{"id":901362,"date":"2026-06-29T18:40:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/901362\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T18:40:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:40:25","slug":"bts-beats-the-rolling-stones-seven-year-boxscore-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/901362\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS Beats The Rolling Stones’ Seven-Year Boxscore Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tIn April, BTS<\/a> returned to the Boxscore charts with a vengeance, leading the Top Tours chart for the first time in four years with monthly earnings of more than $75 million. In May, they maintain their crown while leveling up.<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore, BTS grossed $127.8 million and sold 641,000 tickets over 12 shows between May 2-28, repeating as the month\u2019s highest-grossing and best-selling touring act. Further, the group achieves the biggest monthly gross by a group since the chart began in 2019, surpassing The Rolling Stones<\/a>\u2019 $95 million from August 2019 by 35%.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThis marks BTS\u2019 fourth month at No. 1 on Top Tours, after leading in May 2019 and April 2022, in addition to April of this year. Only five acts have spent more time on top since the chart\u2019s launch in 2019: Bad Bunny<\/a>, with nine months; Beyonc\u00e9<\/a>, Coldplay<\/a>, and Elton John<\/a>, each with seven; and Trans-Siberian Orchestra<\/a> with five.<\/p>\n

\n\tOf BTS\u2019 four chart-toppers, this is its biggest yet. At $127.8, the group\u2019s May is the fifth biggest monthly gross in the chart\u2019s history, ranked behind three months by Beyonc\u00e9 and one by Kendrick Lamar<\/a> & SZA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter opening the Arirang World Tour on top, BTS\u2019 monthly gross increased by 68% from April to May, while attendance surged by 54%. The group\u2019s April schedule mixed three shows in Tampa with stadium dates in Japan and South Korea, but May\u2019s slate was exclusively in North America: nine shows in the United States, plus three in Mexico.<\/p>\n

\n\tTicket prices are higher across the board in the U.S., and despite South Korea\u2019s hometown advantage, BTS sold more tickets per market in the U.S., with more shows in bigger stadiums. The tour hit a peak in Las Vegas, with 246,000 tickets and $49.5 million at Allegiant Stadium on May 23-24 and 27-28. With ease, those four shows land at No. 1 on Top Boxscores.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s not the first time that BTS rules the monthly Boxscore recap powered by shows at the Vegas stadium. In April 2022, they made $35 million and sold 200,000 tickets from four shows there, earning the top spot on Top Boxscores, and solely powering a No. 1 finish on Top Tours. Four years later, they increased revenue by 38% and attendance by 23% with the same number of shows at the same stadium.<\/p>\n

\n\tThree shows at Stanford Stadium (Stanford, Calif.), three at Estadio GNP Seguros (Mexico City), and two at Sun Bowl (El Paso, Texas) padded BTS\u2019 May routing. They follow on Top Boxscores at Nos. 2, 3, and 4, respectively.<\/p>\n

\n\tSince Arirang World Tour\u2019s April 9 kickoff, the trek has grossed $204 million and sold 1.1 million tickets. With more than 50 shows left to play in 2026, it will soon be the group\u2019s biggest tour yet, within striking distance of the Love Yourself World Tour\u2019s $213.9 million (2018-19).<\/p>\n

\n\tBTS\u2019 May shows sends the group\u2019s career Boxscore earnings passed the half-billion mark, up to $503.1 million from 3.3 million tickets sold from 87 reported shows.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen BTS first led the Top Tours chart, exactly seven years ago, Metallica<\/a> was in the runner-up position for the last leg of the WorldWired Tour. Now three years deep into the M72 World Tour, the metal legends return to No. 2, again seated behind the K-pop superstars.<\/p>\n

\n\tMetallica grossed $72.6 million from 506,000 tickets sold in May. The band\u2019s seven shows were across Europe, including bookending Olympic Stadiums in Athens (May 9) and Berlin (May 30), sandwiching shows in Bucharest, Chorzow, Frankfurt, and Zurich. The May 19 performance in Chorzow, Poland was the biggest one-night engagement, driving 90,500 tickets and $14.4 million, while the double-header at Frankfurt\u2019s Deutsche Bank Park (May 22 and 24) ultimately was the biggest stop, at 125,000 tickets and $15.5 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tDating back to the M72 World Tour\u2019s launch in April 2023, the global trek has brought in $564.5 million and sold over 4.7 million tickets. By the end of the entire run, scheduled through July 5 at London\u2019s Wembley Stadium, it will likely be among the 10 highest-grossing tours in Boxscore history.<\/p>\n

\n\tWith three entries within the top 10 of Top Boxscores, Bad Bunny follows with the third highest grossing tour of May. After dominating its first few monthly reports with shows in Latin America, he resumed the Deb\u00ed Tirar M\u00e1s Fotos World Tour in Europe on May 22. Before the end of the month, he played two shows in Barcelona, two in Lisbon, and another pair in Madrid.<\/p>\n

\n\tEach of the three double-headers earned upwards of $15 million and sold more than 100,000 tickets, though that is where the level comparison ends. Bad Bunny\u2019s run in Madrid extended into June with eight additional dates, ultimately grossing $96.1 million from 623,000 tickets between May 30-June 15. The stint\u2019s remaining shows will be represented on the forthcoming June report.<\/p>\n

\n\tCurrent through the end of the Madrid dates, the Deb\u00ed Tirar M\u00e1s Fotos World Tour has grossed $360 million and sold 2.4 million tickets, becoming the highest-grossing and best-selling tour in history that did not play any shows in the United States. Further, Bad Bunny\u2019s career Boxscore grosses have hit $1.1 billion, making him the first Latin artist<\/a> in the billion-dollar club.<\/p>\n

\n\tBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band<\/a> is next at No. 4 with $50.8 million in 10 shows. That\u2019s half of the Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour\u2019s overall haul of 20 dates. Between its Minneapolis kickoff on March 31 and Philadelphia closing on May 30, the entire tour grossed $92.1 million and sold 355,000 tickets.<\/p>\n

\n\tFrom Metallica, Bad Bunny, and Springsteen \u2013 acts who have been constant presences on the monthly Top Tours chart over the last several years \u2013 to a monthly Boxscore debut: No Doubt<\/a> rounds out the top five with 12 shows at Las Vegas\u2019 Sphere. They mark the band\u2019s first concerts in 14 years, dating to a 2012 residency at Los Angeles\u2019 Gibson Amphitheatre. The shows grossed $41.9 million and sold 192,000 tickets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In April, BTS returned to the Boxscore charts with a vengeance, leading the Top Tours chart for the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":901363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[29],"tags":[365009,171,50704,975,189458,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-901362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-billboard-boxscore","tag-entertainment","tag-genre-kpop","tag-music","tag-touring","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116834862879525061","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=901362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/901363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=901362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=901362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=901362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}