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Fleetwood Mac's ‘Rumours' Reaches A Momentous Milestone
Fleetwood Mac's Rumours reaches 1,100 weeks on the U.K.'s Official Albums chart — a first for the ... More band — and 550 on the streaming tally. NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 29: Mike Campbell, John McVie, inductee Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie and Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac pose in the press room during attends the 2019 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony - Press Room at Barclays Center on March 29, 2019 in New York City. (Photo byFor The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
Fleetwood Mac's Rumours is already regarded as one of the greatest pieces of commercial music of all time, and when it comes to sales, it stands in a league with only a handful of other blockbusters.
As more time passes, the pop-rock set only continues to prove its unbelievable popularity. Fans around the world have never stopped consuming it — either via purchases or on streaming platforms. The combined listening and buying activity, which may never stop, helps the behemoth reach an incredible milestone this week.
This frame in the United Kingdom, Rumours rises from No. 21 to No. 12 on the Official Albums chart. It does so as it hits 1,100 weeks on that ranking of the 100 most consumed projects in the nation.
Rumours is easily Fleetwood Mac's longest-running success on the Official Albums chart. It is one of only a handful of efforts from the band to rack up a triple-digit lifespan on the tally. It comes in behind The Very Best Of (360 weeks), 50 Years – Don't Stop (342), and Tango in the Night (123). Amazingly, Rumours beats all of those bestsellers combined.
The beloved collection appears on half a dozen charts in the U.K. at the moment, and it reaches a special milestone on two of them. In addition to 1,100 weeks on the Official Albums chart, the project also hits 550 frames on the Official Albums Streaming ranking — exactly half the time it has spent on the former.
Rumours also lives on four additional tallies across the Atlantic, all of which are focused on purchases. The set has now spent at least 100 weeks on the Official Albums Sales, Official Album Downloads, Official Physical Albums, and Official Vinyl Albums lists as of last frame, and it is currently rising on all but one of them.
