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.”
Track List
Background
In the late 1970s, Stevie Nicks launched Modern Records with record executives Danny Goldberg and Paul Fishkin as a vehicle for the backlog of unrecorded material that Stevie had amassed over the years. With help of producer Jimmy Iovine and high-profile acts, such as Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and Eagles member Don Henley, Bella Donna became a critical and commercial success. Stevie later earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Rock Performance for “Edge of Seventeen.”
Release
Modern Records released Bella Donna on Monday, July 27, 1981. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 200 Albums chart and produced the Top 40 singles “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around,” “Leather and Lace,” “Edge of Seventeen,” and “After the Glitter Fades.”
In 2004, the RIAA certified the album 5X platinum for the shipment of five million units to retailers. Bella Donna remains Stevie Nicks’ best selling album to date.
Charts
Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around (Duet with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)
| Billboard Chart | Peak |
| Pop Singles | 3 |
| Album Rock Tracks | 2 |
Leather and Lace (Duet with Don Henley)
| Billboard Chart | Peak |
| Pop Singles | 5 |
| Adult Contemporary | 10 |
Edge of Seventeen (Just Like the White Winged Dove)
| Billboard Chart | Peak |
| Pop Singles | 11 |
| Album Rock Tracks | 4 |
After the Glitter Fades
| Billboard Chart | Peak |
| Pop Singles | 32 |
| Adult Contemporary | 36 |
| Country | 70 |
Promotional Videos
Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around
Leather and Lace
Edge of Seventeen
After the Glitter Fades
News & Coverage
- Mac’s Stevie Nicks first to be pacted by modern September 29, 1979 - This article is not available. D. Hall / Billboard (September 29, 1979, Vol. 91, p4) More
- Random Notes June 26, 1980 - This article is not available. Rolling Stone (Issue 320, p31-32. 2p) / June 26, 1980 More
- Stevie Nicks gets serious, down to business on Bella Donna March 1, 1981 - "Look, enough with these heavy interviews," the guys upstairs told us. "Szasz, Anton Wilson, Leary, Turner, Bukowski. Give ‘em a… More
- REVIEW: Bella Donna August 2, 1981 - Rickie Lee Jones' Pirates and Stevie Nicks' Bella Donna are both such long-awaited albums that you could all but hear… More
- Diversity marks Stevie Nicks’ solo August 9, 1981 - Fleetwood Mac singer borrows some hard-edged help from Petty. Pop Album Reviews: STEVIE NICKS, Bella Donna, Modern Records. MR38-139. What’s… More
- Fleetwood Mac’s siren soars with her first solo album Bella Donna August 11, 1981 - The view from the living room of Stevie Nicks' Marina del Rey condominium is spectacular. As far as the eye… More
- Stevie Nicks solos September 1, 1981 - This article is not available. S. Simels / Stereo Review (Oct 1981, Vol. 46, p94) More
- Stevie Nicks soars with Bella Donna September 20, 1981 - A fearsome Kabuki doll grimaces malevolently from atop an antique upright piano into a pastel pink room, where porcelain flamingos… More
- Stevie Nicks: Going solo October 5, 1981 - Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks tries on a new hat When Stevie Nicks was cutting her first solo album, the just-released… More
- 20 Questions: Stevie Nicks July 1, 1982 - Stevie Ladies and gentlemen, the reigning queen of rock — on recklessness, relationships and reincarnation Contributing Editor David Rensin met… More