BTS Beats The Rolling Stones’ Seven-Year Boxscore Record – Billboard

In April, BTS 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. According 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’s 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’ $95 million from August 2019 by 35%. Related This marks BTS’ 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’s launch in 2019: Bad Bunny, with nine months; Beyoncé, Coldplay, and Elton John, each with seven; and Trans-Siberian Orchestra with five. Of BTS’ four chart-toppers, this is its biggest yet. At $127.8, the group’s May is the fifth biggest monthly gross in the chart’s history, ranked behind three months by Beyoncé and one by Kendrick Lamar & SZA. After opening the Arirang World
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