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
