Usher & Chris Brown Bring R&B to No. 1 on Monthly Boxscore Report
Usher and Chris Brown’s co-headlining R&B Tour topped Billboard’s monthly touring chart for September 2026, making them the first pair of co-headliners to share the No. 1 position since the chart began in 2019. The result highlights the tour’s strong ticket sales as the North American summer stadium season wound down.
The tour earned $77.4 million and sold 423,000 tickets across 10 September shows. That was below its July and August totals, but lifted its first 36 shows to $284.7 million and more than 1.5 million tickets; Karol G ranked second with $73 million from eight shows.
In short
- Usher and Chris Brown became the first co-headliners to top the monthly chart.
- Their September tour grossed $77.4 million across 10 shows.
- Karol G placed second with $73 million.
Explained simply
Usher and Chris Brown are American R&B singers whose careers have included hit records and major tours. In a co-headlining tour, both artists share top billing, and their performances together are the main draw.
Billboard’s monthly touring chart ranks concerts by reported ticket sales and earnings. Stadium tours can bring in large audiences over a short run, so the figures offer one way to compare artists’ live shows and show the scale of demand.