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BTS & The Weeknd Break Records on Monthly Boxscore Report

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Each act grossed more than $100 million and sold more than 800,000 tickets in August.

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Global K-pop sensation BTS has become the first pop group in the world to surpass $500 million in cumulative ticket sales with its ongoing "Arirang" world tour, Billboard said. The South Korean septet's tour was the seventh by any group to reach the milestone, the U.S. music industry publication said, citing its latest Boxscore figures released Wednesday (U.S. time). "It puts them in unprecedented territory as a pop group, as the other six ensem…

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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BTS has set a record as the first pop group in the world to surpass $500 million in cumulative revenue from their world tour. According to Billboard Boxscore data, this is the only achievement for a pop group, and they also ranked first in monthly revenue for August. With 40 additional performances to come, it is considered highly likely that they will reach the $1 billion mark, equivalent to a final revenue of over 1 trillion won.

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Who Can Beat BTS?

BTS's Arirang world tour surpassed $500 million in sales, becoming the first pop group tour to achieve this feat in Billboard Boxscore history.

·Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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The boy group BTS was the first pop group in the world to break through cumulative world tour sales of 500 million dollars (about 79 billion yen) and rewrote history.

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Billboard broke the news in New York, United States on Wednesday, September 30, 2026.
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