Burna Boy sets record for highest-grossing tour by African artiste

• Burna Boy has achieved a new milestone.
• The Grammy award winning singer broke the record for highest-grossing tour by an African artiste.
• Burna Boy’s achievement comes after his ‘I Told Them’ tour.

Grammy-award winning Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy has set a new record for the highest-grossing tour by an African artiste.

The 33 year old singer achieved the feat after his ‘I Told Them’ tour grossed $15.5 million from 15 shows, with revenue from six more concerts yet to be reported.

American tour statistics company, Touring Data disclosed this in a series of post shared on its verified account on the microblogging platform X, on Thursday, June 13.

According to its Data, Burna Boy earned the highest-grossing arena-concert by an African artist in the United States with $1.725 million at Capital One Arena in Washington on March 7, 2024, surpassing his own record at TD Garden in Boston.

His concert at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood on March 12, with $172.76 average ticket price, became the most expensive concert by an African artiste in history.

His Canadian Tour grossed $5.7 million from 6 shows, the highest for an African artiste.

Touring Data tweeted;

“I TOLD THEM…, @burnaboy

$15,469,395 Revenue ($1,031,293 avg.)
156,646 Tickets Sold (10,443 avg.)
$98.75 Average Price
15/21 Reported Shows,”

In other news, Colombian singer and songwriter, Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, known mononymously as Shakira, has expressed her love for Afrobeats, while naming her favourite artistes.

Shakira was also quick to express her likeness for Grammy Award winning Nigerian singer Damini Ogulu better known as Burna Boy, as well as rising South African star, Tyla.

Speaking in a recent interview with Rolling Stone, the ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ crooner disclosed that she is a huge fan of African music.

Shakira described her music taste as eclectic, honest and real. She paid emphasis on her love for anything Afrobeats and Burna Boy.