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Originally Posted by skuncles
This topic gets brought up every time the nominations are announced (usually during the summer, then again when the list is finalized this time of year). Stevie is already in there as part of Fleetwood Mac. Stevie as a solo artist has not had the same impact as Fleetwood Mac has. Whatever impact she has had on the industry as well as her own solo career is because of what she did with Fleetwood Mac. To this day there are many people who don't know that songs like "Edge Of Seventeen" or "Stand Back" are not Mac songs. The line between the two is blurred in the mind of the general public. As die hard fans it seems unbelievable that people can't tell the difference between Stevie's solo songs and her Mac work, but that is the reality. Also when you ask someone on the street who Stevie Nicks is, they will most likely say "that girl from Fleetwood Mac" (if they don't say shrug and say they have never heard of him).
Stevie will not be going into the Hall as a solo artist any time in the near future. I say this every year and every year people get VERY upset. But the fact is as far as the Hall is concerned, she's already in there so there's no rush. People like Heart or Pat Benatar will and should go in before Stevie goes in solo.
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Best post I've ever seen on the subject. I'll go one step further and say that Stevie will
never be admitted into the Rock Hall as a solo artist. She just didn't have big enough of an impact. Like you said, Stevie's rock impact was a collective role within Fleetwood Mac, and her much smaller solo success was a side note... and only served to bolster her total impact.