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Travis Scott: Cactus Jack really can't be stopped with 'UTOPIA' still going strong and sold-out shows, too

Just when you thought having a fire album was enough, turns out rap heavyweight Travis Scott is proving he’s must-see material with UTOPIA still doing big things around the globe. The hip-hop superstar remains the biggest selling male artist of the year while adding more massive stats for his biggest tour to date.

Travis Scott is still going super strong with ‘UTOPIA’ and tour stops loading up

Whether you want to talk numbers based on album streams and sales or have more interest in dishing on how Scott’s presence has people buying tickets to see him in-person all across the nation, the stats really don’t lie.

Diamond-certified, eight-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated artist, performer, producer, songwriter and director Travis Scott continues to blaze a trail, breaking records across the board with his latest album UTOPIA and sold-out North American UTOPIA – CIRCUS MAXIMUS tour. 

Already crowned as the biggest selling male artist of 2023, his fourth studio album UTOPIA is officially the biggest selling hip-hop album of 2023, the first in 5 years to spend one full month at #1 on Billboard charts, also boasting its biggest debut in vinyl sales for a rap album in a single week since 1991. Additionally, Spotify named UTOPIA the most streamed album in its first week in 2023, and Apple Music confirmed the biggest first day streams of an album in 2023. 

Now, with his sold-out North American UTOPIA – CIRCUS MAXIMUS tour underway, with Dallas Observer hailing the show as a “true spectacle,” and The Source heralding the performer as “electrifying,” Travis Scott breaks the record as the first rapper to ever headline and sell-out Los Angeles’ Sofi Stadium. UTOPIA – CIRCUS MAXIMUS tour has sold 500,000 tickets, grossing over $80M across his biggest tour to date. The critically acclaimed multi-hyphenate has also broken the record for most tour merchandise sold, selling more than $1M in just one night at both theDallas American Airlines Center last week and Denver’s Bell Arena Sunday night ($1.06M). It’s undeniable, Travis Scott remains the biggest and most undefeatable artists of the 21st century. 

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Travis Scott continues his exhilarating North American UTOPIA – CIRCUS MAXIMUS tour though the rest of 2023, making stops in all the major cities. For a full list of dates go to https://www.travisscott.com

$2 from every ticket sold will go to Cactus Jack Foundation which is a 501(c)3 with a mission to uplift Houston youth through toy drives, scholarship programs to HBCU college students, and fulfilling expenses for education and creative endeavors. 

Earlier this year, Travis Scott unveiled his CIRCUS MAXIMUS film in select AMC Theatres which sold-out instantly nationwide. Taking his audience on a mind-bending visual odyssey across the globe, woven together by the speaker rattling sounds of UTOPIA. The film is a surreal and psychedelic journey, uniting a collective of visionary filmmakers from around the world in a kaleidoscopic exploration of human experience and the power of soundscapes. Written & Directed by Travis Scott and additional directors: Gaspar Noe, Valdimar Jóhannsson, Nicolas Winding Refn, Harmony Korine and Kahlil Joseph.

UTOPIA finds Travis Scott at the height of his powers as a performer, songwriter, producer, and collaborator proving once again that nobody sounds like Travis. It continues to enshrine him as the culture’s foremost sonic innovator, and has been heralded as ‘album of the decade.’ The album is currently available at shop.travisscott.com and is available alongside five unique album covers as a part of vinyl, CD and merchandise box sets.