Stevie Nicks Disappointed With Sales Of Her Latest Album

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Originally Posted by The Catdancer

She should be proud of herself, it's a great record. I know I love it

I don't think Stevie made this record with "sell sell sell" in mind. She knows she doesn't need the money. I think she's using the 300.000 figure as a way to poll how popular she still is. Concerts may sell out but she knows just as well as we do there are a lot of people going to the show who are casual fans or come with a friend.

oh I think she definitely made it hoping to sell a lot. the commercial gods just weren't as favorable this time. She isn't Lindsey, never has been, and sales and success and magazine covers and top of the charts and all that matters to her. She can hide it a lot of the time, but our girl is VERY competitive and likes to win.

As for needing money, in terms of supporting just herself, yeah she's set. But she doesn't. she supports a LOT of people... who have made their entire careers working for her and being supported by her .... friends, family, assistants... she gives them nominal job titles or they do errands and things, but they are paid by her. and then they have kids, and she puts most of them through college. and her brother, and her singers, and so on. and let's not forget managers and publicists and lawyers and all who work for her all year managing her assets and the like whether she's putting out new product or not, and many of those people get a cut of what she makes. money coming in also pays for the new stage wardrobes etc which cost a fortune. she's got a ton of expenses and if she retired and lived off her royalties she'd be eating into her capital really fast.

does she make enough to live a very nice version of most of our lives? sure. but she doesn't live our lifestyle, for better or worse, and keeping that huge ship afloat takes beaucoup cash.