Bad Bunny leads Boxscore tour report with $60 million in May

Once again, Bad Bunny takes first place on the monthly Top Tours list. Billboard with his Most Wanted Tour. According to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore, the Puerto Rican superstar grossed $60.4 million and sold 212,000 tickets in 14 concerts in May.

Bad Bunny is no stranger to the top spot, having also dominated the March and April reports, in addition to scoring four wins in 2022. That ties him with Elton John for the most months at No. 1 since released the charts in 2019. Although Bad Bunny performed three more shows in June, his tie with John is assured for now, as that weekend won’t be enough to achieve an eighth No. 1.

The Most Wanted tour began on February 21, with five shows generating $19.5 million before the end of the month. Bad Bunny then began his undefeated streak, dominating the chart in March with $64.6 million (13 shows) and April with $63 million (14 shows). Including his run of May shows, he is the second artist to spend three consecutive months at No. 1, following Beyoncé last summer.

Throughout May, Bad Bunny focused on the southeastern United States. He started in Houston on May 1, before moving on to New Orleans, Nashville, Atlanta, Orlando and other surrounding markets.

As is the case for many Spanish-speaking artists, Miami turned out to be the highlight of the month, with $18.8 million and 49,300 tickets sold across three shows at the Kaseya Center from May 24-26. That gives Bad Bunny another No. 1 on the Top Boxscores chart. Among the 31 North American cities on the entire tour, only Los Angeles generated more revenue, with $20.2 million. New York, Chicago and San Francisco also surpassed the $10 million threshold.

Bad Bunny appears two more times on Top Boxscores, at numbers 13 and 15, with shows at the Kia Center in Orlando and the American Airlines Center in Dallas, respectively.

Including Bad Bunny’s three shows at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan (June 7-9), the Most Wanted tour grossed $211.4 million and sold 753,000 tickets in 49 shows.

These totals are lower than those of the 2022 World’s Hottest Tour, which grossed $314.1 million and sold 1.9 million tickets in North and South American stadiums. It remains the most lucrative tour by a Latin artist in Boxscore history.

But in a more fair comparison, they are bigger than the final numbers from his most recent arena tour, The Last Tour of the World, which earned $116.8 million and sold 576,000 tickets earlier that year. The Most Wanted Tour averaged $4.3 million per night, marking a 29% increase compared to his similarly sized shows in 2022.

Most Wanted Tour is the fifth tour by a Latin artist to gross over $200 million, following Bad Bunny’s own 2022 tour, RBD’s Soy Rebelde tour, and ongoing tours by Karol G and Luis Miguel.

The top region of the Top Tours chart is dominated by Latin and country artists. Just behind Bad Bunny, Aventura is No. 2 with $43.1 million and 261,000 tickets sold in a busy month with 20 shows. Luis Miguel is No. 9 with $25.7 million from 16 shows, becoming the first artist in the history of the monthly Boxscore charts to appear 10 consecutive months in the top 10 of Top Tours.

Among country acts, Luke Combs, Zach Bryan and George Strait occupy Nos. 3-5 with monthly earnings of $43.1 million, $40.5 million and $38.1 million, respectively. Kenny Chesney rounds out the top tier at No. 10 with a mix of stadium and amphitheater shows on his Sun Goes Down tour.

The rest of the top 10 is split between pop and rock, with nostalgia driving sales in both. Veteran British boy band Take That is No. 6, followed by Dead & Company at No. 7, earning $36.4 million from eight shows at the Sphere in Las Vegas. Justin Timberlake is No. 8. All score multiple appearances on Top Boxscores.

After being revealed as part of the mid-year tour report of Billboard, May marks the monthly debut of two new venue lists. Historically, capacity-specific venue listings on Boxscore have included up to venues holding 5,000 people or less. In an effort to feature more clubs and small theaters, there are now separate listings for venues with capacities of 2,501-5,000 and 2,500 or less.

Morsani Hall, part of the David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa, is No. 1 on the 2,501-5,000 list, grossing $3.1 million on 34,600 tickets in 16 shows. As with the runner-up, Atlanta’s Fox Theater, Morsani Hall achieves its victory largely thanks to touring theater productions. Still, the former featured Kevin Hart and the latter hosted Casting Crowns and Hasan Minhaj.

The rest of the top 10 is filled with venues in the US, Canada and the UK, with The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas at No. 3, Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls at No. 6, and O2 Academy Brixton in London at No. 9.

Among venues with a capacity of 2,500 or fewer, DeVos Performance Hall in Grand Rapids, Michigan, reigns with $5.2 million and 61,100 tickets sold. Las Vegas shines again, with the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas at No. 2. Brooklyn Steel represents New York at No. 6, and San Francisco’s Warfield Theater elevates the Bay Area at No. 8.