Madonna, 65, becomes ONLY woman to have SIX tours gross over $100MIL... joining ... trends now
Madonna has now become the only woman ever to have six tours that grossed over $100 million each at the box office.
The 65-year-old's Celebration Tour, which was delayed because of her life-threatening health crisis last year, turned out to be a thunderous financial triumph.
Her run of 80 live concerts sold 1.1 million tickets to the tune of $225.4 million in revenue, per the tally by Billboard Boxscore.
After opening at the O2 Arena in London last October, the tour whirled around the globe before concluding this past Saturday with a free performance held at the world-renowned Copacabana Beach in Rio De Janeiro.
Besides Madonna, the only other acts to have six tours gross $100 million plus are The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, U2 and The Eagles.
Madonna has become the only woman ever to have six tours gross over $100 million each at the box office; pictured at the final performance of her Celebration Tour last weekend
Her Celebration Tour whirled around the globe before concluding this past Saturday with a free performance held at the world-renowned Copacabana Beach in Rio De Janeiro (pictured)
The only other acts to have six tours gross $100 million plus are The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, U2 and The Eagles; Bruce pictured last year on a tour that surpassed $100 million
Her latest concert run is Madonna's highest-grossing tour since her MDNA Tour sold 2.2 million tickets for a gross of $305.2 million in 2012.
The Material Girl's most lucrative tour of all time was the Sticky & Sweet Tour in 2008 and 2009, which sold 3.5 million tickets for a $407.7 million gross.
In spite of the wear and tear of a grueling seven months on tour, Madonna soldiered through her grand finale with the help of a knee brace.
Her current tour kicked off at the 02 Arena in London this past October after being postponed because of her shocking ICU stay that June.
In November, during at the Accor Arena in Paris, Madonna finally revealed that she suffered lung and kidney failure during her life-threatening health scare.
'I was infected with some bacteria that nobody knows about. And there is a 40% mortality rate,' she said, according to The Sun.
The Celebration Tour was meant to begin in mid-July with a North American leg that would sweep through over 20 cities in the United States and Canada.
