Highest Grossing Rap Tours of All Time
The highest grossing rap tour of all time is Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s Grand National Tour, which earned $390.7 million from 2.04 million tickets across 47 shows in 2025, according to final figures reported by Chart Data in September 2026. It passed Drake’s It’s All a Blur Tour, which held the record at $320.5 million, and it did so with fewer than 60 percent of Drake’s show count.
This page ranks the highest grossing rap tours by total box office, explains why stadium runs now dwarf the arena tours that held the record a few years ago, and separates co-headline tours from the solo record held by Travis Scott. Figures come from Billboard Boxscore and the tracking services that report to it.
Key facts
- Highest grossing rap tour: Kendrick Lamar and SZA, Grand National Tour, $390.7 million (2025)
- Solo rap record: Travis Scott, Circus Maximus Tour, $265.1 million (2023 to 2025)
- Previous record: Drake, It’s All a Blur Tour, $320.5 million from 80 shows (2023 to 2024)
- Female rap record: Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday 2 World Tour, $108.8 million (2024)
- Billboard midyear 2026 leader: Travis Scott, $55.8 million from nine shows between October 2025 and March 2026
The highest grossing rap tours, ranked
The table ranks rap-led tours by reported gross. Ticket and show counts are as reported; where a tour only reported part of its dates, the gross covers those shows, so the true total is higher. Chromakopia is marked because its $174.5 million covers the 2025 calendar year only, and the tour ran until March 31, 2026.
| # | Tour | Artist | Years | Gross | Tickets | Shows |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand National Tour | Kendrick Lamar and SZA | 2025 | $390.7M | 2.04M | 47 |
| 2 | It’s All a Blur Tour | Drake, with 21 Savage and J. Cole | 2023 to 2024 | $320.5M | 1.33M | 80 |
| 3 | Circus Maximus Tour | Travis Scott | 2023 to 2025 | $265.1M | 2.1M | 80+ |
| 4 | On the Run II Tour | Beyoncé and Jay-Z | 2018 | $253.5M | 2.17M | 48 |
| 5 | Chromakopia: The World Tour | Tyler, The Creator | 2025 to 2026 | $174.5M* | n/a | 106 |
| 6 | The Big Steppers Tour | Kendrick Lamar | 2022 to 2023 | $110.9M | 929,000 | 73 |
| 7 | Pink Friday 2 World Tour | Nicki Minaj | 2024 | $108.8M | 788,000 | 79 |
| 8 | The Final Lap Tour | 50 Cent | 2023 to 2024 | $103.6M | 1.05M | 83 reported |
| 9 | Aubrey & the Three Migos Tour | Drake and Migos | 2018 | $79M+ | n/a | 54 |
How the Grand National Tour broke the record
The Grand National Tour was the first rap-led stadium tour of its size. It opened at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on April 19, 2025, ran 23 North American dates through June, then crossed Europe, Latin America and Australia before closing in Sydney on December 11, 2025.
The North American leg alone grossed $256.4 million from 1.1 million tickets, which made it the highest grossing co-headline tour in Billboard Boxscore history, narrowly ahead of Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s On the Run II. Its three nights at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles in May 2025 earned $40.4 million from 147,000 tickets, the biggest stop of the tour.
Billboard’s 2025 year-end Boxscore counted $369.6 million for the tour, the most of any rap act that year. The final $390.7 million total, published by Chart Data on September 24, 2026, includes the late international dates.
Why stadium tours rewrote the rap record
Arena tours top out at roughly 20,000 tickets a night. Stadiums hold two to three times that, and they have reshaped the ranking. The Grand National averaged about $8.3 million per show, more than double the $4.0 million average of Drake’s mostly arena-based It’s All a Blur run.
That is why the gap between the top four and the rest of the list is so wide. Kendrick Lamar’s own previous tour, The Big Steppers, was an arena run that set a rap record in 2023 at $110.9 million across 73 shows. Two years later, his stadium tour with SZA earned more than three times as much from 26 fewer dates.
Solo rap tours: Travis Scott holds the record
The Grand National, It’s All a Blur and On the Run II all shared the bill, so the solo record is a separate category. Travis Scott holds it with the Circus Maximus Tour, which Billboard reported at $265.1 million and 2.1 million tickets in November 2025. The run began in North America in October 2023 and later added dates across Europe, Latin America, Asia, Australia and the Middle East.
Tyler, The Creator’s Chromakopia: The World Tour is the next solo contender. Its 2025 dates alone grossed $174.5 million, second among rap tours that year, and it continued into 2026 with 106 shows in total.
Where 2026 stands
Billboard’s midyear report, covering October 2025 through March 2026, ranked Travis Scott first among rap acts with $55.8 million from nine shows, followed by Cardi B at $48.6 million and YoungBoy Never Broke Again at $41.7 million. None of those runs is on pace to challenge the top of this list, which leaves the Grand National record intact for now.
For more on the artists behind these numbers, see our Travis Scott hub, our Drake hub, the Drake and Kendrick beef timeline and our Tours & Shows coverage. Weekly touring grosses are published through Billboard Boxscore.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the highest grossing rap tour of all time?
Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s Grand National Tour, which grossed 390.7 million dollars from 2.04 million tickets across 47 shows in 2025, according to final figures reported by Chart Data in September 2026.
What is the highest grossing solo rap tour?
Travis Scott’s Circus Maximus Tour, which Billboard reported at 265.1 million dollars from 2.1 million tickets in November 2025.
How much did Drake’s It’s All a Blur Tour make?
It’s All a Blur grossed about 320.5 million dollars from 80 shows between July 2023 and April 2024, and held the record for the highest grossing rap tour until Kendrick Lamar and SZA passed it in late 2025.
What is the highest grossing tour by a female rapper?
Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday 2 World Tour, which grossed 108.8 million dollars in 2024, making her the first female rapper to pass 100 million dollars on a single tour.
Why are newer rap tours so much bigger?
Stadiums. Rap acts moved from arenas to stadiums in the 2020s, and a stadium show can sell two to three times as many tickets. The Grand National averaged about 8.3 million dollars per show, against about 4 million for It’s All a Blur.
