Originally posted by Billboard.com
Madonna scores the top ranking on the first Hot Tours tally of 2013 with $51.9 million in box office revenue from six of the final dates on her MDNA Tour that wrapped on December 22.*
The first of the six venues included in this week's Hot Tours recap is the last of 30 North American venues on the tour schedule, American Airlines Arena in Miami.**The 19,500-seat arena sold a total of 27,976 tickets for concerts on November 19 & 20 grossing over $5.2 million.**The tour's Latin American trek followed, kicking off with a two-show run in Mexico City just four days later.**The Mexican capital city's sports and concert venue, Foro Sol hosted the legendary entertainer on November 24 & 25 with 84,382 tickets sold for both performances.**Four additional South American venues are included in the weekly Hot Tours report - two shows in Colombia and four in Brazil.**The MDNA Tour, which launched back in May, was ranked as Billboard's top-grossing tour of 2012.
Lady Gaga lands at No.2 on this week's Hot Tours chart based on ticket sales reported from venues in Latin America, Africa and Europe during the Born This Way Ball's final seven weeks on the road in 2012.**The Latin American dates began with an October 26 performance at Foro Sol in Mexico City and continued until November 26 with a final concert in Asunción, Paraguay.**The tour then played two stadium dates in South Africa - Johannesburg on November 30 and Cape Town on December 3 - and ended the year with concerts in Norway and Russia, wrapping on December 12 in Moscow.**Gaga kicks off her 2013 North American tour leg on January 11 in Vancouver.
Rank
Artist/Event
Total Gross
Show Dates
Show Venue/City (Shows/Sellouts)
Total Attendance (Capacity)
1
MADONNA: $51,910,270
Nov. 19-Dec. 9
American Airlines Arena, Miami (2/2)
Foro Sol, Mexico City (2/2)
Estadio Atanasio Gerardo, Medellín, Colombia (2/2)
Parque dos Atletas, Rio de Janeiro (1/1)
Estádio do Morumbi, Săo Paulo (2/2)
Estádio Olímpico Monumental, Porto Alegre, Brazil (1/1)
364,864 (364,864)
2
LADY GAGA: $39,140,109
Oct. 26-Dec. 12
Foro Sol, Mexico City (1/1)
Coliseo de Puerto Rico, Hato Rey (2/2)
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José (1/1)
Estadio El Campin, Bogotá (1/0)
Parque dos Atletas, Rio de Janeiro (1/1)
Estádio do Morumbi, Săo Paulo (1/1)
Centro de Eventos Fiergs, Porto Alegre, Brazil (1/1)
Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires (1/1)
Estadio Nacional, Santiago (1/1)
Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima (1/1)
Jockey Club, Asunción, Paraguay (1/1)
FNB Stadium, Johannesburg (1/1)
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town (1/1)
Telenor Arena, Oslo (1/1)
SKK Arena, St. Petersburg (1/1)
Olimpiyskiy, Moscow (1/1)
491,586 (497,375)
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