Stevie Nicks is making history as first female two-time inductee: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2019

Stevie Nicks’ selection as the first female two-time inductee in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame may not be the most controversial in its 34-year history

Nicks has been inducted into the hall as a member of Fleetwood Mac, and her solo career has been respectable. Her abilities with a pen are beyond most songwriters. Rolling Stone has named her in past polls as one of the 100 greatest songwriters of all time.

She wrote two songs that were huge hits for Fleetwood Mac, “Rhiannon” and “Landslide.” Both tunes were on Fleetwood Mac’s self-titled 1975 album and helped cement them as a group.

As for her own reaction, Nicks is ecstatic, and shared that with Rolling Stone upon learning of her history-making inclusion. “I joined Fleetwood Mac at the beginning of 1975,” she told the magazine’s Andy Greene. “We started talking about the solo album at the end of 1979, so my solo work was just a little over four years behind Fleetwood Mac.

“It has made my life amazing because I’ve been able to have these two amazing careers and live in two completely different worlds,” she told Greene. “I did dedicate it to [producer] Jimmy Iovine, him and several others. But it was Jimmy that said, ‘I will produce your record and we’ll make you a Tom Petty record, except it’ll be a girl Tom Petty record.’ I found that very exciting and I was jumping off the walls.”

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