Blackpink breaks Spice Girls’ record for highest grossing tour by a female group

K-pop girl group Blackpink’s Born Pink World Tour, which is not even over, has become the highest grossing concert tour of a female group. – Photo: Facebook/Blackpink

K-pop girl group Blackpink’s Born Pink World Tour, which is not even over, has become the highest grossing concert tour of a female group.

The quartet kicked off their tour in Seoul in October 2022 and has made US$78.5 million (RM348mil) over 26 shows in 2022, according to Touring Data, which compiles such figures, in its tweet last Friday.

Blackpink broke the record held by British girl group Spice Girls’ Spice World – 2019 Tour, which made US$78.2mil (RM347mil) over 13 sold-out shows.

American girl group TLC’s FanMail Tour (1999 to 2000) is now in third place, while American R&B group Destiny’s Child’s Destiny Fulfilled... And Lovin’ It (2005) is down to fourth.

Blackpink interrupted their world tour to perform at Coachella on April 15 and 22, becoming the first Asian and all-female band to headline the music festival.

Their record-breaking ticket sale tally has not taken into account the 16 concerts so far in 2023, and there are also still 19 more shows in the coming months.

These include two shows in Singapore in May at the National Stadium, as well as concerts at massive venues in Las Vegas, New Jersey, Los Angeles and San Francisco. – The Straits Times/Asia News Network