185.7 Mi billed in 18 shows on the new Turn

The new era of the singer SZA is proving to be increasingly successful. Second post from billboardyour tour “SOS” managed to earn US$34.5 million (R$185.7 million) in its first part, with only 18 dates in the United States and Canada. The singer Omar Apollo performed the opening act for these shows.

In December 2022, SZA released her second album “SOS”. THE It even managed to sell the equivalent of 318,000 units in its first release, boosting a history of 10 non-consecutive weeks at the top of the music chart “Billboard 200”. Already your single “Kill Bill“has been on the music chart for 16 weeks”Billboard Hot 100“, expected to rise to number one next week.

_{SZA during Kill Bill performance. Reproduction/Twitter}

The success was repeated during his first arena tour “SOS”. With just 18 dates in its first part, with dates only in the United States and Canada, the tour grossed US$34.5 million with 238,000 tickets sold.

Each show on the tour grosses an average of US$1.9 million with 12,812 tickets sold.

The show with the fewest tickets was at Arena SoCal, California, but it had the tickets with the second highest price, on average US$174.69 (R$883.90).

In New York and Los Angeles, the singer performed twice, in the respective arenas “Madison Square Garden” and “Kia Forum”. At the New York shows, SZA earned US$4.7 million (about R$23.7 million) with 27,000 tickets sold, while at the Los Angeles shows, she earned US$3.9 million (about R$19.7 million) with 25,000 tickets sold.

As a comparison, SZA had played a show with the “Ctrl” in New York in December 2017, earning US$45,000 at the time with 1,800 tickets sold at the venue.”Brooklyn Steel'. With the new tour, SZA achieved a 1,376% increase in attendance and a 10,000% increase in revenue.

A considerable growth since there is a five year difference between the two albums. During this period, SZA participated in the acclaimed soundtrack for the film “Black Panther” in 2018, and had a very successful partnership with singer Doja Cat in “Kiss me More”, which resulted in a Grammy for both for “Best Pop Duo Performance”.

Featured photo: Tour “SOS” by SZA. Reproduction/SZA