50 Years – Don't Stop is a compilation album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 16 November 2018, marking 50 years since the band's formation. Consisting of three CDs, the set spans the history of the band from 1967 to 2013. It was also released as a 5-LP set and a condensed single CD version. Unlike its predecessor, 25 Years – The Chain (1992), this album does not feature any previously unreleased material. It does, however, mark the first time certain tracks have been remastered or released in a physical format, as is the case with "Sad Angel".
Other songs appear in their single edit form, like "Sands of Time" and "Heroes Are Hard to Find". Up until the release of 50 Years, these mixes had been out of print for decades.
In November 2023, the album tallied its 260th week on the UK Albums Chart, making it the band's third-longest-charting album after Rumours and The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac. It surpassed the latter in November 2025 and reached a new chart peak of number 3 in January 2026.
50 Years – Don't Stop has been one of the UK's top 10 biggest-selling albums every year of the 2020s, increasing year-on-year. It was the 5th biggest seller in 2025.
Background 50 Years – Don't Stop is Fleetwood Mac's most recent career-spanning collection. It features liner notes by veteran music writer David Wild. The Belfast Telegraph said of the album, "The 50-track compilation is the sound of a band pulling themselves apart, and putting themselves back together, over the course of half a century."
CD track listing
Standard one-disc edition
Deluxe three-disc edition
Streaming track listing The track listing on streaming services made multiple changes. The track order discards the chronological order used in the deluxe 3CD, vinyl and digital editions. Additionally, ten songs were replaced (*), including five from the Peter Green era, and two songs swapped the live version for its studio counterpart (**). The ten songs excluded are listed below for reference.
(*) Exclusive to streaming version (**) Studio version; live version included on non-streaming releases
Vinyl track listing
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2018–2026) Peakposition New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 29 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) 82
Year-end charts Chart (2018) Position UK Albums (OCC) 45 Chart (2019) Position Irish Albums (IRMA) 19 UK Albums (OCC) 13 Chart (2020) Position Irish Albums (IRMA) 6 UK Albums (OCC) 10 Chart (2021) Position Irish Albums (IRMA) 8 UK Albums (OCC) 9 Chart (2022) Position UK Albums (OCC) 8 Chart (2023) Position UK Albums (OCC) 6 Chart (2024) Position UK Albums (OCC) 7 Chart (2025) Position UK Albums (OCC) 5
Certifications
See also List of albums which have spent the most weeks on the UK Albums Chart
References
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