Once again, Bad Bunny's Most Wanted tour secures the No. 1 spot Advertising signmonthly Top Tours chart. According to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore, the Puerto Rican superstar earned $60.4 million and sold 212,000 tickets from 14 concerts in May.
Bad Bunny is no stranger to pole position, having dominated the March and April reports, plus four wins in 2022. That ties him with Elton John for the most months at No. 1 since the charts were released in 2019. And while bad bunny played three more shows in june, his tie with john is safe for now as this weekend of shows won't be enough to achieve an eighth no.1.
The Most Wanted tour kicked off on February 21, with five shows grossing $19.5 million before the end of the month. Bad Bunny then began its undefeated streak, ruling March's list with $64.6 million (13 shows) and April's with $63 million (14). Including his string of concerts in May, he is the second artist to spend three consecutive months at No. 1, following Beyoncé last summer.
During May, Bad Bunny focused on the Southeast. It launched in Houston on May 1, before maneuvering to New Orleans, Nashville, Atlanta, Orlando and other surrounding markets.
As with many Spanish-language artists, Miami proved to be the month's highlight, with $18.8 million and 49,300 tickets over three shows at the Kaseya Center from May 24-26. This gives Bad Bunny another No. 1 on the Top Boxscores chart. Among the 31 North American cities on the entire tour, only Los Angeles brought in a bigger gross, with $20.2 million. Brooklyn, Chicago and San Francisco also broke the $10 million mark.
Bad Bunny makes two more appearances on Top Boxscores, at No. 13 and No. 15 with doubleheaders at Orlando's Kia Center and Dallas' American Airlines Center, respectively.
Including Bad Bunny's three shows at San Juan's Coliseo de Puerto Rico (June 7-9), the Most Wanted tour grossed $211.4 million and sold 753,000 tickets across 49 shows.
Those totals dwarf those of the 2022 World's Hottest tour, which grossed $314.1 million and sold 1.9 million tickets across North and South American venues. It remains the highest-grossing tour by a Latin artist in Boxscore history.
But in a more even comparison, they're bigger than the finals for his most recent arena tour, El Ultimo tour del Mundo, which earned $116.8 million and sold 576,000 tickets earlier that year. The Most Wanted tour averaged $4.3 million per night, marking a 29% increase from concerts of the same size in 2022.
The Most Wanted tour is the fifth tour by a Latin artist to earn more than $200 million, following Bad Bunny's 2022 tour, RBD's Soy Rebelde tour, and ongoing appearances by Karol G and Luis Miguel.
The top area of the Top Tours chart is dominated by Latin and local acts. Just behind Bad Bunny, Aventura is No. 2 with $43.1 million and 261,000 tickets sold from a busy 20-show month. Luis Miguel is No. 9 with $25.7 million in 16 appearances as he becomes the first artist in Boxscore monthly chart history to amass 10 consecutive months in the Top Tours top 10.
Among country acts, Luke Combs, Zach Bryan and George Strait are at Nos. 3-5 with monthly earnings of $43.1 million, $40.5 million and $38.1 million, respectively. Kenny Chesney completes the upper tier at No. 10 with a mix of stadium and arena shows on the Sun Goes Down tour.
The rest of the top 10 is split between pop and rock, with nostalgia driving sales for both. Veteran British boy band Take That is No. 6, followed by Dead & Company at No. 7, earning $36.4 million from eight shows at Las Vegas' Sphere. Justin Timberlake is No. 8. All three have multiple appearances on Top Boxscores.
After being revealed as part of it Advertising signIn its mid-year tour report, May marks the monthly debut of two new venue charts. Historically, Boxscore's venue-specific charts have only gotten so far in rooms that hold 5,000 people or less. In an effort to highlight more clubs and small theaters, there are now separate tables for venues with a capacity of 2,501-5,000 and 2,500 or less.
Morsani Hall, part of the David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts. in Tampa, is No. 1 on the 2,501-5,000 chart, bringing in $3.1 million from 34,600 tickets in 16 shows. Therefore, with its second, Atlanta's Fox Theater, Morsani Hall scores its victory largely thanks to touring stage productions. However, the former featured Kevin Hart and the latter hosted Casting Crowns and Hasan Minhaj.
The rest of the top 10 is rounded out by venues in the US, Canada and the UK, with Las Vegas' Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan at No. 3, Niagara Falls Fallsview Casino Resort at No. 6 and London's O2 Academy Brixton. at No. 9.
In the 2,500-and-under rankings, DeVos Performance Hall in Grand Rapids, Mich., reigns supreme with $5.2 million and 61,100 tickets. Las Vegas shines again, with Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas at No. 2. Brooklyn Steel represents New York at No. 6 and San Francisco's Warfield Theater lifts the Bay Area at No. 8.
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