Billboard revealed its year-end Boxscore charts, ranking the top tours, venues and promoters of 2025 earlier in December. We’re breaking it down further, looking at the biggest live acts, genre by genre. Now, we continue with pop.

The definition of pop has always been in flux, encompassing the most, well, popular, acts in music. According to this year’s top 10 pop tours, it ranges from the 1980s to the 2020s, centers around artists from the U.S., U.K. and Australia, and incorporates influences from dance, R&B, rock and more. Pop has also historically been one of the most equitable genres in terms of gender representation. This year’s round-up leans toward women, with six of the top 10 spots.

The year’s top pop artist is a familiar face, having previously crowned the genre breakout in 2018, 2019, and 2022. On the other end of the spectrum, two of the featured artists make their year-end pop debut, with Sabrina Carpenter and Tate McRae each scoring their first appearances. Though not her first-ever top 10 look, Kylie Minogue is back for the first time since 2011.

On the whole, pop remains steady. It makes up 16.9% of the top 100 tours’ overall earnings, barely up from 16.4% in 2024 and 15.8% in 2023, and ever-so-slightly off from 17% in 2022.

Scroll to check out the 10 highest grossing tours by pop acts. Rankings are determined according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore. All reported shows worldwide between Oct. 1, 2024, and Sept. 30, 2025, are eligible.

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