Top Tours: BTS Earns Top Debut On Weekly Charts With Stadium Ticket Sales

BTS debuts at No. 1 on both LIVE75 and Global Concert Pulse after box-office totals were reported from the band’s “Arirang World Tour” that launched with three shows at Goyang Stadium in South Korea, April 9-12. Since that opening engagement, the tour has featured a run of stadium performances in Asia, Europe and North America and will make its final U.S. appearance at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, on Sept. 6.

The K-pop stars easily claim the top ranking on LIVE75, determined by ticket sales averages, with an average of 72,004 tickets per show at six recent concerts in three U.S. stadiums on the tour. That surpasses the box-office totals of the touring artists ranked at Nos. 2, 3 and 4 – Noah Kahan, Karol G and Chris Brown & Usher, respectively – all with ticket averages in the 40,000 range.

The top attendance among the three stadiums was 157,798, recorded at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, Aug. 1-2. The group racked up a gross of $31.8 million from the two New York-area performances. Also included in the totals was a 141,288-ticket count from Baltimore’s M&T Bank Stadium, Aug. 10-11, and 132,943 tickets at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, Aug. 5-6.

Then on Global Concert Pulse, ranked by gross averages, BTS enters the lineup at No. 1 with a $12.7 million average per show from 18 concerts during the chart’s three-month period of eligibility. That total is $3.3 million higher than the $9.4 million average gross from 10 concerts on Karol G’s stadium tour, “Viajando Por El Mundo Tropitour.” The Colombian singer appears at No. 2 in the ranking.

Looking ahead, BTS will perform in South America in October, then spend the remainder of the world tour on the road in Asian markets through March 2027, although a multiple-show trek through Melbourne and Sydney, Australia is also on the books for February.

LIVE75 also features debuts in the top 25 by two other concert headliners, beginning with Riley Green, who lands at No. 7 with an average of 20,489 tickets sold at three shows. The sales figures come from outdoor amphitheaters in three U.S. cities on the country artist’s “Cowboy As It Gets Tour.” His largest crowd was 22,556 for one performance at Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, Virginia, Aug. 8, while his show the previous evening at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, logged 20,256 in attendance. Then, his Aug. 6 concert at Darien Lake Performing Arts Center in Darien Center, New York drew 18,655 fans.

Jonas Brothers have a LIVE75 debut at No. 14 after averaging 13,945 sold tickets per night at four performances on two separate tours. The first was an Aug. 8 performance in Canada at Croix-Bleue Medavie Stadium in Moncton, New Brunswick, the final stop on the trio’s “Jonas20: Greetings from Your Hometown Tour,” attended by a sellout crowd of 12,132.

Then, two weeks later, they performed for 43,651 fans at Madison Square Garden, Aug. 20-22. Those three concerts kicked off “The Burning Up Tour: All Over Again,” a revival of the group’s 2008-2009 tour. It will play North American arenas through December, although it also includes a two-night outdoor event at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles in November.

Finally, Global Concert Pulse also features two other debuts in the top 25 besides BTS. The first is fellow South Korean band ENHYPEN, entering the ranking at No. 19 with a gross average of $2.3 million from 13 performances on the group’s “Blood Saga” world tour, currently booked into March 2027. And Mumford & Sons is No. 23 with an average gross of $1.8 million at 22 performances on the British band’s ongoing tour in support of their latest studio album Prizefighter, released earlier this year in February.