The final ticket sales for Drake’s It’s All A Blur tour have been tallied, and as expected, they’ve broken the record for the highest-grossing hip-hop tour to date.
According to an Instagram post from Genius, “It’s All A Blur” has grossed $320.5 million after selling out all 80 North American shows.
In addition to the total, the post also shared screenshots of Drake’s ticket sales breakdown at 39 venues along the way. A total of 1.3 million tickets were sold.
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In November, Drake’s It’s All A Blur Tour grossed $129.7 million, leaving just 30 of 72 shows at the time, surpassing Kendrick Lamar’s Big Steppers Tour meeting.
During this tour, some speculated that Drake should choose stadiums, but it looks like the arena strategy is working well for the OVO boss.
The Big Steppers tour began in July 2022 following the release of Kendrick Lamar’s long-awaited fifth album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, and concluded in September of the same year with a total of 73 dates The show sold a total of 929,000 tickets and earned $110.9 million.
In July, the It’s All A Blur tour broke another record, with two shows in Washington, D.C. on July 28 and 29, making him the first rapper to earn more than $5 million from a single concert. Singers in American History.
According to Touring Data, Capital One Arena’s average ticket revenue per concert was $5.032 million, for a two-night total of $10.064 million.
The two consecutive sold-out concerts reportedly attracted 34,303 attendees, with an average ticket price of $293.40.
Those huge numbers mean his July 28 concert in Washington is also the highest-grossing concert of Drake’s career.
Drizzy even mentioned a $5 million bag at one show while performing his 2013 hit “Started From the Bottom” while on tour in Montreal last month, in which he rapped A performance can bring in $500,000.
