BTS Arirang Tour Surpasses 600 Billion Won in Cumulative Revenue, Breaking Own Record

Group BTS has broken its own record by achieving a cumulative revenue of approximately 600 billion won with its new world tour "ARIRANG".

According to U.S. music media outlet Billboard on the 27th (local time), BTS generated 102.5 million dollars (approx. 141.5 billion won) from the "ARIRANG" tour last month.

With this, BTS ranked second on Billboard's "Top Tours" chart for July, following global star The Weeknd, who recorded 124.4 million dollars (approx. 171.7 billion won) during the same month.

Their agency, Big Hit Music, explained, "BTS held 8 concerts while The Weeknd held 16 concerts during the single month of July," adding, "BTS achieved a similar revenue to The Weeknd with only half the number of performances."

Billboard also introduced BTS as the third artist in history, following Beyoncé and Bad Bunny, to surpass 100 million dollars in monthly revenue across multiple months.

All of the concerts held by BTS last month ranked within the top 10 of the "Top Boxscores" chart.

Their performances at the Stade de France in Paris, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, Allianz Arena in Munich, and King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels ranked 3rd and 5th to 7th, respectively.

In Paris alone, BTS mobilized a total of 185,000 concertgoers and generated 30.6 million dollars (approx. 42.2 billion won) in ticket sales.

According to Billboard's analysis, as of the 11th of this month, BTS held 38 shows for the "ARIRANG" tour, generating 433.2 million dollars (approx. 598 billion won) in revenue and selling 2.3 million tickets.

This surpasses the group's previous best record of 213.9 million dollars (approx. 295.3 billion won) set by the "LOVE YOURSELF" tour.

Big Hit Music projected, "Considering that the 'ARIRANG' tour is scheduled to continue until the first half of next year, the revenue and performance will vastly exceed past records."

BTS will continue the momentum of their tour at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, USA, on September 1–2 and 5–6.

(Photo provided by Big Hit Music, Yonhap News)
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