{"id":174826,"date":"2026-08-31T20:02:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T03:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=174826"},"modified":"2026-08-31T20:02:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T03:02:25","slug":"bts-arirang-tour-earns-2-spot-on-billboards-top-tours-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/bts-arirang-tour-earns-2-spot-on-billboards-top-tours-chart\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS\u2019 \u201cARIRANG\u201d tour earns #2 spot on Billboard\u2019s Top Tours chart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BTS<\/strong> earned more than $102.5 million from their ongoing \u201c<strong>ARIRAN<\/strong>G\u201d world tour in July, placing the group at #2 on Billboard\u2019s Top Tours chart. The seven-member team performed eight shows during the month of July and attracted around 582,000 concertgoers. Meanwhile, The Weeknd took the top spot after grossing approximately $124 million from 16 shows during the same period thanks to his \u201cAfter Hours till Dawn\u201d Tour.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/%EC%98%A4%EB%8A%98%EC%9D%98%EB%B0%A9%ED%83%84?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\uc624\ub298\uc758\ubc29\ud0c4<\/a>]<br \/>260823 BTS WORLD TOUR &#39;ARIRANG&#39; IN TORONTO<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/%EB%B0%A9%ED%83%84%EC%86%8C%EB%85%84%EB%8B%A8?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\ubc29\ud0c4\uc18c\ub144\ub2e8<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/BTS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BTS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/BTS_WORLDTOUR_ARIRANG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BTS_WORLDTOUR_ARIRANG<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/BTS_WORLDTOUR_ARIRANG_NA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BTS_WORLDTOUR_ARIRANG_NA<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/BTS_WORLDTOUR_ARIRANG_TORONTO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BTS_WORLDTOUR_ARIRANG_TORONTO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cFCHqMKf0K\">pic.twitter.com\/cFCHqMKf0K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BTS_official (@bts_bighit) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bts_bighit\/status\/2091729741422498230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to Billboard, BTS became the third act to report more than $100 million in tour revenue in multiple months, following Beyonc\u00e9 and Bad Bunny. The KPop stars had previously topped Billboard\u2019s monthly touring revenue chart in April and May thanks to their tour. By early August, the \u201cARIRANG\u201d global run had generated approximately $433.2 million and sold more than 2.3 million tickets.<\/p>\n<p>See the full list below:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The Weeknd: $124.4M<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>BTS: $102.5M<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Usher &amp; Chris Brown: $98.4M<\/li>\n<li>Noah Kahan: $92.2M<\/li>\n<li>System of a Down: $81.1M<\/li>\n<li>Bad Bunny: $61.0M<\/li>\n<li>Luke Combs: $57.5M<\/li>\n<li>Pitbull: $48.2M<\/li>\n<li>Ariana Grande: $40.7M<\/li>\n<li>Fuerza Regida: $31.5M<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>BTS is continuing the tour with four concerts at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. The shows are scheduled for Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday on September 1, 2, 5, and 6, marking the final dates of the group\u2019s second United States leg. The strong ticket sales and continued fan demand have made \u201cARIRANG\u201d one of the year\u2019s biggest global concert tours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BTS earned more than $102.5 million from their ongoing \u201cARIRANG\u201d world tour in July, placing the group at #2 on Billboard\u2019s Top Tours chart. The seven-member team performed eight shows during the month of July and attracted around 582,000 concertgoers. Meanwhile, The Weeknd took the top spot after grossing approximately $124 million from 16 shows [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":174831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,1934,7],"tags":[49],"class_list":["post-174826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-k-drama","category-news","tag-bts"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174833,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174826\/revisions\/174833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}