CHER:TOP-GROSSING TOUR BY A FEMALE ARTIST
Billboard 5-28-2005 reports Cher's Farewell Tour grossed $194,683,927 million, selling 2,880,726 tickets from 280 North American shows, realizing 90% of her gross potential and playing to 92% of capacity, and that Cher's Worldwide tour had 325 shows and grossed well over $200 million (Pollstar reports that Cher's average ticket price was about $68.)
Billboard editor 10-14-2006 reports that Madonna's Confessions Tour is the top-grossing tour by a female artist, grossing $193 million from 60 shows, selling about 1.2 million tickets, besting Cher's $192.5 million from 273 shows (Pollstar reports that Madonna's average ticket price was about $184.)
**No Explanation From Billboard On Why Cher's Touring Statistics Were Changed**
Nielsen Media Research reports:
CHER NBC 4-8-2003 9-11pm
#7 -16.6 million viewers
#10 -5.9/15 in the 18-49 demographic
Cher was aged 56
MADONNA NBC 11-22-2006 8-10pm
#73 -4.6 million viewers
#72 -1.8/5 in the 18-49 demographic
Madonna was aged 48
CELINE DION CBS 3-25-2003 9-10pm
#11 -13.8 million viewers
#29 -4.1/10 in the 18-49 demographic
Celine Dion was aged 34
Cher and Madonna are both very successful, But Cher does have the the top-grossing tour by a female artist - actually by any solo artist (Celine Dion's Las Vegas show should earn about $400 million) |