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Beyoncé’s Formation tour has already earned $123M and it’s not over yet

Beyonce attends the "Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2016 in New York City. Mike Coppola/Getty Images

Beyoncé’s Formation world tour has already raked in $123 million USD, based on box-office counts submitted during the past week by concert promoter Live Nation.

The tour’s opening leg, which took the show through Canada and the U.S., concluded on June 14. It brought in a total of nearly one million attendees and 23 totally sold-out concerts.

According to a Billboard report, based on ticket sales alone, Beyoncé is set to continue her total domination of box offices and stadium seats.

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Billboard also reports that the Single Ladies singer made about $26 million for her last four shows alone. Beyoncé’s biggest show so far was in New York City at Citi Field, where she sold out the stadium for two shows and performed to about 74,000 fans.

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Canadian singer Justin Bieber follows close behind Queen Bey, with the latest leg of his Purpose tour making him about $17 million.

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The Formation tour is in support of her latest album, Lemonade, which has earned four Emmy nominations for the accompanying film.

The visual album, which premiered on HBO, is up for Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Nonfiction Event, Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special, Outstanding Variety Music or Comedy Special and Outstanding Picture Editing for Short Form Segments Emmy Awards.

Beyoncé is currently in Europe with her husband Jay-Z and daughter Blue Ivy, and will be going to 16 countries and 12 cities before returning to the U.S. to perform a few more shows, starting in New York and ending in Nashville, Tenn. on October 2.

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