Lady Gaga dominated the midyear Top Tours chart, grossing $236.2 million, 3% ahead of Bad Bunny's $230.3 million. They are the first pair of acts to each gross more than $200 million in the midyear period.
Bad Bunny and Lady Gaga dominated the midyear Top Tours chart, with Lady Gaga setting a midyear record for the highest grossing tour. Across six months, some of the biggest artists in the world traded places at the top until Lady Gaga emerged victorious.
She continued her trek's European leg in October and November, with three continents left to hit before the tracking window closed. Her December dates in Australia put her on top, while Bad Bunny kicked off the Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour on Nov. 21, but was in the top three, behind Gaga and McCartney, within a month. His eight shows at Mexico City's Estadio GNP Seguros did heavy lifting, grossing $88 million from 518,000 tickets sold.
His sold-out stadium tour continued to pack a punch, eventually overtaking Gaga by mid-January and building a distance of more than $40 million between them. They both took a brief break to each win a couple of Grammys and perform together at the Super Bowl Halftime show before resuming in mid-February.
Bad Bunny's tour went on hiatus after a March 1 show in Sydney, while Gaga continued on through the end of March, continually inching closer and closer to the top. In the final three days of the tracking period, she regained the top position and finished with $236.2 million, 3% ahead of Bad Bunny's $230.3 million.
They are the first pair of acts to each gross more than $200 million in the midyear period, with Gaga setting a midyear record for the highest grossing tour over Both acts played more dates after midyear closed, with Gaga wrapping The Mayhem Ball on April 13 at Madison Square Garden. Bad Bunny picked back up in Barcelona on May 22, with more than 20 more shows to play throughout Europe before closing the tour in July. Both acts remain major contenders for the 2026 year-end roundup
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