The Biggest-Selling Rock LP for 2024 is an Iconic Classic Rock Title
Billboard has released its many year-end lists, including the year-end 200 albums chart highlighting the biggest-selling albums of the year. The year was dominated by pop music, but the biggest-selling rock LP for 2024 is both surprising, yet also not shocking.
So, what was the biggest-selling rock album of 2024? Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours. The classic 1977 album came in at No. 34 on Billboard‘s year-end 200 albums chart.
Interest in Fleetwood Mac has been steady in recent years. In November, it was announced the legendary band will be the subject of an upcoming documentary from Apple Original Films.
The doc was announced in a social media post stating, “It’s not a Rumour. From director Frank Marshall, this Apple Original Films documentary will take you on the epic journey of the generation-defining Fleetwood Mac.”
According to Apple, this documentary is “fully authorized” and will feature Fleetwood Mac sharing the story of the band “in their own words.”
Director Frank Marshall said in a statement, “I am fascinated by how this incredible story of enormous musical achievement came about. Fleetwood Mac somehow managed to merge their often chaotic and almost operatic personal lives into their own tale in real-time, which then became legend. This will be a film about the music and the people who created it.”
The doc will feature that band talking about their 50-year history after Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined the band in 1974. (Fleetwood Mac was active seven years prior to the addition of Buckingham and Nicks, but their popularity rose following the singer-songwriter duo joining the band.) Apple says the doc will feature “never-before-seen footage, exclusive new interviews, and archival interviews of the late Christine McVie.”
It’s currently unknown how this documentary will be formatted. Considering the history of the band, it wouldn’t be out of the question for this project to be a multi-part docuseries.
