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Madonna has broken her own record (2006 Confessions Tour) as the biggest solo artist and female tour ever with Sticky and Sweet 2008. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/yearend/2008/charts/top25-tours.shtml
"With the completion of Madonna's final show in Sao Paulo Brazil last evening - one of eleven record-breaking performances in South America - the 'Material Girl's''Sticky & Sweet' Tour reigns supreme by becoming the Number One Largest Grossing Tour in history by a solo artist, it was confirmed today by Live Nation, the tour's international producer. Her 58 shows in Europe, the US, Canada, Mexico and South America played for a staggering 2,350,282 million fans and sold over (USD)280,000,000 in tickets".
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ViviMADONNA'S 'STICKY & SWEET TOUR: #1 GROSSING TOUR IN HISTORY FOR SOLO FEMALE ARTIST
The Queen of Pop more than lives up to her name, as her tour becomes the most successful tour ever by a solo artist. After playing 85 shows since its launch in August 2008, Madonna's "Sticky & Sweet" has drawn more than 3.5 million fans in 32 countries and has grossed $408 million, it was announced today by Live Nation, the tour's global producer. "Sticky & Sweet" is also the second highest grossing tour of all time. Only behind Rolling Stones' Bigger Bang tour of 2005-2007 that grossed a total of $558 million.
Madonna set an attendance record for the biggest crowds in history in Zurich, Switzerland, where she drew the largest audience ever assembled for a show in that country (72,000). Her Gothenburg, Sweden show, seen by 119,000 fans, broke the record for highest grossing multiple shows in the country's history. In Helsinki, Finland, "Sticky & Sweet" sold more than 85,000 tickets, making it the biggest single show by an artist in history for all of Scandinavia. In London, she performed in front of 74,000 fans with over 12 million dollars in ticket sales, Madonna surpassed all previous records at both the old and new Wembley Stadiums. In New York City, Madonna's four sell-outs at Madison Square Garden shows added up to a record breaking 23 sold out performances since 2001 at that venue - a record for most appearances for a single artist in this decade. Other highlights on the tour included stops in Buenos Aires, Argentina (256,000), Santiago, Chile (146,000), Sao Paulo, Brazil (203,000), Tallinn, Estonia (72,000), Warsaw, Poland (79,000), Bucharest, Romania (69,000), and Sofia, Bulgaria (54,000).
"With 'Sticky & Sweet' Madonna has proven yet again that there is virtually no limit to what she can accomplish both creatively and commercially," said Arthur Fogel, Live Nation's Chairman of Global Music and CEO of Global Touring.
"She is absolutely one of the great performers of all time," says Arthur Fogel, Chairman of Global Music and CEO of Global Touring for Live Nation, producer of Madona's tours. "That this tour will take its place as the second highest grossing tour in the history of our business says it all."
"Sticky & Sweet" broke Madonna's previous record of most successful tour by a solo artist with her 2006 Confessions Tour, which grossed $194 million.
The 2008-2009 tour was the first under Madonna's $120 million, 10-year multi-rights deal with Live Nation.
http://www.billboard.com/events/mado...04008911.story
1) 144 shows: The Rolling Stones, Bigger Bang Tour (2005/07) - $558 million.
2) 85 shows: Madonna, Sticky & Sweet Tour (2008/9) - $408 million
3) 133 shows: U2, Vertigo Tour (2008/06) - $389 million.
4) 151 shows: The Police, Reunion tour (2007/08) - $350 million.
5) 128 shows: The Rolling Stones, Voodoo Lounge tour (1994/95) - 320 million.
6) 121 shows: The Rolling Stones, Licks tour (2002/03) - $312 million.
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