Actual current album sales

BaronVonBielski · #1 10-20-2023, 12:10 AM

I see that it looks as if eponymous Fleetwood Mac (1975) and Rumours have been re-certified putting Fleetwood Mac at 7x platinum and Rumours at 21x platinum for sales in the US. But I have a difficult time believing Tusk is still at 2x platinum, Mirage still at 2x platinum or Tango still at 3x platinum. The Dance would have to be much higher than 5x platinum by now. Probably 1x diamond. Greatest Hits would be higher than 8x platinum, it’d be at least 1x diamond. Say You Will has to be platinum by now. I suppose we can only guess. I can’t see Reprise paying for the rest to be re-certified by the RIAA.

bwboy · #2 10-20-2023, 01:16 AM

I am a little surprised that, with Everywhere being used in popular commercials recently, that Tango and Greatest Hits didn’t sell more; maybe they did, but just not enough to show.

I read recently that Tusk, being a double album, means that when one person buys a copy, it’s reflected as two copies being sold; so if Tusk is currently at two million sold, that means only one million people bought it. And two million is after nearly 25 years! That really puts in perspective how much of a disappointment the album was in sales after Rumours, at least on paper. I understand nothing FM had released would have sold the same as Rumours, and the price was really expensive, but still.

HomerMcvie · #3 10-20-2023, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by BaronVonBielski

I see that it looks as if eponymous Fleetwood Mac (1975) and Rumours have been re-certified putting Fleetwood Mac at 7x platinum and Rumours at 21x platinum for sales in the US. But I have a difficult time believing Tusk is still at 2x platinum, Mirage still at 2x platinum or Tango still at 3x platinum. The Dance would have to be much higher than 5x platinum by now. Probably 1x diamond. Greatest Hits would be higher than 8x platinum, it’d be at least 1x diamond. Say You Will has to be platinum by now. I suppose we can only guess. I can’t see Reprise paying for the rest to be re-certified by the RIAA.

SYW platinum? Shirley, you jest. That thing's a turd clogging a toilet. I'd rather hear Dolly Parton fartin' Jolene on the terlet than hear SYW. I watch Destiny Rules every few years, when I'm having a bad day, just to remind myself that it all isn't so bad, in comparison.

Macfan4life · #4 10-20-2023, 03:22 AM

I posted something similar awhile back but for the older Mac albums. Some albums were certified platinum while others stuck at gold and not updated for decades. I read that the band or the record company has to request and pay for the update. It appeared back then and now the band really does no care for the older certifications. I dont know why but Mirage and Tusk are sort of forgotten albums by the Mac. Both were not great with critics. Say You Will and BTM were never loved in the states during release so I would not think they grew much in sales because few know they even exist.
Didn't Stevie's OSOTM album finally go platinum several years ago? Apparently she or her record company cares to keep updating. I bet Street Angel is like BTM and SYW and will never go platinum.
Tango charted at a modest #7 on Billboard. For the amount of charting radio friendly singles it surprised me how little it sold in the states. Yes I know it was successful. I am only saying that with 3 hit videos, 2 top ten and 2 top 20 songs it should have sold more back then. There were albums released around that time that only had one or two hits and sold more.

Villavic · #5 10-20-2023, 07:07 AM

Should be interesting to know worldwide sales. For example Thriller worldwide sales is 70 million worldwide vs 34 million in the US, or Saturday Night Fever is 40 million vs 16 million (both wikipedia info).

Ok I know Fleetwood Mac is not as well known worldwide as Michael Jackson, specially nowadays, but the numbers sure are still considerable different. Wikipedia page says Rumours worldwide sales is 40 million (2013 Ken Caillat book) vs 21 million in US. Couldn't find Tusk and Mirage numbers, but Tango wikipedia page says worlwide sales were 15 million vs 3 million in US

Don't know the actual current worldwide numbers.

**jbrownsjr** · #6 10-20-2023, 12:45 PM

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SYW platinum? Shirley, you jest. That thing's a turd clogging a toilet. I'd rather hear Dolly Parton fartin' Jolene on the terlet than hear SYW. I watch Destiny Rules every few years, when I'm having a bad day, just to remind myself that it all isn't so bad, in comparison.

SYW is a turd. A big turd with zero concept.

HomerMcvie · #7 10-20-2023, 01:42 PM

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SYW is a turd. A big turd with zero concept.

It and BTM. A FEW decent songs, but not a good album overall.

bwboy · #8 10-20-2023, 02:33 PM

Does anyone have the latest sales numbers for Time?

HomerMcvie · #9 10-20-2023, 02:43 PM

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Does anyone have the latest sales numbers for Time?

Looks like maybe 50,000.

Edit- haha, I HAD I link to a British site that stated Time sold 50k. I forgot to include the link, and can't find it now.

WalkAThinLine. · #10 10-20-2023, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by bwboy

Does anyone have the latest sales numbers for Time?

Time sold negative 12 copies

BaronVonBielski · #11 10-20-2023, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

SYW platinum? Shirley, you jest. That thing's a turd clogging a toilet. I'd rather hear Dolly Parton fartin' Jolene on the terlet than hear SYW. I watch Destiny Rules every few years, when I'm having a bad day, just to remind myself that it all isn't so bad, in comparison.

It’s only cuz it went gold rather quickly

**jbrownsjr** · #12 10-20-2023, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by BaronVonBielski

It’s only cuz it went gold rather quickly

Gold turd.

aleuzzi · #13 10-20-2023, 09:25 PM

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Gold turd.

I like about 1/2 of SYW. It definitely has some substance, though it lacks an acceptable narrative arc. The songs are just strung together without much thought to sequence. (By comparison, TUSK’s seeming randomness feels intentional—and effective.)

At the time, some critics panned Christine’s ITM by comparing it less favorably to SYW. 20 years later, Christine’s tuneful solo record holds up WAY better. There is a sense of progression in the sequence and a story threading through those songs. Plus, it sounds more like FM than FM did without her. In short, Christine was the central ingredient in FM.

HomerMcvie · #14 10-20-2023, 10:04 PM

CHRISTINE WAS THE BALANCE THAT MADE IT ALL WORK. I hope they never try to resurrect anything from the shards of what's left.

Villavic · #15 10-21-2023, 08:22 AM

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I like about 1/2 of SYW.

I agree. Though actually I like 44% of the album.

I remember I read an article previous of the release date, commenting the expections of the new album. It said something like Fleetwood Mac has us used to good albums.... Unfortunately this was not the case. Obviously it couldn't be. Christine was not there.