Stray Kids have secured a spot in the top 10 global tours of 2025 with their world tour conducted this year.
According to Billboard’s year-end chart announced on the 9th (local time), Stray Kids’ world tour ‘domineerATE’ earned them the highest K-pop artist ranking at 10th place in the ‘Top Tours 2025’ chart (covering October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025).
Based on a total of 31 performances held in Hong Kong and 5 Latin American cities, 10 North American cities, and 6 European cities, they sold approximately 1.3 million tickets. The chart also included world-renowned artists like Coldplay, Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar & SZA, The Weeknd, and Shakira.
Stray Kids set various records as the first and highest K-pop artist with their ‘largest-ever’ tour. Out of the 31 performances listed in Billboard’s ‘Top Tours 2025’ chart, 29 performances in 21 regions, including Latin America, North America, and Europe, were held in massive stadium venues, with 11 stadiums hosting a K-pop artist for the first time. Notably, at Stade de France in Paris, they set a new record for the largest and most attended K-pop performance.
In October, Pollstar, a U.S. concert magazine, ranked Stray Kids as the highest K-pop artist at 2nd place on the ‘Top 20 Global Concert Tours’. They held the second spot after Beyoncé based on average ticket sales by region. Recently, Rolling Stone also highlighted their achievements in an article titled ’10 Moments Defining 2025’s Historic K-Pop Year’.
Rolling Stone noted, “Stray Kids, the ‘K-pop mega group’, has set new records this year. According to Pollstar, the ‘domineerATE’ tour is the second most successful global tour of 2025 after Beyoncé. Their album releases have continued to break their own records. In November, with the release of ‘SKZ IT TAPE’ ‘DO IT’, they became the only group to debut at number 1 on the ‘Billboard 200’ with 8 consecutive projects.”
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