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It was only right for the rock icon to follow up her 'Rumours'-era Barbie with a doll inspired by her first solo record, she tells PEOPLE
Some honor the Fleetwood Mac frontwoman year-round, but there’s no use arguing: When the first few leaves flutter to the ground and the itch for a Practical Magic rewatch sets in, it’s officially her time. This year, she’s celebrating with a very special announcement.
After the success of her first Barbie Signature doll, which sold out twice, the singer-songwriter, 77, and Mattel are releasing a second miniature Nicks. For the rock icon — who has had a long year, from evacuating her home during the L.A. wildfires to suffering a fracture and postponing several shows — it's joyful news.
“I'm just thrilled. It's the only good thing since I broke my shoulder,” Nicks tells PEOPLE. As she returns to the stage for her fall tour, the star adds, she is doing her very "best," even though “a broken shoulder is way more than I ever could possibly imagine.”
The “Silver Springs” hitmaker lovingly refers to her first mini-me, which released back in 2023, as both “Stevie Barbie” and “Rumours Barbie.” The tambourine-wielding doll wears a witchy, all-black look lifted from the cover of Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 masterwork.
The new Barbie is inspired by a version of Nicks that emerged four years after Rumours, when, for the very first time, she went her own way. In 1981, the rocker released her first solo record Bella Donna, which is best known for its third single — and one of the most important tracks in the rock canon — “Edge of Seventeen.”
It’s one of the biggest moments in Nicks' legendary career, and one she was “pretty adamant” about seeing in doll form after the success of her Rumours-inspired figure — one of the most popular Barbie Signature dolls of all time, according to Mattel.
“It's almost like you almost kind of had to do that,” Nicks tells PEOPLE. “I mean, of course, they didn't have to do that for me, but I explained, ‘It's like they go hand in hand, and then they blend in and out of each other for the rest of my life.’ ”
“They're a story of my whole musical life,” she says of the dolls. “If I have a legacy, if I have ‘What do I leave behind that is sacred?’ I think that it'd be Barbie. Rumours and Bella Donna Barbie are a huge part of what I leave behind when I go on to the next planet.”
“I'd like to have every outfit that I've ever had made into a Barbie doll,” adds the hitmaker — but “these are the two best ones.”
Bella Donna Barbie, as Nicks calls her, wears a silky frock with angel sleeves, slouchy white boots and a towering top hat, bridging the gap between the singer’s free-spirited ‘70s style and early-‘80s glamour.
“The first Barbie is all in her black. And then I purposely, in my life, when I did the Bella Donna cover, I said, ‘No. I have to wear the exact opposite. I have to wear all-white.’ … and then I eventually, of course, went back to black,” Nicks recalls. But, she clarifies, both dolls are necessary to capture the full picture of her life: "They had to be standing there together.”
The duo of mini Nickses is “the ebony and ivory,” says the singer. Or, to quote her and Don Henley’s iconic Bella Donna duet, the leather and lace.
“They both have their full-on different vibes,” the singer says. But they are both unequivocally Stevie.
During the era represented by her Rumours Barbie, Nicks remembers, “I had no idea that I'd ever make a solo record. But when I went to Bella Donna, I went, ‘Bella Donna cannot be anything like Rumours. It has to be a completely different sound, with my two girl singers. It has to be Crosby, Stills & Nash. It has to be really rock and roll. It has to be Tom Petty.”
“And I did it,” she adds, a feat immortalized by both the record and the plastic likeness it inspired.
“‘Just like the white-winged dove, sings a song, sounds like she's singing.’ It's like that,” Nicks says. “That is who Bella Donna Barbie is.”
The dolls are a patchwork of Nicks' past, she previously explained to PEOPLE, but they are also helping the icon usher in her next era. She keeps them by her side in the studio as she works on her forthcoming album. “I pretty much take them everywhere,” she says, "so I can have the memory of them everywhere that I go."
The hitmaker (and longtime baby doll collector) even has plans to publish a book of photographs of the dolls sometime soon, she tells PEOPLE. Nicks believes the Barbies are "alive," she says, "so it's truly like they're alive, amazing puppets that come to life for me.”
“I know it sounds like I'm a fanatic,” adds Nicks. “I've turned into a crazy lady, but I don't care because it's brought so much joy to me.”
She shares a similar joy with fans on tour as, over 40 years after their release, she continues to perform Bella Donna tracks like “Edge of Seventeen,” “Outside the Rain” and, of course, the title track.
Teasing her tour setlist, which she’s already tweaked since returning to the stage post-injury, Nicks says, “There's a lot of music. There's my new music. There's Fleetwood Mac music. There's Bella Donna music.” Plus, she hints, fans might just hear a track from her and Lindsey Buckingham’s newly rereleased, pre-Fleetwood Mac record, Buckingham Nicks.
“There's a lot," adds Nicks, "and I feel like it's all fallen into place exactly the way that the spirits meant for it to fall into place.”
After the success of her first Barbie Signature doll, which sold out twice, the singer-songwriter, 77, and Mattel are releasing a second miniature Nicks. For the rock icon — who has had a long year, from evacuating her home during the L.A. wildfires to suffering a fracture and postponing several shows — it's joyful news.
“I'm just thrilled. It's the only good thing since I broke my shoulder,” Nicks tells PEOPLE. As she returns to the stage for her fall tour, the star adds, she is doing her very "best," even though “a broken shoulder is way more than I ever could possibly imagine.”
The “Silver Springs” hitmaker lovingly refers to her first mini-me, which released back in 2023, as both “Stevie Barbie” and “Rumours Barbie.” The tambourine-wielding doll wears a witchy, all-black look lifted from the cover of Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 masterwork.
The new Barbie is inspired by a version of Nicks that emerged four years after Rumours, when, for the very first time, she went her own way. In 1981, the rocker released her first solo record Bella Donna, which is best known for its third single — and one of the most important tracks in the rock canon — “Edge of Seventeen.”
It’s one of the biggest moments in Nicks' legendary career, and one she was “pretty adamant” about seeing in doll form after the success of her Rumours-inspired figure — one of the most popular Barbie Signature dolls of all time, according to Mattel.
“It's almost like you almost kind of had to do that,” Nicks tells PEOPLE. “I mean, of course, they didn't have to do that for me, but I explained, ‘It's like they go hand in hand, and then they blend in and out of each other for the rest of my life.’ ”
“They're a story of my whole musical life,” she says of the dolls. “If I have a legacy, if I have ‘What do I leave behind that is sacred?’ I think that it'd be Barbie. Rumours and Bella Donna Barbie are a huge part of what I leave behind when I go on to the next planet.”
“I'd like to have every outfit that I've ever had made into a Barbie doll,” adds the hitmaker — but “these are the two best ones.”
Bella Donna Barbie, as Nicks calls her, wears a silky frock with angel sleeves, slouchy white boots and a towering top hat, bridging the gap between the singer’s free-spirited ‘70s style and early-‘80s glamour.
“The first Barbie is all in her black. And then I purposely, in my life, when I did the Bella Donna cover, I said, ‘No. I have to wear the exact opposite. I have to wear all-white.’ … and then I eventually, of course, went back to black,” Nicks recalls. But, she clarifies, both dolls are necessary to capture the full picture of her life: "They had to be standing there together.”
The duo of mini Nickses is “the ebony and ivory,” says the singer. Or, to quote her and Don Henley’s iconic Bella Donna duet, the leather and lace.
“They both have their full-on different vibes,” the singer says. But they are both unequivocally Stevie.
During the era represented by her Rumours Barbie, Nicks remembers, “I had no idea that I'd ever make a solo record. But when I went to Bella Donna, I went, ‘Bella Donna cannot be anything like Rumours. It has to be a completely different sound, with my two girl singers. It has to be Crosby, Stills & Nash. It has to be really rock and roll. It has to be Tom Petty.”
“And I did it,” she adds, a feat immortalized by both the record and the plastic likeness it inspired.
“‘Just like the white-winged dove, sings a song, sounds like she's singing.’ It's like that,” Nicks says. “That is who Bella Donna Barbie is.”
The dolls are a patchwork of Nicks' past, she previously explained to PEOPLE, but they are also helping the icon usher in her next era. She keeps them by her side in the studio as she works on her forthcoming album. “I pretty much take them everywhere,” she says, "so I can have the memory of them everywhere that I go."
The hitmaker (and longtime baby doll collector) even has plans to publish a book of photographs of the dolls sometime soon, she tells PEOPLE. Nicks believes the Barbies are "alive," she says, "so it's truly like they're alive, amazing puppets that come to life for me.”
“I know it sounds like I'm a fanatic,” adds Nicks. “I've turned into a crazy lady, but I don't care because it's brought so much joy to me.”
She shares a similar joy with fans on tour as, over 40 years after their release, she continues to perform Bella Donna tracks like “Edge of Seventeen,” “Outside the Rain” and, of course, the title track.
Teasing her tour setlist, which she’s already tweaked since returning to the stage post-injury, Nicks says, “There's a lot of music. There's my new music. There's Fleetwood Mac music. There's Bella Donna music.” Plus, she hints, fans might just hear a track from her and Lindsey Buckingham’s newly rereleased, pre-Fleetwood Mac record, Buckingham Nicks.
“There's a lot," adds Nicks, "and I feel like it's all fallen into place exactly the way that the spirits meant for it to fall into place.”
Stevie Nicks Bella Donna Barbie Doll:
Barbie makes magic with Stevie Nicks, the Queen of Rock 'n Roll. Barbie celebrates the trailblazer who's captivated the world with her chart-topping songs, prolific songwriting, and spellbinding aura. From Fleetwood Mac to solo stardom, Stevie Nicks shines on. Just like a white-winged dove, this Stevie Nicks Barbie doll looks divine in her flowy dress inspired by the cover of Bella Donna, her first solo album in 1981 that soared to multiplatinum status. This songstress grooves on stage with her mic in hand, iconic top hat, high-heeled boots, and beaded earrings peeking out from her signature long, wavy blonde hair. With a sparkle in her big brown eyes, this Stevie Nicks doll -- the second in the Barbie Signature line -- embodies the indomitable spirit of the legend who made music history with her raw honesty, gentle strength, and wild heart.
This doll is a part of the Black Label Collection.
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