{"id":180723,"date":"2025-12-12T11:19:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T11:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/180723\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T11:19:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T11:19:14","slug":"beyonce-shakira-mccartney-race-to-top-of-year-end-boxscore-charts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/180723\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyonce, Shakira, McCartney Race to Top of Year-End Boxscore Charts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIt\u2019s mid-December, which means Billboard is recapping the biggest artists, albums, songs, and tours of the year. Full year-end charts published Tuesday (Dec. 9), so now we dig deeper into the highest grossing tours of 2025, week by week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBased on reported shows between Oct. 1, 2024, and Sept. 30, 2025, worldwide, the year-end race kicked off in a tight heat. By Oct. 5, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/paul-mccartney\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paul McCartney<\/a> was less than 0.01% ahead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/pink\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">P!nk<\/a>, both at $14.8 million. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/bruno-mars\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bruno Mars<\/a> was not far behind at $14.1 million in the first five days of the tracking period.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rock\/gorillaz-the-mountain-new-release-damascus-1236132083\/\" class=\"c-lazy-image__link lrv-a-unstyle-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/gorillaz-the-mountain-1548.jpg\" alt=\"Gorillaz\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThose three acts traded spots around the chart\u2019s upper tier for a month and a half, with Mars extending his lead each week, grossing $85 million by Nov. 5 from 14 shows in Brazil. On the other side of the globe, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/coldplay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Coldplay<\/a> took over for three weeks, barely surpassing Mars with $85.5 million in Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWatch the year\u2019s biggest tours, from Oct. 1, 2024, to Sept. 30, 2025 below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAs 2024 turned over, McCartney was back on top, having wrapped his fall tour across Europe and Latin America. And then Coldplay quickly regained the lead with record-breaking shows in India in January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tColdplay held the top spot from mid-January through mid-June, but there was plenty of movement underneath them. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/seventeen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SEVENTEEN<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/shakira\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shakira<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/kendrick-lamar\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kendrick Lamar<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/sza\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SZA<\/a> all took turns in the runner-up slot, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/aventura\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aventura<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/eagles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eagles<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/usher\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Usher<\/a> circled the summit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBut as summer officially kicked off, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/beyonce\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Beyonc\u00e9<\/a> roared to the top. Cowboy Carter Tour grossed more than $400 million during its 32-show run, becoming the year\u2019s biggest tour, so far, before the end of June. At one point in July, she extended her lead over Lamar and SZA by nearly $90 million, doubling the gross of anyone outside the top five.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tQueen Bey wrapped Cowboy Carter Tour on July 27, but the rest of the year\u2019s biggest tours continued. Lamar and SZA finished their European leg on Aug. 9, Coldplay and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/the-weeknd\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Weeknd<\/a> played through early September, and Shakira returned to Mexico City on Sept. 18. So which one ended the year at No. 1? Watch the video, embedded above, to find out!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubpass.co\/billboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2HpFicp.png\" alt=\"Billboard VIP Pass\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s mid-December, which means Billboard is recapping the biggest artists, albums, songs, and tours of the year. 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