Published 08:27 IST, December 4th 2021

BTS makes history with LA concert; earns $33 mn in 4-days with record-breaking ticket sale

The South Korean band BTS had a blast in Los Angeles in the past few days. From earning $33 million to selling 214,000 tickets, here is how BTS made history.

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South Korean boy band BTS h a blast in Los Angeles in past few days. band set more than one record with ir four-night run at SoFi stium in California with sold-out concerts and an impressive earning. Here is everything about BTS LA concert and figures with which band created history.

According to latest report by Billboard, BTS' four Permission To Dance On Stage LA concerts created history and broke several records. concert began on November 27 and recently was wrapped up on December 2, 2021. four shows concerts grossed an impressive $33.3 million and sold about 214,000 tickets. se figures did not only make band's show highest-grossing engagement at SoFi stium since venue reopened earlier this year, but also highest-grossing run of shows in nearly a dece. last super-successful show was Roger Waters' nine-show run in 2012 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Apart from record-breaking shows, band's SoFi Stium concerts also created history by earning biggest Billboard Boxscore, a score summing up all shows that an act plays at a single venue during a particular tour. band is first one to win biggest Billboard Boxscore in California and second one ever in North America. first place is bagged by Bruce Springsteen's 10-show run at New Jersey's Giants Stium in 2013.

However, BTS was first band to achieve all se titles with only a four-show run. Billboard noted that all engagements that outgrossed South Korean by band were at least twice as long as ir four-night LA show, with at least eight shows per engagement. BTS is  sixth-highest gross in Billboard Boxscore history in entire world. However, band's LA concerts also me history by becoming first primarily non-English-language act to earn over $20 million in a single engagement. 

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Thousands of people showed up at SoFi stium on all four nights to watch ir favourite band play ir chartbusters. Several renowned musicians, including Coldplay's Chris Martin and Meghan e Stallion, joined boy band at concerts. four-night show was one of biggest concerts of boy band.

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08:27 IST, December 4th 2021