BTS Surpasses Beyonce as 'ARIRANG' Becomes 2026's Top-Grossing Tour With $465.8M
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Seon-woo = Group BTS's world tour 'ARIRANG' ranked first in cumulative global tour revenue for the third quarter...
[OSEN=Choi Yi-jeong] Group BTS's world tour has once again rewritten K-pop history by ranking first in cumulative global tour revenue for the third quarter of this year. According to cumulative ticket sales by tour covering the period from November 13, 2025, to August 12, 2026, released on the 22nd (local time) by Pollstar, a U.S. media outlet specializing in the performing arts industry, BTS's 'B', which kicked off last April,
BTS has just reached another major milestone in their career as their ARIRANG World Tour became the highest-grossing tour in the world.
BTS is leading the global tour revenue charts for 2026 with their 'ARIRANG' tour, grossing approximately $465.8 million. This achievement surpasses Beyoncé's $407.6 million 'Cowboy Carter Tour' from last year, All Kpop reported on September 24.
BTS's world tour box office has broken records again! Since officially launching their "BTS WORLD TOUR ARIRANG" world tour in April, according to third-quarter global tour box office data released by the US concert industry media Pollstar, BTS's 38 shows attracted 2,314,140 attendees, generating an astonishing $465.8 million (approximately NT$14.8 billion). This surpasses Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter Tour," projected to be number one in 2025 with $4…
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