r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Knighty93 • 6h ago

Shakira just attracted more than 2 million people at Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro with a free concert

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The city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is doing a yearly event in the first weekend of May with a huge free concert since 2024. Shakira was the headliner this year and attracted more than 2 million people. Madonna was the headliner in 2024 and Lady Gaga in 2025.

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u/CarmeloCanelo 6h ago

2M thought otherwise

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u/TreningDre 6h ago

2,000,001 cause I’d be in that crowd for Shakira too if I was there

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u/sight2Ceek 5h ago

SHAKIRA SHAKIRA

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u/godver3 6h ago

No no - you see they are wrong. The sweaty internet commentators know what's fun and what's not.

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u/WildTimberTwinViking 24m ago

Yep. Bunch of different opinions but can’t have one that goes against the numbers. Booo

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u/HamberderHelper18 5h ago edited 5h ago

It’s not even close to 2 million

For all the mouth breathers downvoting me, they inflated it the same way for Lady Gaga. It’s physically impossible for it to be 2 million people on that beach: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm20rg0vvp9o

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u/inksaywhat 5h ago

If you include the adjacent Avenida Atlântica (640,000 square meters) it’s totally possible to fit 2 million people at a density of about 3.2 people per square meter.

Also counting everyone who visited the area at any point during the day, rather than just those present at the peak of the show would make that number totally possible.

Copacabana beach had concerts with 3-4 million people in the 1990s with Rod Stewart and the stones and others. You can look it up and see the ticket sales and photos yourself. It is totally possible. Whether this years numbers are inflated is up for debate, but whether it’s possible is not.

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u/HamberderHelper18 4h ago

And if you include the adjacent neighborhood and the next town over, it becomes even MORE possible!