Chart Update: Fleetwood Mac USA, UK, IRELAND and AUSTRALIA

UK - July 21, 2012

Fleetwood Mac's re-issued 25 Years The Chain hangs in there in the Top 40 on the UK charts for a 5th week moving down slightly by 4 spots to #38 from #34 last week! The 4cd box set celebrating it's 20th Anniversary this year is still being discounted heavily at retail... This won't last, so if you are in the UK and you need your Fleetwood Mac fix... This is the perfect package!  AmazonUK and HMV both have it on sale.

Rumours re-enters the Top 100 Albums Chart at #93 and moves up to #14 on the Catalogue Top 40 Chart.

TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART
# 38 (34)  Fleetwood Mac - 25 Years The Chain (Box Set)
# 93 (120) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

TOP 40 CATALOGUE ALBUMS CHART
# 14 - Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

IRELAND - July 12, 2012

TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART
# 65 (50) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of
# 98 (91) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

AUSTRALIA - July 16, 2012

Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits re-enters the Top 50 Catalogue Chart this week in Australia at #19 while The Dance DVD Re-enters the Top 40 DVD Chart at # 25.

TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART
# 54 (44) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

TOP 50 CATALOGUE ALBUMS
#  8 (6)   Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best of
# 19 (R/E) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

TOP 40 MUSIC DVD CHART
# 25 (R/E) Fleetwood Mac - The Dance

USA - Week ending July 8th, Billboard Chart July 21, 2012

Two Albums drop out of the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart and one re-enters... Fleetwood Mac's The Very Best Of drops out of the Top 200 after a 4 week stay.  Fleetwood Mac's 1975 white album also drops out after re-entering last week at #187. Rumours re-enters at #191.

Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits remains on the chart dropping down to #91 after re-entering the Top 200 last week at #65. Sales for Greatest Hits this week are 5,612 vs 6,544 the previous week, a decline of 14%.  Total sales since November, 1991 in the US = 4,568,278.

Fleetwood Mac's Rumours re-enters the Top 200 Albums Chart this week at #191 selling 2,889 units for the week up 17% over the previous week where the album sold 2,467.  Total album sales since November, 1991 in the US = 2,971,034. With Rumours re-entering the Top 200 it reclaims the title from "Fleetwood Mac" as the longest-running Mac album on the Billboard Top 200. "Fleetwood Mac" reached 149 weeks on the big chart last week, matching "Rumours", but it falls off the chart this week as "Rumours" returns and reaches the 150 week mark.

On the Top 50 Catalogue Albums Chart, Fleetwood Mac place 3 titles, the most of any act.  Greatest Hits at #9 is down two places from last week.  Rumours at #40 is up 10 spots from last week, and 1975's Fleetwood Mac is down 10 spots to #50 this week.  The Very Best of drops out of the Top 50 on the chart this week.

TOP 200 ALBUMS CHART
#  91 (65)    Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits
# 191 (R/E) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

TOP 50 CATALOGUE CHARTS
#  9  (7)    Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac (469)
# 40 (50)  Rumours, Fleetwood Mac
# 50 (40)  Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac

Chart Update: Fleetwood Mac | Stevie Nicks Domestic Sales & International Charts

Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart
Week ending July 1st - Billboard Chart Date July 14, 2012

Amazing... Fleetwood Mac have 3 albums on this weeks Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart!

Fleetwood Mac's 1988 Greatest Hits album re-enters Billboards Top 200 Albums Chart this week at #65 with US sales for the week of 6,544 units, up from 2,222 last week (195% increase). This marks the albums 32nd non-consecutive week on the Top 200. The album is also sitting at #7 on the Top 200 Catalogue Charts, up from #78 and at #4 on the Top 200 Catalogue Digital Albums Chart up from #42. The album was an Amazon Deal a little over a week ago discounted to $2.99 for the digital download which contributed to the large sales increase.  The album continues today at $2.99 on Amazon. Total digital sales for this reporting period were 5,864 a 320% increase over the previous weeks number of 1,397. Overall total US sales since November, 1991 are 4,562,666.

Fleetwood Mac's self titled 1975 white album also re-enters the Top 200 Chart this week at #187 on sales of 2,864 units, up from 261 units the previous week. Total sales for the white 1975 Fleetwood Mac album in the US since November, 1991 are 852,975.  This marks this albums 149th non-consecutive week on the chart.   The album also re-entered the Top 200 Catalogue Charts at #40.  The album also re-entered the Top 200 Catalogue Physical Chart at #11 with 2,712 physical units sold. The 2004 re-released remastered album with bonus tracks was discounted at Amazon for $5.00, not as a digital download but for the actual disc! That's a pretty amazing deal! The AMAZON sale has since ended.

For a 4th Week, Fleetwood Mac's 2002 double cd release "The Very Best Of" remains on the Top 200 Chart - albeit in second last place moving down the chart from #181 to #199.  Sales for the week were 2,682 vs 3,134 the previous week, a 14% sales decline. Total US sales for The Very Best Of are 1,492,697 - just shy of triple platinum (each sold unit is counted as 2 because the set contains 2 discs). Unless the album receives a boost in sales, it will likely drop off next weeks chart.  The album is also charting on the Top Catalogue Charts at #43 down from #37 the previous week and on the Top 200 Physical Chart at #12, down from #7 the previous week.

Rumours remains on a few charts in the US as well.  On the Top 200 Catalogue Albums Chart the album moves up to #50 from #107 the previous week on unit sales of 2,467 vs 1,991 the previous week, a 24% sales increase. The album is also sitting at #180 on the Top 200 Catalogue Physical Charts, down from #163 the previous week. Physical sales of the CD were 1,034 vs 1,139 the previous week.  On the Top 200 Catalogue Digital Albums Chart the album moves up to #34 from #107 the previous week on digital sales of 1,433 vs 851 the previous week.  Total US sales for Rumours since November, 1991 are 2,968,145.

Stevie Nicks 1981 debut album Bella Donna finds itself hanging on to #192 on the Top 200 Catalogue Physical Albums Chart, up from #199 last week.  Sales for the week were static at 1,011 units sold.  Total album sales since November, 1991 are 865,838.

BILLBOARD TOP 200 ALBUMS CHART
#   65 (R/E) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits
# 187 (R/E) Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
# 199 (181) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

BILLBOARD TOP 200 CATALOGUE ALBUMS CHART
#   7  (78)  Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits
# 40 (R/E) Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
# 43 (37)   Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of
# 50 (107) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

BILLBOARD TOP 200 CATALOGUE PHYSICAL ALBUMS CHART
# 11   (R/E) Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
# 12   ( 7)    Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of
# 180 (163) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
# 192 (199) Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna

BILLBOARD TOP 200 CATALOGUE DIGITAL ALBUMS CHART
#   4 (42)   Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits
# 34 (107) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

UK 
Week of July 8, 2012

4th week in the Top 100 for Fleetwood Mac with a pretty much guaranteed 5th week for their re-released box set 25 Years - The Chain. The box set continues to be heavily discounted at retail in the UK for as low as 7.50 a unit when you take advantage of the "2 For" offer at HMV (2 for 15.00).

TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART

# 34 (24) Fleetwood Mac - 25 Years - The Chain (4CD Box Set)

TOP 40 CATALOGUE CHART

# 20 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

AUSTRALIA

Week of July 9th

Fleetwood Mac's The Very Best Of moves down to #44 from #37 last week on the Top 100 Albums Chart.  On the Top 50 Catalogue Chart, TVBO moves down one place to #6.

TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART

# 44 (37) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

TOP 50 CATALOGUE ALBUMS CHART

# 6 (5) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best of

IRELAND

Week ending July 5th

Fleetwood Mac's The Very Best Of, re-enters the Top 100 this week at #50.  Greatest Hits moves down to #94 from #91 last week.

TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART

# 50 (R/E) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

# 94 (91)  Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

Chart Update: Fleetwood Mac "25 Years The Chain" 3rd Week UK Top 100 + Stevie Nicks Re-entry in Australia

AUSTRALIA - JULY 2, 2012
TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART
Fleetwood Mac move down two places to #37 this week with The Very Best Of on the Top 100 Albums Chart.

# 37 (35) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

TOP 50 CATALOGUE ALBUMS CHART
Fleetwood Mac moves back into the top 5 at #5 this week with The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac.  Stevie Nicks Crystal Visions... The Very Best Of Stevie Nicks re-enters the Top 50 this week at #49.

# 5 (7)   Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of
#49 (R/E) Stevie Nicks - Crystal Visions... The Very Best Of

IRELAND - JUNE 28, 2012
TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART
Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits album drops from #44 last week to #94 this week.  Dropping off the chart this week is The Box Set "25 Years - The Chain" and Fleetwood Mac's "The Very Best Of".

# 94 (44) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

UK - JULY 7, 2012
TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART

Fleetwood Mac's UK Box Set "25 Years - The Chain" moves down, but only slightly this week from #17 to #24 in it's 3rd week of release pretty much guaranteeing it will stick around the Top 100 for a 4th and possibly a 5th week. This 4 CD Box Set has done really well for the band in the UK.  It was originally released worldwide in 1992 but never charted in the UK.  With new packaging for this years release including the same music and same 68 page booklet as the '92 version, but selling at a deeply discounted price at Amazon, HMV and other retailers it's pretty amazing what it's done at retail!  Nice set up for next years Fleetwood Mac tour and the likelihood that dates will happen in the UK. Rumours on the Catalogue Charts this week is sitting nicely at #9.

# 24 (17) Fleetwood Mac - 25 Years, The Chain

Buy Fleetwood Mac's 4 disc Box Set "25 Years - The Chain" 2 For £15.00 at HMV or Amazon for £9.97.

Chart Updates: Fleetwood Mac + Stevie Nicks Bella Donna Comes in out of the darkness

Billboard Top 200 
Week Ending June 17, 2012 - Chart date June 30, 2012

This past Sunday, my post indicated that Fleetwood Mac's Very Best Of album held on for a second week on Billboards Top 200 Albums Chart for the chart dated June 30th with the "The Very Best Of.  This post includes the numbers for that week.  During the week ending ending June 17th the album sold 3,589 units in the US up from 3,310 the previous week which is an 8% increase week over week thus moving the album from #166 to #163.  Total sales in the US to date = 1,486,881.

Last weeks Top 200 Catalogue Albums Chart breakdown:

Fleetwood Mac's The Very Best Of moved down to #32 from 27. Rumours was static on the chart hanging onto #134 for the week but sold 11% more albums vs the previous week.  Sales were 1,906 units vs 1,718 for total sales in the US since November, 1991 of 2,963,387.  Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits also increased in sales by 14% selling 1,851 copies vs 1,617 the previous week and moved up the chart to #144 from #147.

Last weeks Top 200 catalogue Digital Albums Chart:

Fleetwood Mac's Rumours sold 847 digital copies vs 915 the previous week declining in digital sales by 7% moving from #73 to #87.  Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits was flat moving 806 copies vs 808 the previous week but moved down the chart to #101 from #97 on the previous weeks chart.

Billboard Top 200 Albums
# 163 (166)  Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

Top 200 Catalogue Albums 
#   32   (27)  Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of
# 134 (134)  Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
# 144 (147)  Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

Top 200 Catalogue Digital Albums 
#  87  (73)  Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
#101  (97)  Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

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Billboard Top 200:
Week Ending June 24, 2012 - Chart date July 7, 2012

The latest Billboard Chart will have Fleetwood Mac's The Very Best Of hanging on yet again marking it's 3rd week on Billboards Top 200. The album drops to #181 from #166 the previous week on sales of 3,134 units vs 3,589 the previous week or a 13% decrease in sales.  Total sales to date = 1,490,015.

Top 200 Catalogue Albums breakdown:
Fleetwood Mac's The Very Best Of moves down to #37 from #32 last week.  Stevie Nicks 1981 debut album Bella Donna zooms up the chart re-entering at #76 on sales of 2,235 units vs 1,168 the previous week or a 91% increase in sales.  Total sales for the album since November, 1991 = 886,711.  Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits increased in sales by 20% selling 2,222 units vs 1,851 the previous week moving up to #78 from #144.  Total US sales since November, 1991 = 4,556,122.  Rumours moves up on the Catalogue chart as well to #107 from #134 on the previous chart on a 4% sales increase or 1,991 units vs 1,906 the previous week.  Total US sales since November, 1991 = 2,965,678.

Top 200 Catalogue Physical Albums breakdown:

Fleetwood Mac's The Very Best Of moves from #9 to #7 this week.  Rumours re-enters this chart at #163 on physical sales of 1,139 vs 1,059 the previous week or an 8% increase.  Stevie's Bella Donna moves down the physical albums chart to #198 from #163 last week on physical sales of 1,011 vs 1,099.

Top 200 Catalogue Digital Albums breakdown:

Stevie Nicks' Bella Donna sold 1,224 digital copies during the sales period ending June 24th vs 69 digital copies the previous week allowing the album to enter this chart at #56.  The bump in digital sales can surely be attributed to the Amazon mp3 album deal that was going on. The digital album was listed for $2.99 for over a week.  Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits should get a further bump in digital sales this week as it's now listed at $2.99 on Amazon for the week.  During the sales period ending June 24th the album sold 1,397 digital copies vs 806 the previous week or a 73% increase in sales moving from #101 up to #42.  Rumours was flat in sales selling 851 digital copies vs 847 the previous week.  The album moves down the chart to #107 from #87 the previous week.

Billboard Top 200 Albums
# 181 (166)  Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

Top 200 Catalogue Albums 
#    37  (32) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of
#   76 (R/E) Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna
#   78 (144) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits
# 107 (134) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

Top 200 Catalogue Physical Albums:
#     9     (7) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of
# 163 (R/E) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
# 198 (163) Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna

Top 200 Catalogue Digital Albums #   42 (101) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits
#   56 (R/E) Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna
# 107   (87) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

(Video) 1st Week UK Sales for Fleetwood Mac's 4 Disc Box Set "25 Years The Chain"

20 years after its original release, Fleetwood Mac’s 25 Years: The Chain debuts at number nine (13,165 sales) in the UK. The clue to its age is in the title. Fleetwood Mac's recording career started in 1967, and 25 Years: The Chain is a 4CD set of hits, album tracks, alternate takes and rare mixes that was first issued to mark those 25 years in 1992 but failed to chart. Its re-promotion comes at a more affordable price point: originally retailing for around £40, it is now widely available for around £12, and was advertised on TV last week as a Father’s Day gift.

STILL on sale in the UK at AMAZON for £11.97 Buy now.. Who knows how long this deal will last

Courtesy of Music Week.

Chart Updates: Fleetwood Mac's 25 Years The Chain Hits UK Top 10

Missed a week of updates for the US (June 3rd, chart date June 16th) so that's first. Then the most current chart standings for various albums of Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks around the globe.

USA
Week Ending June 3, 2012 - Chart date: June 16, 2012

Top 200 Catalogue Albums Chart

Fleetwood Mac's The Very Best Of lands on the charts at #51 on a sales increase of 135%.  Units sold during the week May 28th to June 3rd were 2,420 vs 1,028 the previous week. Total album sales in the US = 1,479,982.

# 51 (R/E) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

Top 200 Catalogue Physical Albums 

Fleetwood Mac's The Very Best Of leaps up from #157 to #17 and Stevie's Bella Donna moves down to #162 from #136 the previous week selling 1,105 units vs 1,115 in the previous sales period. Total sales in the US since November, 1991 861,599.

#  17 (157) Fleetwood Mac The Very Best Of

# 162 (136) Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna

Top 200 Catalogue Digital Albums 

Fleetwood Mac's Rumours album moves up slightly on a 2% increase in downloads to #85 vs #94 last week and in sales sold 828 units vs 810 units in the previous sales period. Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits album moves up the chart to #116 vs #123 last week but sells less digital copies in this sales period, 681 units, vs 709 the previous week.

# 85  ( 94) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
# 116 (123) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

USA
Week Ending June 10, 2012 - Chart date: June 23, 2012

The Billboard 200

Fleetwood Mac's The Very Best Of re-enters the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart this week at #163. This marks its 46 week spent on the chart since its release in 2002.  The album also moves up to #26 this week on the Top 200 Catalogue chart from #51 the previous week.

# 163 (R/E) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

Top 200 Catalogue Albums Chart

# 26 (51) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

UK

Week ending June 23, 2012

Top 100 Albums Chart

Fleetwood Mac's 4 disc Box Set "25 Years - The Chain" after hitting #12 on the midweek charts in the UK moves up and officially enters the UK Top 100 Albums Chart at #9 marking the sets first appearance on the official UK Charts giving Fleetwood Mac it's 12th Top 10!  The original release in 1992 didn't chart in the UK.  This repackaged version has been heavily discounted at retail across the UK which contributed to it's high placement on the chart.

# 9 (NEW) Fleetwood Mac - 25 YEARS - The Chain

Fleetwood Mac's Top 10 albums in the UK:
#  4  Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac (1968)
# 10 Fleetwood Mac - Mr. Wonderful (1968)
#  6  Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On (1969)
#  1  Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977)
#  1  Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979)
#  5  Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)
#  1  Fleetwood Mac - Tango In The Night (1987)
#  3  Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits (1988)
#  1  Fleetwood Mac - Behind The Mask (1990)
#  6  Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of (2002)
#  6  Fleetwood Mac - Say You Will (2003)
#  9  Fleetwood Mac - 25 Years - The Chain (1992/2012)

IRELAND
Week Ending June 14, 2012

Top 100 Albums Chart

Fleetwood Mac's 4 disc Box Set "25 Years - The Chain" enters Irelands Top 100 Albums Chart at #43.  Re-entering the chart this week is Fleetwood Mac's 2 disc "The Very Best Of" and "Greatest Hits" at #83.

# 43 (NEW) Fleetwood Mac - 25 Years - The Chain

# 64 (R/E) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

# 83 (R/E) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

AUSTRALIA 

June 18, 2012

Top 100 Albums Chart

# 30 (29) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

Top 50 Catalogue Albums chart 

#  6 (5)   Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

# 42 (49) Stevie Nicks - Crystal Visions... The Very Best Of

THE NETHERLANDS 

June 9, 2012

Top 50 Catalogue Albums Chart

# 31 (31) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

Fleetwood Mac Make Chart History in Australia This Week

The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac

The album, which has vaulted to #29 this week on Australia's Top 100 Albums Chart, has now accumulated a very impressive 300 weeks in the Top 100. This is the longest running album in Australian chart history!! Even though it never went higher than #16 on the chart, it has always had strong catalogue sales. Proof is that the album has managed to make the weekly Top 50 every year since its release in 2002. The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac has now sold half a million units in Australia.

On-Sale at JB Hi-Fi:
Single Disc Australian Version: (not available in the US) $9.99
Two-Disc Australian Re-issue Version: $12.99

STEVIE NICKS gold certified "Crystal Visions... The Very Best Of" re-enters the Top 50 Catalogue Chart this week at #49.

RUMOURS after re-entering the chart last week at #34 drops off this weeks chart.

AUSTRALIA - JUNE 11, 2012
Top 100 Albums Chart
# 29 (49) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

Top 50 Catalogue Albums chart 
#  5 (6)   Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of
# 49 (R/E) Stevie Nicks - Crystal Visions... The Very Best Of

UK - JUNE 9, 2012
Top 100 Singles Chart
(Missed this on last week's chart round-up post)
#88 - (R/E) Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way

Chart Updates: Fleetwood Mac Australia & UK + Ken Caillat Book Signing Events

AUSTRALIA - June 4, 2012

Fleetwood Mac's 2CD "The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac" surges back into the top half of the Top 100 Albums Chart re-entering the chart at #49 this week helped along no doubt by the discounted album price of $9.99 at JB Hi-Fi. The album needs to spend just one more week within the top 100, which it likely will, to mark it's 300th non-consecutive week in the Top 100. The album also re-enters the top 10 on the Top 50 Catalogue Chart moving from #14 last week to #6 this week.  Rumours also re-enters the Top 50 Catalogue Chart this week at #34 after being absent for awhile.

TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART
#49 (RE) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

TOP 50 CATALOGUE ALBUMS CHART
# 6   (14) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of
# 34 (RE) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

Fleetwood Mac's 1975 song "Landslide" was covered by Karise Eden on Australia's "The Voice" TV show. The song is included on "The Voice: The Final 24" album.  That album entered the Australian Top 100 Albums Chart at #26. Karise's version of Landslide was the highest charting song from the album entering the Top 100 Singles Chart at #14 and also #14 on the Top 40 Digital Tracks Chart. Fleetwood Mac's original version of Landslide from the white "Fleetwood Mac" album earlier today was the No. 1 Rock Song on iTunes Australia.

UK - June 9, 2012

Rumours in the UK hangs on for one more week on the Top 100 Albums Chart moving from #81 last week to #99 this week.  The album remains within the top 10 on the Top 40 Catalogue Chart.

TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART
# 99 (81) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

TOP 40 CATALOGUE ALBUMS CHART
# 6 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

THE NETHERLANDS - June 2, 2012
TOP 50 CATALOGUE ALBUMS CHART
# 31 (25) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

SPEAKING OF RUMOURS... or THE MAKING OF...

Here are a couple of Book Signing/Speaking Events that Fleetwood Mac Engineer and Producer Ken Caillat can be found at over the next couple of weeks.

Book Signings Are No Rumour
Prosound News

Producer and engineer Ken Caillat will be speaking and signing his book, Making Rumours, in New York and New Jersey in early June.

Up first, Ken Caillat will be speaking about the book and the album at Cinema Arts Center in Huntington, NY (Long Island), and giving his firsthand account on working with the band and writing the book.  Tickets for the event are $10 and available at brownpapertickets, at the following locations:

Cinema Arts Center
June 5, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
423 Park Avenue
Huntington, NY 11743

Books & Greetings 
June 6, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
(Colbie Caillat will also be attending)
271 Livingston Street, #G
Northvale, NJ 07647

A CONVERSATION WITH KEN CAILLAT at The GRAMMY MUSEUM
PRESENTED BY AMERICAN EXPRESS
Ken will also be at The Grammy Museum Tuesday, June 12, 2012; 7:30pm

Hear Caillat in discussion, along with Vice President of the GRAMMY Foundation and MusiCares Scott Goldman as moderator, talk about the making of both the album and the book. Following the interview, Caillat will take questions from the audience and will sign copies of his book.

Tickets are $15 for this event and available at Ticketmaster

BARNES AND NOBLE - THOUSAND OAKS
Catch Ken at a Book Signing Event at Barnes & Noble in Thousand Oaks, CA
Saturday, June 16th at 2pm

Barnes and Noble
160 S. Westlake Blvd.,
Thousand Oaks, CA 91362,

Author Discussion:

Thirty-six years ago, an up-and-coming band hired a young engineer to record its new album -- and magic happened. Join that engineer, Grammy-winning producer Ken Caillat, as he discusses and signs Making Rumours, the story of the iconic Fleetwood Mac album.

Barnes and Noble location

Stevie Nicks | Fleetwood Mac Album Sales Update... Bella Donna Enters The Fray

US Albums Sales Update
Week ending May 27th, Billboard Chart Date June 9th.

RUMOURS: The 1977 album remains on the Top 200 Catalogue Albums Chart in the US this week dropping 5% in sales and moving down to #173 on the chart from #143 last week.  Sales for the week in the US were 1,439 vs 1,515 the previous week.  Total album sales since November, 1991 = 2,958,689.  On the Top 200 Catalogue Digital Albums Chart the album sold 810 copies vs 937 the previous week and sits at #94 down from #55 the previous week.  The difference between 1,439 and 810 is the number of physical albums sold.

GREATEST HITS: The 1988 release dropped off the Top 200 Catalogue Chart a couple of weeks ago, but remains on the Top 200 Catalogue Digital Chart registering 709 units sold digitally vs 750 the previous week.

THE VERY BEST OF FLEETWOOD MAC: The 2002 2CD album remains on the Top 200 Physical Catalogue Chart this week with 1,028 units sold vs 1,004 sold the previous week.  The album moves up to #157 from #169 the previous week.  Total album sales in the US = 1,477,562.

BELLA DONNA: Now there's a title we don't see much (or at all) on any of the Catalogue Charts!!  Stevie's 1981 debut album in it's second week on the Top 200 Catalogue Physical Albums Chart is at #136 this week up from #173 last week on at 12% sales increase.  The album sold 1,115 units in the US during the sales period vs 996 albums in the previous week.  Total album sales in the US since 1991 when Soundscan began tracking sales = 860,494. 

Fleetwood Mac | Stevie Nicks Chart/Sales Update: US | UK

Interesting what one repeat of a couple of documentaries can do for album/song sales in the UK and to a certain extent in Ireland as well.

Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop" 2009 documentary aired on BBC4 again last evening (May 4th) with Peter Green's "Man of the World" documentary following.  Both would repeat late in the night.  As a result, take a look at the charting songs and albums on iTunes right now.  On the Top 10 Rock charts Fleetwood Mac's 1988 Greatest Hits album is the #2 Rock Album.  Rumours is #3 and The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac is #6.  In Ireland, Greatest Hits is #2 with The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac at #4. Fascinating!

In other parts of the world Greatest Hits is #3 in Spain and #9 in Australia.

On the iTunes Top 100 Charts, the lists below reveal a little more of the impact a couple of airings of a documentary can make on album and song sales.

iTunes Top 100 Rock Songs - UK
#12 - Go Your Own Way (Rumours)
#30 - The Chain
#39 - Everywhere
#42 - Edge of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks
#44 - Little Lies
#45 - Oh Well, pts. 1&2 - Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
#49 - Man of the World - Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
#51 - Go Your Own Way (Greatest Hits)
#54 - Dreams
#58 - Landslide
#87 - Rhiannon

iTunes Top 100 overall Albums - UK
#31 - Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits
#35 - Fleetwood Mac Rumours
#40 - The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac

iTunes Top 100 overall Albums - Ireland
#22 - Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits
#30 - The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
#76 - Fleetwood Mac Rumours

US ALBUM SALES 

Week ending April 29th - Billboard Chart Date May 12th 

In The USA this past week... Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and Greatest Hits are still registering on the Top 200 Catalogue Album sales chart with pretty much static numbers in terms of sales both only dropping slightly by 2% vs last week.  Both albums increase in their chart positions as other titles on the chart have greater declines.  Rumours moves from #134 to #117 with sales of 1,824 units for the week, down from 1,864 last week.  Total album sales in the US since 1991 are 2,952,152.  Greatest Hits moves from#188 to #165 on sales of 1,489 units vs 1,519 last week.  Total US sales since 1991 are 4,543,494.  On the Top Catalogue Digital Albums Chart, Rumours moves from #51 to #21 on sales of 1,260 vs 1,208 last week.  Greatest Hits moves from #132 to #104 on sales of 687 digital downloads vs 702 last week.

Two catalogue tracks strike gains in sales this week on the Top 200 sales list.  Fleetwood Mac's Landslide moves from #155 to #95 on sales of 5,883 single downloads vs 4,512 the previous week.  Stevie's Edge of Seventeen moves down the chart even though sales increased this past week.  The tune moves to #180 from #127 last week.  Sales were 4,505 vs 2,694 the previous week.  Total digital sales for Landslide are 862,143 and the total for Edge of Seventeen are 505,673 - which means last week Edge surpassed the 500k mark in digital sales making it eligible for Gold status (not sure if the RIAA awards catalogue tunes Gold awards if they sell past the 500k mark).  In any case, the song didn't chart last week because of it's lower sales even though it's listed as being #127 last week. 

Top Catalogue Albums Chart:
# 117 (134) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
# 165 (188) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

Top Catalogue Digital Albums Chart:
# 21   (51)   Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
# 104 (132) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

Top Digital Tracks Catalogue
# 95 (155)  Fleetwood Mac - Landslide
#180 (127) Stevie Nicks - Edge of Seventeen

Charts: Fleetwood Mac US | UK | Australia | New Zealand | Canada | Netherlands + Stevie Nicks

Fleetwood Mac Catalogue Album and digital track sales move south this week in the US.

USA - Week ending April22, 2012

Top 200 Albums Chart:

Rumours drops off Billboards Top 200 Albums chart this week after re-entering the chart last week at #162.

Top 200 Catalogue Albums & Top 200 Digital Catalogue Albums:

During the sales period in the US running from April 16th through April 22nd Rumours fell 39% dropping from #33 to #134 this week.  Sales for the period were 1,864 vs 3,046 the previous week.  Total sales in the US since November, 1991 = 2,950,328.  

On the Top 200 Catalogue Digital Albums list Rumours moves from #11 to #51 with total digital sales of 1,208 vs 2,491 the previous week. Greatest Hits drops 2% to #189 from #158 last week on sales of 1,519 vs 1,550 the previous week. Total accumulated sales since November, 1991 = 4,542,005.  Greatest Hits on the Top 200 Catalogue Albums list moves from #114 down to #132 on digital sales of 702 vs 740 the previous week.

Top 200 Digital Catalogue Tracks:

Edge of Seventeen drops below the top 200 running this week and therefore does not chart.  The song would have had to sell at least 3,926 units for the week to make the chart. Landslide on the other hand, holds on, but dropping in sales significantly by 31%.  Sales for the week were 4,512 vs 6,576 the previous week.  The song lands at #155 on this weeks listing vs #85 last week.  It too will likely drop out of the top 200 by next week.  Total digital sales for Landslide = 856,260.

USA - April 22, 2012
TOP 200 CATALOGUE ALBUMS CHART
# 134  (33) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
# 189 (158) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

TOP 200 CATALOGUE DIGITAL ALBUMS CHART
# 51   (11) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
# 132 (114) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

TOP 200 CATALOGUE DIGITAL TRACKS CHART
# 155 (85) Fleetwood Mac - Landslide

UK  - May 5, 2012
TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART
# 82 (68) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

TOP 40 CATALOGUE ALBUMS - April 28, 2012
# 7 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

IRELAND - April 26, 2012
TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART
# 80 (55) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

THE NETHERLANDS - April 28, 2012
TOP 50 CATALOGUE ALBUMS CHART
# 45 (44) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

AUSTRALIA - April 30 2012
TOP 50 CATALOGUE ALBUMS CHART
# 34 (34) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

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Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" Re-enters Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart

Fleetwood Mac's 1977 evergreen album Rumours re-enters Billboards Top 200 Albums Chart this week
Sales period - April 9th to April 15th and Billboard Chart date April 28th

On Billboards Top 200 Albums Chart Fleetwood Mac's Rumours re-enters the chart this week at #162 on a sales increase of 63% from 1,866 units sold last week to 3,046 copies of the album sold this week.This in turn caused the album to spike up on the Top 200 Catalogue Albums Chart from #141 last week back into the top 40 this week at #33.  Fleetwood Mac's 1988 album Greatest Hits didn't fair so well this week sliding 18% in sales to 1,550 copies sold from 1,881 last week and landing at #158 on the Top 200 Cataglogue Chart.

Total album sales in the US so far for Rumours in the soundscan era which began tracking sales in November, 1991 are 2,948,464.  Greatest Hits has a total of 4,540,486 units sold.

On the Top 200 Catalogue Digital Albums Chart Rumours increased in sales 138% to 2,491 for the week vs 1,047 last week.  Greatest Hits digitally decreases in sales by 16% to 740 copies vs 886 last week.

On the Top 200 Catalogue Digital Tracks Chart Landslide and Edge of Seventeen remain while Dreams and Go Your Own Way drop off the chart all together after re-entering last week.  Landslide slides in sales by 38% to 6,576 single units sold for the week vs 10,657 last week.  Edge of Seventeen edges down 52% in sales to 5,626 single units sold vs 11,708 last week.  Total Landslide digital sales 851,748.  Total Edge of Seventeen digital sales 498,474.

Top 200 Billboard Albums Chart
# 162 (R/E) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

Top 200 Catalogue Albums Chart
# 33  (141) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
# 158 (138) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

Top 200 Catalogue Digital Albums Chart
# 11 (44) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
# 114 (68) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

Top 200 Catalogue Digital Tracks Chart
# 85 (35) Fleetwood Mac - Landslide
# 127 (25) Stevie Nicks - Edge of Seventeen

Update: US Album | Single Sales - Fleetwood Mac & Stevie Nicks

Fleetwood Mac albums sales take a dip... But single sales soar.
Sales period - April 2nd to April 8th and Billboard Chart date April 21, 2012

On the Top 200 Catalogue Albums Chart, two Fleetwood Mac titles remain - Rumours and Greatest Hits.  Rumours slides down the chart from #59 last week to #142 this week on sales of 1,866 copies vs 2,511 during the previous sales period.  That's a decline of 26%.  Total album sales for Rumours since Soundscan began tracking sales in November, 1991 are 2,945,418.

The Greatest Hits collection released in 1988 moves down to #139 this week from #61 last week on a decrease in sales of 24% to 1,881 units vs 2,483 in the previous sales week.  Total sales of Greatest Hits since 1991 are 4,538,936.

On the Physical Catalogue Chart, Fleetwood Mac's 2002 double cd The Very Best Of drops down to #155 from #124 in the previous sales week, but sales are static only dropping 1%.  Total sales this week are 1,358 vs 1,366 in the previous sales period.

On the Catalogue Digital Albums Chart, Rumours and Greatest Hits remain both shaving 44% in sales off their previous weeks numbers.  Rumours at #44 sold 1,047 digital copies vs 1,880 and a #16 placing in the previous sales period. Greatest Hits at #68 sold 886 digital copies vs 1,570 and a #20 placing in the previous sales period. 

EDGE OF SEVENTEEN:

The big gains were on the Digital Tracks Catalogue Chart.  Stevie's "Edge of Seventeen" moves up to #25 from #44 last week on a 55% sales increase.  Sales for the single track were 11,708 this week vs 7,560 in the previous sales period.  Total sales for the digital track are 492,848.

LANDSLIDE:

Another boost in sales for Landslide this week.  Moving from #57 to #35 the track increased in sales by 57% selling 10,657 single copies vis 6,776 in the previous sales period.  Total sales for the digital track are 845,172.

DREAMS:

Dreams re-enters the Digital Tracks Catalogue Chart at # 142 on a 53% sales increase selling 5,990 single units vs 3,911 in the previous sales period.  Total digital sales for Dreams thus far are 583,206.

GO YOUR OWN WAY:

The Lindsey Buckingham penned track recently cited as the #2 best 70's track in the UK by the music publication NME, Go Your Own Way also re-enters the Digital Tracks Catalogue Chart this week.  At #165. the single track increased in sales by 133% in the US selling 5,568 digital tracks vs 2,388 in the previous sales period.  Total sales for the digital track are 583,206.

In Total these 4 single tracks have sold 54,558 units in the last two weeks.

Top 200 Catalogue Albums Chart
# 139 (61) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits
# 142 (59) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

Top 200 Catalogue Physical Albums Chart
# 155 (124) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

Top 200 Catalogue Digital Albums Chart
# 44 (16) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
# 68 (20) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

Top 200 Catalogue Digital Tracks
# 25 (44) Stevie Nicks - Edge of Seventeen
# 35 (57) Fleetwood Mac - Landslide
#142 (-)  Fleetwood Mac - Dreams
#165 (-)  Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way


AUSTRALIA - April 16, 2012

Top 100 Albums Chart
#91 (92) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

Top 50 Catalogue Albums Chart
#22 (25) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

IRELAND - April 12, 2012

Top 100 Albums Chart
#67 (55) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

THE NETHERLANDS - April 14, 2012

Top 50 Catalogue Albums Chart
#27 (30) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

UK - April 14, 2012

Top 100 Albums Chart
#73 (71) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

Top 40 Catalogue Albums Chart
#6 - Fleetwood Mac Rumours (As of March 31st)