Posted January 29, 201312 yr Fleetwood Mac’s Top 10 most downloaded tracks 29/01/2013 By Dan Lane Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours looks set to re-enter the Official Albums Chart Top 10 this Sunday, 35 years after if first reached Number 1 in the UK. To celebrate, OfficialCharts.com reveal the band’s Top 10 most downloaded tracks of all time – the Official Fleetwood Mac Digital Top 10. As Fleetwood Mac gear up to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the seminal 1977 album Rumours going to Number 1 in the UK, a series of deluxe re-issues of the record look set to put it back in the Official Albums Chart Top 10 this Sunday. Released in February 1977, Rumours debuted at Number 7 on the Official Albums Chart on February 27 of that year (week ending March 5) - but it wasn’t until nearly a year later, on January 22, 1978 (week ending January 28), that Rumours finally peaked at Number 1, giving the Anglo-American band their first UK chart topping album. To date, Rumours has spent a staggering 493 weeks on the Official Albums Chart, making it the most charting album in British history (Queen’s Greatest Hits is in second place with 484 weeks, with Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf in third place with 474 weeks). Rumours is also one of the Top 20 biggest selling albums of all time. Some 36 years after it was first released, Rumours’ appeal seems unwavering, transcending multiple generations of music fans and indeed musical formats. Understandably, tracks from Rumours make up half of Fleetwood Mac’s Top 10 most downloaded tracks. Go Your Own Way tops the Official Fleetwood Mac Digital Top 10, with The Chain (widely recognised by many as the theme of BBC TV’s motor racing coverage) a very close second. Dreams, which has been covered by everyone from The Corrs to the cast of Glee, is at Number 5, while Don’t Stop (Number 8) and Songbird (Number 10) also make the Top 10. Official Charts Company managing director Martin Talbot says: “As someone who grew up with Rumours on the family stereo, it is great to see it back in the Official Albums Chart again – and our Official Fleetwood Mac Digital Top 10 really highlights just how timeless this iconic British band’s music is.” The Official Fleetwood Mac Digital Top 10 1 GO YOUR OWN WAY 2 THE CHAIN 3 EVERYWHERE 4 LITTLE LIES 5 DREAMS 6 ALBATROSS 7 LANDSLIDE 8 DON'T STOP 9 BIG LOVE 10 SONGBIRD © 2013 The Official Charts Company. All rights reserved.
January 30, 201312 yr I wish they wouldnt tease me with no sales in these articles lol. So back then it took ages for albums to become great like nowadays they peak in the quieter times of the following years!
January 30, 201312 yr Here's their chart history - Albatros no1 in 1968 & no2 in 1973 Entered Chart Artist Song Peak ChartRun {Peak} 13/04/1968 Fleetwood Mac Black Magic Woman 37 50-45-{37}-44-44-43-42->7 20/07/1968 Fleetwood Mac Need Your Love So Bad 31 44-50-42-45-39-32-40-33-33-{31}-38-41-44->13 07/12/1968 Fleetwood Mac Albatross 1 36-20-13-9-4-4-2-2-{1}-2-2-6-8-19-24-35-42-35-38-46->20 19/04/1969 Fleetwood Mac Man Of The World 2 21-21-11-7-3-3-{2}-3-4-11-22-23-49-47->14 26/07/1969 Fleetwood Mac Need Your Love So Bad {1969} 32 45-35-37-35-{32}-46-42R(2)-49-45->9 04/10/1969 Fleetwood Mac Oh Well 2 34-14-9-8-4-{2}-2-3-4-6-18-25-31-31-34-46->16 23/05/1970 Fleetwood Mac The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Prong Crown) 10 49-18-17-13-{10}-10-10-10-16-17-27-30->12 12/05/1973 Fleetwood Mac Albatross {1973} 2 46-38-28-17-6-5-{2}-3-5-8-14-23-26-36-42->15 13/11/1976 Fleetwood Mac Say You Love Me 40 47-44-{40}-50->4 19/02/1977 Fleetwood Mac Go Your Own Way 38 50-40-{38}-42-62R(1785)-65R(50)->6 30/04/1977 Fleetwood Mac Don't Stop 32 42-33-33-{32}-39->5 09/07/1977 Fleetwood Mac Dreams 24 46-28-25-30-27-{24}-26-25-32->9 22/10/1977 Fleetwood Mac You Make Loving Fun 45 47-{45}->2 11/03/1978 Fleetwood Mac Rhiannon 46 {46}-46-46->3 06/10/1979 Fleetwood Mac Tusk 6 53-30-18-9-8-{6}-9-25-51-69->10 22/12/1979 Fleetwood Mac Sara 37 67-67-50-41-{37}-37-42-51->8 25/09/1982 Fleetwood Mac Gypsy 46 55-{46}-66->3 18/12/1982 Fleetwood Mac Oh Diane 9 69-60-60-48-37-26-18-16-10-{9}-13-23-30-53-71->15 04/04/1987 Fleetwood Mac Big Love 9 70-44-37-27-21-13-{9}-9-12-19-31-50->12 11/07/1987 Fleetwood Mac Seven Wonders 56 68-{56}-56-65->4 26/09/1987 Fleetwood Mac Little Lies 5 61-42-39-21-11-{5}-6-9-15-22-38-64->12 26/12/1987 Fleetwood Mac Family Man 54 69-56-58-{54}-62->5 02/04/1988 Fleetwood Mac Everywhere 4 29-13-5-{4}-10-16-21-32-50-66->10 18/06/1988 Fleetwood Mac Isn't It Midnight 60 {60}-68->2 17/12/1988 Fleetwood Mac As Long As You Follow 66 {66}-68-66->3 05/05/1990 Fleetwood Mac Save Me 53 72-{53}-57->3 25/08/1990 Fleetwood Mac In The Back Of My Mind 58 66-{58}-68->3
January 30, 201312 yr Why wouldnt it? Seminal means it seeded something, it was the start of something and it prompted a new genre or movement, spawned loads of new music. Jeff Buckley's Grace for example, Oasis, Definitely Maybe, The Strokes - Is this Is? These are seminal albums. I could, of course, be totally wrong about Rumours. Edited January 30, 201312 yr by AnthonyT
January 30, 201312 yr 04/04/1987 Fleetwood Mac Big Love 9 70-44-37-27-21-13-{9}-9-12-19-31-50->12 11/07/1987 Fleetwood Mac Seven Wonders 56 68-{56}-56-65->4 26/09/1987 Fleetwood Mac Little Lies 5 61-42-39-21-11-{5}-6-9-15-22-38-64->12 26/12/1987 Fleetwood Mac Family Man 54 69-56-58-{54}-62->5 02/04/1988 Fleetwood Mac Everywhere 4 29-13-5-{4}-10-16-21-32-50-66->10 What happened here? Hit, Flop, Hit, Flop, Hit - all from the same album.
January 30, 201312 yr Seminal means it seeded something, it was the start of something and it prompted a new genre or movement, spawned loads of new music. Jeff Buckley's Grace for example, Oasis, Definitely Maybe, The Strokes - Is this Is? These are seminal albums. I could, of course, be totally wrong about Rumours. You may be right in the sense that its influence isn't immediately obvious - unlike so many of these mega sellers it'll have had a big musical effect on pretty much everyone who bought it but over a longer period of time. I'm also surprised that "Rhiannon" didn't make it.
January 30, 201312 yr Go Your Own Way was the best singlre from Rumours IMO, probably done so well in downloads because of the Lissie cover version
January 30, 201312 yr ^^yeah exactly right. Didnt realise that the chain was from the formula one music - brillant!
January 30, 201312 yr You may be right in the sense that its influence isn't immediately obvious - unlike so many of these mega sellers it'll have had a big musical effect on pretty much everyone who bought it but over a longer period of time. But that isn't seminal. I know I'm arguing over semantics but journalists should use words they know the meaning of.
January 30, 201312 yr But that isn't seminal. I know I'm arguing over semantics but journalists should use words they know the meaning of. No, I'm agreeing with you.
January 30, 201312 yr Dreams is their best song and Say You Will (i know it wasnt released as a single) I'd love to see in the top 2. At least one of them is in the top 10.
January 31, 201312 yr "Rumours" has definitely had a far bigger impact than any of those other albums you called "Seminal", it's just that the majority of that impact was in the US. (West Coast US to be more specific)
January 31, 201312 yr "Rumours" has definitely had a far bigger impact than any of those other albums you called "Seminal", it's just that the majority of that impact was in the US. (West Coast US to be more specific) We're not discussing the scale of impact - just the type of impact. I'm not proposing that seminal albums are somehow better, more important, have bigger impact, have more critical acclaim....it's just a description of a certain type of impact. My point is that the journalist used seminal to describe Rumours and I was questioning that usage. Edited January 31, 201312 yr by AnthonyT
January 31, 201312 yr And then comparing it to albums like "Is That It"? Good grief. "Nevermind" I could understand, but "Is That It"? And as much as I like "Definitely Maybe" I don't think that was very original or inspired very much either
January 31, 201312 yr And then comparing it to albums like "Is That It"? Good grief. "Nevermind" I could understand, but "Is That It"? And as much as I like "Definitely Maybe" I don't think that was very original or inspired very much either That's not the definition of seminal though - all three are albums that were definite landmarks that represented a significant musical shift and will forever be associated with it. Rumours, as great as it is, didn't have as much of an immediate impact.
January 31, 201312 yr And then comparing it to albums like "Is That It"? Good grief. "Nevermind" I could understand, but "Is That It"? And as much as I like "Definitely Maybe" I don't think that was very original or inspired very much either You probably need to read my posts again.
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