Buckingham Nicks debut strong on the UK Album Charts

Famously recruited to Fleetwood Mac in 1975, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks previously worked together in a band called Fritz, and subsequently released their only album as a duo – the eponymous Buckingham Nicks – in 1973. Although it was pivotal for drummer Mick Fleetwood to ask them to join Fleetwood Mac, it was a commercial flop and was soon deleted. Now available for the first time on CD, and simultaneously released in six vinyl variants, it makes its much-belated chart debut this week, opening at No.6 (8,874 sales).

Former lovers Buckingham and Nicks have had a very stormy relationship over the years, much of it providing the inspiration for Fleetwood Mac material. Buckingham was sacked from Fleetwood Mac in 2018, but his relationship with Mick Fleetwood and Stevie Nicks seems to have thawed – Fleetwood endorsed the reissue of Buckingham Nicks on Instagram, while Buckingham and Nicks coordinated social media posts about the album’s reissue. Ironically, the Buckingham Nicks album is one of those responsible for Fleetwood Mac’s 2018 compilation 50 Years: Don’t Stop dipping out of the Top 10 this week, falling 9-11 (7,529 sales) to end its longest-yet run of 28 consecutive weeks in the Top 10. 

- Alan Jones, Music Week

Chart Action for Buckingham Nicks so far... (I'll be updating this space with any additional chart entries including the US charts starting early next week)

BUCKINGHAM NICKS

UK Charts September 26, 2025
No. 1 - Top 40 Americana Albums Chart
No. 3 - Top 40 Vinyl Albums Chart
No. 4 - Top 100 Album Sales Chart
No. 4 - Top 100 Albums Downloads Chart
No. 4 - Top 100 Physical Albums Chart
No. 6 - Top 100 Albums Chart
No. 13 - Top 40 Record Store Chart (biggest albums of the week in 100 UK independent record shops)

AUSTRALIA
No. 6 - Top Vinyl Albums Chart
No. 30 - Top 50 Albums Chart

AUSTRIA
No. 15 - Top 40 Albums

GERMANY
No. 15 - Germany Top 100 Albums

IRELAND
No. 42 Top 100 Albums Chart

NETHERLANDS
No. 4 - Top 33 Vinyl Albums Chart
No. 10 - Top 100 Albums Chart

SCOTLAND
No. 4 - Top 100 Albums Chart

SWEDEN

No. 37 - Top 60 Albums Chart

In the US, Buckingham Nicks is expected to debut within the top 10 on next week's Billboard Top 200 (chart date Oct 4).

Early indications from Hits Daily Double, a fairly accurate indicator, suggest the album will land at No. 6 with just under 37,000 albums sold in the US. This combines physical copies purchased along with streaming and digital downloads of the album.  According to Hits, the majority of album sales come from physical purchases, either on CD or the various vinyl versions. 

TEA means track equivalent albums. TEA is calculated by adding up all of the song sales from an album and dividing by 10. Thus, 10 song downloads from the same album are equivalent to 1 album unit.

SEA means streaming equivalent albums. SEA is calculated by adding up all of the audio song streams from an album. Premium streaming totals are divided by 1,250, and free streaming totals are divided by 3,750. Thus, 1,250 premium streams or 3,750 free streams from the same album is equivalent to 1 album unit.

When you compare the sales of Buckingham Nicks in the US vs the UK, based on population size, sales were actually 19% stronger in the UK vs the US. Put another way: for every 1 million people, the UK bought 21 more copies than the US.

Album Sales Per-Capita Comparison

Country	Population	Albums Sold	Albums per 1M People
US	340,000,000	37,000	109 per 1M
UK	69,000,000	9,000	130 per 1M

For comparison, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours this week sold 18,978 units, a combination of physical, streaming, and digital downloads of songs/albums. You can see that the majority of its album sales come from streaming on platforms like iTunes, Apple Music, and Spotify. 

We'll have a complete rundown for Buckingham Nicks in the US and Canada next week when Billboard starts publishing next week's charts.