Ricky Martin live performances | |
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Concert tours | 13 |
Co-headlining concert tours | 1 |
Concert residencies | 1 |
Award shows | 25 |
The Puerto Rican recording artist Ricky Martin has embarked on fourteen concert tours. His 1992 debut, Ricky Martin Tour was based in Latin America only and supported his first studio album Ricky Martin (1991). In 1993 and 1994, Martin embarked on his second Latin America tour, Me Amaras Tour to further promote his second studio album Me Amaras (1993). [1] In September 1995, he released his third studio album, A Medio Vivir . To further promote its material, Martin embarked on his third concert tour, the A Medio Vivir Tour, in October 1995. The tour lasted for more than two years, through which he performed 63 shows and visited Europe, Latin America and the United States. [2] A DVD, titled Europa: European Tour was released on July 3, 2001. It features the show from his sold-out tour in Europe in 1997. [3] [4] [5]
While on tour in 1997, Martin returned to the studio and began recording material for his fourth studio album. He said the experience of touring and recording at the same time was "brutal and incredibly intense". [6] The album was titled Vuelve and released on February 12, 1998. [7] [8] For promotion, Martin embarked on a concert tour performing in Asia, South America, and the US. Martin's fifth concert tour, Livin' la Vida Loca Tour was in support of his first English-language studio album Ricky Martin (1999) and became his first major world concert tour. The tour started in October 1999 and continued until October 2000. It covered four continents, North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Jessica Simpson was featured as an opening act on the North American leg of the tour. [9]
After five years, in 2005, he began his sixth tour, One Night Only with Ricky Martin in support of his eighth studio album Life (2005). The tour visited the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa, and comprised 53 show dates. In February 2007, Martin embarked on his seventh tour, Black and White Tour to further promote his first live album MTV Unplugged (2006). The Música + Alma + Sexo World Tour was the eighth concert tour by Martin, and supported his ninth studio album, Música + Alma + Sexo (2011). It began with a series of concerts in Puerto Rico and North America, with international dates later in the year. [10] After visiting 28 countries throughout North America, Europe and Latin America, Ricky Martin formally ended his tour on November 12, 2011, in his homeland, Puerto Rico, at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot. [11] In October 2013, he began his ninth concert tour, Ricky Martin Live in Newcastle and continued throwing concerts in venues in the Americas in the later months, as well as participating in the Mawazine Festival in Rabat, Morocco. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
In 2014, Martin embarked on his Mexico tour, Live in Mexico. In February 2015, he released his tenth studio album, A Quien Quiera Escuchar . To further promote its material, Martin embarked on his tenth concert tour, the One World Tour, in October 2015. The tour lasted for three years, through which he performed 105 shows and visited Oceania, North America, South America, Europe and Asia. His performance in Zócalo, Mexico City, was attended by more than 100,000 people, and is one of the highest-attended concerts of all time. [17] In 2017, he headlined his first residency show, All In, which took place at the Park Theater at Monte Carlo Resort and Casino. In 2018, he started Ricky Martin en Concierto. [18] Two years later, Martin announced his new album would be released in 2020 and he started his world tour, Movimiento Tour, on February 7, 2020. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent personal experiences, Martin decided to split the tour's associated album in two extended plays, Pausa and Play, and postponed several of his tour dates. [19] He has also planned to embark on a co-headlining tour with Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias. [20] [21] The tour will begin in Glendale, Arizona on September 3, 2021, and conclude in Orlando on October 30, 2021. [22]
In addition to his tours and residencies, Martin has performed his songs on several television programs and awards shows, most notably his game-changer performance of The Cup of Life at the 41st Annual Grammy Awards, which is known as the greatest award show performance of all time by a Latin artist, [23] and effectively ushered the "Latin explosion". [24]
Year | Title | Duration | Number of performances |
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1992 | Ricky Martin Tour | 1992 (Latin America) | / |
The Ricky Martin Tour was Martin's debut tour. It promoted his first studio album Ricky Martin (1991). The tour visited only Latin America. | |||
1993–1994 | Me Amaras Tour | 1993–1994 (Latin America) | / |
The Me Amaras Tour was Martin's second tour. It promoted his second studio album Me Amaras (1993). The tour visited only Latin America. | |||
1995–1997 | A Medio Vivir Tour | October 19, 1995 – February 24, 1996 (Latin America) March 23, 1996 – March 30, 1996 (North America) April 10, 1996 – May 16, 1997 (Latin America) July 7, 1997 – December 18, 1997 (Europe) | 63 |
The A Medio Vivir Tour was Martin's third tour. It promoted his third studio album, A Medio Vivir (1995). The tour visited Europe, Latin America and the United States. | |||
1998 | Vuelve World Tour | February 13, 1998 – September 5, 1998 (Latin America) October 23, 1998 – October 31, 1998 (North America) November 12, 1998 (Latin America) November 17, 1998 – November 19, 1998 (Australia) November 22, 1998 – December 6, 1998 (Asia) | 20 |
The Vuelve World Tour was Martin's fourth tour. It promoted his fourth studio album, Vuelve (1998). The tour visited Latin America, Asia, and the US. The day after releasing the album, Martin held two sold-out concerts at the 30,000-seat Hiram Bithorn Stadium in Puerto Rico on February 13 and February 14, 1998, respectively. [25] In South America, he performed in Argentina, [26] Chile, [27] Colombia, [28] Peru, [29] and Venezuela. [30] His shows in Venezuela and Peru were held as benefit concerts, the former as part of "A Venezuela Without Drugs" campaign, [31] and the latter for the Foundation for Children of Peru . [32] Martin also participated in the second annual "Festival Presidente de Música Latino" in the Dominican Republic on June 26, 1997, where he had top billing for the event. [33] In Asia, he toured in China, Japan, Malaysia, and Singapore. [34] [35] [36] A concert was planned for Indonesia in May of the same year but was cancelled because of anti-government rioting. [37] In the US, he performed at the Miami Arena in Miami, the Arrowhead Pond in Los Angeles, and Madison Square Garden in New York. [38] His sold-out performance at the Arrowhead Pond grossed over $446,805 which landed it at number 10 on the Boxscore chart on November 7, 1998. [39] For this achievement, the concert's promoter, the Nederlander Organization, presented Martin with the Estrella del Pond Award. [40] His show at Madison Square Garden grossed $632,180 placing it second on the Boxscore chart of November 10. [41] | |||
1999-2000 | Livin' la Vida Loca Tour | October 20, 1999 – March 27, 2000 (North America) [42] [43] April 26, 2000 – May 13, 2000 (Europe) June 9, 2000 – July 27, 2000 (North America) [44] September 26, 2000 – October 11, 2000 (Asia) October 15, 2000 – October 25, 2000 (Oceania) [45] | 103 |
The Livin' la Vida Loca Tour was Martin's fifth tour. It promoted his first English-language studio album Ricky Martin (1999). The tour visited North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. According to 2000 year-end report, Ricky Martin had the 10th highest-grossing tour in the US, with 44 shows grossing $36.3 million and drawing an audience of 617,488. [46] That October, attendance and sales data reported from 60 concert dates in the United States, Canada and Mexico show the tour grossed $51.3 million and drew 875,151 fans, according to Billboard Boxscore, International dates, not reported to Boxscore would push Martin's grosses higher. [47] | |||
2005–2006 | One Night Only with Ricky Martin | November 13, 2005 – December 8, 2005 (Latin America) [48] January 15, 2006 – February 15, 2006 (North America) [49] February 18, 2006 – February 19, 2006 (Latin America) February 25, 2006 (Asia) April 21, 2006 – May 22, 2006 (Europe) [50] [51] [52] May 27, 2006 (Asia) May 29, 2006 (Africa) June 3, 2006 (Asia) June 7, 2006 (Europe) | 53 |
The One Night Only with Ricky Martin was Martin's sixth tour. It promoted his 2005 album Life . Martin kicked off his tour on November 15, 2005, in Mexico, [53] [54] and the tour visited the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa. | |||
2007 | Black and White Tour | February 9, 2007 – March 31, 2007 (Latin America) April 17, 2007 – May 27, 2007 (North America) June 27, 2007 – July 26, 2007 (Europe) August 10, 2007 – September 27, 2007 (Latin America) September 29, 2007 – October 14, 2007 (North America) | 80 |
The Black and White Tour was Martin's seventh tour. It promoted his first live album MTV Unplugged . The tour kicked off with four nights at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan on February 9, 2007, and travelled to several countries in South and Central America, [55] and also visited North America and Europe. On Billboard's Top 25 Tours of the first half of 2007 (between November 15, 2006, and May 15, 2007), Ricky Martin ranked at number 19. The tour grossed $13,124,673, with capacity 273,899 and attendance 250,463. Five shows out of twenty two were sold out. And on Billboard's Top 25 Boxscores of the same period, Martin ranked at number 15 with his Coliseo de Puerto Rico concerts which grossed $3,988,207. [56] | |||
2011 | Música + Alma + Sexo World Tour | March 25, 2011 – May 23, 2011 (North America) [57] June 18, 2011 – July 15, 2011 (Europe) August 26, 2011 – November 12, 2011 (Latin America) [58] [59] [60] [61] | 82 |
The Música + Alma + Sexo World Tour was Martin's eighth tour. It promoted his ninth studio album, Música + Alma + Sexo (2011). It began with a series of concerts in Puerto Rico and North America, with international dates later in the year. The tour was his first in four years, the previous being the 2007 Black and White Tour. [10] On the Pollstar Top 50 Worldwide Tours of the first half of 2011, Ricky Martin ranked at number 42. His tour grossed $17.7, with 37 shows and 246,141 total tickets. [62] After visiting 28 countries throughout North America, Europe and Latin America, Ricky Martin formally ended his tour on November 12, 2011, in his homeland, Puerto Rico, at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot. [11] The tour was planned to close on November 19, 2011, in Santo Domingo, however it got cancelled [63] [64] The tour visited the Americas and Europe. | |||
2013–2014 | Ricky Martin Live | October 3, 2013 – October 20, 2013 (Australia) December 8, 2013 – December 28, 2013 (North America) February 21, 2014 – February 23, 2014 (South America) June 8, 2014 (Africa) | 14 |
The Ricky Martin Live was Martin's ninth tour. It promoted his compilation album, Greatest Hits: Souvenir Edition . [65] The tour visited the Americas, Australia and Africa. | |||
2014 | Live in Mexico | October 3, 2014 – December 20, 2014 (Latin America) [66] | 24 |
The Live in Mexico was Martin's tenth tour and visited only Mexico. | |||
2015–2018 | One World Tour | April 17, 2015 – May 8, 2015 (Oceania) [67] [68] [69] [70] June 10, 2015 – February 6, 2016 (North America) [71] [72] [73] [74] February 9, 2016 (South America) [75] February 12, 2016 – February 14, 2016 (North America) [76] [77] [78] February 20, 2016 – March 25, 2016 (South America) [78] [79] August 24, 2016 – August 27, 2016 (North America) [80] [81] September 8, 2016 – September 10, 2016 (Europe) September 12, 2016 – September 14, 2016 (Asia) September 16, 2016 – September 23, 2016 (Europe) [80] [81] [82] October 25, 2016 – November 6, 2016 (South America) November 11, 2016 – May 6, 2017 (North America) May 23, 2017 – June 11, 2017 (Europe) July 7, 2017 – November 25, 2017 (North America) February 23, 2018 (Asia) | 131 |
The One World Tour was Martin's eleventh tour. It promoted his tenth studio album, A Quien Quiera Escuchar (2015). [83] The tour began in Auckland, New Zealand at the Vector Arena on April 17, 2015, and was extended to conclude in the Dubai International Jazz Festival in February 2018. It visited the Americas, Oceania, Asia and Europe. The One World Tour grossed $57.4 million with a total attendance of 802,931 from 105 shows reported in 2015 and 2016. [84] | |||
2018-2019 | Ricky Martin en Concierto | August 14, 2018 – September 9, 2018 (Europe) November 3, 2018 – September 21, 2019 (Latin America) | 15 |
The Ricky Martin en Concierto was Martin's twelfth tour and visited Latin America and Europe. | |||
2020 | Movimiento Tour | February 7, 2020 – March 7, 2020 (Latin America) | 11 |
The Movimiento Tour was Martin's thirteenth tour. It began in San Juan, Puerto Rico at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum on February 7, 2020, [85] [86] and was supposed to promote his eleventh studio album Movimientio, while because of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent personal experiences, Martin decided to split the tour's associated album in two extended plays, Pausa and Play. [87] [88] Although the tour was going to be a world tour, it visited only some parts of Latin America, due to the COVID-19 concert cancellations. | |||
2022-2023 | Sinfónico Tour | July 22, 2022-September 2023 (US, Europe, Latin America) | TBD |
The Sinfónico Tour is Ricky Martin's newest tour. It kicked off in the Hollywood Bowl in July 2022 and continued in Europe and South America. [89] [90] | |||
Year | Title | Co-headliner | Duration | Number of performances |
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2021 | Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin Live in Concert | Enrique Iglesias | September 3, 2021 – October 30, 2021 (North America) | 25 |
The Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin Live in Concert is Martin's first co-headlining tour. The tour will begin on September 3, 2021, and will visit only North America. | ||||
2023 | Trilogy Tour | Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull | October 14, 2023 – December 10, 2023 (North America) | TBD |
The Trilogy Tour is Martin's second co-headlining tour. The tour will begin in October 2023 and will visit only North America. | ||||
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2017-2018 | All In | April 5, 2017 – June 3, 2018 (Las Vegas, Nevada) | 30 | ||||||||||
The first concert residency by Martin, All In took place at the Park Theater at Monte Carlo Resort and Casino. [91] [92] [93] [94] [95] |
Year | Title | Dates | Release format(s) |
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2006 | MTV Unplugged | August 17, 2006 (Miami) | DVD/Live album (see MTV Unplugged) |
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