"BTS PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE" recorded the fourth-biggest profit among concerts held from November 2021 to April 2022 around the world.
Keep on reading to know how big the group's revenue is from their series of concerts.
'BTS PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE' Gains 4th Biggest Revenue in 1st Half of 2022
On June 8, Big Hit Music announced that BTS made it to BIllboard's mid-year boxscore report, which shows the highest-grossing concert tours held from November 1, 2021 to April 30, 2022.
In particular, BTS claimed the No. 4 spot with a whopping total gross of $75,489,240 (approximately 95 billion won) by midyear. The group impressively achieved this figure with only 11 shows.
To recall, "BTS PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE" was held three times in Seoul (at Jamsil Olympic Stadium) and four times both in Los Angeles (at SoFi Stadium) and Las Vegas (at Allegiant Stadium). All 11 concerts recorded 458,144 attendees.
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According to Billboard, BTS's four shows at Allegiant Stadium, which drew nearly 200,000 people, generated $35.9 million, while their four other concerts at SoFi Stadium, which had approximately 213,000 spectators, generated $33.3 million. Notably, these two sets of shows claimed the No. 1 and No. 2 spots on Billboard's "Top Boxscores" (Mid-Year 2022), respectively.
Additionally, "BTS PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE - Las Vegas" was the No. 1 tour this past April. And, the boy group made the most money from their SoFi Stadium concerts since the said venue reopened this year.
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Despite having only 11 total shows, BTS still managed to enter the top 5 of Billboard's "Top Tours" in the first half of 2022. In fact, the South Korean group surpassed other artists with more than 20 shows held from November 2021 to April 2022.
Big Hit Music commented, "Considering the number of shows by the rest of the artists in the Top 5, we can gauge BTS's power."
On the "Top Tours" (Mid-Year 2022) list, BTS comes behind Bad Bunny (with 37 shows), Elton John (with 40 shows), and Genesis (with 35 shows).
Concurrently, BTS joins Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny to create history: 2022 marks the first time that two acts that performed in a non-English language enter the top five of a midyear or year-end "Top Tours" chart.
Congratulations to BTS on their successful "PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE" concert tour!
BTS Listed on Top Ten Best-Selling Artists in the United States
In other news, BTS was included in the list of 10 best-selling artists by pure album sales in the United States this year thus far. The septet ranked fifth despite not releasing any album. Their new album "Proof" is yet to drop on June 10.
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The rest of the top 10, in order, are Harry Styles, Taylor Swift, The Beatles, Adele, The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar, Stray Kids, Pink Floyd, and Fleetwood Mac.
The list was shared on an online community, and netizens couldn't help but praise BTS, as well as Stray Kids.
Some of the comments are:
"Wow, BTS didn't even release an album. Congrats!"
"So it's just BTS and Stray Kids that are on the list?"
"Stray Kids are amazing for being on this list too"
"BTS is no surprise but Stray Kids grew so much"
"I thought for a second that BTS released an album already"
Meanwhile, BTS recently revealed the music video teaser for their new title track "Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)." Check it out here!
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Written by Maria Scott
