Stevie Nicks

Stephanie Lynn Stevie Nicks born May 26 1948 is an American singersongwriter best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and an extensive solo career which collectively have produced over forty Top 50 hits and sold over 140 million albums She has been noted for her ethereal visual style and symbolic lyrics Nicks joined Fleetwood Mac on December 31 1974 along with her thenboyfriend Lindsey Buckingham Fleetwood Macs second album after the incorporation of Nicks and Buckingham 1977s Rumours produced four US Top 10 singles including Nicks song Dreams which was the bands first and only US number one and remained at 1 on the American albums chart for 31 weeks as well as reaching the top spot in various countries around the world To date the album has sold over 40 million copies worldwide making it the ninth highest selling album of all time Nicks began her solo career in 1981 with the 8 million selling album Bella Donna and she has produced six more solo studio albums to date Her seventh solo studio album entitled In Your Dreams and her first in ten years has completed production with Dave Stewart of Eurythmics fame at the helm and was released on May 3 2011 After the release of her first solo album Rolling Stone deemed her The Reigning Queen of Rock and Roll Having overcome cocaine addiction and dependency on tranquilizers Nicks remains a popular solo performer As a solo artist she has garnered eight Grammy Award nominations and with Fleetwood Mac has a further five nominations one of her nominations with Fleetwood Mac won the 19771978 award for Album of the Year for Rumours As a member of Fleetwood Mac she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 Description above from the Wikipedia article Stevie Nicks licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia