CSPC: Fleetwood Mac Popularity Analysis

[AncientQueen]

I post it here because the band had the biggest success in the Rumours-era. It's over 30 pages with tons of statistics and quite interesting.

http://chartmasters.org/2016/10/cspc...rity-analysis/

this is the first page:

Fleetwood Mac may not be as universally well-known as the Beatles, ABBA or even Police. They did get a couple of things none of those bands never had.

The first achievement they managed is a super mega blockbuster album like Rumours is. Just think in the US this album sold as much as Beatles smashes Abbey Road and Revolver combined. Resuming the band to Rumours would be a huge mistake yet. One argument Fleetwood Mac can claim more than any other group in music history is the capacity to successfully comeback.

During late 60s, they had a string of hits in their native UK, hitting #1 with Albatross. They achieved a decent success in European continent as well. After tough years, they realized a breakthrough as impressive as unexpected with their 1975 eponymous LP in the US. In 1977, they dropped Rumours, possibly the second most successful album ever in English-speaking countries. After back to back flops, 1987 record Tango In The Night was massive. Disappearing from the map again, 1997 live album The Dance was huge and even their 2003 effort was a very good seller compared to its predecessor. Currently recording a new album, their history show it can bomb as well as it can smash. In the meantime, we will be checking really how big or weak the band discography is.

As a reminder for users who are not yet familiar with the CSPC idea you do not need to worry, it is quite simple as it only consists in merging every format sales an artist has been getting and attributing them to respective studio albums. We will start by focusing on raw data, setting how much each Fleetwood Mac album sold. Then, we will check sales of each track from those albums on each format – physical, digital and streaming – and weight them to value those figures on a par with album sales. To complete the study, we will study sales of the all compilations, live albums and music videos they dropped. Once all the raw data is set, we will only need to apply appropriate weighting to get the overall picture of the classic rock band career results.

[James89]

They've sold over 140 million albums. Wow. Can someone please find a way of changing it from 100 million on Wikipedia without it being changed? I don't really know how to do it but use the link as a reference.

[shackin'up]

Originally Posted by AncientQueen

I post it here because the band had the biggest success in the Rumours-era. It's over 30 pages with tons of statistics and quite interesting.

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Thanks for the link. It it quite interesting. I enjoyed scrolling through it, although sales do not interest me at all, it is quite revealing.
And with some really shocking numbers. Also in the Pre-Rumours era.

[jbrownsjr]

Interesting that BTM sold 2.7 Mil and SYW sold 1.6 Mil

[jbrownsjr]

Original Album Sales – Comments

1968 Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac – 1,600,000
1968 Mr. Wonderful – 1,100,000
1969 Then Play On – 2,000,000
1970 Kiln House – 800,000
1971 Future Games – 800,000
1972 Bare Trees – 1,850,000
1973 Penguin – 700,000
1973 Mystery To Me – 1,600,000
1974 Heroes Are Hard To Find – 1,300,000
1975 Fleetwood Mac – 9,400,000
1977 Rumours – 35,500,000
1979 Tusk – 6,600,000
1982 Mirage – 5,500,000
1987 Tango In The Night – 11,300,000
1990 Behind The Mask – 2,750,000
1995 Time – 150,000
2003 Say You Will – 1,600,000

[jbrownsjr]

Then Play On, Bare Trees, MTM and Heroes selling as much or more than SYW.

[mylittledemon]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

Interesting that BTM sold 2.7 Mil and SYW sold 1.6 Mil

The sales of BTM surprise me, but I also don't think it's a bad record.

[iamnotafraid]

Originally Posted by James89

They've sold over 140 million albums. Wow.

I don't believe it.

[BombaySapphire3]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

Original Album Sales


1979 Tusk – 6,600,000
1982 Mirage – 5,500,000

Tusk and Mirage are flopsThey may be the lowest selling of the big five's studio albums but 12 million albums sold is nothing to sneeze at.

[Wdm6789]

Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

Tusk and Mirage are flopsThey may be the lowest selling of the big five's studio albums but 12 million albums sold is nothing to sneeze at.

Mirage was #1 for seven weeks on the billboard chart in 1982. Tusk and Tango didn't make it to #1. Fleetwood Mac, Rumours, and Mirage made it to #1.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

Then Play On, Bare Trees, MTM and Heroes selling as much or more than SYW.

That makes sense, though. They've been out much longer, they enjoyed a major bump in sales during the heyday, and they've enjoyed being rereleased on new media over the years. SYW was primarily a CD-only release in an era where people largely don't buy albums.

[bwboy]

Originally Posted by Wdm6789

Mirage was #1 for seven weeks on the billboard chart in 1982. Tusk and Tango didn't make it to #1. Fleetwood Mac, Rumours, and Mirage made it to #1.

I think sales are probably more important than ranking. I mean, a #1 album is nice, but anyone would rather sell 11 million copies vs 5 million.

I'm shocked Tango sold 11 million- wow! Of course there will be a Deluxe Edition of Tango!

Happy to see Behind the Mask also sold better than what I thought.

Any sales reports for Live, Greatest Hits, the Chain box set, the Dance, or Very Best?

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by iamnotafraid

I don't believe it.

Ask Rusty

[lbfan]

Originally Posted by bwboy

Any sales reports for Live, Greatest Hits, the Chain box set, the Dance, or Very Best?

Live 2,200,000
The Dance 7,400,000
Greatest Hits 19,300,000
25 Years The Chain Box Set 650,000
The Very Best of FM 6,100,000

[jbrownsjr]

SINGLES:

Over My Head – 700,000
Rhiannon – 900,000
Say You Love Me – 900,000
Landslide – 200,000

Go Your Own Way – 1,300,000
Don’t Stop – 1,600,000
Dreams – 2,100,000
You Make Loving Fun – 900,000

Tusk – 1,900,000
Sara – 1,500,000
Think About Me – 800,000
Sisters Of The Moon – 200,000

Hold Me – 1,700,000
Gypsy – 900,000
Love In Store – 500,000
Oh Diane – 250,000
Can’t Go Back – 25,000

Big Love – 1,300,000
Seven Wonders – 700,000
Little Lies – 1,600,000
Family Man – 200,000
Everywhere – 1,000,000
Isn’t It Midnight – 50,000

Save Me – 400,000
In The Back Of My Mind – 50,000

Peacekeeper – 80,000