The Celebration Tour is Madonna’s sixth tour to gross more than $100 million. The only other artists to have achieved this are The Eagles, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and U2, making her the only woman in this elite group.
Her 2012 MDNA tour grossed $305.2 million and sold 2.2 million tickets. But her highest-grossing tour is the Sticky & Sweet Tour (2008-09) with $407.7 million and 3.5 million tickets.
Her recent concert on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is not counted in the official tour results as it was a free event, but it is worth noting that it drew 1.6 million people.
According to concert promoter Live Nation, it’s the largest audience ever for an independent concert by any artist in history.
The Celebration Tour brings Madonna’s career total to $1.6 billion and – excluding the Brazil show – 12.8 million tickets.
