Streaming Masters – Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac is widely recognized for the release of Rumours, the 5th most successful album ever, in 1977. How this legendary album and their remaining efforts stand on streaming plateforms?
PS: Updated on October 21, 2021. These values are used for the automatic updates of artists and albums total instead of former ones from CSPC analysis.
Fleetwood Mac streaming review – the method
Streaming is made up of audio and video streams. Our CSPC methodology now includes both to better reflect the real popularity of each track. The main source of data for each avenue is respectively Spotify and YouTube.
To factor in the growing impact of multiple Asian countries where these platforms aren’t always the go-to site for music streaming, more sources have been added.
In order to account for their real popularity in each relevant country, the below sources have been used along with the mentioned ratios that reflect the market share of each area.
Audio Streams
– South Korea : Genie streams * 3.05 (consistent with Gaon streaming numbers)
– Japan : AWA streams * 100/5.5 (AWA has 5.5% of the Japanese streaming market)– Elsewhere : Spotify streams * (370 – 8.5 – 9.5 – 33 – 9) / 207 (370 million global subscribers minus 8.5 million from South Korea minus 9.5 million from Japan minus 33 million from China divided by the number of Spotify only users minus 9 million more Asian users) + Genie streams * 3.05 (uses Genie rather than Spotify to extrapolate markets like Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam)
Video Streams– China* : QQ video streams * 50 if the song is available for audio stream, QQ video streams * 5 elseway (scale built based on known figures for several major artists)– Elsewhere : Youtube views
*since 96.4% of Chinese streaming platforms are free users, that paid-for users pay less than $2 a month and that they are also used as video streaming platforms, their streams are weighted on par with YouTube streams.
Audio Stream value – 1500 plays equal 1 album unit
Video Stream value – 11,750 views equal 1 album unit
Equivalent Albums Sales (EAS) = ( Spotify * 310/207 + Genie * 3.05*2 + AWA * 100/5.5 ) / 1500 + ( QQ views* 50(or 5) + YouTube ) / 11750
Fleetwood Mac streaming review – the results
Total: 5,691,400 EAS
Fleetwood Mac: Most streamed tracks (EAS)
1. Dreams [Rumours] – 892,000
2. The Chain [Rumours] – 628,000
3. Go Your Own Way [Rumours] – 607,000
4. Everywhere [Tango In The Night] – 476,000
5. Landslide [Fleetwood Mac (White Album)] – 435,000
6. Rhiannon [Fleetwood Mac (White Album)] – 269,000
7. Little Lies [Tango In The Night] – 228,000
8. Gypsy [Mirage] – 194,000
9. Don’t Stop [Rumours] – 191,000
10. Never Going Back Again [Rumours] – 157,000
11. You Make Loving Fun [Rumours] – 103,000
12. Seven Wonders [Tango In The Night] – 95,000
13. Gold Dust Woman [Rumours] – 83,000
14. Songbird [Rumours] – 78,000
15. Sara [Tusk] – 75,000
16. Second Hand News [Rumours] – 70,000
17. Tusk [Tusk] – 66,000
18. Say You Love Me [Fleetwood Mac (White Album)] – 61,000
19. Big Love [Tango In The Night] – 60,000
20. Silver Springs [Rumours] – 57,000
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