The biggest concert in the world took place in Moscow in 1997. And, surprise, the artist these spectators came to see is French!
Have you ever wondered what the greatest concert in music history was? The specialized American site Songkick has done the math for you, listing the five shows that brought together the most people in the world. If we all have in mind the huge crowds gathered by certain international artists, it is indeed possible to imagine the headliners having achieved a feat in this area, by listing some of the biggest stars in the world.
In the ranking of concerts having attracted a record number of spectators, according to figures from the Songkick site, we find the Rolling Stones with their Satisfaction tour in Rio in 2006, with 1.5 million spectators, festivals such as the German Love Parade , with 1.6 million people in Dortmund in 2006 and The Monster of Rock, which attracted 1.6 million rock fans to Moscow in 1991.
In another dimension, the second in the ranking is Rod Stewart, who played at Copacabana, in Rio, in front of 3.4 million spectators this time, more than double. It was in 1994. But number one in this ranking is… French!
This author, composer, performer and producer, who has sold more than 60 million records worldwide, stole his record from Rod Stewart in 1997, attracting more than 3.5 million people to his concert in Moscow. A record never equaled until now.
This is obviously Jean-Michel Jarre, a grand master of electronics according to the nickname given to him in China and a lover of gigantic sound and light shows at the time. In 1979, Jean-Michel Jarre had already set the world record for the largest concert of all time, with a million fans in Paris, and then broke his own record twice: in Houston in 1986 when he produced in front of 1.5 million fans, then again in Paris with 2.5 million spectators in 1990.