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	One of the most successful residencies in history was [[Elvis Presley]]'s 636 consecutive shows at the [[Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino\|International and Las Vegas Hilton]] from July 1969 through December 1976.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2015/apr/26/was-number-elvis-consecutive-sold-out-shows-vegas-/ \|title=Was number of Elvis' consecutive sold-out shows in Las Vegas 636 or 837? – Las Vegas Sun Newspaper \|first=John \|last=Katsilometes \|date=April 26, 2015 \|website=lasvegassun.com}}</ref> However, the box-office data for his residency is unavailable. Celine Dion's A New Day... is the most successful concert residency of all time, grossing over US$385 million (${{formatnum:{{Inflation\|US\|385\|r=2\|2007}}}} million in {{Inflation-year\|US}} dollars){{inflation-fn\|US}} and drawing nearly three million people to 717 shows.<ref name="anewday">{{cite magazine \|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_KhQEAAAAMBAJ \|title=Billboard \|date=October 18, 2008 \|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. \|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> Her second residency, [[Celine (concert residency)\|Celine]], is the second most successful one, generating $296 million from a total of 427 shows between 2011 and 2019. These two residencies made Dion the highest-grossing resident performer of all time.<ref name="Celine"/>		One of the most successful residencies in history was [[Elvis Presley]]'s 636 consecutive shows at the [[Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino\|International and Las Vegas Hilton]] from July 1969 through December 1976.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2015/apr/26/was-number-elvis-consecutive-sold-out-shows-vegas-/ \|title=Was number of Elvis' consecutive sold-out shows in Las Vegas 636 or 837? – Las Vegas Sun Newspaper \|first=John \|last=Katsilometes \|date=April 26, 2015 \|website=lasvegassun.com}}</ref> However, the box-office data for his residency is unavailable. Celine Dion's A New Day... is the most successful concert residency of all time, grossing over US$385 million (${{formatnum:{{Inflation\|US\|385\|r=2\|2007}}}} million in {{Inflation-year\|US}} dollars){{inflation-fn\|US}} and drawing nearly three million people to 717 shows.<ref name="anewday">{{cite magazine \|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_KhQEAAAAMBAJ \|title=Billboard \|date=October 18, 2008 \|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. \|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> Her second residency, [[Celine (concert residency)\|Celine]], is the second most successful one, generating $296 million from a total of 427 shows between 2011 and 2019. These two residencies made Dion the highest-grossing resident performer of all time.<ref name="Celine"/>

	Following Celine Dion, [[Elton John]] has become the second-most successful concert resident performer; ~~his~~ [[The ~~Red Piano\|~~Red Piano]] residency grossed a reported $169 million between 2004 and 2009,<ref name="theredpiano">{{cite web \|url=http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/music/sir-elton-rockets-back-to-victoria-1.11339928 \|title=Sir Elton rockets back to Victoria \|first=Mike \|last=Devlin \|website=timescolonist.com \|access-date=December 4, 2017}}</ref> ~~and his [[The Million Dollar Piano\|Million Dollar Piano]] residency grossed $131 million between 2011 and 2018.~~ Another top-selling residency was Britney Spears's [[Britney: Piece of Me]], which began in December 2013 and ended on December 31, 2017,<ref name=GMA>{{cite web \|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2013/09/britney-spears/ \|title=Britney Spears Announces Las Vegas Show Live on 'GMA' \|author=Katie Kindelan \|work=[[ABC News]] \|date=September 17, 2013 \|access-date=November 16, 2013}}</ref> grossing over $137 million.<ref name="pieceofme">{{Cite magazine \|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7677996/britney-spears-piece-of-me-las-vegas-ticket-sales \|title=Britney Spears Piece of Me show top $100 million in ticket sales \|magazine=Billboard \|access-date=2017-02-03}}</ref> From 2023 to 2024, [[U2]] staged a residency called [[U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere\|U2:UV ''Achtung Baby'' Live at Sphere]], which grossed $244.5 million from just 40 shows;<ref name="bb-final-boxoff">{{cite web\|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/u2-final-sphere-shows-february-2024-boxscore-report/\|title=U2 Leads February Boxscore Report With Final Sphere Shows\|website=[[Billboard (magazine)\|Billboard]]\|first=Eric\|last=Frankenberg\|date=28 March 2024\|access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref> ''Billboard'' described it as the "fastest grossing residency in Boxscore history".<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/u2-shows-sphere-110-million-ticket-sales/\|title=U2's First Batch of Shows at the Sphere Generated Nearly $110 Million in Ticket Sales\|website=[[Billboard (magazine)\|Billboard]]\|first=Eric\|last=Frankenberg\|date=28 November 2023\|access-date=28 November 2023}}</ref>		Following Celine Dion, [[Elton John]] has become the second