By Chelsea Isa
Grammy-winning Nigerian music superstar Burna Boy has set a new record as the
first African artist to gross the highest revenue from a single concert.
According to Touring Data, a global tour monitoring platform, on X (formally
Twitter), @burnaboy’s “No Sign of Weakness” is officially the highest-grossing
tour by an African artist in Oceania’s history, with $3.1 million from 31,000 tickets
sold across 4 shows.”
He reached the milestone during the Sydney stop of his recent ‘No Sign Of
Weakness’, which took place at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia,
generating $1.117 million in revenue.
The ‘No sign of Weakness’ tour was held across 20 shows in three continents,
including North America, Europe and Oceania.
During the Oceania leg of the tour, four shows in Australia sold about 30,946
tickets and generated $3.1 million in total revenue.
This milestone has further proven that African artists can sell out large arenas
outside Africa as the “On The Low”crooner’s global tours are now among the
highest-earning tours by African artists
