On This Day, Sept. 5, 1981: Stevie Nicks hit #1 with her solo debut, ‘Bella Donna’
On This Day, Sept. 5, 1981 …
Fleetwood Mac star Stevie Nicks topped the chart with her debut solo album, Bella Donna, which was produced by Tom Petty and Jimmy Iovine.
The album featured four hits singles, the highest-charting one being “Stop Draggin My Heart Around,” a Petty-penned track, which she recorded with him and the Heartbreakers. The song peaked at #3.
The other hits included “Leather and Lace,” a duet with Don Henley, which peaked at #6; “Edge of Seventeen,” which hit #11; and “After the Glitter Fades,” which peaked at #32.
Bella Donna, which spent nearly three years on the Billboard 200 Album chart, has been certified quadruple Platinum by the RIAA.
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