Billboard ranks HYBE world’s fifth biggest tour promoter

BTS's Suga performs at his solo concert โ€ณAgust D Tour D-Day The Finalโ€ณ on Aug. 6 at KSPO Dome in Songpa District, southern Seoul. [BIGHIT MUSIC]
BTS’s Suga performs at his solo concert โ€ณAgust D Tour D-Day The Finalโ€ณ on Aug. 6 at KSPO Dome in Songpa District, southern Seoul. [BIGHIT MUSIC]

HYBE was the No. 5 music company in the world in terms of tour revenues and the only Korean company to be included in Billboard’s top 10 list of tour promoters worldwide.

Billboard released a year-end report, โ€œThe Year In Touring 2023,โ€ compiling worldwide tours and other performance scores from Nov. 1, 2022 to Sept. 30.

HYBE, home to many K-pop groups, including BTS and Seventeen, sat at No. 5 on Billboardโ€™s Top Promoters chart, reaching $188.1 million in yearly sales through its global tours.

The companyย held 93 concerts worldwide during the year, with 1.6 million ticket sales, according to HYBE.

BTSโ€™sย Sugaย ranked the highest among HYBEโ€™s artists on Billboardโ€™s Top Tours chart at No. 37, earning $57.1 million in revenue.ย Tomorrow X Togetherย followed him at No. 54,ย Seventeenย at No. 58 andย Enhypenย at No. 81.

Five of HYBEโ€™s artists were listed in the Top 10 K-pop Tours chart, also on Billboard, showing its power in the K-pop scene.

Suga again ranked the highest among HYBE artists at No. 2. Tomorrow X Together sat at No. 4, Seventeen at No. 5, Enhypen at No. 6 andย Le Sserafimย at No. 9.

HYBE artists demonstrated their global popularity through their songs, too.

BTSโ€™sย Jungkookโ€™s โ€œSevenโ€ was listed as the fourth most streamed song globally on music streaming platform Spotify. โ€œSevenโ€ was the most streamed K-pop track on Spotify, followed byย Jiminโ€™s โ€œLike Crazyโ€ at No. 3. Four ofย NewJeansโ€™ tracks entered the Top 10 chart of most streamed K-pop track, with โ€œOMGโ€ at No. 4, โ€œDittoโ€ at No. 5, โ€œSuper Shyโ€ at No. 6 and โ€œHype Boyโ€ (2022) at No. 10.

To find out more about HYBE’s Artists, visitย Celeb Confirmed!ย 

BY KIM JI-YE [kim.jiye@joongang.co.kr]