2024 was a historic yr for music excursions, extra particularly feminine rapper excursions. Large-name acts like Nicki Minaj, Doja Cat, Missy Elliott and Megan Thee Stallion took full benefit of the uptick and raked in massive numbers for his or her cross-country jaunts.
Precedent Setting 12 months for Feminine Rappers
4 years after COVID-19 shook up the reside leisure trade, concert events are again thriving. For the primary time ever, a number of feminine rappers rank within the prime 100 of the year-end Prime Tour chart, Billboard studies.
Nicki led the way in which amongst feminine MCs at No. 31, whereas Doja clocked in at No. 61. Missy closed out within the No. 70 spot and Megan earned a No. 76 rating. On the Prime Rap Tour chart, they got here in No. 2, No. 5, No. 6 and No. 7, respectively, with Nicki solely bowing out to Travis Scott.
This yr, the touring trade grossed a report $9 billion amongst its prime 100 performers, in response to Billboard. Rap is up three % from final yr. Feminine rappers on the chart outnumbered their male counterparts for the primary time on the all-genre listing, which incorporates Travis Scott (No. 15), $uicideboy$ (No. 48) and 50 Cent (No. 49).
Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday 2 Tour broke data and grossed slightly below $100 million for the monitoring interval Oct. 1, 2023 – Sept. 30, 2024. She closed out the tour with $108 million with 788,000 tickets bought. Doja Cat’s fall tour pulled in $46 million. Missy’s headlining tour with Ciara and Busta Rhymes introduced in $41 million, whereas Megan’s Scorching Lady Summer time Tour was shut behind with $40.2 million.
In whole, for the monitoring interval of 2024, Nicki, Doja, Missy and Megan grossed a mixed $227.8 million from 1.7 million tickets throughout 148 present dates.
2025 is already setting as much as be one other massive yr on the highway for hip-hop, with excursions from Tyler, The Creator, Kendrick Lamar, Drake and others scheduled for subsequent yr.
