of Truth World Tour 1987–1988 89 [40]

1990s

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Rank Actual gross Adjusted gross
(in The time allocated for running scripts has expired. dollars) 		Artist Tour title Year(s) Shows Ref.
1 $133,000,000[i] $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. The time allocated for running scripts has expired. Let's Talk About Love World Tour 1998–1999 97 [42]
2 $130,000,000 $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. The time allocated for running scripts has expired. Wildest Dreams Tour 1996–1997 255 [43]
3 $86,000,000 $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Shania Twain Come On Over Tour 1998–1999 165 [44]
4 $70,000,000 $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Madonna The Girlie Show 1993 39 [39]
5 $62,700,000 $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Madonna Blond Ambition World Tour 1990 57 [45]

2000s

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Rank Actual gross Adjusted gross
(in The time allocated for running scripts has expired. dollars) 		Artist Tour title Year(s) Shows Ref.
1 $411,000,000 $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Madonna Sticky & Sweet Tour 2008–2009 85 [8]
2 $280,000,000 $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Celine Dion Taking Chances World Tour 2008–2009 131 [15]
3 $200,000,000 $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Cher Living Proof: The Farewell Tour 2002–2005 325 [25]
4 $194,000,000 $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Madonna Confessions Tour 2006 60 [8]
5 $132,500,000 $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Tina Turner Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour 2008–2009 90 [46]
6 $131,800,000 $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Britney Spears The Circus Starring Britney Spears 2009 97 [47]

2010s

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Rank Actual gross Adjusted gross
(in The time allocated for running scripts has expired. dollars) 		Artist Tour title Year(s) Shows Ref.
1 $397,300,000 $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Pink Beautiful Trauma World Tour 2018–2019 156 [10]
2 $345,675,146 $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Taylor Swift Reputation Stadium Tour 2018 53 [11]
3 $305,158,363 $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Madonna The MDNA Tour 2012 88 [13]
4 $256,084,556 $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Beyoncé The Formation World Tour 2016 49 [16]
5 $250,400,000 $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Taylor Swift The 1989 World Tour 2015 85 [17]

2020s

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Rank Actual gross Adjusted gross
(in The time allocated for running scripts has expired. dollars) 		Artist Tour title Year(s) Shows Ref.
1 $1,039,263,762 $1,039,263,762 Taylor Swift The Eras Tour † 2023–2024 152 [2]
2 $579,800,000 $579,800,000 Beyoncé Renaissance World Tour 2023 56 [4]
3 $469,000,000 $469,000,000 Pink Summer Carnival † 2023–2024 61 [6]
4 $313,000,000 $313,000,000 Karol G Mañana Será Bonito Tour 2023–2024 62 [12]
5 $227,247,141 $227,247,141 Madonna The Celebration Tour 2023–2024 80 [22]

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 †[48][b] 2023–2024 152 $The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
Beyoncé Renaissance World Tour ‡[48][b] 2023 56 $The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
Karol G Mañana Será Bonito Tour 2023–2024 19 $The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
Pink Summer Carnival † 2023–2024 61 $The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
Taylor Swift Reputation Stadium Tour ‡[49][b] 2018 53 $The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
Barbra Streisand Timeless 1999–2000 10 $The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
Spice Girls Spice World – 2019 Tour 2019 13 $The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
Lady Gaga The Chromatica Ball 2022 20 $The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
Beyoncé The Formation World Tour 2016 49 $The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
Blackpink Born Pink World Tour 2022–2023 29 $The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
Madonna Sticky & Sweet Tour 2008–2009 85 $The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
Barbra Streisand Streisand 2006–2007 29 $The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
Madonna The MDNA Tour 2012 88 $The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
Twice Ready to Be World Tour 2023–2024 23 $The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
Barbra Streisand Barbra Live 2013 20 $The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
Madonna Confessions Tour ‡[50][b] 2006 60 $The time allocated for running scripts has expired.

Annual highest-grossing tours

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No female artists were included at various Pollstar year-end reports, including 1991[51] or 1992[52] 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,[53] until 2008.[54] 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.[55][56]

Year Tour title Actual gross Adjusted gross
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1987 Moment of Truth World Tour $20.1 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Whitney Houston 89 [40]
1990 Rhythm Nation World Tour 1990 $28.1 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Janet Jackson 89 [57]
1994 Barbra Streisand in Concert $58.9 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Barbra Streisand 26 [58]
1995 Starting Over Tour $27.4 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Reba McEntire [59]
1996 20th Anniversary Tour $26.1 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. 86 [60]
1997 Wildest Dreams Tour $24.8 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Tina Turner[j] 70 [61]
1998 The Velvet Rope Tour $32.3 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Janet Jackson 60 [62]
1999 Come On Over Tour $40.8 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Shania Twain 165 [63]
2000 Twenty Four Seven Tour $80.2 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Tina Turner 121 [64]
2001 Drowned World Tour $74 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Madonna 47 [65]
2002 Living Proof: The Farewell Tour $80.1 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Cher 93 [66]
2003 $76.2 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. 113 [67]
2004 Re-Invention World Tour $125 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Madonna 56[68] [69]
2005 Living Proof: The Farewell Tour $27.2 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Cher 40 [70]
2006 Confessions Tour $195 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Madonna 60 [71]
2007 Back to Basics Tour $48.1 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Christina Aguilera 63 [72]
2008 Sticky & Sweet Tour $207.5 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Madonna 39 [54][73]
2009 $222 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. 46 [74]
2010 The Monster Ball Tour $133.6 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Lady Gaga 102 [75]
2011 Speak Now World Tour $97.3 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Taylor Swift 89 [76]
2012 The MDNA Tour $296.1 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Madonna 67 [77]
2013 The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour $188.6 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Beyoncé 77 [18]
2014 Prismatic World Tour $153.3 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Katy Perry 66 [19]
2015 The 1989 World Tour $250.4 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Taylor Swift 53 [78]
2016 The Formation World Tour $256.4 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Beyoncé 46 [79]
2017 Celine Dion Live 2017 $101.2 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Celine Dion 29 [80]
2018 Reputation Stadium Tour $345.1 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Taylor Swift 36 [81]
2019 Beautiful Trauma World Tour $215.2 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Pink 59 [82][83]
2020 Courage World Tour $71.2 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Celine Dion 27 [84]
2021 2021 World Tour $29.4 million $Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Alanis Morissette 33 [85]
2022 Happier Than Ever: The World Tour $126.4 million $131,654,873 Billie Eilish 77 [86]
2023 The Eras Tour $1.039 billion $1,039,263,762 Taylor Swift 60 [2]

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Notes

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  1. ^ The figure is an estimation "based on Pollstar box office reports combined with extensive research including ticket prices in each market, record capacities at each venue and comparable tour data". Swift has yet to report her numbers formally.[1][2]
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Divided in $188.6 million (2013) and $40.5 million (2014)
  4. ^ According to Billboard boxscore, the Confessions Tour surpassed Cher's Living Proof: The Farewell Tour as the highest-grossing female tour of all time.[8] However, many of Cher's dates were not reported to the boxscore. Billboard estimated Cher's 2002–2005 gross at "well over $200 million".[25]
  5. ^ Billboard Box Score reports divided in $124 million in 2012[28] and $46.9 million in 2013.[29]
  6. ^ Excluding Asian shows, which were not reported to Billboard.[30]
  7. ^ Other estimated reports stand at $25 million.[39] According to Pollstar, the tour generated $14.9 million from 22 shows in the United States alone.[40]
  8. ^ Only North American shows reported until 1987.
  9. ^ Other estimated reports stand at $91 million.
  10. ^ Reba McEntire made appearance at the Top 10, but it was a tour co-headlined by Brooks & Dunn.[61]

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