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HOW MUCH DID BEYONCÉ MAKE ON THE RENAISSANCE TOUR? SEE HER GROWING EMPIRE

By Abha Bhattarai
, 
Alexis Arnold
and 
Rachel Lerman
November 30, 2023 at 5:00 a.m. EST
(Video: Illustration by Alexis Arnold)

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Call her Queen Bey, Mrs. Carter or Sasha Fierce, one thing is clear: Beyoncé
Knowles runs the world.

Since she hit the scene as a child rapper in the kids group Girls Tyme in 1990,
Beyoncé has built a half-a-billion-dollar empire that spans music,
entertainment, fashion and a flurry of lucrative investments and endorsement
deals. This year, her record-breaking 56-stop Renaissance tour — a dazzling mix
of robotic arms, pyrotechnics and a flying holographic horse — helped power the
U.S. economy.



See how much money Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour actually made

As the Renaissance tour heads this weekend to the silver screen, here’s a look
at how the diva herself got some respect on her check.

SMART ENOUGH TO MAKE THESE MILLIONS



Beyoncé is a lot of things: Performer, entrepreneur, fashion icon. And they all
have contributed to her fast-growing fortune.

Her net worth has soared 20 percent in the last year to $540 million, according
to Forbes. That’s nearly enough to buy every person in her hometown of Houston a
bottle of her $160 perfume, plus a couple of official Renaissance T-shirts.

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The bulk of Beyoncé’s wealth comes from her 20-year solo career. The “Flawless”
singer has sold more than 200 million albums, won a record 32 Grammy Awards and
become the most-awarded artist at the MTV Video Music Awards, BET Awards and
NAACP Image Awards.

She’s also started multiple companies — including Parkwood Entertainment, the
production firm behind the 2008 musical biopic “Cadillac Records” — and signed
lucrative endorsement deals with such global brands as PepsiCo, Samsung, L’Oreal
and American Express.

STACKING MONEY EVERYWHERE SHE GOES

Revenue per tour in 2023 dollars

$579.8m

$323.1m

$274.4m

$120.0m

$35.1m

Renaissance World Tour (2023)

The Beyonce Experience (2007)

The Formation World Tour

(2016)

I Am…World Tour (2009-10)

The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour (2013-14)

Revenue per tour in 2023 dollars

$579.8m

$323.1m

$274.4m

$120.0m

$35.1m

Renaissance World Tour (2023)

The Beyonce Experience (2007)

The Formation World Tour

(2016)

I Am…World Tour (2009-10)

The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour (2013-14)

Revenue per tour in 2023 dollars

$579.8m

$323.1m

$274.4m

$120.0m

$35.1m

Renaissance World Tour (2023)

The Beyonce Experience (2007)

The Formation World Tour

(2016)

I Am…World Tour (2009-10)

The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour (2013-14)

Revenue per tour in 2023 dollars

$579.8m

$323.1m

$274.4m

$120.0m

$35.1m

Renaissance World Tour (2023)

The Beyonce Experience (2007)

The Formation World Tour

(2016)

I Am…World Tour (2009-10)

The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour (2013-14)

She works for the money and she ain’t sorry.

With 56 shows over five months, Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour cemented the
performer as one of the most successful touring artists of all time. Billboard
Boxscore lists Renaissance as the seventh highest-grossing tour in history,
behind Elton John, U2 and Coldplay. Beyoncé is the only woman and the only Black
artist to crack the Top 10.

The Renaissance tour drew more than 2.7 million fans to stadiums around the
world, according to Live Nation, boosting tourism in Beyoncé’s tour cities. In
Stockholm, the traveling “Beyhive” was even blamed for driving Sweden’s May
inflation higher than expected.

Seeing Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ film? Here is our list of do’s and don’ts.

Over the years, Beyoncé’s tours have grown in scale and earnings. Her first solo
tour featured shows in Europe and the United Kingdom. Her next tour, the Beyoncé
Experience, was a global production that earned nearly $25 million — or about
$35 million in today’s dollars — an impressive showing that amounts to just 6
percent of Queen Bey’s Renaissance haul.

A MASTERMIND IN HAUTE COUTURE



Beyoncé’s expanding business empire includes investment in multiple companies,
including flavored water company Lemon Perfect and Parisian fashion brand
Destree, according to PitchBook Data.

Her own companies have included the fashion line House of Deréon and production
company Parkwood Entertainment, which produced her 2019 concert film
“Homecoming,” according to Billboard. Parkwood is also the parent company for
athleisure clothing line Ivy Park, which recently ended its partnership with
Adidas. Ivy Park posted on Instagram in November that “a new era awaits.”

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In addition, she served as a global brand ambassador for Pepsi — a $50 million
campaign, the New York Times estimated — and also collaborates with her husband
on the music-streaming service Tidal, which sold a majority stake to the payment
company Block for roughly $237 million.

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Beyoncé knows better than to be reckless in a Givenchy dress and uses the stage
to lift her businesses. She and her dancers frequently wear outfits from Ivy
Park; the all-black outfit from the final show of the Renaissance tour in
October is now sold out.

A TEXAS BABY



Beyoncé often sings about her fondness for Houston. And her hometown loves her
back. In September, Harris County (where Houston is located) officially renamed
itself “Bey County” during the star’s two-night Renaissance tour stop.

Ticket sales for the Renaissance Tour’s Houston shows alone totaled $31.3
million. Meanwhile, visitors spent $18.2 million at Houston-area hotels — up 45
percent from the same weekend in 2022, according to Houston First Corporation.

To drum up excitement, city officials threw a homecoming bash for Queen Bey —
complete with fireworks, a drone light show and cover bands playing her biggest
hits. Some 5,000 people attended the free downtown celebration.

“It turned out even bigger than we could’ve imagined,” said Michael Heckman,
chief executive of Houston First, which organized the event at the urging of
Mayor Sylvester Turner. “When you have a hometown hero like Beyoncé coming back
for a major concert, we just had to do something big that would be befitting of
the star she is.”

SHE’S BUILDING HER OWN FOUNDATION



She may be stingy with her love, but Beyoncé is making sure when she leaves this
world she’ll have no regrets. For the last 10 years, she has focused on
providing economic opportunities to people in underprivileged and marginalized
communities through the BeyGood Foundation.

During the Renaissance tour, for example, she gave $2 million to entrepreneurs
and college students, doling out $10,000 scholarships and $100,000
small-business grants in cities along the way. The Black Parade Route, created
in 2020, brings together Black business owners around the world for networking
luncheons and awards grants, funding hundreds of Black entrepreneurs.

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The nonprofit has supported families dealing with disasters, including
hurricanes in Houston and Orlando, and a lack of clean drinking water in Flint,
Mich. Beyoncé has also given millions to Knowles-Temenos Place, a housing
complex in Houston that helps the homeless.

WORLD WIDE WOMAN



If there’s one thing Beyoncé knows how to do, it’s make the most of every
opportunity. And the Renaissance tour is no exception. Beyoncé is bringing the
Renaissance World Tour to movie theaters around the world starting Nov. 30 — a
shining new addition to the larger B universe.

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Illustrations by Alexis Arnold and Emily Sabens. Editing by Jennifer Liberto and
Karly Domb Sadof. Design editing by Betty Chavarria. Photo editing by Haley
Hamblin. Copy editing by Briana R. Ellison.

Photo credits: Getty Images, Reuters, AP Images, iStock.

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