Burna Boy sets new African record for highest-grossing venue in the United States

Nigerian megastar Burna Boy continues to record historic feats that push the boundaries of the global commercial success of African music.

In another monumental feat, Burna Boy becomes the African artist with the highest grossing venue in the United States. In a post by Touring Data on X, it was revealed that Burna Boy’s 2024 concert at the TD Garden Arena in Boston grossed $1.593 million thereby surpassing the previous African record he set at Madison Square Garden in 2022.

.@burnaboy earns the highest-grossing arena-concert by an African artist in US history with $1.593 million at TD Garden in Boston on March 2, 2024, surpassing his own numbers at Madison Square Garden in 2022.

— Touring Data (@touringdata) April 30, 2024

In his history-making concert, Burna Boy sold out the 19,000-capacity TD Arena Garden in Boston as part of the stops for his ‘I Told Them’ Tour that has already grossed $11,659,531 from 11 reported shows of the 22 stops.

I TOLD THEM, @burnaboy
$11,659,531 Revenue ($1,059,957 avg.)
124,706 Tickets Sold (11,337 avg.)
$93.50 Average Price
11/22 Reported Shows#Update

— Touring Data (@touringdata) April 30, 2024

Burna Boy history history-making feat is a testament to his status as the leading African artist globally. Since breaking into the international scene in 2018 with his hit single ‘YE’, Burna Boy has achieved unprecedented success for an African artist.

The African Giant as he’s fondly called is the only Nigerian artist to have two Diamond songs in France with ‘On The Low’ and ‘Last Last’. His Grammy-nominated fourth album ‘African Giant’ is also the first Nigerian album to received a platinum plaque in France.