

“Leather and Lace” (with Don Henley) 3:44.The album was also included in the “Greatest of All Time Billboard 200 Albums” chart. The album marked the first recording featuring Nicks’ backing vocalists, Sharon Celani and Lori Perry, who still record and tour with Nicks today. Along with friends Tom Petty and Don Henley, Nicks brought in session musician Waddy Wachtel, Bruce Springsteen’s E-Street Band pianist Roy Bittan, and Stax session man Donald “Duck” Dunn of Booker T. The album spawned four hit singles during 19: the Tom Petty and the Heart breakers-penned duet “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” (#3), the Don Henley duet “Leather and Lace” (#6), her signature song “Edge of Seventeen” (#11) and country-tinged “After the Glitter Fades” (#32).īella Donna would mark the beginning of Nicks’ trend of calling upon her many musician friends and connections to fully realize her sparse demo recordings.

Bella Donna spent nearly three years on the Billboard 200, from July 1981 to June 1984. Bella Donna was awarded platinum status by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on October 7, 1981, less than three months after its release, and in 1990 was certified quadruple-platinum for four million copies shipped. Released on July 27, 1981, the album reached number one on the US Billboard 200 in September of that year. Bella Donna is the debut solo studio album by American singer and songwriter Stevie Nicks.
