Bella Donna is the debut solo studio album by American singer and songwriter Stevie Nicks. Released on July 27, 1981, the album peaked at number one on the US Billboard 200 in September of that year.

Oct 12, 2023 · Keep reading to learn what inspired Stevie Nicks to write “Bella Donna,” the hypnotic title track from her beloved 1981 debut solo album. Set atop lines of glittering piano,...

Bella Donna is the debut studio album by American singer, songwriter and Fleetwood Mac vocalist Stevie Nicks. Released on July 27, 1981, the album reached number one on...

Jan 24, 2025 · It was here that the seeds took root for Bella Donna, the breakout solo record that forever changed both the dynamic in Fleetwood Mac and Nicks’s life as an artist. Exhausted from the previous two years of high-stakes drama around the recording and touring of Fleetwood Mac’s epic double album Tusk, the 32-year-old singer welcomed the laid-back setting and easy camaraderie with her girlfriends.

Bella Donna is Stevie Nicks’ 1981 solo recording debut. It features the hit singles “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around,” “Leather and Lace,” and “Edge of Seventeen.”

5 days ago · When Stevie Nicks broke away from Fleetwood Mac to record her 1980 solo debut, Bella Donna, she put her career on a tumultuously delicate line.Nicks had only been in the British-American rock band ...

Aug 6, 2023 · Released in July 1981, 'Bella Donna' marks a dreamscape of a debut album from Stevie Nicks, boasting songs like 'Edge Of Seventeen' and 'Leather and Lace'.

Jul 27, 2021 · Below we detail the songs that have made Bella Donna a classic. This was the one song Nicks refused to give Fleetwood Mac because she was saving it for herself. It meant so much to her that...

"Bella Donna" is the first track on Bella Donna (1981), Stevie Nicks' first solo album. It precedes "Kind of Woman" in the album track order.

Dec 2, 2024 · With Bella Donna, Stevie Nicks demonstrated she didn’t need the Mac mothership to sustain a thriving career. Don’t damn it with faint praise by saying it was a solid first try.