The TOP 10 Highest-Grossing K-Pop Tours Of All Time

We recently wrote about the 13 K-Pop tours in 2023 that made enough total revenue to make it into Pollstar’s top 300 highest-grossing tours of the past year. While there have been several tours in the last couple of years that have made record-breaking sales, however, there have actually been plenty of tours in the past decade or even longer that are among the highest-grossing K-Pop tours ever! These are the top 10, which range from 2009 until just this last year.

10. Permission To Dance On Stage Tour by BTS

Year(s): 2021-2022

Number of shows: 11

Attendance number: 458,145

Average tickets sold per show: 41,649

Average ticket price: $164 USD

Total revenue: $75,138,456 USD

9. Ready To Be Tour by TWICE

Year(s): 2023

Number of shows: 28 (out of 49, still counting)

Attendance number: 596,956

Average tickets sold per show: 21,320

Average ticket price: $132 USD

Total revenue: $78,954,813 USD

8. The Wings Tour by BTS

Year(s): 2017

Number of shows: 40

Attendance number: ~550,000

Average tickets sold per show: 13,750

Average ticket price: $156 USD

Total revenue: ~$86,000,000 USD

7. Alive Galaxy Tour by BIGBANG

Year(s): 2012-2013

Number of shows: 48

Attendance number: 767,287

Average tickets sold per show: 15,985

Average ticket price: $121 USD

Total revenue: $92,770,023 USD

6. The Secret Code: 4th Live Tour by TVXQ

Year(s): 2009

Number of shows: 26

Attendance number: ~550,000

Average tickets sold per show: 21,154

Average ticket price: $169 USD

Total revenue: ~$93,200,000 USD

5. 0.TO.10 Tour by BIGBANG

Year(s): 2016-2017

Number of shows: 24

Attendance number: 1,009,000

Average tickets sold per show: 42,042

Average ticket price: $104 USD

Total revenue: $104,517,716 USD

4. Time: Live Tour by TVXQ

Year(s): 2013

Number of shows: 18

Attendance number: ~890,000

Average tickets sold per show: 49,444

Average ticket price: $124 USD

Total revenue: ~$110,000,000 USD

3. MADE Tour by BIGBANG

Year(s): 2015-2016

Number of shows: 66

Attendance number: 1,321,096

Average tickets sold per show: 20,017

Average ticket price: $111 USD

Total revenue: $147,192,512 USD

2. Love Yourself: Speak Yourself Tour by BTS

Year(s): 2018-2019

Number of shows: 62

Attendance number: 1,930,642

Average tickets sold per show: 31,139

Average ticket price: $128 USD

Total revenue: $246,512,484 USD

1. BORN PINK Tour by BLACKPINK

Year(s): 2022-2023

Number of shows: 61 (out of 66, still counting)

Attendance number: 1,578,618

Average tickets sold per show: 25,879

Average ticket price: $178 USD

Total revenue: $281,033,955 USD