Kanye West’s Yeezus Tour Earns $25 Million in 2013

It was a good year for ‘Yeezus.’ Kanye West‘s tour raked in $25 million in 2013, making it the highest-grossing hip-hop tour of the year.

Billboard shares that the Yeezus tour took in $25,213,875. The top grossing date was New York City’s Madison Square Garden with more than $3 million in sales while Kanye’s most attended show came from Toronto with 31,386 fans for two performances.

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McCartney’s Japanese tour, his first in 11 years, served 252,690 fans in total, according to Billboard. Over 18 dates, West saw 283,241 show-goers.

Behind McCartney and West in ticket sales is Mexico’s Alejandro Fernández, who earned $10.3 million.

Then comes Justin Bieber at No. 4 with $4.3 million; Muse at No. 5 with $2.6 million; Alicia Keys at No. 6 with $2 million; Trans-Siberian Orchestra at No. 7 with $1.45 million; Zac Brown Band at No. 8 with $1.4 million; John Mayer at No. 9 with $970,000; and Hong Kong’s Eason Chan at No. 10 with $830,000.

Canadajournal/Agencies