Wednesday, April 13, 2011

The Oprah Effect - Stevie Nicks "In Your Dreams" + Fleetwood Mac Album Sales

The awareness Oprah brings to an artists album is immeasurable. The only real way to measure the impact after an appearance on the show is to look directly at the album charts (if an album is released) or look at it's ranking on the best sellers list on Amazon for example where albums available for pre-sale and current releases are ranked.

Earlier today Stevie's In Your Dreams was ranked somewhere just north of # 50 on the top 100 in music sales. Currently it's sitting at # 16 on the top 100 which is a huge leap! When you break it all down into categories it looks like the following:

# 2 in Music > Classic Rock > Album-Oriented Rock (AOR)
# 10 in Music > Rock
# 15 in Music > Pop

itunes also experienced an uptick in downloads for both Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac in North America... These are fairly current numbers although itunes is a moving target so it's hard to say at what time of day these numbers are from.  In any case, there's no denying the Oprah effect...


USA
itunes Top 100 Rock Album Charts:
- Fleetwood Mac - Rumours # 15
- Stevie Nicks - Crystal Visions # 93
itunes Top 100 Pop Album Charts:
- Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits # 9
itunes Top 100 Overall Albums Chart
- Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits # 47
- Fleetwood Mac - Rumours # 84
itunes Top 100 Pop Songs Chart
- Fleetwood Mac - Landslide # 68

CANADA
itunes Top 100 Canadian Albums
- Fleetwood Mac - Rumours # 79

Backstage with Stevie Nicks - Oprah.com exclusive


Rock legend Stevie Nicks talks about the story behind her new single, "Secret Love," and shares what rock songs she belted out as a young girl.  See the video at Oprah.com

(Video) Rock Goddess Stevie Nicks Performs "Secret Love" An Oprah.com Exclusive!




From Stevie's latest CD, In Your Dreams - watch the EXCLUSIVE Video at Oprah.com

Also available is the Landslide Video


Really great Oprah show today... It was non-stop... So much crammed into one show - but it WORKED! Thanks to The Oprah Show for having Stevie on and to Steve Gaines for starting it all with his Facebook campaign!

(HD Video) Stevie Nicks "Cheaper Than Free" has been added to Stevie's Official Youtube Channel!

First full length video from Stevie's "In Your Dreams" album "Cheaper Than Free" has been added to her official Youtube channel... and available in HD!

Another Oprah Pic from @StevieNicks... Rockstar Royalty right there!

Sheryl and Stevie backstage at Oprah...Gorge.


Sheryl and Stevie backstage at Oprah...Gorge. on Twitpic
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(Review) Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks - Kansas 4/12/11

By TIMOTHY FINN
The Kansas City Star

Tuesday’s show at the Sprint Center was a jukebox bonanza, a career-spanning showcase by two performers with dozens of hit albums and scores of Top 40 hits between them. Rod Stewart was the headliner, but he appeared first, to introduce the opener and co-headliner, Stevie Nicks, who came fashioned and equipped like the main event: with a seven-piece band, two backup singers and her own video show. Nicks spent her 70-minute set digging through her solo catalog, playing a song (“Sorcerer” "Secret Love") off her upcoming album, covering a Tom Petty song (“You Wreck Me”) and obliging everyone with four of her best-known Fleetwood Mac titles: “Dreams,” “Gold Dust Woman,” “Rhiannon” and “Landslide.”

More Photos by Jim Barcus here:  Back to Rockville

Full Review at the Kansas City Star Website:

Stevie Nicks Setlist: Stand Back; Outside the Rain; Dreams; Secret Love; Sorcerer; Gold Dust Woman; You Wreck Me (Tom Petty cover); piano interlude; Rhiannon; Landslide; Edge of Seventeen. Encore: Love Is