Stevie's in need for a #1 hit.
 

Could Stevie,have a number one solo hit these days on the pop charts?Hum, That a good question.From the upcoming CD.Or even a new kicka$$ number one country tune on the country charts that out weight Taylor and the other country gals.,feel like crap.
Have a fresh hit,not a remix like Dreams.

I love you Mackey but that is so highly unlikely IMO for the pop charts at least. I mean I could see a song charting but even top 10 is being unrealistic. When you consider who's topping the charts right now (Black Eyed Peas, Rihanna, Lada Gaga) I do not see Stevie in that mix by any means. And, how often do you see a legend like Stevie end up back in the pop charts after the height of their career? I mean Whitney Houston made a good attempt recently and Cher did it in the 90's (and MJ after his death) but help me out here if you can think of any others. The only way I could see it potentially happen is if she collaborated with one of today's stars. I could on the other hand see her releasing an album with new material and it making an impressive debut on the album charts.

The album as a whole I could see doing decently ( a la Eagles LROE), but a single? uh- I don't know. It would be amazing, but I don't see it happening.

I'm sorry, but no way.

She'd have to write about a rudeboy not being able to get it up while prancing around shaking her boobs into the camera. All the while dressed in a black swimsuit with bat win- oh... wait.

It'd be amazing, but it's so unlikely.

I hate to say it but I also think that that's extremely unlikely. Personally I'm amazed and thrilled by how many young people seem to love her music.
But that's tens or hundreds of thousands, not millions. The "millions" are buying Britney Spears and Lady GaGa and Miley Cyrus, and from what I've seen literally are not even aware of who Stevie is, or at best, only vaguely aware. And the majority of consumers who would be buying CD's, etc., are young people. So it's just simply not possible, in a very literal sense. I'm sure the Record Executives would say at some sort of meeting, "The numbers speak for themselves" and then rush to the store to buy Bella Donna and drive home and tell their kids, "You have GOT to hear this it is SO good!!!" (They may love her music personally but I think we're very lucky that she even still has a chance to get a cd out at all, considering the current state of "the business.")

Besides, I think it's fair to say that Stevie is not currently "up" on modern (2010-era) music, in terms of the style she writes in - and that for the most part, that hasn't really even affected her work all that much in the past. So personally I feel she's FAR from being "out of it" - - - but number one? I just can't picture that.

I think she could with the right song. She is Stevie Nicks. She can do anything. However it will be extremely hard. I think a collaboration would be easiest for her, but you never know she may pull a Cher and top the charts like none other. Actually, I was driving the other day and blaring Edge of Seventeen and I thought, holy ****, this song is almost 30 years old but it is still so current. I think if they remastered Bella Donna and rereleased Edge as a single today, it could have the potential to top the charts again if it got proper airplay. As for new music, it just needs to be something catchy. She could definitely appeal to the masses if she started trying.

i agree! I also think it's about the right type of promotion. If possibly Stevie gave the internet and social networking a try (as it seems to be working with the whole twitter thing) she could definitely appeal to young audiences. Just the other day i was playing "Edge of Seventeen" in my choir period, and my student teacher, who is 21, was like "i forgot how much i loved this song!"

Not likely, but stranger things have happened.

Maybe one of her songs will reach the top - but not sung by her. Take for instance I just read the next no.1 album on billboard is going to be a "Glee" album of Madonna songs?? What is Glee? I know it's a tv show and they sing on it, but could someone explain the popularity of this? I don't get it.

I think it is way over-rated. I watched last night's episode, and it was the Madonna episode, not to mention the first one I had seen. I was expecting something incredible and was greatly disappointed. It had a few funny parts, but it just makes me worried. I am so afraid that all these younger kids are watching this show, and AI, and they are seeing these covers and getting the wrong impression. I really think that there are some younger people who watched that Glee episode and aren't even too sure who Madonna is. This is what is going to happen the next time someone covers Stevie in the mainstream. I am going to hate it, because once more they will like that version so much more. They won't even know who Stevie Nicks is.

Example: watching The Dance, Landslide comes on. Sacred moment to us, or me at least, and this 14 y.o. girl says "I like the newer version better. this version sucks." I had no idea what to say, other than "This is the version." Then it got painfully awkward...

i agree completely. When i listen to Landslide people are like, "Oh I love the Dixie Chicks!" It breaks my heart. I'm not sure if teens are embarrassed to listen to old music or not, but whatever it is - AI and cover shows are destroying the opportunity of these artists becoming popular again. Not to mention that the covers are show-tuny crap...no offense.:sorry:

Exactly! Very well put. I have a best friend who has always been obsessed with Led Zepplin, and then the others are all about indie rock. I will take indie rock, but I could never get along with someone who says they like "the newer version" it just breaks my heart:distress:

On topic-I see a #1 hit being very releastic, but not the hot 100. Maybe adult alternative or pop. Her popularity is about half and half. Half the people know her, and half don't at all. I can honestly see her blowing up the clubs again, or just coming out with a rock song for F***s sake!!

Last time Stevie had a #1 Pop Hit was w.FM/ Dreams in 1977!

Stevie has never had a #1 solo hit, just a handful of top 10 & top 40 hits, and a few that got airplay that were never ever released officially.

Stevie has a more consistent record on the upper region of the charts as an album artist!
4- #1 Albums : Bella Donna, Rumours, Mirage & The Dance.
7- Top 10 Albums: The Wild Heart, OSOTM, TISL, Fleetwood Mac (self-titled), Tusk, Tango & SYW.
4- Top 20 Albums: Rock A Little, Behind The Mask, Fleetwood Mac Live & Greatest Hits.

So, I think she has a better chance of charting another Top 10 Album, than a #1 single by a thousand miles.......:nod:

I would just be happy if she charted a Top 40 pop single & at this stage in her career....that alone would be a feather in her cap :woohoo:

For her to have a resonable hit, she would definitely need to go trendy, ala Cher w. "Believe" & Madonna w. "4 minutes". have a hip and current collaborator, and the song would need to have a beat above mid-tempo. So given that recipe, I'd prefer her not even try! And besides she already tried this route w. TISL, and it didn't work.
I want Stevie to be true to herself as an artist, and put out a strong effort that is both classic and a new direction as Dave Stewart pointed out in his Tweet, and if she did have the accidental hit....all the better.

I also don't know if I would like to "share" my Stevie with younger generation of today. I just don't see them ever appreciating her like we do even if she did have a #1 hit on the pop charts today (which won't happen). I do however think that Stevie would relish the idea of having a #1 hit since that's something she's never accomplished before so for her I would sacrifice my not wanting to share her :nod:.

* a solo grammy and/or lifetime achievement award wouldn't hurt either

If Stevie released an internet-only iTunes single, and all her fans bought it the first week it came out... she could crack the top 20.

It would then fall off the charts entirely the following week.