Usher and Chris Brown Lead September’s Boxscore Report With $77.4 Million

Chris Brown and Usher sit together in black suits and sunglasses.

Usher and Chris Brown have turned their shared stadium bill into a monthly touring-chart first. Billboard’s October 29th Boxscore report places the pair at No. 1 for September, with $77.4 million and 423,000 tickets reported across 10 shows.

They are the first co-headliners to top the monthly ranking since its 2019 launch, Billboard reported. The result documents ticket sales rather than advance-demand projections.

What the reported numbers show

The September chart win followed two third-place finishes: $98.4 million in July and $91.8 million in August. A smaller gross can still lead a different month’s field.

Billboard reported a cumulative $284.7 million and more than 1.5 million tickets across 36 shows through October 3rd. That cutoff matters: it is a reported total through a specific date, not a newly verified figure for every performance through November.

The monthly No. 1 is Usher’s first. Brown previously led the chart during three consecutive months in 2025, giving the collaboration a new distinction alongside his earlier individual touring results.

R&B at stadium scale

Live Nation introduced the co-headlining stadium run in April, bringing the two performers together under The R&B Tour name. The promoter also announced that one dollar from every ticket sold would support the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, adding a charitable component to the ticket program.

The business significance is in the combination: two established catalogs sharing one stadium event and producing a documented monthly chart leader. Gross revenue is not artist take-home pay; the figures do not disclose the tour’s expenses or the performers’ individual earnings.

For fans, the report offers a concrete measure of the audience behind the collaboration. For the wider genre, it records R&B performers at the top of a touring chart that includes acts across musical styles.

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