Excerpt from a NY Times article about the Hall of Fame.
I think FM sales spiked because of the Dance, not the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/bu...XqWEMuV9XdkDGQ
THIS hall-of-fame effect is well established in the recording industry. For instance, sales of Bee Gees albums surged to 1.1 million in 1997, the year of the group’s induction, from 210,000 in 1996. Sales of Fleetwood Mac albums jumped to 3.2 million in 1998, when that band was inducted, from 483,000 in 1997, according to SoundScan.