Already one of the most successful and prolific Latin music artists in Boxscore history, Luis Miguel has once again entered the record books with his ongoing world tour. According to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore, the 2023-24 Luis Miguel Tour has grossed $318.2 million and sold 2.2 million tickets in its first 146 shows. This makes it the highest-grossing tour ever among Latin acts.
At an August 28 show in Caracas, Venezuela, Miguel surpassed Bad Bunny's World's Hottest Tour ($314.1 million) and Karol G's Manana Sera Bonito Tour ($313.3 million) for the Latin Boxscore record and extended a few days later with a concert in Juarez, Mexico.
Miguel's current tour kicked off in earnest last summer, with 10 shows at the Movistar Arena in Buenos Aires, followed by another 10 at the eponymous venue in Santiago, Chile. Those 20 opening dates grossed a combined $28.1 million and sold 227,000 tickets, already establishing it as the third-highest grosser of his storied career. After that, he toured the US, Mexico and Latin America, back to the US, Spain and most recently, back to LatAm.
Miguel's run in the US was fruitful ($49.8 million), but the swing to his native Mexico was even bigger, bringing in $57.5 million in 20 shows. By the end of 2023, he had earned $141 million – still a long way from his all-time high, but enough to easily carry his own Mexico Por Siempre tour from 2018-19 ($101.4 million) to his longest tour to date.
Across Latin American arenas, Miguel added another $73 million in the first months of 2024 and another $65.6 million in North American arenas through mid-June. Twelve shows in Spain grossed $27.6 million and his return to Central America filled the tour with another $10.7 million in five shows in August.
This tour of Miguel's is not only his highest grossing, but also his best seller. With 2.194 million tickets so far, it has more than doubled (and then some) its previous run, where it moved 965,000 tickets. On the all-time leaderboard, he still trails Karol G's 2.326 million, although he will easily pass that mark by the end of the month.
While Bad Bunny and Karol G had earned their all-time highs exclusively in stadiums around the world, Luis Miguel has mixed arenas and stadiums, with more than double the number of shows.
Already on uncharted waters, Miguel has played seven more yet-to-be-reported shows in Mexico and Las Vegas, with another 30 scheduled in Mexico through November 25. The centerpiece of his remaining shows is a 10-show run at Mexico City's Arena Ciudad de Mexico between October 8-24. Seven shows at the same venue grossed $14.6 million last November, so his extended stint is expected to top that and be the biggest engagement of the entire tour.
Miguel's 20 shows in Mexico last year averaged $2.873 million per date. By the same logic, the remaining dates (including the September shows he's played but not yet reported) could add another $100 million and make him the first Latin artist to land a $400 million tour.
Dating back to a November 1991 concert at The Paramount in New York, Miguel has grossed $633.1 million and sold 6.3 million tickets in 701 reported shows.
