Britney's Piece of Me was one of Europe's top arena tours + Taylor Swift, Shakira and Katy Perry

March 19th, 2019, 09:18 pm

Britney's Piece of Me was one of Europe's top arena tours + Taylor Swift, Shakira and Katy Perry

UPDATE: @britneyspears grossed $1,830,000 on 18,974 tickets at Tower Headland, Blackpool. It is her highest grossing and most attended UK concert.

The 'Piece of Me Tour' European dates grossed a total of $20,556,121 and sold 215,365 tickets in 16 shows.
— Box Office Tours (@boxofficetours) March 18, 2019

Britney may be on a break currently but the accolades keep comin' in. Her summer tour was one of the most popular shows both in mainland Europe and the UK, pocketing more than 20 million dollars from 16 shows. It was a good year for female pop stars in general with Kylie Minogue, Shakira, and frenemies Katy Perry and Taylor Swift nabbing top spots in boxscores.

2018 UK TOP ARENA-TOURS:

1⃣ @ArcticMonkeys' 'Tranquility + Casino' ($16.6 million)
2⃣ @U2's 'Experience + Innocence' ($12.7 million)
3⃣ @KylieMinogue's 'Golden' ($11.2 million)
4⃣ @SamSmith's 'The Thrill of it All' ($11 million)
5⃣ @BritneySpears' 'Piece of Me' ($10.4 million) pic.twitter.com/XfrDh7NMVO
— Box Office Tours (@boxofficetours) February 28, 2019

2018 TOP 5 FEMALE BOXSCORES | @ManchesterArena, Manchester:

1⃣ @BritneySpears - $1,518,932 (1 show)
2⃣ @ShaniaTwain - $1,425,280 (1 show)
3⃣ @KylieMinogue - $998,705 (1 show)
4⃣ @KatyPerry - $860,252 (1 show)
5⃣ @Flo_tweet - $811,272 (1 show) pic.twitter.com/gOG7qp5y9j
— Box Office Tours (@boxofficetours) March 2, 2019

2018 GERMANY TOP 5 FEMALE TOURS:

1⃣ @_Helene_Fischer - $68.5 million (43 shows)
2⃣ @Shakira - $2.8 million (3 shows)
3⃣ @BritneySpears - $2.2 million (2 shows)
4⃣ @KatyPerry - $2.2 million (2 shows)
5⃣ @ShaniaTwain - $1.6 million (3 shows) pic.twitter.com/Kh4K8FvjXm
— Box Office Tours (@boxofficetours) March 3, 2019

2018 EUROPE TOP FEMALE ARENA TOURS:

1. @Shakira ($22.5 million)
2. @KatyPerry ($20.8 million)
3. @BritneySpears ($20.2 million)
4. @ShaniaTwain ($15 million)
5. @KylieMinogue ($13.8 million)
— Box Office Tours (@boxofficetours) March 6, 2019

2018 EUROPE TOP FEMALE AVERAGE GROSS (ARENAS):

1. @BritneySpears ($1.263 million)
2. @LadyGaga ($1.140 million)
3. @Shakira ($1.125 million)
4. @KatyPerry ($0.990 million)
5. @ShaniaTwain ($0.833 million)
— Box Office Tours (@boxofficetours) March 6, 2019

And if we take stadium shows into account the box office tally looks like this...

2018 EUROPE TOP FEMALE TOURS:

1. @_Helene_Fischer ($80 million)
2. @TaylorSwift13 ($27 million)
3. @Shakira ($22.5 million)
4. @KatyPerry ($20.8 million)
5. @BritneySpears ($20.2 million)
— Box Office Tours (@boxofficetours) March 6, 2019

2018 EUROPE TOP FEMALE AVERAGE GROSS:

1. @TaylorSwift13 ($4.492 million)
2. @_Helene_Fischer ($1.569 million)
3. @BritneySpears ($1.263 million)
4. @LadyGaga ($1.140 million)
5. @Shakira ($1.125 million)
— Box Office Tours (@boxofficetours) March 6, 2019