Fleetwood Mac's Album Reaches A New Peak On Multiple Charts At Once

Forbes

23-04-2025

It's a busy week for classic rock acts across the United Kingdom, and one of the biggest winners — unsurprisingly — is Fleetwood Mac. Lately, it hasn't been unusual to see more than one of the group's albums on the charts in that country, as well as several singles. That's an unusual showing for a band that produced much of its most popular work decades ago, but at this point, it's a common occurrence for this outfit.
This week, the band sees a decades-old title not only return, but surge to new highs, thanks to Record Store Day and an insatiable appetite for the group's work.
Fleetwood Mac's self-titled effort — often referred to as the White Album, though it shouldn't be confused with The Beatles' similarly nicknamed collection — reappears on several U.K. charts this week. The bestselling project reenters three different sales-focused tallies and earns top 20 status on every one of them.
The set is now present once again on the Official Vinyl Albums, Official Albums Sales, and the Official Physical Albums charts. And while it's only spent a handful of frames on any of these rosters throughout its long life, this week marks its best showing yet across the board.
This frame, Fleetwood Mac returns to the Official Vinyl Albums ranking at No. 18. The title comes in at No. 20 on both the Official Albums Sales and Official Physical Albums charts, just slightly beneath its placement on the vinyl tally — and those are brand new peaks for the project on each list.
Fleetwood Mac's surge is driven in large part by a limited edition reissue that was introduced for Record Store Day 2025. The title was pressed as a picture disc and made available in small quantities, as just 6,500 copies were produced. That number might be overkill for some classic rock figures, but not Fleetwood Mac.
The re-release also comes at the perfect time – well, almost. The effort's official half-century birthday won't arrive for a few months, but clearly the celebration has already begun.
Released in July 1975, Fleetwood Mac was the band's tenth full-length and marked a major turning point. It was the first to feature Lindsey Buckingham on guitar and Stevie Nicks on vocals, and that lineup that would help catapult the group to unparalleled heights.
This version of the band went on to craft some of the most successful rock hits of all time, including tunes featured on this album. The collection, which was actually the second to bear the band's name following the 1968 debut, was a commercial and critical smash. In the U.S., it's been certified seven-times platinum, shifting more than seven million copies. The tracklist includes fan favorites like 'Rhiannon' and 'Landslide,' both of which remain two of Fleetwood Mac's most recognizable and beloved compositions nearly 50 years later.