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Shakira is in No. 1 of the Top Tours of Billboard For March, taking up the leadership after dominating in February. Last month he headed the list with 32.9 million dollars, but in the most recent update he doubled his profits. According to the data reported to Billboard Boxscore, their world tour of women no longer cried raised $ 70.6 million in 11 shows reported. That is more than any artist has generated in a month of March since this list was launched in 2019.

Monthly income is usually fired during the summer, when good weather allows stadium shows in the United States and Europe. With most artists limited to sand closed in autumn, winter and spring, the Latin roots of Shakira promoted an impressive stadium tour in Central America, South America and Mexico. It surpasses Bad Bunny in March 2024, Coldplay in 2023, Bad Bunny again in 2022, the backstreet boys in 2020 and p! Nk in 2019. (There was no ranking in March 2021 due to COVID-19).

Mexico was the scenario of the Shakira shows in March, with presentations in Monterrey and Guadalajara before completing in Mexico City. There, the Colombian superstar offered seven concerts at the GNP Seguros stadium from March 19 to 30, raising 46.6 million dollars with 396,000 tickets sold. These shows occupied No. 1 in the Top Boxscore list, far tripling the profits of No. 2.

Shakira’s seven concerts in Mexico City marked a record in the enclosure, exceeding six nights of RBD (2023), the five of Daddy Yankee (2022) and the four of Taylor Swift (2023). But the demand was so impressive that it announced four additional dates in the same stadium for August, taking its total to 11 shows.

The concerts at the GNP Seguros stadium alone would have assured Shakira No. 1 on the Top Tours list, but its agenda also included two shows in Monterrey (12.5 million dollars; 88,200 tickets) and two more in Guadalajara (11.5 million dollars; 70,300 tickets).

Including the first concerts of the tour in February and the additional dates of April, the world tour women no longer cry has raised a total reported of 111 million dollars and sold 910,000 tickets in Latin America. Shakira will resume his tour in Charlotte, North Carolina, on May 13 to start a 23 shows in the United States and Canada. Then, he will return to Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Peru for 18 more dates until November.

Just as Shakira was No. 1 in February and surpassed herself in March, Tyler, The Creator remains in No. 2 for the second consecutive month, with even greater figures. This month, Tyler generated 36.2 million dollars and sold 221,000 tickets, an increase of 25% and 17%, respectively, compared to last month. It is the first time in three years that two artists repeat in the first two positions in consecutive months, when Bad Bunny and Elton John occupied places 1 and 2, respectively, in February and March of 2022.

Three years after leading Boxscore lists with his six BTS partners, J-Hope occupies the number 3 on the Top Tours list with his first solo shows. Throughout 10 dates in March, he raised $ 26.6 million and sold 149,000 tickets. After three concerts in his hometown, Seoul, he took his tour to North America. Like Shakira, his highest point in March was in Mexico City, with a double date at the Sports Palace on March 22 and 23, generating 6.1 million dollars.

Tomorrow X Together and NCT 127 represent the K-Pop in other places, with revenues of 10.6 million and 7 million dollars, respectively.

Dead & Company continues in No. 4, while the Eagles occupy No. 7. Both acts of classic rock offered shows in the Sphere de Las Vegas. As has become common in the last year and a half, this sand in the city of sin occupies No. 1 on the Top Venues list (capacity of more than 15,001 people), combining the dates of both bands, in addition to two presentations of Anyma, for a total of 45.4 million dollars and 195,000 tickets sold.

Country music has its roots in the United States and, historically, it has had difficulty exporting internationally. That is why it is a pleasant surprise that this month the Country tours list in the Rankings includes Jelly Roll in Canada, Chris Stapleton in Australia and New Zealand, and the C2C C2C Festival Country To Country in the United Kingdom.

Shakira and J-Hope gave the Mexican promoter Ocesa some of his greatest successes during March. But they also stand out in the Top 10 of the Top Boxscores list with two festivals. Vive Latino in Mexico City raised $ 14.2 million and sold $ 146,000 in the middle of the month, while the Picnic Stereo Festival in Bogotá generated 10.1 million dollars in the last days of March. In total, OCESA raised 140 million dollars and sold 1.3 million tickets.