The Biggest Money-Making Country Tours of 2025 Aren’t Who Most Fans Expect. WN

Billboard has officially unveiled its Boxscore charts for 2025, naming the top 10 highest-grossing country music tours of the year.

While the list features some of the biggest names in country music—like Luke CombsKelsea BalleriniJelly Roll and George Strait, just to name a few—the stars at the very top of the list may surprise you.

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Both the No. 1 and No. 2 spots are occupied by artists who are not predominantly country singers, but who have transitioned into the country sphere over the past couple of years: Post Malone and Beyoncé.

Beyoncé Scores No. 1 Highest-Grossing Country Tour

Beyoncé had the No. 1 highest-grossing country tour with her Cowboy Carter Tour across North America and Europe, pulling in a whopping $407.6 million across 32 shows, Billboard reports.

Not only did Beyoncé dominate the country tour category, but her Cowboy Carter tour was also the highest-grossing tour of 2025 across all genres.

Behind Beyoncé and the Cowboy Carter tour was another artist to recently debut a country album: Post Malone.

Post’s Big Ass Stadium Tour, following the release of his F-1 Trillion debut country album, grossed $231.1 million across 51 shows in North America and Europe.

In the No. 3 and No 4. spots were country hitmakers Zach Bryan with The Quittin’ Time Tour ($159.6 million) and Luke Combs’ Growin’ Up and Gettin’ Old Tour ($76.4 million).

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George Strait Earns a Spot in Top 5 Highest-Grossing Country Tours of 2025

Coming in at No. 5 on the list was none other than country music legend George Strait, who grossed $75.4 million over just six U.S. show dates.

Strait ranked above a number a number of current mega-stars in the industry, including Jelly Roll’s The Beautifully Broken Tour ($67.5 million) at No. 6, Chris Stapleton‘s All-American Road Show ($65.2 million) at No. 7, Kenny Chesney: Live at Sphere ($52.6 million) at No. 8, Kelsea Ballerini Live on Tour ($39.5 million) at No. 9 and Tyler Childers on the Road ($38.6 million) at No. 10.

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