Stevie Nicks is 66 years old today. Nicks is a singer-songwriter, who in the course of her work with Fleetwood Mac and her extensive solo career, has produced over forty Top 50 hits and sold over 140 million albums. Nicks joined Fleetwood Mac in 1974, along with her partner Lindsey Buckingham. Fleetwood Macs second album after the incorporation of Nicks and Buckingham, Rumours, released in 1977, was the best-selling album of all time the year of its release, and, to date, is the eighth best-selling album of all time, having sold over 40 million copies worldwide. The album remained at No.1 on the American albums chart for 31 weeks, and reached the top spot in various countries worldwide. The album won Album of the Year in 1978 and produced four U.S. Top 10 singles, with Nicks Dreams being the bands first and only U.S. number one hit. Nicks began her solo career in 1981 with the album Bella Donna, which reached Platinum status less than three months after its release, and has since been certified quadruple-platinum. She has produced seven more solo studio albums to date, with her most recent entitled In Your Dreams — released on May 3, 2011. Having conquered her cocaine addiction and dependency on tranquilizers, she continues to be a popular solo performer. Nicks is known for her distinctive voice, mystical visual style and symbolic lyrics, as well as the famous (sometimes tense) chemistry between her and Lindsey Buckingham. Here, Nicks performs “Landslide.”
Posted on: Mon, 26 May 2014 04:45:20 +0000
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