On March 29, Billboard will hold the 19th annual Women in Music awards at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles. Honorees include cover star Erykah Badu, JENNIE and many more, including Doechii as Woman of the Year. In advance of this year’s event, we are looking at some of the most in-demand live performers of the decade.

But while the Boxscore charts are most often dominated by the biggest music stars of pop, country, Latin and more, the women of stand-up comedy are making inroads as they graduate from clubs to theaters to arenas. Here, we celebrate Billboard Boxscore’s top 10 highest-grossing women in comedy across the 2020s so far.

The women on this list are road warriors. Relative to pop stars, comedians typically have less production and travel with fewer crew members. This opens schedules to pack in tons of shows over the course of a tour. In many cases, they are performing multiple shows per night and could string together a full week of dates without a break.

In between shooting their own films, television series and various other projects such as Comedy Central roasts and award show gigs, these 10 acts have pounded the pavement and performed for tens of thousands of fans, at least. Combined, they’ve reported more than 1,200 shows and sold 2.4 million tickets since 2020 — even more impressive considering the first two years of this decade were nearly blacked out due to COVID-19.

Keep reading for the 10 highest-grossing women in comedy, according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore. Totals include gross and attendance for all reported shows dating back to Jan. 1, 2020, current through March 20, 2025.



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