Fans have done some sleuthing and, recently, came up with figures for the best selling Kpop concerts in the U.S. It was not surprising that BTS was at the top of the list, followed by BLACKPINK.
Based on the figures compiled by an online community forum, BTS was miles ahead of the competition with an average of $7,325,620 for three cities and six shows of their Speak Yourself Tour, All Kpop reported. The shows were attended by 299,770 concertgoers.
BLACKPINK was the second bestselling K-Pop act with an average of $1,625,111 per concert. They took their Your Area tour to 5 cities and performed for an average of 10,815 fans for their six shows.
TWICE only performed three shows in three cities for their TWICELIGHTS U.S. Tour but they averaged $1,135,198 as they performed for a crowd of 9,345 per show.
Another JYP Entertainment act, GOT7 did well in their Keep Spinning U.S. leg. They averaged $728,613 per show as they performed in four shows in four cities.
NCT 127, who is doing well in the U.S. charts with their Neo Zone album, landed in fifth place with an average earning of $679,139 per show.
SEVENTEEN's Ode To You averaged $626,748 per show. SM Entertainment's SuperM and Red Velvet also broke through the $400,000 average earnings per show with their U.S. stages.
New figures for U.S. concerts are not yet available because the coronavirus pandemic caused a halt to mass gatherings to prevent the further spread of the virus.
Most of the K-Pop concerts have shifted to the online platform wherein idols perform for a greater number of fans through streaming.
BTS, recently, broke the Guinness Record for the most viewed online concert in the history when their Bang Bang Con: The Live online performance was viewed by 756,000 paying fans from all around the globe. Tickets were sold at an average of 25 to 34 USD.
SuperM also entertained 75,000 fans through Naver's Beyond LIVE streaming platform and netted 2.4 billion KRW or 1.9 million USD for the show last April.
Super Junior also staged a Beyond Live Concert which was viewed by 123,000 fans and earning a revenue of about 4 billion KRW, equivalent to 3,370,000 USD.
NCT 127's foray into an online platform was also met with success as 104,000 viewers paid to see the concert, earning the group a total revenue of 3.4 billion KRW or 2,849,600 USD, Koreaboo reported.
