SEVENTEEN Reaches Third-Highest Rank Among K-Pop Acts on Billboard’s Tour Chart

SEVENTEEN secured the third-highest position among K-Pop artists on Billboard’s 2025 first-half tour chart. Over the six-month period from October 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025, the group generated $120.9 million in revenue, placing them between Shakira, who ranked second with $130 million, and the Eagles, who finished fourth with $112.2 million. By selling 842,000 tickets, they once again demonstrated their strength as a global touring act. This ranking represents the highest position ever achieved by a Korean artist. Previously, BTS had held the record with a fourth-place finish in 2022. BTS reached third place on the 2019 year-end chart but was not included in the first-half chart that year due to insufficient performance counts. SEVENTEEN’s upward trajectory is evident, as their revenue more than doubled from $30 million in the first half of 2023 to $175 million in 2024, and they further broke their own record with $120.9 million in the first half of this year. This growth also contributed to the expansion of the overall K-Pop tour market. In the first half of this year, five K-Pop artists made it into Billboard’s top 50 tour chart, up from three in 2023 and two in 2022. The threshold for entering the top five K-Pop artists rose to $25.1 million, compared to $3.1 million during the same period last year—a more than eightfold increase in just one year. Following SEVENTEEN, ATEEZ and J-Hope (BTS) occupied second and third places in the K-Pop category, respectively, with revenue of over $28 million each. This marked J-Hope’s first appearance on the first-half overall tour chart as a K-Pop solo artist. During the six-month tracking period, SEVENTEEN conducted arena and stadium tours worldwide, including in Asia, Europe, Mexico, and the United States. The top five K-Pop artists combined generated $228 million in revenue and sold 1.6 million tickets, representing a 79% increase compared to the same period last year (2024). Since 2024’s figures were already a 93% rise from 2023, the K-Pop global tour market has grown by more than three times over just two years. Additionally, SEVENTEEN was named the world’s best-selling group in the 2024 International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) report. On an annual basis, they ranked third behind Taylor Swift and Drake, surpassing top American artists such as Billie Eilish, The Weeknd, and Kendrick Lamar. Even just their Follow Tour in Asia during 2023–2024 generated $98.4 million in revenue, making it the most successful K-Pop tour to date.