The Highest-Grossing Tours Of Taylor Swift, Ranked
For the new generation of pop and alternative rock lovers, Taylor Swift is a trailblazer who has been a symbol of musical versatility, relevance, women's empowerment, and fearlessness to her loyal fans around the world. The Pennsylvania native began her career as a singer/songwriter in 2005 as a country singer, where she released six studio albums. But as she gained traction and recognition as a musician, she explored genres such as country pop,. synth pop, hip-hop, Electropop, and R&B. Her chart-topping hits and electrifying performances puts her in the same bracket with other female musicians such as the roaring Katy Perry, pop/country pop singer and actor Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande, and Lady Gaga. Besides the success of her 10 studio albums, she also has her extravagant international music tours to thank for her $600 million net worth. Let's take a look at some Taylor Swift's highest-grossing tours, ranked.
Swift has been just as impressive a stage performer as she has been a singer. And although the 33-year-old has more than ten years of experience as a performer doing world tours, it seems that she has only improved over time, and her figures from her 2023 Eras Tour is all the proof we need! As a matter of fact, 2023 has been proving to be quite a successful year for the pop sensation. The reissue of her 2020 acoustic album Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions pressed on colored vinyl became one of the only releases to break into the top 10 on the Billboard 200 based on sales. Her Eras Tour also became highest-grossing tour of all time by a single artist or music group, raking in $1.4 billion in sales, with nightly ticket sales reaching $13 million, according to Business Today. She's definitely a cash cow in her music genre!
The 2023 Eras Tour broke Swift's own record from the Reputation Stadium Tour in 2018 where she grossed $345.7 million. This was her fifth concert tour, and was held in support of her sixth studio album, Reputation, released in 2017. The tour received 2.88 million attendees and became the third highest-grossing female concert tour of all time, under the legendary Queen of Pop, Madonna, and singer Pink. She brought out English singer Charli XCX and former Fifth Hamony group member, Camila Cabello, as the opening acts for the concert. Swift sold out stadiums from May 18 to November 21 of 2018 across North America, Europe, Oceania, and Asia.
It's hard to pinpoint the height of her Swift's music career as she has always been a popular and prominent cultural musical icon. But it's clear that in 2015, her fifth studio album, 1989 (inspired by the year she was born), remains her highest-grossing album to date, with over 14 million copies sold worldwide, according to AS. And with such positive feedback from the album sales, the 1989 World Tour, which began in Tokyo, Japan on May 5, 2015, would be just as spectacular. Throughout the concert, which ended in Australia on December 12, 2015, she included a number of musical acts, such as Canadian singer/songwriter Shawn Mendes, and special guests such as Hollywood actor Matt LeBlanc, comedian Chris Rock, as well as rapper Wiz Khalifa. The tour was nothing short of a success, grossing $250 million in ticket sales.
The Red Tour was only Swift's third concert tour and was done for the promotion of her fourth studio album, Red, which was released in October 2012. But despite it being much earlier in her music career, she still managed to pull in 1.7 million fans and grossed a whopping $150 million in ticket sales. It became her most successful tour at the time and was praised for the emotional intimacy she shared with the crowd. Swift was able to commit to 86 shows, beginning in Omaha, Nebraska on March 13, 2013 and ending at the Singapore Stadium in Singapore in June 2014. Some of her supporting acts included American country singer Joel Crouse, English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, as well as English singer Cher Lloyd.
If there's one thing that can be admired about Swift is her unrelenting work ethic for each album release she went on tour for. Her third studio album, Speak Now, was released in 2010, and the Speak Now World Tour was launched in 2011 in Singapore, concluding in March 2012 in Auckland, New Zealand. At the time, she was merely 22 years old, but even then she pulled in an attendance of 1.6 million fans, grossing a total of $123.7 million over the span of 110 shows. In addition to songs from her own album, Swift also covered songs from artists such as Canadian singer Justin Bieber, Avril Lavigne, Nelly Furtado, and Macy Gray to name a few.
For her second studio album, Fearless, which was released in 2008, Swift wasted no time in launching the tour for the album which began in April 2009 in Evansville, Indiana. The album was of the country pop genre, but that didn't stop it from rising to the top of the Billboard 200 chart and earning Swift the title of the best-selling musician in the country that year! Because of the album's genre, Swift cleverly included both a country and a pop singer as supporting acts during the tour: former American Idol contestant Kellie Pickler would be the voice of country lovers, and Justin Bieber took on the pop lovers. Despite her lack of experience, the tour drew in 1.2 million and grossed $66 million in sales, according to Wikipedia.
Sources: Business Today, as.com, Wikipedia
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