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African artiste Burna Boy achieves highest-grossing tour record

David Akinyemi
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Burna Boy, a.k.a. Grammy-winning Nigerian singer Damini Ogulu, has broken the record for the highest-grossing African artist tour.
He accomplished this when his “I Told Them” tour brought in $15.5 million from 15 performances, with the earnings from six additional shows still pending.

Touring Data, an American tour data organisation, revealed this information on X on Thursday through a series of posts.

In addition, Burna Boy broke his own record in Boston’s TD Garden on March 7, 2024, by earning $1.725 million at Capital One Arena in Washington, the highest-grossing arena show by an African musician in the United States.

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With an average ticket price of $172.76, his March 12 performance at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood became the most expensive concert by an African musician in history.

His six-show Canadian tour brought in $5.7 million, the most ever for an African artist.

“I informed them…,” Burnaboy @

$15,469,395 in revenue (average of $1,031,293)
Tickets Sold: 156,646 (10,443 on average)
Touring Data tweeted, “$98.75 Average Price 15/21 Reported Shows.”

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