Taylor Swift is no stranger to breaking records, especially on her Eras world tour.
Her latest record-breaking effort came as the 14-time Grammy winner became the first person to perform four concerts at Sydney's Accor Stadium.
The stadium was built for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games and has hosted the likes of A-list music stars such as Coldplay and The Weeknd.
"Back-to-back-to-back-to-back. . . Taylor Swift tonight becomes the first artist to perform FOUR nights in a row at Accor Stadium 💜," the stadium revealed on its official X, formerly Twitter account.
Back-to-back-to-back-to-back. . .
— Accor Stadium (@AccorStadium) February 26, 2024
Taylor Swift tonight becomes the first artist to perform FOUR nights in a row at Accor Stadium 💜
📸 TAS Rights Management pic.twitter.com/oWnKijat31
Swift is down under for the Australian leg of her world record tour, and already smashed another huge milestone in the southern city of Melbourne.
There she played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) for three nights to a crowd of 96,000 each night, per the MCG's website. Only Ed Sheeran managed to perform to more when he played two shows to a crowd of around 109,000 each night.
Eras made history in 2023 as the highest-grossing live music tour of all time, even though it was only about halfway complete.
Swift's concert movie of the tour managed to smash box office records. It made $92 million in its first weekend and became the highest-grossing domestic concert film of all time just on those opening days.
It also made $26 million on the first day of advanced ticket sales, smashing the previous record held by Avengers: Endgame at $16 million.
This year has already been huge for Swift, who not only became the first person to win Album of the Year four times at the Grammys earlier this month, but in January became the first person to have five albums each with over 7 billion streams on Spotify.
Despite smashing more records in Australia, Swift's tour has not been without some drama.
Part of the stadium was evacuated on Friday because of lightning strikes nearby which caused a delay to the start of the show. Opening act Sabrina Carpenter was forced to ditch her set so Swift could still start on time.
"Stay undercover until further notice and follow venue screens and staff instructions," a post on the stadium's official X account read. "Stay safe and remember to be kind to those around you."
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