Chart Scene: Doja Cat Is No. 1 On Artist Power Index For Second Week

Doja Cat remains at No. 1 on the Artist Power Index for a second week based on concerts from the North American leg of “The Scarlet Tour,” her first headlining trek to be set in arenas. Her shows at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena, Dec. 11, and United Center in Chicago, Dec. 13, both land in the eligibility timeframe for this week’s chart.

With a kickoff performance at San Francisco’s Chase Center that drew 13,005 fans on Oct. 31, her tour played arenas in 24 cities in the U.S. and Canada through mid-December. According to box-office totals reported during the fall trek, the rapper/singer averaged 12,848 sold tickets per concert with grosses averaging $1.75 million. Her best venue totals were found in two markets with T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas moving the most tickets. She sold 14,342 at her performance there on Nov. 3. Then, her top gross among the reported dates was $2.07 million from 14,199 tickets sold on Nov. 29 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Doja Cat will resume her tour later this year in Europe, kicking off a stretch of UK dates at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland on June 11, followed by shows in the Netherlands and France. Along with her seven headlining arena concerts, she is also booked to appear at festivals in six more countries on the continent through mid-July.

Also on the Artist Power Index, Christina Aguilera appears with the highest debut on the chart, appearing at No. 26 following the launch of her new residency at Voltaire at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas. The pop diva played her opening shows at the 1,000-seat venue on Dec. 30 and 31 before returning for two more performances during the first week of January. Currently, she is booked to play four more shows in February and two in March.

On LIVE75, Travis Scott repeats at No. 1 based on ticket sales from recent dates on his “Utopia Tour Presents Circus Maximus,” including four sold-out shows at three arenas in the New York City metropolitan area prior to Christmas. He sold a total of 66,397 tickets during two nights at Barclays Center along with single shows at Madison Square Garden and Newark’s Prudential Center.

Then at No. 2, Billy Joel scores the “Hot Shot” classification on LIVE75 with the highest debut of the week based on three New York-area concerts of his own. The sold-ticket count from his November and December concerts at Madison Square Garden along with his New Year’s Eve event at UBS Arena in Belmont Park on Long Island together averaged 17,966 sold seats per show. That follows behind Scott’s top-ranked 20,318-ticket average but is the highest for any artist making their first appearance on the chart in the past month.

Eagles’ gross average of $3.7 million earns the band the “Heavy Hitter” tag on LIVE75 for a second week based on grosses earned from five concerts at four U.S. arenas during November. Two shows at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena, followed by shows in Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina and Lexington, Kentucky, together grossed $18.58 million.
The legendary band launched “The Long Goodbye” farewell tour last September at Madison Square Garden with 26,806 fans in attendance at two performances that grossed $7.65 million. Double-show engagements were also held in Boston, Newark, Denver and Indianapolis prior to the two Atlanta shows in November. From 19 shows reported so far, the tour’s overall gross is $67.2 million from 241,848 tickets.