Claim: Britney Spears is an entertainer.

A residency show is a series of concerts -LRB- typically of live music -RRB- , similar to a concert tour , but only performed at one location . Though residency shows have been a staple of Las Vegas Strip for decades , the term itself appears to be more recent . One of the earliest online/print references is a 2010 article by Robin Leach . According to Billboard , Celine Dion 's A New Day ... is the most successful residency show of all time , grossing over US$ 385 million -LRB- $ million in dollars -RRB- and drawing nearly three million people to 717 shows . Dion returned to Las Vegas on 15 March 2011 to perform her new show , Celine . She performed her record-breaking 1000th overall Las Vegas show on October 8 , 2016 . Celine Dion leads as the highest grossing solo artist of all time in residency shows -LRB- A New Day and Celine -RRB- grossing a total of $ 650 million -LRB- in 2017 dollars -RRB- .   In 2013 , Britney Spears appeared on Good Morning America to announce a residency show at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino , titled Britney : Piece of Me , which began in December 2013 and is expected to end on December 31 , 2017 . The show , which features many of Spears ' hit songs , is performed 50 times per year and was named `` Best of Las Vegas '' in 2015 . After completing the original run of the show , Spears revealed that the extension would feature updates to the set list , choreography and costumes . The revamped show , which features the tagline `` Remixed . Reimagined . Still Iconic . '' , opened on February 13 , 2016 . The residency has been a commercial success since opening , grossing over US$ 103 million as of February 2017 . Other major performers , such as Jennifer Lopez and Mariah Carey , have followed in Dion 's footsteps and accepted residency offers as well , named Jennifer Lopez : All I Have and # 1 to Infinity respectively .