If there was a poll to decide who the biggest pop star in the world currently is, majority of the votes would undoubtedly go to Taylor Swift. The singer’s cult fan following and immense influence over the younger generation has made her a pop culture phenomenon. In addition, Swift’s romance with Travis Kelce has ensured that there has been a meteoric rise in the popularity and financial growth of football.
More significantly, the Enchanted crooner has been credited with making the American economy flourish and thrive owing to the massive popularity of her city-wide concerts as part of her Eras tour. But what did Swift take home as payday after this hugely successful tour? The numbers are in and they are staggering.
Taylor Swift’s Massive 2023 Concert Earnings Broken Down
2023 is definitely the era of Taylor Swift with her Eras concert tour becoming an iconic experience for thousands of hardcore fans across the world. While the Love Story singer has made the American economy boom like never before through unprecedented ticket sales, she also took home a huge paycheck with every concert she performed.
An article in Forbes did some research and estimated that Swift was potentially making a maximum of around $13 million and a minimum of $9 million per concert in the North American leg of her Eras tour. Adding the various expenses incurred by the singer and her team, the final amount that she would take home was estimated to be around $4.5 million.
To further break down these unfathomable numbers, a Quora user named Rafia Liaqat did some math and laid down the various factors that went into the financial aspect of the tour, which included details about ticket costs, number of people attending, and merchandise and sponsorship sales that contributed to Swift’s net worth.
With tickets priced at $254, the total sales were estimated at $12.7 million to $17.7 million per concert based on 50,000 to 70,000 people attending. In addition, sponsorship deals and merchandise sales were reportedly assessed at $1 million to $2 million per concert. With the concert expenses incurred by the singer also taken into account, the final tally would possibly see Swift taking home close to $5 million per gig.
While these figures are only estimations and could vary based on the number of people attending her show and other fluctuating factors, there is no denying the fact that there is enough proof for Taylor Swift to be considered one of the most commercially successful pop stars of her generation.
Why Was Taylor Swift’s Name Dragged Into A S*xuality Controversy?
Apart from being a genre-bending artist who has made a huge impact on her fans, Taylor Swift’s music has also evoked a lot of sentiments by advocating various issues including open support towards the LGBTQ+ community.
This aspect of her art that has defined her personality, took a different shade in an article in the New York Times which indicated that the Blank Space singer who identified with many of the queer values, was gay in reality. The article quoted in one segment,
“In isolation, a single dropped hairpin is perhaps meaningless or accidental, but considered together, they’re the unfurling of a ballerina bun after a long performance. Those dropped hairpins began to appear in Ms. Swift’s artistry long before queer identity was undeniably marketable to mainstream America. They suggest to queer people that she is one of us.”
Following this, a source close to Taylor Swift called up various aspects of the article to state that the singer and her team found the discussion about her s*xuality on a public forum to be intrusive and inappropriate.
While Swift has openly spoken up for the rights of the LGBTQ+ community on various occasions, the general opinion after the New York Times article was that it had taken her show of support out of context.
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour can be rented on Google Play.
