HYBE Ranks No.5 on Billboard’s Top Promoters By Recording $188 Million In 2023 Concert Tour Sales
The global tour sales of BTS and SEVENTEEN’s agency HYBE exceeded 188 million USD in 2023
According to HYBE, Billboard recently published a report on “The Year In Touring 2023” that compiled data on artists’ world tours from November 1st, 2022 to September 30th, 2023.
HYBE reportedly ranked 5th place on Billboard’s Top Promoters chart with a total global tour sales of 188.1 million USD (about 250 billion won). In addition, HYBE is the only Korean entertainment company to enter TOP 10.
HYBE singers performed a total of 93 shows around the world within the past year and attracted 1.6 million audiences. The average number of audiences per show was 17,000 and the average sales per show was 2.68 billion won.
In terms of sales, BTS’s Suga ranked 37th, TOMORROW X TOGETHER ranked 54th, SEVENTEEN ranked 58th, and ENHYPEN ranked 81st. In particular, Suga’s tour reportedly recorded 57.1 million dollars in revenue.
In Top K-Pop Tours category, five HYBE artists were listed in the TOP 10, with Suga ranking second. The top spot on the Top K-Pop Tours ranking was YG’s BLACKPINK. The group also ranked 10th on the Top Tours category with $148.3 million in revenue.
In addition, BTS Jungkook’s “Seven” is the fourth most streamed song of the year on Spotify, the world’s largest music streaming service. In the video platform TikTok’s “2023 Most Watched Artists” ranking, BTS (4th), ENHYPEN (6th), LE SSERAFIM (8th), and NewJeans (9th) were listed in the top 10.
Source: Daum
