Estimated 1.6 million people attended Madonna show in Rio

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That's impressive 

[Bronco 12,192]

People are saying its the largest crowd for a standalone concert ever. 

Icon behaviour 

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Just Madonna doing Madonna things

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And people say she’s over. 

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1 hour ago, Bronco said:

People are saying its the largest crowd for a standalone concert ever. 

Icon behaviour 

Rod Stewart did this exact show years ago with four times as many people...free tickets tend to draw huge crowds 

Not to take away anything from this though, it's a crazy amount of people 

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Wait, Copacabana Beach shows actually hold a few records though. Rod Stewart with 4+ million, The Rolling Stones with 1.6 million, I didn't know this was even a thing

Damn you, Michael  why'd you never do festival styled shows?!

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9 minutes ago, PartySick said:

Rod Stewart did this exact show years ago with four times as many people...free tickets tend to draw huge crowds 

Not to take away anything from this though, it's a crazy amount of people 

You are technically correct, but the statistic they’re giving for Madonna is also correct on a technicality.

Rod Stewart’s concert wasn’t standalone as it was a part of Rio’s city wide New Years Eve celebration and part of the attendance figures are also attributed to people arriving for the fireworks after his show (according to Guinness World Records). 

It’s a very specific technicality for sure, though. He still remains the #1 overall with a mind boggling figure. She’s just #1 for female artists and for a show not attached to a wider event.  

Though The Rolling Stones’ show could also have them and Madonna at a tie but we won’t know for sure because the figures for both of them are estimates. All we have officially is LiveNation’s reporting on Madonna’s. 

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Just now, Future Lovers said:

You are technically correct, but the statistic they’re giving for Madonna is also correct on a technicality. Rod Stewart’s concert wasn’t standalone as it was a part of Rio’s city wide New Years Eve celebration and part of the attendance figures are also attributed to people arriving for the fireworks after his show.

It’s a very specific technicality for sure, though. He still remains the #1 overall, she’s just #1 for female artists and for a show not attached to a wider event.  

I'm still skeptical but I think it's just because I don't like Madonna and also everyone can hold a record if you put enough technicalities on it but saying that makes me sound bitter when I don't actually mind it 'cause she's undeniably a legend 

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6 minutes ago, PartySick said:

I'm still skeptical but I think it's just because I don't like Madonna and also everyone can hold a record if you put enough technicalities on it but saying that makes me sound bitter when I don't actually mind it 'cause she's undeniably a legend 

LMAO no I understand, I’d probably feel the same way if it was someone I didn’t care for. 

I definitely think she’s safely #1 in terms of female artists and most likely in terms of largest concerts this century, so for that I’m happy to have her be an overall second to Rod Stewart. I’ll happily as a stan take the #1 on technicality too, but either way it’s sliced I think it’s a nice gem to add to her crown. 

And I think we can agree, even though we feel very differently about her, it’s nice to see a woman this far into her career, at this age, at a time where women are seeing so much pushback on the progress they’ve been able to make for the last several decades have this moment. And on top of it, with a show that so prominently features LGBTQ+ performers and history within it reaching a worldwide broadcast audience. 

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Question for people who have attended shows with this big of a crowd or comparable - do you even feel like you’re at a concert if you’re far away? Like are people still vibing to the music when they can’t even see the performer? Is the music loud? From the above video it almost just looks like a ginormous crowd with the concert in the background, almost taking second place to just the huge grouping of people.

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1 hour ago, PartySick said:

Rod Stewart did this exact show years ago with four times as many people...free tickets tend to draw huge crowds 

Not to take away anything from this though, it's a crazy amount of people 

I believe the distinction is Rod Stewart's show wasn't a standalone concert, it was a NYE event. And the attendance figure includes people who only turned up after for the fireworks. 

Madonna's concert is being differentiated as it was purely a Madonna sspectacle. 

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Happy for Bob.

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1 hour ago, Quasi said:

Question for people who have attended shows with this big of a crowd or comparable - do you even feel like you’re at a concert if you’re far away? Like are people still vibing to the music when they can’t even see the performer? Is the music loud? From the above video it almost just looks like a ginormous crowd with the concert in the background, almost taking second place to just the huge grouping of people.

Fr it took me a bit to actually realise where the stage even was in the video until they started to zoom on it 

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why do i wanna be in a crowd that big, like i feel it would be so much fun just being in a GIANT a$$ crowd w people who love the same music as you. oooof i’m jealous and congrats to madonna frfr

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Watched the whole show with my mother and brother on the TV. It was magical seeing my mom recognizing the 80's songs from her youth and trying to sing along  (it was also hilarious seeing her schocked with some of the things Madonna did in the stage )