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Reading a newspaper article I came across a sentence which gives me multiple
troubles...

> 昨春に始まったツアーは日米や東南アジアなど１３カ国・地域で１４０万人を集める見通し。アジア人歌手では過去最大級となる。

Regarding では, would it be correct to treat it like "concerning" "in regard
to"? Also I am not sure how to translate 過去最大級 and the function of と in となる。
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grammar translation particles
Trouble with translation 「アジア人歌手では過去最大級となる。」
> 「アジア[人歌手]{じんかしゅ} **では** [過去]{かこ}[最大級]{さいだいきゅう}となる。」

In this context, 「では」≒「の[中]{なか}では」 = " **among** (all Asian singers)"

「過去最大級」 means " _ **of the largest scale so far**_ ".

「～～ **と** なる」 is a little bit more formal way of saying 「～～ **に** なる」, but
「～～となる」 here does not really mean "to become ~~". It means basically the same
thing as 「～～である」 = as in "A is B.", "A will be B.", etc.

In addition, the subject of the sentence is unmentioned (as usual).

> "It will be of the largest scale ever among all Asian singers."

"It" refers to the scale of the concert tour.
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