  Stevie Nicks was born Stephanie
Lynn Nicks in Arizona on May 26, 1948. Stevie
has made her mark as a member of a superstar
group of the 70s, Fleetwood
Mac, and as a superstar solo
artists of 80s. Stevie is known for her
poetic lyrics, raspy yet tender vocals, and
mystical demeanor while singing. Stevie's
musical desire began while singing and
writing her own songs while still a teenager
in California. Her first musical
collaboration was a group called the Changing
Times. While attending Menlo-Atherton High
School, Stevie met Lindsey Buckingham
and together with a friends, they formed a
group called Fritz.
Stevie quit college and toured
with Fritz around the West Coast and opened
for artists including Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix. Fritz lasted for 3
years, at which point they broke up leaving
Stevie and Lindsey to make personal and
professional music together as a duo.
Stevie worked did various jobs
including a waitress and a dental assistant,
and Stevie and Lindsey released an LP
together - Buckingham-Nicks.
Although the LP didn't do well, it helped get
the duo noticed by Fleetwood
Mac, who were looking to expand
their appeal to the U.S. and needed a
"West Coast touch." In 1974, the
duo joined the group and Nicks helped Fleetwood
Mac become one of the most
successful bands in history.
Stevie appeared on the
soundtrack for Heavy
Metal with "Blue Lamp."
 # 36
Singles Artist of the Year
 Stevie released her first solo
LP, Bella
Donna. A majority of the songs on Bella
Donna were compositions she
wrote in the 70s. Stevie later said of her
solo outing: "When you're in Fleetwood
Mac, you don't have much of a
life... you don't have much of a personal
life anyway... you're a member of a band,
part of the team... my solo work is a whole
other thing... everything that happens is my
decision, which makes it a lot more
special."
 Stevie hit the Top 40 with
"Stop
Draggin' My Heart Around" with Tom
Petty & The Heartbreakers.
Bella
Donna was certified platinum.
 Stevie hit the Top 40
with help from Don
Henley with "Leather And Lace."
Stevie hit the Top 10 with "Leather And Lace."
 # 31
Singles Artist of the Year
 Stevie was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Vocal
Performance - Female ("Edge Of Seventeen") and Best Rock Performance by a Duo
or Group with Vocal ("Stop
Draggin' My Heart Around" with Tom
Petty & The Heartbreakers).
Stevie hit the Top 40
with "Edge Of Seventeen."
Stevie hit the Top 10 with "Edge Of Seventeen."
Stevie hit the Top 40 with
"After The Glitter Fades."
 Stevie appeared on the
soundtrack for Fast
Times At Ridgemont High with "Sleeping
Angel."
 # 25
Singles Artist of the Year
McCartney was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist.
 Stevie released her 2nd LP,The
Wild Heart.
Stevie hit the Top 40 with
"Stand Back."
Stevie hit the Top 10 with "Stand Back."
The
Wild Heart was certified platinum.
Stevie hit the Top 40 with
"If Anyone Falls."
Stevie hit the Top 10 with "If Anyone Falls."
 # 139
Singles Artist of the Year
Stevie was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist.
Stevie hit the Top 40 with
"Nightbird."
Stevie was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal
Performance - Female ("Stand Back").
 Stevie appeared on the
soundtracks for Against
All Odds with "Violet &
Blue."
Bella
Donna was certified 3x platinum.
 # 113
Singles Artist of the Year
 Stevie released Rock
A Little.
 # 22
Singles Artist of the Year
Rock
A Little was certified platinum.
Stevie hit the Top 10 with
"Talk To Me." Rock
A Little also contained the
hits "I Can't Wait" and "Has
Anyone Ever Written Anything For You."
Stevie also appeared on the
soundtrack for American Anthem and
spent a month at the Betty Ford Center to
help kick a cocaine habit.
Stevie also hit the Top 40 with Tom
Petty & The Heartbreakers with a live remake of
"Needles And Pins."
Stevie was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal
Performance - Female ("Talk To Me").
 # 114
Singles Artist of the Year
 Stevie released The
Other Side Of The Mirror.
Stevie hit the Top 40 with
"Rooms On Fire."
The
Other Side Of The Mirror was certified gold.
Bella
Donna was certified 4x platinum.
Stevie was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal
Performance - Female ("Whole Lotta
Trouble").
Stevie officially left Fleetwood
Mac after a track that Stevie wrote
during her Fleetwood
Mac years, "Silver
Springs," was not allowed (by Mick
Fleetwood) to be included on a greatest hits
collection.
 The hits collection, Timespace:
The Best Of Stevie Nicks, was released. Stevie
had a moderate hit with "Sometimes It's
A Bitch" - 1 of 3 new tracks in the hits
collection. Timespace:
The Best Of Stevie Nicks was certified gold by
the end of the month.
Stevie went into detox for a
dependence on Klonopin.
The
Wild Heart was certified 2x platinum.
 # 172
Singles Artist of the Year
 Stevie released Street
Angel with the hit "Maybe Love Will Change
Your Mind." Entertainment Weekly
called the LP "...a solid pop-rock
collection."
Stevie hit the Top 40 with
"Maybe Love Will Change
Your Mind."
Stevie appeared on the Boys
On The Side soundtrack with "Somebody
Stand By Me."
 Stevie appeared on the
soundtrack for Twister with
"Twisted" (helped out by Lindsey
Buckingham) and Party
Of Five compilation with her version of
Tom
Petty's "Free Fallin'."
Street
Angel was certified gold and The
Other Side Of The Mirror was certified
platinum.
Timespace:
The Best Of Stevie Nicks was certified
platinum.
 # 118
Singles Artist of the Year
At the
beginning of the year, Stevie was inducted
into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame along
with Fleetwood
Mac.
 Stevie also released a 3-CD box
set, Enchanted:
The Works Of Stevie Nicks in May. The set
contains many of Stevie's classics in
addition to unreleased tracks, live
performances, soundtrack contributions, and
studio demos.
Stevie received a restraining
order against a schizophrenic fan who
believed Nicks was a witch who could heal him
and "...enable him to get along with
others and find a woman to marry" and
who showed up at her Denver concert. The
"fan" allegedly had stated that he
wanted to kidnap Nicks, use her witchcraft to
cure his schizophrenia, and then "make
babies" with her. He was banned from all
future Nicks concerts and from hanging around
her Los Angeles home.
A a man hung himself after a
Stevie Nicks concert in California in front
of hundreds of existing concert goers. The
man reportedly was arguing with his wife (who
had a restraining order against him) at the
concert. After climbing a utility pole near
the entrance with jumper cables, the man hung
himself either by accident or deliberately.
 Stevie could be heard on the
soundtrack for Practical
Magic with an updated version of
"Crystal" and the Top 40 hit "If
Ever You Did Believe."
Enchanted:
The Works Of Stevie Nicks was certified gold.
Ranked # 14 on VH1: 100
Greatest Women of Rock & Roll.
Stevie will be heading
a benefit concert in Arizona for the Arizona
Heart Institute Foundation and will be joined
by Don
Henley, Lindsey Buckingham,
Sheryl
Crow, and possibly Chris
Isaak and Lenny
Kravitz.
 # 167
Singles Artist of the Year
 Stevie released Trouble
In Shangri-La and hit the Top 40 with "Every Day." The LP topped
the Billboard Internet Sales chart for a
week.
Trouble
In Shangri-La was certified gold.
Stevie had to cancel 2 concerts
in Virginia and North Carolina due to
illness.
Stevie topped the Billboard
Dance Club Play chart for a week with
"Planets Of The Universe."
Stevie was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal
Performance - Female ("Planets Of The
Universe").
Stevie ranked #
52 on VH1: 100
Sexiest Artists.
 # 99 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
The CD/DVD Crystal
Visions - The Very Best Of Stevie Nicks was released.
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