Hot Tours: Justin Bieber, Eric Clapton, Ricky Martin

Justin Bieber lands atop the latest Hot Tours ranking with grosses reported from the final leg of his My World Tour which wrapped in October. The tour's final trek was through South American markets, kicking off in Rio de Janerio at the Estdio Olmpico Joo Havelange, the venue that will host athletics competitions during the 2016 Summer Olympics. Bieber played the stadium on Oct. 5-6, grossing $4.6 million (US$) from a total of 46,533 sold tickets during the two-show stint. Following the Rio performances, the Canadian pop star appeared at the Z Festival in So Paulo, held at the 67,000-seat Estdio do Morumbi on Oct. 8-9, and then played his final show in Brazil the following evening in the city of Porto Alegre at Estdio Beira-Rio. Also included in this week's totals is an Oct. 17 concert at the Estadio Nacional in Lima, Peru and the My World Tour's final performance on Oct. 19 in Venezuela. The tour wrapped in Caracas at the stadium at Universidad Simn Bolivar. With a crowd of 13,039 in attendance, the final performance grossed just over $4 million (US$).

Eric Clapton is the No. 2 act on Hot Tours with sales totals from performances in South America. His ranking is based on $8.1 million in grosses from the South American leg of his 2011 tour that kicked off in Brazil on Oct. 6. The rock legend played at the Fiergs event center complex in Porto Alegre to a crowd of 19,159, generating $2.3 million (US$) in ticket sales. On Oct. 9, Clapton began a two-show run in Rio de Janeiro at the HSBC Arena followed by a single performance in So Paulo at the Estdio do Morumbi on Oct. 12. Combined attendance for both nights in Rio was 18,127, and the crowd in So Paulo was just under 38,000.

With a No. 3 ranking, Ricky Martin continues this week's Latin American presence on Hot Tours with box office totals re! ported f rom concerts in Venezuela, Costa Rica and Mexico as well as a performance in Puerto Rico. With more than $5 million in grosses, Martin drew a total of 37,739 fans to six shows, beginning with three events in Venezuela in early October. On the 1st, he played an outdoor concert at the Universidad Simn Bolivar in Caracas, followed by performances in Valencia on Oct. 4 and Maracaibo on Oct. 7. After the shows in Venezuela, the singer performed in San Jos, Costa Rica at the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aym on the 12th and in Mexico City at the Auditorio Nacional on Nov. 2. The concert in Puerto Rico was on Nov. 12 at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico in the San Juan suburb of Hato Rey.

RankArtist/EventTotal GrossShow DatesShow Venue/City (Shows/Sellouts)Total Attendance (Capacity)1JUSTIN BIEBER$13,585,840Oct. 5-19Estdio Olmpico Joo Havelange, Rio de Janeiro (2/0)Estdio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil (1/0)Estadio Nacional, Lima (1/0)Estadio de Ftbol de la Universidad Simn Bolivar, Caracas (1/0)99,193 (155,224)2ERIC CLAPTON$8,174,960Oct. 6-12Estacionamento da Fiergs, Porto Alegre, Brazil (1/0)HSBC Arena, Rio De Janeiro (2/0)Estdio do Morumbi, So Paulo (1/0)75,187 (88,809)3RICKY MARTIN $5,077,137Oct. 1-Nov. 12Estadio de Ftbol de la Universidad Simn Bolivar, Caracass (1/0)Forum de Valencia, Valencia, Venezuela (1/0)Palacio de los Eventos, Maracaibo, Venezuela (1/0)Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aym, San Jos, Costa Rica (1/0)Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City (1/0)Coliseo de Puerto Rico, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico (1/0)37,739 (59,762)4MEAT LOAF$3,443,267Aug. 28-Oct. 22Harrah's Stir Concert Cove, Council Bluffs, Iowa (1/1)Wol! longong Entertainment Center, Wollongong, Australia (1/1)Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne (1/0)Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, Australia (1/1)nib Stadium, Perth, Australia (1/1)35,454 (35,492)5BOB DYLAN & MARK KNOPFLER$3,272,316Oct. 19-31bobSportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium (1/0)O2 World, Berlin (1/0)O2 World, Hamburg (1/0)35,429 (37,736)6AEROSMITH $2,511,860Nov. 8Foro Sol, Mexico City (1/0)39,275 (52,910)7SYSTEM OF A DOWN $2,108,410Oct. 1Chcara do Jockey, So Paulo (1/0)24,134 (26,506)8ROD STEWART$2,047,226Oct. 22Estadio Vlez Srsfield, Buenos Aires (1/1)34,077 (34,077)9COLD CHISEL$2,029,770Nov. 9-10Allphones Arena, Sydney (2/0)21,346 (23,590)10MARC ANTHONY$1,086,743Nov. 5Coliseo de Puerto Rico, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico (1/1)13,102 (13,102)