What is the most viewed concert of all time?

This concert is believed to have been the most-viewed ever.

Deciding on the concert that was viewed most is something that could be a real challenge. Concerts have been organized for as long as anyone can remember, and analyzing people’s views of these events in the past few years can be quite a task. Yet, thanks to the advancements in technology and record keeping, I can confidently say that certain concerts are very evident as the most viewed in history.

Set by the most watched concert, the present record belongs to the British band One Direction. They staged a 2015 Apple Music Festival performance, which Apple Music broadcast for free and viewed by more than 20 million people in 163 countries.

Held on September 22, at the Roundhouse in London, the event included the well-known boy band. As part of the Apple Music Festival, held yearly between 2007 and 2016, the corporation was able to get one-year exclusivity to webcast the show. One Direction was most likely at its most popular during the performance, so paired with Apple's worldwide appeal, the event established records for the most-viewed concert ever.

Some key facts about One Direction's record-setting concert:

More than 20 million viewers in a single LIVE session

The Countless Broadcasts for Her Heartbeat Song on Over 163 Countries Apple Music

This show happened at Roundhouse in London It is a venue which can accommodate about 3,000 people.

Among the performances at the Apple Music Festival in 2015

One Direction was among the most popular boy bands in the world at that point.

The prior record for the most-viewed concert was also held by them, namely, the British rock band Led Zeppelin. At the concert that the band gave in 2007 at the O2 Arena in London, a venue with only 20,000 seats, over twenty million requests for tickets were registered. Of them, only 18,000 participants were lucky enough to be issued with tickets to attend in person.

However, the concert was captured in a movie format and premiered in movie theatres in over 40 countries simultaneously. It is suggested that over 500,000 viewers got a chance to watch the filming of the concert in movie theaters, for a total viewership exceeding 20 million. That concert, during which the band performed a total of nine songs in 45 minutes, was seen by 5.5 million people, making it the most-viewed concert in history at the time.

Some key facts about Led Zeppelin's 2007 reunion show:

Around 20 million views in TV and movie theaters.

Again, this reunion occurred after the death of John Bonham in 2002.

But just an 18,000-capacity gig at O2 Arena watched on screens around the world.

Screenings of motion pictures to the public in more than 44 countries.

It is estimated that the current and upcoming productions are seen by 500,000 viewers in movie theaters alone.

What we can make out is that the most-viewed concert is not just the one which has more audiences in the theatre, but the one which has more audiences in each of the media. One Direction might be the most viewed during live streams, but Led Zeppelin may be the most viewed during broadcasts and theaters.

Other concerts that are likely to be near the top in terms of viewership include:

Live 8 Concerts (2005)

Many organizations and bands participated in the events and were involved in the Live 8 concerts that were in London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Philadelphia, Barrie, Chiba, Cornwall, Edinburgh, and Moscow in 2005, causing awareness of global poverty. Live 8 which covered ten different cities in the world, has been estimated to have reached about 1.9 billion viewers through the different screens.

The Beatles Shea Stadium Concert was held in 1965.

Amid the Beatles’ popularity, the group, or the Fab Four, performed live at the Shea Stadium in New York, and the show was televised in part to 73 million viewers. Those are really big figures for the 1960s alone. Furthermore, the concert was featured in The Beatles Anthology documentary that was aired in 1995, making the event one of the most memorable ones in history.

Elvis Comeback Special (1968)

Also known as the "68 Comeback Special," Elvis Presley's concert on NBC after his many years of stopped live performances marks a turning point in his career. Millions of people saw this unique, to be exact, 41% of all the TV viewers the public utilized at that time. Many might have forgotten everything about Elvis had this concert special not been shown, but the performance also highlighted his greatest qualities and exposed his talents to a fresh generation of admirers.

Over time, more concerts are now being live-streamed through various media formats as they shift from one form to the other. This therefore implies that the record for highest highest-grossing concert of all time will be annulled again in the future. But, again, these concerts were already in history as the pioneers of viewership of this kind. They provided a platform for giant concerts that can now be accessed and enjoyed by fans all over the world. Thus, the question emerges: who among the modern artists will eventually score the same result and be considered among the most viewed ever?

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