Manchester Arena and O2 Arena, the two largest indoor arenas in the U.K., dominate this week’s Hot Tours rankings with concert box office totals reported from the final quarter of 2011. Eight of the 10 top-grossing tours in this week’s tally are based on the reported grosses from these two arenas.
Rihanna is No. 1 with ticket sales revenue from the final European leg of her Loud Tour that began in June 2011 and wrapped in December. Included in her reported totals are seven headlining performances at O2 Arena during the final two months of 2011 (Nov. 13-15, Dec. 1, 20-22). More than 116,000 fans attended the seven London shows with tickets sales totaling £5.3 million ($8.5 US$). The Manchester Arena also reported three Rihanna concerts, adding £2 million ($3.1 US$) to the native Barbadian’s $12.6 million combined box office gross that lands her this week’s top ranking. In addition to these two U.K. arenas, the 15,000-seat O2 World in Hamburg, Germany also reported ticket sales from its Loud Tour performance on Dec. 4 that drew a sellout crowd of 13,409.
| Rank |
Artist/Event
Total Gross
Show Dates
Show Venue/City (Shows/Sellouts)
Total Attendance (Capacity) |
| 1 |
RIHANNA
| $12,690,654 |
| Nov. 13-Dec. 4 |
| O2 Arena, London (7/0) |
| Manchester Arena, Manchester, U.K. (3/3) |
| O2 World, Hamburg (1/1) |
| 178,594 (182,612) |
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| 2 |
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
| $5,724,750 |
| Nov. 7-15 |
| O2 Arena, London (3/0) |
| Manchester Arena, Manchester, U.K. (2/0) |
| 74,717 (79,924) |
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| 3 |
PAUL McCARTNEY
| $4,073,200 |
| Dec. 5-19 |
| O2 Arena, London (1/0) |
| Manchester Arena, Manchester, U.K. (1/0) |
| 29,746 (31,513) |
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| 4 |
COLDPLAY
| $2,972,880 |
| Dec. 4-9 |
| Manchester Arena, Manchester, U.K. (1/0) |
| O2 Arena, London (1/0) |
| 34,735 (35,105) |
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| 5 |
LEE EVANS
| $2,567,080 |
| Nov. 8-12 |
| Manchester Arena, Manchester, U.K. (5/0) |
| 53,391 (54,558) |
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| 6 |
BRAD PAISLEY
| $1,868,639 |
| Jan. 12-14 |
| Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Mich. (1/1) |
| Bradley Center, Milwaukee, Wis. (1/0) |
| Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, Minn. (1/1) |
| 35,788 (37,067) |
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| 7 |
BRYAN ADAMS
| $1,783,092 |
| Nov. 30-Jan. 18 |
| Manchester Arena, Manchester, U.K. (1/0) |
| O2 Arena, London (1/0) |
| Gillioz Theatre, Springfield, Mo. (1/1) |
| 28,545 (30,505) |
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| 8 |
ALAN CARR
| $1,255,920 |
| Nov. 5-6 |
| O2 Arena, London (2/0) |
| 26,136 (31,204) |
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| 9 |
JAY-Z & KANYE WEST
| $1,217,610 |
| Nov. 14 |
| BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise, Fla. (1/0) |
| 11,826 (11,837) |
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| 10 |
BRITNEY SPEARS
| $978,972 |
| Nov. 6 |
| Manchester Arena, Manchester, U.K. (1/0) |
| 12,653 (13,644) |
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I LOVE RIHANNA <33333333333333333333333
Comment by TK-75523 — January 30, 2012 @ 2:57 pm
That Rihanna reign wont just let up. Now where are all the haters that said she cant sell out shows?
Comment by Rih4life — January 30, 2012 @ 3:19 pm
Wonderful!!!!
Comment by Bodacious — January 30, 2012 @ 3:39 pm
ONE WORD "YES" !!! RIHANNA TO RULE THE WORLD !!! 2012
Comment by RiRi — January 30, 2012 @ 3:42 pm
Ughh ima little pissed reading these comment
barely 1month ago everyone was like Rih-rih take a break please you've worked so hard
now OMGG RIH RIH U BETTER COMEBACK ND PROMO!!
sorry but rihanna has been working really hard since GGGB!!!She been releasing alot of song and albums touring,that would cause stress to anyone!!Right now she expanding her brand trying diff thing (new tv show,endorsement deals) she cant always be promoting releasing new material people are gonna be tired of her and think she overexposed (looked what happening to gaga she going down )
and already february look AWESOME! grammy and brits awars and the jonathan ross show!!!She has 3 single coming out (POC&TC&TTT) dont worry navy we're gonna get are rihanna doses in the coming month!!!if she leaves for 1 year dont worry NO ONE gonna forget bout her!!She is becoming a legend!!!!!
p.s : sorry for the spelling im french
Comment by Mike — January 30, 2012 @ 4:50 pm
Hahaha. And haterz say she can't sell out arena's. Smdh. This proves them wrong. RihannaNavy4Life!
Comment by RiRi4TX — January 30, 2012 @ 5:25 pm
this is important! vote for rihanna NOW! who is the Greatest Female Artist of ALL TIME! VOTE RIHANNA! and spread the word! http://www.vh1.com/interact/social/100_greatest_w…
Comment by lilly — January 30, 2012 @ 6:14 pm
Thanks lilly,,,
Comment by Bodacious — January 30, 2012 @ 6:58 pm
@Navy,,Remember that "Mtv" Named Rihanna the hardest working
pop star of 2011!!!!
Comment by Bodacious — January 30, 2012 @ 6:59 pm
Why is it that some of Teambreezy want CB & Rih back together. I really believe that CB loves his girlfriend but TB keep sending Rih stupid tweets. Now they supposed to be CB fans and their behavior don't show that they are true fans.
Comment by gezz — January 30, 2012 @ 7:05 pm
Oh nanana can u see #1??Eat a banana haters!! R I H A N N A <3 <3
Comment by @TakeCareOfMeRIH — January 31, 2012 @ 8:21 am
Numbers don't lie! This Rihanna girl is Fly!
Comment by SOSMANDOWN — January 31, 2012 @ 9:01 am
Yes..Loud tour was perfect!!!
Comment by Lawrra — January 31, 2012 @ 2:15 pm
She doesn't have the most powerful voice in the world but one thing about Rihanna she doesn't give up.She is in her own class.
Comment by Cash — February 2, 2012 @ 1:46 am
@mike It's funny how the navy was telling her to take a break and when she does take a break people want her to promote.The navy makes no sense.Do you want her to take a break or promote her album??I was saying that she doesn't need a break.If she's gonna release an album she has no time for breaks if she wants to see successful singles and album.
Correct! Rihanna will soon be a living legend and the trolls are helping.She can go aways and people would be talking about her.They will say where is Rihanna?? People will miss her.
Comment by Cash — February 2, 2012 @ 1:54 am
Rihanna has ruled the world from 2010 to present.
Comment by ejd — February 2, 2012 @ 11:01 am