10 Highest Earning K-Pop Tours in 2023 According to Billboard, Including BLACKPINK, Suga BTS, and SEVENTEEN

Kapanlagi.com - 2023 is the year where many K-Pop concerts are held. Not only in Indonesia, but many K-Pop concerts also take place worldwide. These concert tours undoubtedly generate fantastic revenue.

American music chart, Billboard, has released the concert revenue of artists who held tours in 2023, including K-Pop artists. This list is released alongside Billboard's overall year-end Boxscore, which ranks the top tours in 2023 for artists from all genres and countries. The concert period calculated is from November 1, 2022, to September 30, 2023.

Among the top 100 international artists with the highest tour revenue, Billboard also released the top 10 highest earning K-Pop artists throughout 2023. Who are they? Here is the list of K-Pop concerts that generated the highest revenue according to Billboard!

1. BLACKPINK

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This girl group held a tour titled BLACKPINK's Born Pink World Tour from October 15, 2022, to September 16, 2023. The concert was successful and became the highest-grossing K-Pop concert throughout 2023.

Billboard released that BLACKPINK's Born Pink World Tour sold 703,000 copies with 29 shows. It's no wonder that BLACKPINK's concert was able to generate a gross revenue of 148.3 million USD or equivalent to 2.295 trillion Indonesian rupiah.

2. Suga BTS

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Suga, a soloist and rapper from the BTS group, ranks second as the highest-grossing K-Pop tour throughout 2023. His solo concert titled SUGA | Agust D Tour took place from April 26 to August 6, 2023.

Suga's first worldwide tour successfully sold 318,000 tickets with 26 shows abroad, including Indonesia. The tour then generated a gross revenue of 57.1 million USD or equivalent to 883.927 billion Indonesian rupiah.

3. TWICE

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Girl group under JYP Entertainment is in third position as the highest-grossing tour in 2023. The concert titled TWICE 5TH WORLD TOUR READY TO BE is still ongoing since April 15, 2023. The group will also visit Indonesia on December 23, 2023.

In this concert, TWICE has held at least 18 shows with a total of 345,000 tickets sold. So far, the concert has grossed a revenue of 54.2 million USD or equivalent to 839.287 billion Indonesian rupiah.

4. TXT

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In fourth place, there is a concert by TXT titled TOMORROW X TOGETHER WORLD TOUR ACT: SWEET MIRAGE. This concert took place from March 25, 2023, and ended on December 2, 2023.

This concert managed to sell 379 tickets with a total of 27 shows overseas. With these performances, the TXT 2023 tour has grossed a revenue of 46.8 million USD or equivalent to 724.487 billion Indonesian rupiah.

5. SEVENTEEN

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SEVENTEEN ranks in the top 5 as the highest-grossing K-pop concert of 2023. S.Coups and the others are currently holding a tour titled SEVENTEEN WORLD TOUR FOLLOW, which started on July 21, 2023.

During the tour, they have performed 12 shows abroad, with a total of 440,000 tickets sold. With these numbers, SEVENTEEN has earned a gross income of 43.3 million USD or equivalent to 670.545 billion Indonesian rupiah.

6. ENHYPEN

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In sixth place, there is the group ENHYPEN who is currently conducting their 2023 world tour titled ENHYPEN WORLD TOUR FATE. This tour started on July 29, 2023.

Still ongoing, ENHYPEN's tour has sold 336,000 tickets with a total of 19 shows abroad. With these performances, ENHYPEN has earned a gross income of 33 million USD or equivalent to 511.038 billion Indonesian rupiah.

7. STRAY KIDS

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Next, in seventh place is STRAY KIDS with their concert titled STRAY KIDS 5-STAR DOME TOUR 2023. The concert, held in Japan and Korea, started on August 16, 2023, and ended on October 29, 2023.

The STRAY KIDS Japan Tour successfully sold 114,000 tickets with a total of 8 shows. From this tour, STRAY KIDS achieved a gross revenue of 16.1 million USD or equivalent to 249.466 billion rupiah.

8. ATEEZ

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At the eighth position, there is the boy group ATEEZ who held a tour in 2023 titled ATEEZ WORLD TOUR THE FELLOWSHIP: BREAK THE WALL Asia Tour. This tour is currently ongoing, starting from July 8, 2023.

ATEEZ successfully sold 103,000 tickets for 10 shows covering Asian countries as well as countries in Central and South America. From this tour, ATEEZ achieved a gross revenue of 13.9 million dollars or equivalent to 215.347 billion rupiah.

9. LE SSERAFIM

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In addition to BLACKPINK and TWICE, LE SSERAFIM successfully ranked 9th in the top 10 K-Pop tours with the highest revenue in 2023. The concert titled 202 LE SSERAFIM TOUR FLAME RISES is still ongoing, starting from August 12, 2023.

During the tour, they have sold a total of 77,500 tickets for 9 shows in Asian countries. From this tour, LE SSERAFIM managed to generate a gross revenue of 7.9 million USD or equivalent to 122.4 billion rupiah.

10. NCT DREAM

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At 10th place, there is a tour by the boy band produced by SM Entertainment, NCT DREAM. In the tour titled NCT DREAM WORLD TOUR THE DREAM SHOW, NCT DREAM held concerts in many countries. The calculation of concert revenue started after the Seoul encore, which began with 4 tours in Latin American countries. The 4-country tour took place from July 4 to July 11, 2023.

In the 4 Latin American tours, NCT DREAM managed to sell 36,900 tickets for 4 shows. Therefore, the gross revenue obtained was 7 million USD or equivalent to 122.386 billion rupiah.

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