Beyoncé has set several new records after wrapping her wildly successful Cowboy Carter tour, which now holds the distinction of being the highest-grossing country tour ever.
The 32-show run tour grossed a whopping $407.6 million with 1.6 million tickets sold, according to Billboard Boxscore. (Boxscore has been collecting touring data and figures from various industry sources — artists, venues, promoters — for almost 40 years.)
Additionally, Pollstar, the trade publication for the concert industry, credited the Cowboy Carter Tour with making over $400 million, a feat that no other country tour has ever achieved. They also noted Beyoncé is the first American artist to have two separate tours gross over $400 million, with her 2023 Renaissance trek amassing $579 million across 56 shows.
That the Cowboy Carter trek made as much as it did with 24 fewer shows is another remarkable feat. It’s now the shortest tour ever to reach $400 million in gross, per Boxscore, with its closest competitors lagging far behind. Those include the Renaissance run (56 dates), The Rolling Stones’ 2017 – 2021 No Filter Tour (58 dates), and Metallica’s ongoing M72 World Tour (60 so far).
After her comparatively lengthy Renaissance tour — which was also her first headlining run since the 2016 Formation World Tour — Beyoncé took a slightly different approach with the Cowboy Carter, scheduling more shows in fewer locations. In total, she played just nine cities, but her itinerary included five nights in Los Angeles and the New York City area, as well as six gigs in London. She wrapped the run this month with a four-night stand in Atlanta, followed by two nights in Las Vegas.
While Cowboy Carter was, of course, the focus of the tour, the setlist featured highlights from throughout Beyoncé’s career, as well as nightly cameos from her children, Blue Ivy and Rumi. During Beyoncé’s June 19 show in Paris, she welcomed Miley Cyrus onstage for the live premiere of “II Most Wanted.” And at the tour finale in Vegas, there were appearances from Jay-Z and Shaboozey, as well as a Destiny’s Child reunion.
The end of the Cowboy Carter tour likely marks the conclusion of the second act of Beyoncé’s planned album trilogy, which began with Renaissance. On top of the wildly successful tour, Cowboy Carter also marked a major musical milestone for Beyoncé as she finally won the Grammy for Album of the Year.
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