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Originally posted by Anticipating
Top female touring artists of the 2000s (Billboard)
1. Madonna
2. Celine Dion
3. Cher
4. Britney Spears
As you can see, all the acts above Britney Spears were seasoned veterans. She was literally the only act from her generation on this list.
Let's compare Britney Spears to someone who is CLEARLY a touring monster, like our precious Mother Monster, for example. By the time the 2010s list is posted, she will end up outside the top 5 with Beyonce, Taylor, Madonna, Katy, and possibly more outgrossing her. Maybe Rihanna too. Unfortunately, her last world tour kinda did FFT numbers and will get outdone by a Las Vegas casino show.
Going by your logic that you can't be a huge global phenomenon without a tour that's exceeded $150 million in gross, Mariah Carey was never a global phenomenon either, considering she doesn't have a tour that's exceeded $75 million.
Also, the Circus tour did gross over $150 million if we pull up the adjusted receipts. Like when we claim The Fame would've sold 93 million back in the 90s, Born This Way 44 million, ARTPOP 15 million, etc.
PS: Gaga won
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Originally posted by Instinct
Yet what you seem to be forgetting, AMENHOOKER, is that touring is much more lucrative nowadays than it ever was, hence why 4 of the 5 highest grossing tours of all time occurred in the last 8 years. And the fact that she was still grossing close to what newer pop girls at the supposed "peak" of their career, despite being a decade passed her own peak speaks volumes, don't you think?
PS: The "casino" show she's playing is set to outgross other girls' last tours with only half the tickets sold.
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Whether you like Bey's tours or not from a production/entertainment/taste standpoint really isn't here or there but, she's absolutely not an artist you could name for a tour being uneventful and not making any waves.
