American entertainer Britney Spears has embarked on ten headlining concert tours and one concert residency. According to Pollstar, Spears has grossed $485 million in revenue throughout her career. During 1998–1999, she embarked on a promotional tour in malls and food courts across North America, titled L'Oreal Hair Zone Mall Tour, and served as an opening act for NSYNC's in Concert tour in the United States before starting her 1999 headlining debut, the ...Baby One More Time Tour, which was also based in North America. Its success prompted an extension of dates in the US, entitled (You Drive Me) Crazy Tour, the following year. The tour was positively received by critics but generated some controversy due to her racy outfits. Jae-Ha Kim of the Chicago Sun-Times commented that "Spears has that 'it' factor that worked for pinup queens of the past."
From 2000 to 2001, she performed the Oops!... I Did It Again Tour in North America, Europe, and Brazil. It was critically appreciated for Spears's energy and performance, as well as the band, and went on to gross $40.9 million. She then followed this with the Dream Within a Dream Tour in North America and Japan, during 2001–2002. The performances were accompanied by many special effects, including a water screen that pumped two tons of water onto the stage during the encore performance of "...Baby One More Time". The tour grossed $53.3 million from 946,169 tickets sold.
With the Onyx Hotel Tour, in 2004, Spears felt inspired to create a show set in different areas of a hotel and mixed it with the concept of an onyx stone. The tour was canceled after Spears hurt her knee while shooting a music video. Overall, the Onyx Hotel Tour grossed $34 million while visiting North America and Europe. After a three-year hiatus from performing, her next tour would be the M+M's Tour in 2007. It consisted of six short, 15-minute shows in House of Blues clubs around the United States.
In 2008, after highly publicized personal struggles, Spears was involuntarily placed in a conservatorship by her father and embarked on the Circus Starring Britney Spears tour the following year. All the North American concerts were sold out, and it broke attendance records in many cities. The show was also performed in Europe and Oceania. It went on to become the highest-grossing tour of her career and the fifth highest-grossing tour of 2009, earning $131.8 million with an attendance of 1.4 million. In 2011, Spears embarked on her Femme Fatale Tour, which visited North America, Europe, Asia, and South America, and ended up grossing $68.7 million.
On December 27, 2013, Spears began her first concert residency, Britney: Piece of Me, at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Originally scheduled to run for two years, the show's success led to a two-year extension, and the final performance was set on December 31, 2017. It grossed $137.7 million from 916,184 tickets sold. During the summer of 2017, Spears brought the show to Asia as an international tour, marketed as Britney: Live in Concert. It was her first concert tour in six years. In 2018, she continued the show in the United States and Europe as the Piece of Me Tour, which grossed $54.3 million.
In January 2019, Spears announced an indefinite hiatus and the cancellation of her planned concert residency, Britney: Domination, and later entered in a legal battle with her father over her conservatorship, which was terminated in November 2021. In September 2022, Spears stated that she would "probably never perform again" due to the trauma that the arrangement caused to her life.
Concert tours Headlining Title Date Associated album(s) Continent(s) Shows Gross Gross in Attendance ...Baby One More Time Tour – September 15, 1999 ...Baby One More Time North America 57 (You Drive Me) Crazy Tour – April 24, 2000 ...Baby One More TimeOops!... I Did It Again North America 25 Oops!... I Did It Again Tour – January 18, 2001 Oops!... I Did It Again North AmericaEuropeSouth America 89 $ 1,500,000 Dream Within a Dream Tour – July 28, 2002 Britney North AmericaAsia 69 $ The Onyx Hotel Tour – June 6, 2004 In the Zone North AmericaEurope 54 $ The M+M's Tour – 20, 2007 North America 6 $ The Circus Starring Britney Spears – November 29, 2009 Circus North AmericaEuropeOceania 97 $ Femme Fatale Tour – December 10, 2011 Femme Fatale North AmericaEuropeAsiaSouth America 79 $ Britney: Live in Concert – July 3, 2017 Asia 11 125,800 Piece of Me Tour – October 21, 2018 North AmericaEurope 31 $
Promotional Title Date Associated album Continent Shows L'Oreal Hair Zone Mall Tour – January 29, 1999 ...Baby One More Time North America Unknown
Supporting Title Headliner Date Associated album Continent Shows NSYNC in Concert NSYNC – January 17, 1999 ...Baby One More Time North America 40
Concert residencies Title Date Venue City Shows Gross Gross in Attendance Britney: Piece of Me – December 31, 2017 The AXIS Paradise, Nevada 248 $137,695,392 $ 916,184
Award shows +List of performances at award shows, with the location and performed songs Date Event Venue Location Performed song(s) May 1, 1999 Kids' Choice Awards of 1999 Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California "...Baby One More Time" May 5, 1999 World Music Awards of 1999 Salle des Étoiles Larvotto, Monaco August 1, 1999 Teen Choice Awards of 1999 Barker Hangar Santa Monica, California September 9, 1999 MTV Video Music Awards of 1999 Metropolitan Opera House New York City, New York "...Baby One More Time" September 23, 1999 MuchMusic Video Awards of 1999 299 Queen Street West Ontario, Canada November 11, 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards of 1999 Point Depot Dublin, Ireland "...Baby One More Time"/"(You Drive Me) Crazy" December 1, 1999 The Record of the Year of 1999 The London Studios London, England "...Baby One More Time" December 5, 1999 Smash Hits Poll Winners Party of 1999 London Arena London, England "...Baby One More Time" December 8, 1999 Billboard Music Awards of 1999 MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, Nevada "...Baby One More Time"/"(You Drive Me) Crazy" February 23, 2000 Grammy Awards of 2000 Staples Center Los Angeles, California September 7, 2000 MTV Video Music Awards of 2000 Radio City Music Hall New York City, New York November 4, 2000 Radio Music Awards of 2000 Preussag Arena Hanover, Germany "Stronger" November 17, 2000 M6 Awards of 2000 Zénith Arena Lille, France "Stronger" January 8, 2001 American Music Awards of 2001 Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, California "Stronger" September 6, 2001 MTV Video Music Awards of 2001 Metropolitan Opera House New York City, New York "I'm a Slave 4 U" December 4, 2001 Billboard Music Awards of 2001 Bellagio Hotel Paradise, Nevada "I'm a Slave 4 U" January 9, 2002 American Music Awards of 2002 Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, California "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" January 19, 2002 NRJ Music Awards of 2002 Palais des Festivals et des Congrès Cannes, France "I'm a Slave 4 U" August 28, 2003 MTV Video Music Awards of 2003 Radio City Music Hall New York City, New York"Like a Virgin"/"Hollywood"/"Work It" November 16, 2003 American Music Awards of 2003 Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, California "Me Against the Music" January 24, 2004 NRJ Music Awards of 2004 Palais des Festivals et des Congrès Cannes, France "Toxic" September 9, 2007 MTV Video Music Awards of 2007 The Palms Paradise, Nevada November 27, 2008 Bambi Awards of 2008 Oberrheinhalle Offenburg, Germany "Womanizer" December 16, 2008 NTV's Best Artist of 2008 Makuhari Messe Chiba, Japan "Womanizer" May 22, 2011 Billboard Music Awards of 2011 MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, Nevada May 17, 2015 Billboard Music Awards of 2015 The AXIS Paradise, Nevada "Pretty Girls" May 22, 2016 Billboard Music Awards of 2016 T-Mobile Arena Paradise, Nevada August 28, 2016 MTV Video Music Awards of 2016 Madison Square Garden New York City, New York "Make Me"/"Me, Myself & I"
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