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“You can go your own way,” they said. Instead, the world is going right back to Rumours again.
There are chart comebacks... and then there’s whatever Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours is doing in 2025.
Nearly five decades after its original release, Rumours isn’t just making a quiet return to the charts it’s dominating them. This week, the 1977 pop-rock masterpiece has soared to No. 14 on the Billboard 200, up a full ten spots from last week’s already-impressive position at No. 24.
And that’s just the beginning.
Vinyl Spins, Digital Streams, and Pure Nostalgia Power
Let’s be clear: Rumours isn’t just coasting on dusty vinyl sales and Gen X sentimentality (though there’s plenty of that too). This week, the album also makes serious noise across every major Billboard format:
Top 50 Album Sales:
No. 15 (up from No. 26)
Top 50 Streaming Albums:
No. 17 (up from No. 31)
Top 25 Vinyl Albums:
No. 5 (up from No. 13)
That vinyl surge? Not a fluke. It’s the clearest sign yet that younger listeners aren’t just discovering Fleetwood Mac they’re collecting them, needle and all. If TikTok was their gateway drug, wax is their endgame.
Where Rumours really plants its flag this week is on the Rock charts, and make no mistake: the crown fits.
Top 50 Rock & Alternative Albums:
No. 1 (up from No. 4)
Top 25 Rock Albums:
No. 1 (up from No. 2)
That’s right Rumours is currently the No. 1 rock album in America, in 2025. Take a moment.
Meanwhile, the ever-dependable Greatest Hits also makes waves, climbing to No. 23 on Rock & Alternative and No. 18 on the Rock Albums chart. It even rockets back into the Billboard 200 at No. 95, up from No. 127. That’s a 32-position jump for a compilation album that first charted when CDs were a novelty.
And it’s not just the albums making noise Fleetwood Mac's individual tracks are finding new life in the digital era too.
“Dreams” the ever-mystical, endlessly memed anthem is sitting at No. 22 on the Top 50 Streaming Songs chart, up from No. 31. Just five years ago, a guy on a skateboard drinking cranberry juice reignited this track’s global relevance. Apparently, the world hasn’t stopped sipping.
Then there’s “The Chain,” perhaps the most dramatic breakup song ever built around a bass solo. It re-enters the Rock Digital Song Sales Chart at No. 9 a reminder that when it comes to tension, harmony, and pure musical drama, few bands ever did it better.
North of the border, Rumours also makes a major move on the Canada Top 100 Albums Chart, jumping to No. 12 from No. 18. And Greatest Hits isn’t far behind, re-entering the chart at No. 85 because apparently, even Canada can’t quit Fleetwood Mac (and who would want to?).
Why is Rumours charting like Taylor Swift’s Midnights in 2025?
Because heartbreak doesn’t go out of style. Because harmony literal and emotional hits deeper when it’s real. Because we’re still collectively fascinated by how five people in a band could break up, get back together, write songs about each other, and perform those songs night after night with frightening precision and a lot of velvet.
And most importantly: because Rumours is just that good.
From the aching vulnerability of “Never Going Back Again” to the spiky spite of “Go Your Own Way” to the hypnotic pull of “The Chain,” this isn’t just music it’s mythology, pressed to tape.
This isn’t a blip. It’s a sustained, multi-format takeover. While other legacy acts may land on a chart once every few years due to a sync or a tribute, Fleetwood Mac is showing everyone how it’s really done.
No tour. No new music. No drama at least, not lately (sort of). Just one of the greatest albums ever made, reminding us it still matters.
In 1977, Rumours captured a moment. In 2025, it’s become a movement.
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