Relevance

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Originally Posted by tabruns

I'm not sure YOU do.

You are defining "relevance" purely in commercial sales terms. If something isn't a current hit, it's "not relevant". While that may be one definition it isn't by any means the only one or even the definitive one.

Relevant means having a bearing on the matter at hand. Nicks has been a huge influence on women in music, ranging from Hole to Dixie Chicks. In that context, she is relevant.

Back in 2001, at the age of 50-something, she scored a top 5 album with Trouble In Shangri-La. That certainly indicates chart-performing relevance.

Nicks has had recent #1 ("Planets of the Universe") and #2 ("Stand Back") dance hits. The dance chart can be considered much more youth-oriented than say Adult Contemporary, so again, this argues in favor of her relevance.

The one thing that you point out which I think is true is that radio tends to not play artists that are older or have been around for awhile. I agree. But that doesn't automatically make those artists "not relevant".

Every example you've given is about how she WAS relevant. Influencing Hole and the Dixie Chicks, a top five album in 2001. Exactly my point. What about NOW? Really, the only thing recently is the Glee episode, and it's an episode based on Rumours.