Showing posts with label Rumours. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rumours. Show all posts

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Week 8 for Stevie Nicks In Your Dreams Billboard Top 200 + Fleetwood Mac

In it's 8th week of release "In Your Dreams" drops to # 155 from # 108 on next week's Billboard Charts (issue date July 9th) with 3,813 in sales.  This could be it's last week on the chart unless it receives a bump from Stevie's appearance on The Voice.  Over on the Top 200 Current Albums Chart the disc is at # 131, down from # 96 last week.

In Your Dreams Sales Thus Far:
Wk 1: #     6 - 5/21/11 - 52,418 Debut
Wk 2: #   16 - 5/28/11 - 20,400 Accumulated total = 72,818
Wk 3: #   24 - 6/04/11 - 15,500 Accumulated total = 88,318
Wk 4: #   47 - 6/11/11 -   9,933 Accumulated total = 98,251
Wk 5: #   59 - 6/18/11 -   7,470 Accumulated total = 105,721
Wk 6: #   87 - 6/25/11 -   5,547 Accumulated total = 111,268
Wk 7: # 108 - 7/02/11 -   5,585 Accumulated total = 116,853
Wk 8: # 155 - 7/09/11 -   3,813 Accumulated total = 120,666 (Thanks to Maury for the numbers!)

Fleetwood Mac move up on the Top 200 Albums Chart with "The Very Best Of" up 8 spots to # 167. The 2/CD set re-entered the Top 200 last week at # 175.  Rumours drops out of the Top 200 after re-entering last week at # 115.

Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart
(Last week in parenthesis)
# 155 (108) Stevie Nicks - In Your Dreams
# 167 (175) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

Billboard Top 200 Current Albums
# 131 (96) Stevie Nicks - In Your Dreams

Billboard Top Rock Albums Chart
# 47 (28) Stevie Nicks - In Your Dreams

Billboard Top Catalogue Albums Chart
# 29 (35) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of
# 49 (15) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours



Thursday, June 09, 2011

Stevie Nicks "In Your Dreams" Billboard Chart Update - Week 5 + Fleetwood Mac "Rumours"

STEVIE NICKS - IN YOUR DREAMS

USA
In it's 5th week of release in North America Stevie's In Your Dreams ends the week in the US at # 59 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart - down from # 47 last week. On the Top 200 Current Albums Chart the CD lands at # 58 down from # 46 last week. The Top Rock Albums Chart has the album sitting at # 16 down from # 10 last week.

Wk 1:  #  6 - 52,418
Wk 2: # 16 - 20,400 Accumulated total = 72,818
Wk 3: # 24 - 15,500 Accumulated total = 88,318
Wk 4: # 47 - 9,933 Accumulated total = 98,251
Wk 5: # 59 - 7,470 Accumulated total = 105,721

In New Zealand the album re-enters the Top 40 at # 40 for the week ending Monday June 6th.  In its 5 weeks of release it's spent 3 inside the top 40.

FLEETWOOD MAC - RUMOURS

USA
Fleetwood Mac's Rumours spends a 5th week back on the Top 200 album chart ending the week at # 178 down from # 120 last week. This will likely be it's last week on the big chart.

Wk 1: # 11
Wk 2: # 38
Wk 3: # 81
Wk 4: # 120
Wk 5: # 178

On Billboards Top Catalogue Chart Fleetwood Mac's Rumours drops from # 15 to # 31 for the week ending June 5th.  The Greatest Hits is also on the Catalogue Chart at # 195.  Here are the past 5 weeks on the Catalogue chart for Rumours:

Wk 1: # 1
Wk 2: # 2
Wk 3: # 3
Wk 4: # 15
Wk 5: # 31

Sunday, June 05, 2011

Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" TVBO + Greatest Hits Current Chart Placements Around The Globe

AUSTRALIA 
ALBUM CHARTS - week ending 06/06/2011
# 01 - Australia - Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - Top 50 Catalogue Chart
# 04 - Australia - Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of - Top 50 Catalogue Chart
# 12 - Australia - Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits - Top 50 Catalogue Chart NEW
# 04 - Australia - Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - Top 50 Digital Albums Chart
# 09 - Australia - Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - Top 50 Albums Chart

GLEE CAST: THE MUSIC - VOLUME 6 (Features Fleetwood Mac Tracks)
# 03 - Top 50 Albums Chart
# 03 - Top 50 Digital Albums Chart

IRELAND 
TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART - week ending 06/02/2011
# 52 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
# 76 Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best of

THE NETHERLANDS 
Top 50 Back Catalogue Chart for the week of 06/04/2011
# 10 - Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

THE UK
TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART for the week of 06/11/2011
# 53 - Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - UK Top 100 Albums Chart
# 03 - Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - UK Top Catalogue Albums Chart

UK Catalogue Singles Top 40 Chart - 06/04/2011
# 09 - Fleetwood Mac - Dreams (down from # 05 last week)
# 10 - Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way (down from # 03 last week)

Thursday, June 02, 2011

Stevie Nicks In Your Dreams - Week 4 Official Billboard Numbers

Billboard published their latest charts today which will be reflected in the magazine dated June 11, 2011. Stevie's In Your Dreams lands at # 47 in it's 4th week on the Top 200 Album chart down from # 24 the previous week. On the Top 200 Current Albums Chart the album ends the week at # 46 down from # 23 last week. Sales this past week were 9,933 in the USA for a 4 week total of 97,379. On the Rock Album chart the album slips one place to # 10. In Australia In Your Dreams drops from # 51 to # 87.  In Canada the album slides from # 62 to # 100 this week.

# 47 - USA Billboard Top 200 Albums week ending 05/29/2011
# 46 - USA Billboard Top 200 Current Albums
# 10 - USA Billboard Top Rock Albums
# 87 - Australia - Top 100 Albums Chart 06/06/2011
# 100- Canada Top 100 Albums week ending 05/26/2011

Fleetwood Mac's Rumours in it's 4th week back on the Top 200 Albums chart in the USA sees the album drop from # 81 last week to # 120 this week. On the Top Catalogue Albums Chart the album drops from # 03 to # 15.

# 120- USA Billboard Top 200 Albums week ending 05/29/2011
# 15 - USA Billboard Top Catalogue Albums

I'll update as more info becomes available.

Sunday, May 29, 2011

(Chart Updates) Fleetwood Mac & Stevie Nicks | Singles & Albums The World Over

ALBUM CHARTS

STEVIE NICKS - IN YOUR DREAMS - Week 3 on the charts
In Your Dreams is really doing not too bad in the USA in it's 3rd week on the Billboard charts only dropping 8 places from # 16 to # 24 this week with 15,500 units sold for a 3 week total of 88,400.  In Australia the album drops from # 32 to # 51.  In Sweden the album drops from # 39 to # 59.  In Canada the album moves down from # 41 to # 62.  In The Netherlands the album moves down from # 57 to # 82 and in Germany after the album debuted at # 37 last week it nose dives this week landing at # 82.

# 24 - USA Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart - issue date 04/06/2011 - 15,500 units sold
# 23 - USA Billboard Top 200 Current Albums Chart
# 09 - USA Billboard Top Rock Albums Chart
# 51 - Australia - Top 100 Albums Chart 05/30/2011
# 59 - Sweden - Top 60 Album Chart 05/26/2011
# 62 - Canada Top 100 Albums Chart 05/26/11 - week ending 05/19/11
# 82 - The Netherlands Top 100 Album Chart - week ending 05/21/2011

STEVIE NICKS - IN YOUR DREAMS - Week 2 on the charts
# 86 - Germany Top 100 Albums Chart (05/27/2011)


FLEETWOOD MAC - RUMOURS
# 01 - Australia - Top 50 Catalogue Chart - 05/30/2011
# 03 - Australia - Top 50 Albums Chart - 05/30/2011
# 03 - Australia - Top 50 Digital Albums Chart - 05/30/2011
# 12 - The Netherlands - Top 50 Back Catalogue Chart - week ending 05/28/2011
# 22 - UK Top 100 Albums Chart - 06/04/2011
# 03 - UK Top 40 Catalogue Chart - 06/04/2011
# 11 - UK Top 40 Digital Albums Chart - 06/04/2011
# 25 - Ireland Top 100 Albums Chart - week ending 05/26/2011
# 51 - European Top 200 Albums Chart - 05/28/2011 - NEW
# 81 - USA Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart - issue date 04/06/2011
# 03 - USA Billboard Top Catalogue Albums Chart
# 81 - Canada Top 100 Albums Chart - 05/26/11 - week ending 05/19/11

FLEETWOOD MAC - THE VERY BEST OF
# 04 - Australia - Top 50 Catalogue Chart - week ending 05/30/2011
# 52 - Ireland - Top 100 Album Chart - week ending 05/26/2011
# 90 - UK Top 100 Album Chart - 06/04/2011 - Re-entery

FLEETWOOD MAC - GREATEST HITS
# 195 - USA Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart - issue date 04/06/2011

SINGLES CHARTS

Australia Top 100 Singles Chart - 05/30/2011
With Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours” album still inside the Top 3 this week, two former singles from the album this week enter the singles chart. “Go Your Own Way” is back in at No.59 (HP-20, peaked April 1977) and back in at No.90 is “Dreams” (HP-19, peaked August 1977).

The Glee Cast move up a couple of places to No.30 with their version of Fleetwood Mac’s “Go Your Own Way”.

# 30 - Glee Cast Go Your Own Way
# 59 - Fleetwood Mac Go Your Own Way - New Entry
# 90 - Fleetwood Mac Dreams - New Entry

Australia Top 40 Digital Track Chart - 05/30/2011
# 28 - Glee - Go Your Own Way

European Top 200 Singles Chart - 05/28/2011
#131 - Fleetwood Mac Go Your Own Way - New Entry
#177 - Fleetwood Mac Dreams - New Entry

UK Top 100 Singles Chart - 06/04/2011
# 86 - Glee Cast - Go Your Own Way
# 98 - Fleetwood Mac - Dreams

UK Catalogue Singles Top 40 Chart - 05/28/2011
# 03 - Fleetwood Mac Go Your Own Way
# 05 - Fleetwood Mac Dreams
# 08 - Fleetwood Mac Songbird
# 09 - Eva Cassidy Songbird (Fleetwood Mac cover)
# 19 - Fleetwood Mac The Chain

STEVIE NICKS - SECRET LOVE - AC Charts USA

Stevie's current single Secret Love drops one position on the Top 30 AC charts in the USA to # 24. Billboard Magazine issue date June 4, 2011


Sunday, May 22, 2011

[Chart Updates] Fleetwood Mac's Rumours Album Explodes on the Album Charts in the UK and Australia + Stevie Nicks

AUSTRALIA: Album Charts May 23, 2011 
Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" explodes in Australia re-entering the Top 50 Albums Chart at No. 2 right behind Adele - thanks to the Glee episode featuring songs from the album. The re-entry on the main Albums chart is a little odd given that it's a catalogue title.  Something changed somewhere to allow it to show up on the main Albums Chart.  Had it been able to chart in the last two weeks on this chart it would have been No. 58, then No. 65 last week.  The album also moves up from No.7 last week to No. 2 on the Top 50 catalogue chart and enters the Top 50 Digital Albums Chart at No.2. "The Very Best Of" drops one position this week to No. 5 from No. 4 last week.

On itunes "Rumours" is No. 1 on the Top Rock Albums Chart and No. 2 on the overall Albums Chart.

Also, Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" has been certified 13x platinum in Australia with shipments of 910,000 units.  Stevie Nicks' Live In Chicago DVD Released in 2009 has been certified Gold with shipments of 7,500.  

In it's second week on the chart, Stevie's "In Your Dreams" dips from No. 24 last week to No. 32 this week.

Glee's version of "Go Your Own Way" enters the Top 40 Digital Track Chart at No. 30 and on the Top 50 Singles Chart the song enters the chart at No. 32.

No. 32 Stevie Nicks "In Your Dreams" - Top 50 Albums Chart 05/23/2011 (wk 2)
No. 02 Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" - Top 50 Catalogue Album Chart
No. 02 Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" - Top 50 Albums Chart
No. 02 Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" - Top 50 Digital Albums Chart
No. 05 Fleetwood Mac "The Very Best Of" Top 50 Catalogue Album Chart

Glee Cast Singles:

Australia Top 40 Digital Track Chart
No. 30 Glee Cast - Go Your Own Way - 05/23/2011 - debut
Australia Top 50 Singles Chart
No. 32 Glee Cast - Go Your Own Way - 05/23/2011 - debut


Rumours fly for Fleetwood Mac, 34 years on.
TheAge.au

Legendary rockers Fleetwood Mac have made a shock return to the Australian music charts, with their highest-selling record Rumours re-emerging at number two on the albums chart, 34 years after its original release.

The surprise comeback follows the Australian premiere of a Fleetwood Mac-inspired episode of the musical drama Glee, which aired on Network Ten last Wednesday night.

The Grammy Award-winning album has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide since its release in 1977, and has been certified thirteen-times platinum in Australia.

It is the first time in more than a year the album has featured on the ARIA charts.

But the group's lead singer, Stevie Nicks, has not seen as much success with her solo album In Your Dreams, which hangs back at number 32, a week after its debut.

Either way, Fleetwood Mac's new-found popularity was not strong enough to push UK songstress Adele from the top spot.
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UK: Album Charts May 28, 2011
"Rumours" in the UK this week takes a giant leap from No. 122 last week to No. 16 on this week's Top 100 Albums Chart again thanks to the Glee episode - that's a 106 place jump!  On the Top 40 Digital Download Albums Chart "Rumours" moves up from No. 65 last week to No. 3 this week.  Two Fleetwood Mac singles are new on the singles chart with "Go Your Own Way" at No. 62 and "Dreams" at No. 86.  The Glee Cast versions of "Go Your Own Way" and "Songbird" enter the singles chart at No. 51 and No. 54.

Music Week
Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 chart-topper Rumours – the 13th biggest-selling album in UK history – is back in the Top 40 (number 16, 9,184 sales) for the first time since 2000, after several songs from the set featured in last week’s Glee. The fan’s favourite turned out to be Go Your Own Way, which was the highest charting Glee Cast cover (number 51, 6,325 sales), and also the highest charting Mac re-entry (number 62, 4,665 sales). Mac’s recording of the song was originally a number 38 hit in 1978.
On the Top 40 Catalogue Chart dated May 21st "Rumours" is charting at No. 12 down from No. 7 the previous week.  On itunes today "Rumours' is No. 1 on the Top Rock Albums Chart and No. 2 on the overall Albums Chart.

Fleetwood Mac's Rumours increases its position as the most charted album in the UK of all-time by re-entering this week at No 16; its 479th week in the top 75.

No. 16 Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" Top 100 Albums Chart
No. 03 Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" Top 40 Digital Albums Chart
No. 12 Fleetwood Mac "Rumours Top 40 Catalogue Chart (May 21, 2011)

NEW on the UK Singles Chart May 28, 2011

No. 51 Glee Cast "Go Your Own Way"
No. 54 Glee Cast "Songbird"
No. 62 Fleetwood Mac "Go Your Own Way"
No. 86 Fleetwood Mac "Dreams"
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NETHERLANDS: Album Charts May 21, 2011
Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" album moves up to No. 13 this week from No. 52 last week. Stevie's "In Your Dreams" in it's 3rd week on the Dutch Top 100 drops to No.82 from No. 57 last week.

No. 13 Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" Top 50 Back Cataglogue Chart
No. 82 Stevie Nicks "In Your Dreams" Top 100 Albums Chart (wk 3)
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IRELAND: Top 100 Album Charts May 19, 2011
"Rumours" in Ireland drops to No. 25 from No. 15 last week on Irelands Top 100. Fleetwood Mac's "The Very Best Of" re-enters the chart at No. 43. "The Greatest Hits" drops off the chart this week, it was No. 39 on last weeks chart.  In Ireland "Rumours" right now is No. 1 on the Top Rock Albums Sales Chart and No. 6 on the overall Albums Sales chart.

No. 25 Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" Top 100 Albums Chart
No. 43 Fleetwood Mac "The Very Best Of" Top 100 Albums Chart
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USA: ALBUM CHARTS MAY 28, 2011

USA: Billboard Top 200 Album Charts
No. 16 Stevie Nicks "In Your Dreams" (wk 2)
No. 38 Fleetwood Mac "Rumours"
No.187 Fleetwood Mac "Greatest Hits"

USA: Billboard Top 200 Current Album Charts
No. 15 Stevie Nicks "In Your Dreams" (wk 2)

USA: Billboard Top Catalogue Albums Chart 
No. 02 Fleetwood Mac "Rumours
No. 07 Fleetwood Mac "Greatest Hits"

USA: Billboard Top Top Digital Albums Chart
No. 08 Fleetwood Mac "Rumours"

USA: Billboard Top Rock Albums Chart 
No. 05 Stevie Nicks "In Your Dreams" (wk 2)

On itunes "Rumours is still racking up the numbers sitting currently at No. 5 on the Top Rock Albums Sales Chart.
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NEW ZEALAND: Top 40 Album Charts May 16, 2011
Stevie's "In Your Dreams" as reported earlier in the week moves up to No. 35 this week after debuting at No. 37 in New Zealand.

Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" is the No. 1 on itunes Top Rock Albums Sales Chart.  Stevie Nicks's "Crystal Visions The Very Best Of" is No. 6. 

No. 35 Stevie Nicks "In Your Dreams" (wk 2)
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SWEDEN: Top 60 Album Charts May 20, 2011
"In Your Dreams" moves up the Swedish Charts to No. 39 after debuting at No. 52 on the previous chart.

No. 39 Stevie Nicks "In Your Dreams" (wk 2)
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CANADA: Top 100 Album Charts May 19, 2011
Stevie's "In Your Dreams" drops to No. 41 after debuting at No. 24 in the previous week.

Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" album is hanging on at No. 64 with remnants of the Glee Effect after re-entering the Canadian charts at No. 16 on the previous chart.  On itunes currently the album is No. 3 on the Top Rock Albums Sales Chart 

No. 41 Stevie Nicks "In Your Dreams" (wk 2)
No. 64 Fleetwood Mac "Rumours"
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GERMANY: Top 100 Album Charts May 20, 2011
Stevie Nicks "In Your Dreams" enters the Top 100 Albums Chart at No. 37.  On the Top 100 Combined Albums Chart which is a combination of albums and various artists albums the album debuts at No. 35.

Top 100 Albums Chart:
No. 37 Stevie Nicks "In Your Dreams" - Debut
Top 100 Combined Albums Chart:
No. 35 Stevie Nicks "In Your Dreams" - Debut

Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" piece in today's LA Times

“Rumours”
Fleetwood Mac
(Warner Bros.)
Los Angeles Times May 22, 2011 (Pop Music Section E12)
— Randall Roberts

For anyone over 35, the hardest part of listening to Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours” is actually hearing the music within, absorbing it without all the accumulated history: that it was the soundtrack to a generation that included backseat lovers, pot smokers, cocaine snorters and countless lost souls looking for broken-hearted comfort. That when that first generation of listeners kicked their habits, had children and became productive members of society, they shuttled their kids to the grocery store with “Dreams,” “Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow,” and “Go Your Own Way” playing in perpetual loop on the FM radio, thus inculcating the next generation into the cult of “Rumours.”

These followers are now having kids of their own, who are experiencing the music in new ways — such as watching its songs performed on “Glee,” which featured “Rumours” during a recent show, resulting in the album landing in the iTunes top five album chart — 35 years after its release.

Recorded mostly in Sausalito, Calif., the album was born as members Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks were breaking up while struggling with addictions, bassist John McVie and pianist-vocalist Christine McVie were divorcing, and drummer Mick Fleetwood and his wife were splitting up as well. How did they handle it? As Chris Stone, one of the recording studio’s owners, told Billboard in 1997: “The band would come in at 7 at night, have a big feast, party till 1 or 2 in the morning, and then when they were so whacked-out they couldn’t do anything, they’d start recording.”

Despite their mind frames, the songs the five created were about all those troubles. What the members couldn’t or wouldn’t say over dinner they tackled through song. “Loving you, isn’t the right thing to do,” sings Buckingham on “Go Your Own Way.” Two songs later Nicks responds in “The Chain.” “Damn your love, damn your lies.” On it goes throughout, with heavy Mick Fleetwood rhythms and propellent melodies flowing into Christine McVie’s piano weepers and Nicks’ perfectly sandy voice. No wonder “Rumours” endures.


Thursday, May 19, 2011

Second Week US Sales for Stevie Nicks "In Your Dreams" PLUS Fleetwood Mac [update]

STEVIE NICKS
Officially on Billboard Stevie's 'In Your Dreams' drops 10 places to #16 with 20,400 units sold for a two week accumulated total of 72,800 in the US.

On Billboards Top 200 Current Albums Chart the album drops from #6 to #15.

In Canada - 'In Your Dreams' drops down to #41 in it's second week on the chart for the week ending May 12, 2011. The album debuted at #24.

In Germany 'In Your Dreams' is one of the top three new entries this week on the German Top 100 Albums Chart debuting at # 37.

In Sweden 'In Your Dreams' in it's 2nd week on the Swedish chart moves up 13 places to #39.  This is Stevie's 7th top 40 album in Sweden.


Stevie Nicks "In Your Dreams" - Week 2
# 16 - USA Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart - (Week ending 05/15/2011)
# 15 - USA Billboard Top 200 Current Albums Chart
# 05 - USA Billboard Top Rock Albums Chart
# 35 - New Zealand - (05/16/2011)
# 39 - Sweden - (05/20/2011)
# 41 - Canada - (05/12/2011)
# 57 - The Netherlands - (05/14/2011)

So far by Country... Here are the debut positions for "In Your Dreams"

# 06 - USA
# 24 - Canada
# 24 - Austrlaia
# 37 - New Zealand
# 37 - Germany
# 39 - Norway
# 47 - The Netherlands
# 52 - Sweden
# 90 - Belgium

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FLEETWOOD MAC
In the US Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" album sprang back onto the Top 200 Album Charts last week at # 11 with roughly 30k in sales thanks to the GLEE episode.  This week it drops down to #38 with approx. 12,072 in sales which is really impressive for an album 34 years old.

Fleetwood Mac "Rumours"
# 38 - USA Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart - (Week ending 05/15/2011)
# 08 - USA Billboard Top Digital Albums Chart
# 02 - USA Billboard Top Catalog Albums Chart

"Rumours" in Canada drops from #16 to #61.

Also on the Billboard 200 Fleetwood Mac's 1988 Greatest Hits album remains for a second week after re-entering last week at #90 - moving down to #187.


Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Second Week US Sales for "In Your Dreams" and Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours"

[update May 18th] Stevie's album will land at #16 on Billboard Magazine's Top 200 in it's 2nd week - not #17 as Hits Daily Double suggested.  Total sales numbers yet to be confirmed by Billboard.

Stevie Nicks "In Your Dreams" second week sales in the US = 20,055. Hits Daily Double is showing the album drops down to # 17 with a 57% decrease in sales - which is somewhat typical for classic artists to take a dive in the second week.

Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" album that sprang back onto the Top 200 Album Charts in the US last week at # 11 with roughly 30k in sales will be at approx. # 38 on the Billboard chart when it's published later this week. Sales for this past week as reported by Hits Daily Double are 12,072 which is really impressive for an album 34 years old.


Friday, May 13, 2011

Stevie Nicks | Fleetwood Mac | Albums & Singles Chart Round-Up

 Stevie Nicks 'In Your Dreams'
# 06 - USA Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart - (05/08/2011) - debut
# 07 - USA Billboard Top Digital Albums Chart
# 03 - USA Billboard Top Rock Albums Chart
# 24 - Canada - (Week ending 05/04/2011) - debut
# 37 - New Zealand - (09/05/2011) - debut
# 47 - The Netherlands - (07/05/2011) - debut
# 57 - The Netherlands - (07/14/2011) - week 2
# 52 - Sweden -  (05/13/2011) - debut
# 90 - Belgium - (05/14/2011) - debut

Fleetwood Mac 'Rumours'
# 11 - USA Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart - (05/08/2011)
# 04 - USA Billboard Top Digital Albums Chart
# 01 - USA Billboard Top Catalog Albums Chart
# 16 - Canada - (Week ending 05/04/2011)
# 15 - Ireland - (Week ending 05/12/2011)
# 07 - The Netherlands - 14/05/2011 (Top 40 Back Catalogue)

Big Mac Week on Glee: Fleetwood Mac's 1977 classic "Rumours", one of the longest-running #1 albums ever (with 31 weeks on top), celebrates its one-year mark on the Catalog chart with its first week at #1, coming straight in at that position. This is its first week on the Catalog chart since July 2009, and its Billboard 200 position of #11 is the highest a catalog album has been on the Billboard 200 this year. The longest-running Fleetwood Mac catalog album, "Greatest Hits", also returns to the top 10 this week. These sales are the result of exposure of the "Rumours" album on the "Glee" TV series, and it doesn't hurt (and is probably no coincidence) that Mac member Stevie Nicks comes out with a new solo set this week, "In Your Dreams", entering at #6 on the Billboard 200. "Rumours" pulled a solid 30K of sales, mostly digital downloads.

Fleetwood Mac 'Greatest Hits'
# 39 - Ireland (Week ending 05/12/2011)
# 84 - Canada (Week ending 05/04/2011)
# 90 - USA Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart - (05/08/2011)
# 07 - USA Billboard Top Catalog ALbums Chart

USA Hot Digital Download Songs - Fleetwood Mac
# 157 Go Your Own Way
# 167 Dreams

Fleetwood Mac's digital tallies for "Go Your Own Way" is 475K copies and "Dreams" has sold 430K according to Billboard Magazine.

Canadian Top 50 Digital Downloads - Fleetwood Mac (Week ending 05/04/2011)
# 28 Go Your Own Way
# 44 Dreams

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac - #6 Debut and #11 Re-entry on Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart

Congratulations to Stevie Nicks and all of Fleetwood Mac!

Stevie Nicks' "In Your Dreams" -- her first studio album since 2001's No. 5-peaking "Trouble In Shangri-La," enters at No. 6 with 52,000. It's the Fleetwood Mac member's fifth top 10 on her own and seventh solo studio

Right outside the top 10 is Fleetwood Mac's 1977 album "Rumours," which re-enters at No. 11 with just under 30,000 (up 1,951%) thanks to exposure gleaned from the May 3 episode of Fox TV's "Glee," which dedicated its entire hour to the album. Of its almost 30,000 haul last week, a full 91% were downloads. The week previous, the set sold just over 1,000 total copies. This is the highest re-entry for an album since the Rolling Stones' "Exile On Main St." was reissued and came back on the list at No. 2 on June 5, 2010.

Billboard Magazine

Rumours had it's best sales week of the soundscan era which begain tracking over the counter sales in 1991.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Billboard charts this week are set to incur a Mac attack.


Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" is primed to re-enter the Billboard 200, possibly within the top 30, while the band's Stevie Nicks could crash the top 10 with "In Your Dreams," her first studio album since 2001.

Concurrently, multiple "Glee" cast covers of tracks from "Rumours," unveiled on last Tuesday's (May 3) episode, are likely to dent the Billboard Hot 100 and Digital Songs charts to be released Thursday (May 12) on Billboard.com.

While "Glee" paid tribute to Fleetwood Mac's seminal album last week, Nicks' latest bow further illustrates the band's three famed lead vocalists' successful solo careers.

Here is a look at five hits, over 30 years, that Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie have scored while on break from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-enshrined legendary band.

Wednesday, May 04, 2011

SOUND OFF: GLEE Dreams & Fleetwood Mac RUMOURS

Last night GLEE took on the catalogue of Fleetwood Mac - namely, their 1977 Grammy-winning Album of the Year, RUMOURS and proved that you can do justice to the originals - as inimitable as they may be - but still go your own way with them. And, have your own way. Also, Broadway baby Kristin Chenoweth made her long-awaited return as boozy April Rhodes just in time to duet with Matt Morrison on the Stevie Nicks-penned classic "Dreams" and a few of the secondary leads - namely Santana, Artie and Quinn - got a chance to shine with these silvery takes on the solid gold classic rock tracks. While some of the tribute shows have been hit-or-miss in the past, Fleetwood Mac and the self-avowed queen gleek herself, Stevie Nicks - who was on set for Gwyneth Paltrow's taping of "Landslide" earlier this year, cheering the cast on - surely won't be digging an early grave with her silver spoon after hearing and seeing these sensitive and respectful takes on her tunes - and Lindsey Buckingham‘s and Christine McVie‘s, as well. But, I guess if anyone in the group has an issue with any of these covers, they can always cast a spell using some white witches and black magic. Speaking of which - or witch - too bad they didn't do "Gold Dust Woman" or "Silver Springs"! And, no cover of "The Chain"? But, I suppose they're saving them for "Rumours: Part 2" or, perhaps, an all-Stevie Nicks episode - particularly if it happened to feature songs from her splendid new album, IN YOUR DREAMS, which is out this week (her first new album this decade). So, break out your feathers, rings, and shawls, we've got all the gypsy magic you can handle inside thanks to the ever-revolving door of the ever-evolving cast of GLEE paying due respect to the similarly designed/aligned folk/rock super-group of the 70s making their momentous musical marriage somehow oh-so-apropos to the times, no?

Read the full extensive article at Broadway World

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Friday, April 22, 2011

GLEE "Rumours" Season 2 Episode 19 - May 3rd FOX Fleetwood Mac Album Tribute


"Rumours" is an entire episode centered around Fleetwood Mac's best selling album by the same name.

Episode Synopsis: GLEE “Rumours” Season 2 Episode 19 – Sue Sylvester revives the school newspaper and decides to print a few inflammatory blind items. The glee club gains a whole new respect for Sam when they discover some interesting new information about his family life. Meanwhile, April Rhodes (guest star Chenoweth) returns to Lima and tries to convince Mr. Schuester to hit the road with her in the all-new “Rumours” episode of GLEE airing Tuesday, May 3 (8:00-9:01 PM ET/PT) on FOX.



Thursday, April 14, 2011

(Review) "Rumours" Fleetwood Mac's Double LP Edition For Record Store Day

Fleetwood Mac
Rumours
WB 2 - 45rpm LP's
Tone Audio

After years of delay, Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 blockbuster Rumours finally made its way to the pressing plant—the Pallas plant in Germany, to be exact. True to its past performances, Pallas has done an exquisite job on these four vinyl surfaces. Though the cover printing has picked up a bit of contrast from the original, it’s printed on heavy stock, and there’s evidence of spot varnish having been applied. Very nice touch. Steve Hoffman and Kevin Gray are rumored (pun intended) to have performed the remastering duties, yet there are no mastering credits on the jacket and the copyright date is listed as 2009. Fittingly, then, the record retains some of its original relationship-related controversy.

Those who have been waiting for this reissue since 2006, the year a few test pressings slipped onto the market, will be rewarded the second they drop the tonearm on the opening track. It sounds scrumptious. Thanks to the almost CD-quiet backgrounds, you hear much more of Mick Fleetwood’s percussion. On “Dreams,” Lindsey Buckingham’s backing vocals have considerably more space than they do on early pressings. A smidge of tape hiss creeps into “Songbird” at the end of the second side, but that’s not a bad thing. It actually reinforces the material’s analog greatness. Moreover, Christine McVie’s voice never sounded better and, thanks to the extra grooves made possible by the 45RPM extension, possesses more delicacy than the original pressings. “Songbird” is the best example of low-level detail; the following track, and beginning of the third side, “The Chain,” offers up the best example of dynamic punch. “I Don’t Want To Know” comes a close second.

The best news? Warner Bros.’ pressing is flawless from beginning to end. This is definitely the super-sized version of Rumours: It goes beyond big sound. You can just feel this record breathe, in and out, while listening to tracks that you thought you knew like the back of your hand. Wait until you experience the new information that’s available. And the soundstage is massive. If the music doesn’t float well past your speakers’ boundaries, it’s time to go shopping for a new stereo.

So, take a trip back to 1977 when Stevie Nicks had small breasts and Buckingham sported big hair. If you’ve got a rare, early first-stamper pressing, you may not need to add this one to your collection unless you are really obsessive compulsive. But if you love Rumours (and almost everyone does) and you don’t have a flawless copy, this edition is worth every penny. A 180g 33-1/3RPM version is also available for around $25. But fairly priced at $45 for four sides, the deluxe audiophile edition is the way to go.

–Jeff Dorgay

Rumours a 2LP set is being re-released on vinyl April 16th - part of Record Store Day. It's available for pre-order on Amazon for $39.06 and is a Limited Edition with a worldwide pressing of 4,000.  The single LP version also available for pre-order on Amazon.

Friday, March 18, 2011

Limited Edition Double Vinyl "RUMOURS" by Fleetwood Mac Available for Pre-Sale

[Update]
Fleetwood Mac's vinyl release of "Rumours" for Record Store Day on April 16th is now available for pre-order on Amazon.  2 editions... The single vinyl version for $20.05 has an initial pressing of 3,000 units.  The title will remain in print on-going.  The title isn't limited.
Single Vinyl Album Version - Amazon

The double vinyl version will be $34.99 and this is a Limited Edition with a total worldwide pressing of only 4,000 units!!... SO GO AND PRE-ORDER NOW!
Double Vinyl Album Version - Amazon

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FEBRUARY 28th ANNOUNCEMENT
PRESS RELEASE: Warner Bros. Records and Affiliated Labels Announce Exclusive Vinyl Releases for Record Store Day on Saturday, April 16th, 2011

Warner Bros. Records has announced that it will make a series of vinyl albums and singles available on April 16th exclusively in honor of Record Store Day -- a celebration of the unique culture surrounding over 700 independently owned record stores in the USA, and hundreds of similar stores internationally. Warner Bros. Records is not only a partner in Record Store Day, but readies more vinyl for release than any other label. This year, we are outdoing ourselves with even more special releases to meet the demands of vinyl enthusiasts nationally and internationally as well. All items are available in very limited quantities and are sure to sell out fast, so don't delay!

[Rumours included in a long list of vinyl releases]

Fleetwood Mac: Rumours - Standard and Deluxe Editions (Bernie Grundman Mastering)
The Diamond Award Winning, Grammy "Album Of The Year" masterpiece from Fleetwood Mac is available as an Audiophile Deluxe Version pressed on 2-Disc 45 RPM, 180 gram vinyl (pressed At Pallas), as well as a standard 33 1/3 single disc.

About Record Store Day: Record Store Day is managed by the Music Monitor Network and is organized in partnership with the Alliance of Independent Media Stores (AIMS), the Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS) and celebrates the culture of independent record stores by playing host to in-store events/performances, signings and special product releases on a global scale on Saturday, April 16, 2011.

For more about National Record Store Day, please visit www.recordstoreday.com.




Monday, February 28, 2011

FLEETWOOD MAC'S RUMOURS EXCLUSIVE SPECIAL RELEASE

PRESS RELEASE: Warner Bros. Records and Affiliated Labels Announce Exclusive Vinyl Releases for Record Store Day on Saturday, April 16th, 2011

Warner Bros. Records has announced that it will make a series of vinyl albums and singles available on April 16th exclusively in honor of Record Store Day -- a celebration of the unique culture surrounding over 700 independently owned record stores in the USA, and hundreds of similar stores internationally. Warner Bros. Records is not only a partner in Record Store Day, but readies more vinyl for release than any other label. This year, we are outdoing ourselves with even more special releases to meet the demands of vinyl enthusiasts nationally and internationally as well. All items are available in very limited quantities and are sure to sell out fast, so don't delay!

[Rumours included in a long list of vinyl releases]

Fleetwood Mac: Rumours - Standard and Deluxe Editions (Bernie Grundman Mastering)
The Diamond Award Winning, Grammy "Album Of The Year" masterpiece from Fleetwood Mac is available as an Audiophile Deluxe Version pressed on 2-Disc 45 RPM, 180 gram vinyl (pressed At Pallas), as well as a standard 33 1/3 single disc.

About Record Store Day: Record Store Day is managed by the Music Monitor Network and is organized in partnership with the Alliance of Independent Media Stores (AIMS), the Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS) and celebrates the culture of independent record stores by playing host to in-store events/performances, signings and special product releases on a global scale on Saturday, April 16, 2011.

For more about National Record Store Day, please visit www.recordstoreday.com.



Friday, June 18, 2010

FLEETWOOD MAC "DREAMS" No.1 JUNE 18, 1977 ISSUE - BILLBOARD MAGAZINE

On this date in 1977 in it's 10th week of release, "Dreams" officially hit's No.1.  Taken from Fleetwood Mac's Rumours album, it would be Fleetwood Mac's only No.1 single to reach the top of the Billboard's Hot 100.  This was the second single from Rumours which at the time was also sitting at No.1 on the Top 200 Albums Chart.


The members of Fleetwood Mac were experiencing emotional upheavals while recording Rumours. Drummer Mick Fleetwood was going through a divorce. Bass player John McVie was separating from his wife, keyboard player Christine McVie. Guitarist Lindsey Buckingham and Nicks were ending their eight-year relationship. "We had to go through this elaborate exercise of denial," explains Buckingham to Blender Magazine, "keeping our personal feelings in one corner of the room while trying to be professional in the other."

Nicks wrote the song at the Record Plant studio in Sausalito, California, in early 1976. "One day when I wasn't required in the main studio," remembers singer Stevie Nicks to Blender, "I took a Fender Rhodes piano and went into another studio that was said to belong to Sly, of Sly & the Family Stone. It was a black-and-red room, with a sunken pit in the middle where there was a piano, and a big black-velvet bed with Victorian drapes."

"I sat down on the bed with my keyboard in front of me," continues Nicks. "I found a drum pattern, switched my little cassette player on and wrote 'Dreams' in about 10 minutes. Right away I liked the fact that I was doing something with a dance beat, because that made it a little unusual for me."

When Nicks played the song to the rest of the group, they decided to record it the following day. Only a basic track was recorded at Sausalito. Recording assistant Cris Morris remembers that "all (they) kept was the drum track and live vocal from Stevie — the guitars and bass were added later in Los Angeles."

Christine McVie described the song as having "just three chords and one note in the left hand" and "boring" when Nicks played a rough version on the piano. McVie changed her mind, after Lindsey "fashioned three sections out of identical chords, making each section sound completely different. He created the impression that there’s a thread running through the whole thing."

"Dreams" was the second single from the Rumours album in the US, and it reached the number one spot on June 18, 1977, and held it for one week. It went to #24 in the United Kingdom as the third single, following "Go Your Own Way" (#38) and "Don't Stop" (#32). A performance of the song on stage was used as the promotional video. Fleetwood Mac would not begin to make concept music videos until 1979.

Wikipedia

Sunday, May 16, 2010

FLEETWOOD MAC UK CHART UPDATE... RUMOURS AND TVBO

UK
TOP 100 UK ALBUMS CHART AND CATALOGUE - May 17, 2010

Rumours is sitting at #27 on the Top 40 Catalogue Charts in the UK. Rumours has been bouncing around on the chart since late last year... It's placed on the Catalogue Charts on the following dates.

#28 - Dec 5, 2009
#40 - Dec 19, 2009
#15 - Feb 27, 2010
#31 - Mar 3, 2010
#39 - Mar 27, 2010
#36 - Apr 3, 2010
#33 - Apr 17, 2010
#37 - Apr 24, 2010
#40 - May 1, 2010
#40 - May 8, 2010
#27 - May 15, 2010

Fleetwood Mac's 4x platinum "The Very Best Of" continues it's downward trend - dropping an additional 10 spots to #85 this week. This could be it's last week on the Top 100 UK Charts. After 30 weeks that's not a bad run considering it's a reissue of a 2002 set albeit in double disc form. Total weeks combined for the 2002 and 2009 releases is 209 weeks on the UK Top 100.

UK TOP 75 CHART RUN (2009 2 Disc Version):
Week 01 #06 - Oct 26, 2009 - 18,763 units sold
Week 02 #10 - Nov 02, 2009 - 17,541 units sold
Week 03 #12 - Nov 09, 2009
Week 04 #15 - Nov 16, 2009
Week 05 #26 - Nov 23, 2009
Week 06 #29 - Nov 30, 2009
Week 07 #31 - Dec 07, 2009
Week 08 #25 - Dec 14, 2009
Week 09 #21 - Dec 21, 2009
Week 10 #23 - Dec 28, 2009
Week 11 #37 - Jan 04, 2010
Week 12 #42 - Jan 11, 2010
Week 13 #31 - Jan 18, 2010
Week 14 #35 - Jan 25, 2010
Week 15 #31 - Feb 01, 2010
Week 16 #22 - Feb 08, 2010
Week 17 #16 - Feb 15, 2010 - 16,895 units sold
Week 18 #25 - Feb 22, 2010
Week 19 #31 - Mar 01, 2010
Week 20 #38 - Mar 08, 2010
Week 21 #36 - Mar 15, 2010
Week 22 #37 - Mar 22, 2010
Week 23 #41 - Mar 29, 2010
Week 24 #42 - Apr 05, 2010
Week 25 #48 - Apr 12, 2010
Week 26 #53 - Apr 19, 2010
Week 27 #57 - Apr 26, 2010
Week 28 #63 - May 03, 2010
Week 29 #75 - May 10, 2010
Week 30 #85 - May 17, 2010