Sensational pop star Taylor Swift has taken the United States by storm this past year. From the announcement of her Eras Tour back in June of 2022, to the premiere of her Eras Tour film, the pop star has raked in an estimated $1.05 billion dollars in profit since the start of her tour.
The North American leg of the Eras tour, which spanned across the United States and Canada, lasted five months from March to August. Her tour, which explores all the signature “eras” of her 17 year career as an artist, has since transitioned from a North American tour to a world tour following her announcement that she would be performing in Mexico, Brazil, the U.K., and other countries.
Her tour, which has made history as the highest grossing music tour ever earning over 1 billion dollars and counting in revenue, debuted in Phoenix, Arizona and has since made its way to several major cities across America. Swift made her Chicago debut back in June where she performed three sold out shows at Soldier Field.
Taylor Swift’s tour has come to be known and described by music experts from TIME magazine, as the “biggest success of any musical artist in history.” Swiftie or not, everybody in one way or another has been affected by the Eras Tour. According to TIME magazine, the Eras Tour brought approximately 2.2 billion dollars in North American ticket sales alone, and hundreds of millions of streams for the artist, reaching a nearly 80% spike in those listening to her music catalog in the weeks after the tour kicked off.
The dramatic effects that the Eras Tour brought on the economy became even more apparent during her time performing in Chicago. With over 44,000 hotel rooms occupied each night during the three-day concert series, Chicago generated a staggering $39 million in hotel revenue. This set an all-time record for hotel revenue in the city of Chicago.
It is without a doubt that the Eras Tour has made history in more ways than one, and has greatly improved the economy. Taylor Swift’s success, popularity, and influence on the world has truly solidified her place in the hall of fame of musical artists and has proven to skeptics and audiences all over the world that she indeed has a “big reputation.”
