American Songwriter

On This Day in 1977: The Eagles’ Classic Album ‘Hotel California’ Began a Long Non-Consecutive Run at No. 1 on the ‘Billboard’ 200

No studio album by an American band has sold more copies in the U.S. than the Eagles’ Hotel California. The classic 1976 release has been certified 26-times platinum by the RIAA for sales of more than ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1977, the Eagles’ ‘Hotel California’ was Eclipsed by Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Rumours’ on the Top of the Chart

Released on December 8, 1976, the Eagles‘ Hotel California steadily made its way up the Billboard 200 chart and topped it by January 15, 1977. Several months after the release of Hotel California, ...