Stevie Nicks Biography

As both a solo artist and a member of Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks may not only be one of rock’s most recognizable voices, but also among the most successful women in music. But long before her rise to fame, Nicks was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1948, where she began performing at her parent’s tavern at the young age of four. She began writing songs while a teenager, and even joined her first group, The Changing Times, while Stevie Nicks was still in high school.

Stevie Nicks and her friend Lindsey Buckingham, long before they joined Fleetwood Mac, were very popular as members of the band Fritz, which they formed while still in high school. Buckingham-Nicks, their debut album, was released in 1973, and led to the establishment of Fleetwood Mac as one of the world’s most iconic bands of the 1970’s.

After leaving Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks began recording solo albums in 1981, and her debut, Bella Donna, quickly hit the top of the Billboard charts. The Wild Heart, her second solo album, gave Stevie Nicks the hits “Stand Back” and “Talk to Me.” The Other Side of the Mirror followed in 1989. A solo box set, Enchanted, was released in 1998, and in 2002, Stevie Nicks was ranked as one of VH1’s Sexiest Artists. In March of 2007, The Very Best of Stevie Nicks was released to find a home at number twenty-one on the Billboard top 200.

Stevie Nicks continues to perform and record well into the new millennium. Notable albums from recent years include In Your Dreams (2011) and 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault (2014), and she also contributed a cover of “Not Fade Away” on Listen to Me: Buddy Holly, a tribute album that was released in 2011. In 2012, Nicks appeared on Up All Night; the NBC sitcom featured an excerpt from the song “Sleeping Angel,” and new duets with Christina Applegate and Maya Rudolph. Nicks also enjoyed a resurgence in popularity of the Fleetwood Mac album “Rumors,” after the television show Glee dedicated a season two episode to Fleetwood Mac; The episode featured six songs from the album, and suddenly Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks found popularity with a whole new generation. Rumors re-entered the Billboard 200 the same week that Nicks’ In Your Dreams debuted at number six.

Most recently, Stevie Nicks performed alongside Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at the British Summer Time festival in 2017. She also teamed up with the The Pretenders for the 24 Karat Gold Tour, in support of her recently released album collection: 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault.