PRNewsfoto/MGM ResortsIn between scooping up the awards at various ceremonies all over the world, Lady Gaga‘s also been rocking the box office in Las Vegas, home of her new residency shows Enigma and Jazz & Piano.
The first figures are in and according to Billboard, her opening run of 11 shows grossed $16 million and sold just over 59,000 tickets at The Park Theater at Park MGM. That’s an average of $1.452 million per show, which blows away the first-leg totals of other pop stars’ residencies.
Britney Spears, for example, only earned $679,000 per show, on average, when her show Piece of Me started in 2013. Jennifer Lopez, Backstreet Boys and Gwen Stefani also all earned under $1 million per show when their residencies kicked off.
As a result of her new Las Vegas grosses, Billboard notes that Gaga’s career total gross for live performances has now passed the half-billion mark: It stands at $512.3 million.
Only four other women have earned that much or more in concert revenue in their careers: Madonna, with $1.3 billion; Celine Dion, with $1 billion; Taylor Swift, with $935 million and Beyonce, with $767 million.
Gaga will resume her Vegas performances May 30.
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