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September 3, 2024
Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ has broken the Guinness World Record for the highest-grossing music tour.
According to Pollstar, Taylor, 34, has become the first artist to exceed a billion dollars, having earned $1.04 billion (£840 million) for the tour so far, which will wrap after 151 shows in December 2024.
The 33-year-old record-breaker has beaten Sir Elton John’s five-year ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’ farewell tour, which saw the 76-year-old music legend rake in $939 million (£749 million) for 328 shows.
According to the report, Taylor has also made $200 million from merchandise so far.
Taylor who was recently crowned Time magazine’s Person of the Year is Spotify’s most-streamed artist globally in 2023.
Taylor surpassed 26.1 billion streams worldwide since the start of the year, and she was the most-streamed artist in the US and the UK.
‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ was named the biggest-selling album of the year and Taylor broke the Billboard 200 record for the most albums charting at the same time when 10 of her records charted simultaneously.