FLEETWOOD MAC #1 IN THE UK.... SORT OF

Comedian Peter Kay and his All Star Band's "Official Children In Need Medley", which raises funds for the BBC charity of that name, leapt #18 to #1 on the UK Top Singles Chart.

Kay's single, which rose to the top in its first full week on release, is a medley of songs by the Jacksons, Fleetwood Mac, Pussycat Dolls, Chumbawumba, Take That, the Beatles and Elbow. It features the voices of numerous favorite animated children's TV characters of the last 50 years, voiced by their original actors, including "Thomas The Tank Engine" narrator Ringo Starr.

Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop" is mixed in... Starts at about 1:22.

UK TOP 75 | IRELAND TOP 100 - FLEETWOOD MAC 6 WEEKS IN

UK Top 75 Week Ending Nov 30th:
#29 Fleetwood Mac The Very Best Of

UK TOP 75 CHART RUN:
Week 1 #6 Debut
Week 2 #10
Week 3 #12
Week 4 #15
Week 5 #26
Week 6 #29

IRELAND TOP 100 Week Ending Nov 26th:
#95 Fleetwood Mac The Very Best of

IRISH TOP 100 CHART RUN:
Week 1 #32 Debut
Week 2 #14
Week 3 #27
Week 4 #36
Week 5 #69
Week 6 #95

NEW YEARS EVE WITH FLEETWOOD MAC, STEVIE NICKS & TOM PETTY

German Channel 3Sat will be showing FLEETWOOD MAC'S "Live in Boston" and STEVIE NICKS "Live in Chicago" Plus Tom Petty's 30th Anniversary Concert in Gainesville, FL which Stevie appears in, all during their airing of non-stop pop concerts on New Years Eve/Day.

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All Times CET

07:45 Fleetwood Mac: Live in Boston

Fleet Center, West End Boston, USA 2004

08:45 Tom Petty: One 30th Anniversary Concert

O'Connell Center, Gainesville, Florida, USA 2006

10:30 Stevie Nicks: Live in Chicago

WTTW Grainger Studio, Chicago, USA 2008

FLEETWOOD MAC CERTIFIED GOLD IN NEW ZEALAND

Fleetwood Mac's 2009 version of "The Very Best Of" has been certified Gold in New Zealand (7,500 units shipped) in it's second week of release.  The disc also moves up two spots this week on the Top 40 Albums Chart to #7, issue date November 23, 2009.  The 2009 version debuted at #9 November 16th out performing the debut of the 2002 edition of the same name.  The 2002 set entered the Top 50 Albums Chart at #26 on December 1, 2002 and was immediately certified Gold with a Platinum certification the following week (Chart Run below):

2002 "The Very Best Of"
DEC 1, 2002 - #26 (CERTIFIED GOLD 7,500 units)
DEC 8, 2002 - #12 (CERTIFIED PLATINUM 15,000 units)
DEC 15,2002 - #7
DEC 22,2002 - #5
JAN 19,2003 - #11
JAN 26,2003 - #10
FEB 2, 2003 - #20
FEB 9, 2003 - #32
FEB 16,2003 - #27

2009 "The Very Best Of"
NOV 16, 2009 - #9
NOV 23, 2009 - #7

This most recent chart indicates it has spent a total of 11 weeks on the Top 40/50 Chart.  That seems to be a combination of both the 2002 version and the 2009 version.

EURO TOP 200

Also in it's 4th week on the Top 200 European Albums Chart, TVBO moves down to #87 for the week ending November 20, 2009.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN MCVIE (FLEETWOOD MAC) NOVEMBER 26th

FLEETWOOD MAC'S "THE VERY BEST OF" CHART ROUND-UP WORLD WIDE

NEW ZEALAND: New on the Top 40 Albums Charts at #9 for the week ending November 16th.

AUSTRALIA: "The Very Best Of" dropped out of the Top 50 Albums Chart for the week ending November 23rd after re-entering last week at #49.

IRELAND: In week 6 for the week ending November 19th on the Top 100 Albums Chart the cd drops to #69 from last week's #36 place.

UK: In week 6 for the week ending November 22nd on the Top 75 Albums Chart the cd drops to #26 from last week's #15 place.

IRISH TOP 100 CHART RUN:
Week 1 #32 Debut
Week 2 #14
Week 3 #27
Week 4 #36
Week 5 #69

UK TOP 75 CHART RUN:
Week 1 #6 Debut
Week 2 #10
Week 3 #12
Week 4 #15
Week 5 #26

NEW ZEALAND TOP 40 CHART RUN:
Week 1 #9 Debut (11/16/09)
Week 2 #7 (11/23/09)

EUROPEAN TOP 200 CHART RUN:
Week 1 #39 Debut (10/30/09)
Week 2 #60 (11/06/09)
Week 3 #80 (11/13/09)
Week 4 #87 (11/20/09)