One’s a Pop Queen guiding the path of her genre with an ambitious hand and undying influence.
The other…a sassy Rap Queen kicking dust in the face of convention with every trans-genre record she and her collection of ‘characters’ break. Together, they have aided Irving Azoff’s ‘Live Nation’ in generating a sweet $5.8 billion in the year 2012, thanks to their respective world tours and dealings with the company.
Details below…
In the last year, the company’s revenue rose by 8.1% to bring its combined revenue to $5.8 billion, while its operating income jumped by 4.8% to $459 million- helped in part by Madonna’s ‘MDNA Tour’ and Minaj’s ‘Pink Friday Tour’.
Generated by a boost in concert ticket sales, sponsorship and advertising revenue, the company did so in the face of the decline of North American concerts (down 3.7%) but a rise in international concerts. A rise, to the tune of 16.8 million attendees to be precise.
One of these shows, being the Nicki’s aforementioned ‘Pink’ outing, which served 41 shows across Europe, Asia, Australia and North America. A tour, that proved so successful that demand saw the Rapper launch a second world tour within the same year, billed the ‘Pink Friday: Reloaded Tour’.
Boasting three legs, the show generated a cool $1,116,140 from a single night played at London’s 02 Arena which boasts a capacity of 20,000 seats- all of which sold out within hours of the tour’s tickets becoming available for purchase.
Slow news day?
SLAY. QUEENS.
Shut up b****! Icki aint do s***…that ole bag did
Hey Truth!! Wassup?? Im so excited youre preggers! Now dont slay these h*** too much, the baby cant handle it
I kmow chile(singn lullabys to that which is in make furtile p**** honey)
I kmow chile(singn lullabys to that which is in my furtile p**** honey)
Truth, honey. You SLAYYED the hell outta of me on that Beyonce post. I thought we were better than that. But you know what? Im not even gonna let that come between us and Im still gonna buy that baby a pair of shoes. I might have to get them from Family Dollar because my check aint came yet, but Im still gonna hook you and the baby up.
@all OMG GIRL IM SOOOOOOORRRYYY OMGOMGOMG I DIDNT MEAN IT!!! I MUST HAV FORGOTTEN UR NAME!! PLEASE FORGIVE ME
That’s when I think Nicki Minaj is the real queen!
She ridn Madge coat tail honey
Now you know damn well that mostly came from Madonna. Her tour made over $300 million. This was just another excuse for the site to suck Nicki’s tit again.
Now what’s the problem. Did Nicki make money for LN or did she not? Did she not sell out arenas world wide or did she or not?
She gave most away tho…DEAL B****
The Jealousy Is REAL. LMAOO
They Mod!!! who but the QUEEN of pop & the QUEEN of rap?! CH! I CANT-
Yo stupidity is real honey
ya wasting time arguing bur….the QUEEN! bodied this b****** hands down ! not even missy can sell out arenas!
H** pleeeease!!
Its fake
So nice to see women doing so well and calling their own shots. Proud of em.
TGJ STOP LYING!.. I read the SOURCE… U are exaggerating Nicki’s tour sales. STOP IT!.
This is why you will never be a credible BLOG, you’re biased. YOU ALWAYS SAYING GOOD NICKI STORIES, but never wanna show the real stuff (where are the weekly idol #s, Freaks tanking on iTunes ) where are those articles.
But I bet you won’t post on how lil Kim’s artist the “LACKLUSTER, but stunning Tiffany foxx just did an interview with HOT97 & Rosenberg. How about lil Kim’s artist is Getting airplay in Urban Markets Down South?
You mean the one who Snoop dropped?
Yep, the 1 lil Kim picked up, she just did an interview with Rosenberg on Hot 97. And she has her song w/ lil Kim actually playing on the radio via mediabase.com
FREAKS is not a song by nicki minaj she is a feature and its doing better than lil kims and tiffany foxx new song 🙂
No one cares! Tiffany foxx is a flop & got dragged yesterday & on twitter by Nicki Barbz ! YEW MOD?
I LOVE U!!!!!!!! TELL DEZE DIZZY HOEZ!!!
Nicki Minaj’s Tour Boosted Live Nations Revenue….Really I mean theres a reason her gross hasn’t been published
You tried it. Ignorance at its finest. SIT H**!
PINK FRIDAY TOUR
Hordern Pavilion
Sydney
5,377 / 5,377 (100%)
Gross Revenue- $490,692
Hisense Arena
Melbourne
5,500 / 5,500 (100%)
Gross Revenue- $501,321
Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Brisbane
31,302 / 31,326 (97%)
Gross Revenue- $3,232,420
Chicago Theatre
Chicago
3,521 / 3,521 (100%)
Gross Revenue- $229,938
Fox Theatre
Atlanta
4,357 / 4,545 (96%)
Gross Revenue $282,785
Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
Los Angeles
6,300 / 6,864 (92%)
Gross Revenue $453,170
Paramount Theatre
Oakland
6,300/6,500 (98%)
Gross Revenue- $320,201
Total Revenue= $5,510,527
RELOADED TOUR (just London, Manchester and Sydney)
The O2 Arena
London
15,892 / 17,163 (93%)
$1,116,140
Manchester Arena
Manchester
18,589 / 22,349 (83%)
$1,173,330
Sydney Entertainment Centre
Sydney
8,760 / 9,150 (95%)
$959,982
Total Revenue from These Three= $2,193,452
DEEZNUTS Co-Sign i bet even though you showed him the recipes is hateful 2ss and others is going to come back with some other made up sh-t in hopes of downplaying Nicki,s success…they are a sad sad set i tell ya.
5.8billion minus $2,193,452 equals = Mostly Madonna ticket sales!!! Nice try!!!
WAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA LOLOLOL THE B**** ONLY TOOK IN 2MILLI LOLOLOLOLOL chile!!!!
Yall obviously cant read. SO sad.
5,510,527+2,193,452= 7+ million.
Mind you the 2 million is just from 3 stops…she had 14 other shows but I dont have the data for those. Both values are just a fraction of her total stops. You tried tho. 🙂
Yeap…the b**** didnt gross s***! They aint telln that only HALF the seat in most of the arenas werent for sell!! They only booked HALF the seats thats why she sold out honey!!!
*Slaps TRUTH’s stank p**** ass into a miscarriage*
Listen H**….I’ve had enough of you. Now, I tried to be nice! Now Im going back to dragging yo ass!
The other HALF of the Seats that WERENT for sale were reserved for YOU b****. Please go find them before I stick my foot so far up your p**** that your baby thinks my big toe is her binky! SIT H**!
-AND TUNE IN TONIGHT TOO!
B**** u just jealous cause my p**** futile and u a barren twawt b****. My womb is with chile and iaint finna let yall hoez make me loose my bundle of joy.(looks and baby clothes…oh!…the baby just kicked)
Hi Minaj Haters!
How are yall gone explain this one? lmfao She just keeps winning and winning. The numbers dont lie chile!!!! hahaha
-TUNE IN TO THE “NICKI MINAJ SHOW” tonight! hahah
H** F*** U!!! yo b**** a flop chile! LOLOL!!
‘Pink Friday Tour’ ? LMAO the delusions on this site ……Congrats Madonna ! That tour is the bomb.com
honey the number dont lie you tried to be delusional. i understand but lets not start s*** before we throw shade
like half of your hit were not written for you #sorryaboutit
U bragn about her flop tour lololol
I feel so bad for Nicki haters. They can never win.
AND YO FAV AINT S*** EITHER…H**!!!
I see the haters are mad today, but tell me something…how are you going to downplay the fact that Nicki went on TWO world tours last year and one of them was in arenas.
You can say whatever you like about her but the NUMBERS keep spilling the true tea. 7.2 milli on Starships. 1.5 milli on RR. Fly is Platinum. M4L is platinum. SB is four times platinum. Remain pressed girls. Remain all the way pressed.
Chile….PRESSED! MAD AS HELL.
They cant stand to see Nicki winning…especially when you show them the Numbers!!! ahaha
Did u take off the taxes and the money paid to management and staff plus her videos etc ?? Its not free u know!!!
she got a check from pepsi and american idol trust me those are paid 😉
Doesn’t matter ! Worry about how much your FLOP tours gross ! The queen winning in ALL CATEGORIES ! ESPECIALLY RAP ! YOU COMPARING A 30yr LEGEND SEASONED VET TO A RAP NEWBIE ! SIT & SEETHE !
12mil on IDOL + TOURING TWICE + PEPSI + 3MIL + 5MIL FOR NEW YRS IN VEGAS !
HOW MUCH U MAKING ? REST, H** !!!
TAYLOR TELL YO B**** TO FIND ONE MAN!! AND STOP PASSN THAT P**** AROUND!! U H**!
OH? Nicki Minaj is getting money like that. I thought she was a flop.
She is b****! I know the b**** make money but she dont MAKE money!
Queendonna and Slaynika!
H**
Actually Nicki’s tour didn’t sale well in many cities. Some of you nutt huggers need to do your research if it means THAT much to you.
Receipts? She sold out every arena date. Bring your receipts and I’ll bring mine.
LMFAO these haters can’t prove the QUEEN Wrong !
Madonna’s tour should go to the nearest retirement home and stay there for good!
Gratz for nicki,i already now that madge tours always do well and is always on another level..but Nicki did well too selling out arenas and so on and thats her first headline tour..she more than added big bucks to this revenue..but the haters don’t want to see that..they hate to se recipes so they try to dusk it off like it,s nothing lol delusional sets….5.8nillion thats no joke no wonder nicki have so much haters they can’t help it Lol…..keep doing your thing nicki.
girl suck my d*** and shut UP!! H**!!
B******, no more he said he said, let’s talk numbers. DO NOT come in this thread and say Nicki didn’t slay if you don’t have the proof to back it up.
???yo fellow stans showed her number b****…saaaad. Nuff said(eats pickles and peanut butter)
Yes for the both of them. Nicki is really doing her thing.
Go back into hidn b****
Sounds like spin to me. I bet other touring acts boosted LN’s revenue more than Nicki’s did. Meh. Whatever. She still just a passing fad.
To the Receiptless haters that refuse to give it up, and claim “Nicki didnt sell well”:
PINK FRIDAY TOUR (Not all stops)
Hordern Pavilion
Sydney
5,377 / 5,377 (100%)
Gross Revenue- $490,692
Hisense Arena
Melbourne
5,500 / 5,500 (100%)
Gross Revenue- $501,321
Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Brisbane
31,302 / 31,326 (97%)
Gross Revenue- $3,232,420
Chicago Theatre
Chicago
3,521 / 3,521 (100%)
Gross Revenue- $229,938
Fox Theatre
Atlanta
4,357 / 4,545 (96%)
Gross Revenue $282,785
Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
Los Angeles
6,300 / 6,864 (92%)
Gross Revenue $453,170
Paramount Theatre
Oakland
6,300/6,500 (98%)
Gross Revenue- $320,201
Total Revenue= $5,510,527
RELOADED TOUR (just London, Manchester and Sydney)
The O2 Arena
London
15,892 / 17,163 (93%)
$1,116,140
Manchester Arena
Manchester
18,589 / 22,349 (83%)
$1,173,330
Sydney Entertainment Centre
Sydney
8,760 / 9,150 (95%)
$959,982
Total Revenue from just These Three= $2,193,452
But it only grossed 2 million dollars! She might as well had stayed home! I’m sure she spent more money on costumes and hair than that gross!
Oh my dear goodness! LEARN TO READ! smfh
1) These are NOT all of her stops. She had 40 PF stops and 17 PFRR stops.
From 7 of her 40 shows she grossed 5+million
From 3 of her PFRR stops she grossed 2+ million.
HAAAA!!! 7 FUNKY MILLI AND ABOUT 100 CONCERTS?? WHAAAHAHAHAHA THEY WORKN THIS B**** LIKE A BARROWED MULE AND THAT AALLL YHE B**** PULLED IN!!! AND YO KNOW SHE ONLY GOT LIKE 1% OF IT OR LESS FOR HER SELF!!! CHIIIILE i almost had my baby honey!!!
NICKI WHO ?
congrats MADONNA 🙂
Sigh,Sam will always give madonna backhanded compliments.see how he carefully ignored her impressive tour stats.congrats to both ladies all the same
CONGRATS SLAYNIKA !!!
I’m crying, I’m crying like a wet p**** right now. Nicki how could you, how could you slay like this. OMG EvE and your band of she ba ba has-been flops, are you sure you want to come out when Nicki is slaying like this.
I mean not even Rihanna gets me this emotional, Nicki slay these basic whores….I live, I’ve seen life and it’s amazing. Go Nicki, SLAYYYYYYY.
And also, congrats to her Madgesty.
That wet p**** u got..its from a YEAST INFECTION u have B****!!
I love how the building catch a fire when Nicki came on with her verse,in the i don’t give a f-ck video,madge and Nicki lock it down…anyways Nicki first headline tour was very successful,we all already now that medge tours are always successful..her and Nicki made a great team both tour were very successful,they doing there thing gratz to them both.
Yo P**** on fire…it call VD!!#clinicboundbitch
Yaaaaaaaaas nicki!!!!!! eve who??? missy who???? kim who????
Rita who’RE’?! OH OKAAAYY!! (pokes luscious lips out chile)
YAS I SLAY EVERYWHERE
Slay yo P**** odor b****!!
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooo !!!!!!!!!
I can’t even type – Chile let me go rest
If you didn’t notice, this was a subtle shade to Madonna, to put the MDNA tour in the same sentence of Nicki Minaj’s tour is alone a crime for any member of Live Nation. As always the disrespect for Madonna in this site is beyond ridiculous, just give the woman the damn props she rightfully deserves and stop comparing her to clowns and wannabes,this post should be about her and no one else, ask LiVE NATION.
Madonna Rules The Music Industry.
THAT i agree with u on!! F*** icki!!
That b**** is bringing American Idol’s ratings straight down to the GROUND!!!!
in your mother stick p-ssy,that if she was bringing them ratings down.
B**** GET THE F*** UP OFF ALIYAH BFO I STOMP YO MAMMY P**** IN!!
That didnt even make any sense, you c***-eyed, d*** nose, knock-kneed b****
So the tour grossed over 5 BILLION and Nicki Minaj grossed 2 million!
WHAT AM I MISSING?
THATS LESS THAN 10 PERCENT!
SO WHY ARE WE ATTRIBUTING NICKY MINAJ TO THE SUCCESS OF LIVE NATION?
I’M SO VERY VERY CONFUSED!
IGNORANCEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! lmfao
Nicki had 2 tours in 2012 for a total of 57 shows.
in 10 of her 57 shows she grossed 7+million dollars.
SIT DOWWWNWNWNWNWNWNWNWNWNW!
UUUUUUUM Standing back up to ask…..and where are those inflated b******….soooorrry asss …..soorrrry figures documented?
Will stay standing until I have a reason to sit!
LOL
LMAO @ Deeznuts ! They didn’t read the statistics !! They just here to hate !!
@deze GIRL!! DO U GET IT?!! DO U GET SHE A JOKE YET…57 CONCERTS AND ONLY BROUGHT IN A FUNKY 7MILLI!!#FAILEDLIKEHELL
And you STILLLLLL Cant read.
The 7 millilion is ONLY from 10 concerts. I dont have the stats for the other 47.
@TRUTH H**….dont try me today.
Girl thats what YOU said so u need to learn how to write ans until u do EAT ME!!!
The Queen is cashing out $$ on these flop h*** tbh.
She gets less than .1%..u mad?
LESS THAN 1 PERCENT ON A TOUR ?! DUMBASS DO YOU KNOW HOW STUPID YOU SOUND !!! CELEBS MAJORITY OF THEIR REVENUE COMES FROM TOURS !! EVEN DRAKE MAKES OVER 200k MINIMUM PER VENUE!!!
Icki not drake daaaaawrln
Wow !! Im really impressed ! Im a Nicki stan but I didnt evenbknow that her INTERNATIONAL TOURSSSSS were that successful !! Wow SLAYNIKA
U sicko b**** shut the f*** up bfo i snatch a knot in yo mutha fuckn face u fucka! (rolls eyes)
ICKI ONLY MADE A FUNKY 7MILLI OFF OF A ‘SOLD OUT WORLD AREA TOUR’#blank stare LOLOLOLOLOL FLOOOOOP B****!!! ALL THOSE DATES AND IT GROSS NOTHING!! and her STUPID ASS STAN advertising it chile!! Again ICKI HAS THE STOOOOPIDEST ASS STAN EVER chile!! (laughed so hard i almost went into labor honey rolling neck ghetto girl style with lips puckered, eyes rolln and hands on preeegnet hips chile)
SEVEN MILLI OFF 10 DATES HOW MUCH DID YOU & KIM MAKE? LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
About the same chile…u mad?(rolln neck with hands on pregnet hips)
Let’s do simple math………….
10 shows 7mil
57 shows /10 = 5.7
5.7 * 7MIL = 39MIL ! This is just a LOW estimate of how much Nicki made from Sales her concerts ! As a RAP artist! Not to mention, some tours had more attendees!
@TRUTH Get it F***?
Chile the h** cant even read…idk why we would expect her to be able to do math. smfh
TRUTH is..her baby is gonna come out the WOMB with more hair than it’s ugly ass mama.
TRUTH is this h** is a FAN.
*exits stage left*
Chile im preeegnet so f*** yall! Men can get preeegnet too and im proof yall hatin b****!! (puts on my maternity dress)
Co-Sign,they know all that,they are just here to hate and don’t want to look on the recipes…you see how they are in a frenzy flinging all types of fabricated hate cr-p on the wall,in hopes of something stick anything.
Bottom line is im every woman!! (p**** pops to Whitney Houston’s I’m Every Woman)
U just mad im preeegnet, my womb is furtile and u a barren p**** b****! Honey im EVERY woman!!
Nicki really is the new queen of rap.
you clearly don’t listen to much hip-hop.
This is like saying Drake is the king of rap.
BUT HOW ABOUT QUEEN MOMMY BORN THIS WAY’S BALL?>??! HAHA
LMAOOOOOO
You mean MADONNA boosted revenue
Nicki GARBAJS flop tour grossed 5.5 million LMAOOOOOO vs Madonnas 300 million revenue
FLOP FLOP FLOP
How much did Rishitta tour gross without cancelled dates? OOPS!!! Lmaoooooooooooooo
Congrats ladies..but the biggest congrat goes to the CEO/ owner of Live Nation,Irving Azoff. He has the real power in the industry. Reading folks going back and forth about artists and their money and power is laughable because the people with the real power don’t have new albums to record or magazines to cover or interviews to give, they are behind the scenes where the real money is at.