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Who made the most money from tours in 2022? Here is the Top 10
Every year, Billboard publishes the ranking regarding the singers and band who earned the most from the tours held during the year.
There is no shortage of surprises in the ranking, and the data extrapolated from the Billboard list make us realize that after the difficult years of the pandemic, the desire to return to live music was very high.
Here are what the "richest tours of 2022" were: in the ranking you will also find the number of tour dates and the number of total spectators in attendance. Here is Top 10.
The most profitable tours of 2022
Every year, Billboard publishes a ranking of the singers and band who earned the most from the tour held during the year. There is no shortage of surprises in the rankings, and the data extrapolated from the Billboard list make us realize that, after the difficult years of the pandemic, the desire to return to live music was very high. Here are what the "richest" tours of 2022 were: in the ranking you will also find the number of tour dates and the number of total spectators in attendance. Here is Top 10.
10) The Weeknd ($131 million box office)
In tenth position is The Weeknd: in 2022 the Canadian singer performed 19 times, totaling about 905,000 total viewers at his shows.
9) Kenny Chesney ($135 million box office)
Ninth place for country music star Kenny Chesney, whose 2022 tour has scheduled 41 stops and and nearly 1.3 million total viewers.
8) Def Leppard & Mötley Crüe ($173.5 million box office)
A memorable tour starring the British Def Leppard and the U.S. Mötley Crüe, a tour that included 35 stops: about 1.3 million spectators attended these concerts, who certainly did not get bored for a moment during the concert.
7) RHCP ($177 million box office)
Anthony Kiedis and companions toured 31 times in 2022, with nearly 1.5 million fans in attendance during their live.
6) The Rolling Stones ($179 million box office)
The Stones have no intention of stopping, and soon we will have new news about their next unreleased album, which is reportedly currently in the mixing stage. Jagger and co. performed on 20 occasions in 2022, with nearly 950,000 paying spectators.
5) Coldplay ($208 million box office)
The Coldplay are not stopping and will be around the world again in 2023 with their Music of the Spheres World Tour. Last year there were 40 live dates, with a total of more than 2.2 million spectators.
4) Harry Styles ($214.5 million box office)
The year 2022 was a memorable one for Harry Styles between unreleased albums, digital sales, Grammy Awards and even concerts: in 2022 the former One Direction member headlined a 71-stop tour with 1.4 million people in attendance.
3) Ed Sheeran ($246 million box office)
Ed Sheeran ranks third in total box office in 2022, but he takes the gold medal in total audience attendance: in fact, he was the only singer able to exceed 3 million people in attendance in his 63-date tour.
2) Elton John ($334.5 million box office)
There were 84 live performances by Elton John in 2022, earning him second place on the list of most profitable tours last year: more than 2 million people attended the British singer-songwriter's concerts.
1) Bad Bunny ($373.5 million box office)
Bad Bunny's 65-stop tour was the one that produced the most revenue in 2022. Lots of fans also flocked to the Puerto Rican rapper's concerts: about 1.8 million.
Rankings
25/04/2024
The well-known US magazine Rolling Stone in 2021 has updated the list of the 500 most beautiful songs of all time.
The ranking was first published on December 11, 2003 and was compiled by a jury chosen by the editorial staff, composed of 172 musicians, music critics and experts in the recording industry. Subsequently, the ranking was changed twice: the first in 2010, the second in 2021, when 254 songs that were previously not present were added.
Obviously, there is nothing more subjective than music: these songs are considered the best according to the criteria defined by Rolling Stonemagazine, but each of us has his own personal ranking of the best songs ever. Here, however, is the Top 20 of Rolling Stone.
Rankings
23/04/2024
In 2008, 'Rolling Stone' compiled a list of the 100 best singers of all time.
This ranking was compiled 15 years ago by 180 people, including several musicians (e.g. Bruce Springsteen, Rod Stewart, Justin Timberlake, George Michael, Keith Richards), journalists and music experts.
On 1 January 2023, however, 'Rolling Stone' published an update of the ranking that revolutionised the list, especially with regard to the Top Ten. As the well-known US magazine was keen to point out, this ranking does not only take into account technical and vocal abilities (it is not a list of the best voices of all time), but also the originality of the vocal timbre, the record catalogue, the writing ability and the musical legacy of the singers in question. Here are the top 20 positions.