Burna Boy sets record for highest-grossing African tour

Grammy-winning Nigerian singer Damini Ogulu, aka Burna Boy, has broken new ground by setting the record for the highest-grossing tour by an African artist. His ‘I Told Them’ tour has generated an impressive $15.5 million from 15 shows, with earnings from six additional concerts still pending.

In a series of posts on X,  an American tour statistics company, Touring Data, shared this achievement.

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Furthermore, Burna Boy set a new milestone for the highest-grossing arena concert by an African artist in the United States, earning $1.725 million at the Capital One Arena in Washington on March 7, 2024. This surpasses his previous record at TD Garden in Boston.