Fleetwood Mac: Rumours (Classic Albums) ( 8 ) IMDb 7.6 1h 13min 1997 ALL Fleetwood Mac's hugely successful album 'Rumours' has sold over 40 million copies worldwide, was christened Album of the Year at the 1978 Grammy Awards and quickly earned its place in the pantheon of rock music history. Fleetwood Mac's Dreams enjoys huge sales boost following viral video on TikTok. Fleetwood Mac's Rumours is the best-selling vinyl album of 2020 so far. (downloads and streams combined. Editors' Notes The crux of this collection was culled from Fleetwood Mac’s 1975 self-titled album and 1977’s Rumours.Christine McVie penned some stellar songs as evidenced by the gossamer “Everywhere” and the seductive “Tell Me Lies” from the underrated 1987 album Tango In The Night.Lindsay Buckingham’s most memorable songs surface, such as the catchy strut of “Don’t Stop. Released in 1977.
Fleetwood Mac's classic tune Dreams logged over 1 million streams last week thanks to the success of a viral video.
Originally uploaded to TikTok by user 420dogface208, the video shows a man vibing out to Dreams, skateboarding down a street whilst drinking a carton of cranberry juice.
And to make things even better, band founder Mick Fleetwood has even posted his own take on the video, mimicking the original.
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Following the video's initial viral success on Twitter, being retweeted over 201,000 times alone on one post, it seems that the iconic band are also reaping the rewards.
As of last Friday's Official Singles Chart, Dreams had a 60% week-on-week increase of chart sales (downloads and streams combined) after the video was posted.
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— Fleetwood Mac (@fleetwoodmac) September 26, 2020Classic MF#Dreams#CranberryDreams#MickFleetwoodhttps://t.co/QXkvvaWuGR
— Fleetwood Mac (@fleetwoodmac) October 4, 2020Furthermore, it experienced a 341% uplift in downloads alone compared to the previous week. Total audio and video streams tallied 1.08 million plays in the UK last week. As a result, Dreams returned to the Official Singles Chart Top 100 for the first time since June 2011 at Number 85.
Dreams was originally released as the second single from legendary LP Rumours in 1977, where it became the band's only US Number One, but over in the UK, it only managed to peak at Number 24.
Rumours does have the distinction, however, of being one of the longest-charting albums in Official Charts history, logging a total of 795 weeks in the Official Album Chart Top 100.