McVie was born on 12 July 1943 in the English Lake District village of Bouth, and grew up in the Bearwood area of Smethwick near Birmingham. She was also the recipient of two Grammy Awards. She received the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors in 2014 and was honoured with the Trailblazer Award at the UK Americana Awards in 2021. McVie received a Gold Badge of Merit Award from BASCA, now The Ivors Academy, in 2006. She appeared on stage with Fleetwood Mac at the O 2 Arena in London in September 2013 and rejoined the band in 2014 prior to their On with the Show tour. In the same year, after almost 30 years with Fleetwood Mac, she left the band and lived in semi-retirement, releasing a solo album in 2004. McVie had a mezzo-soprano vocal range.Īs a member of Fleetwood Mac, McVie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in 1998 received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. She also released three solo studio albums.

She appeared as a session musician on the band's last studio album, Say You Will. McVie was described as 'the prime mover behind some of Fleetwood Mac's biggest hits' and eight songs she wrote or co-wrote, including ' Don't Stop', ' Everywhere' and ' Little Lies', appeared on Fleetwood Mac's 1988 Greatest Hits album. She remained with the band through many changes of line-up, writing songs and performing lead vocals before partially retiring in 1998. Her first compositions with Fleetwood Mac appeared on their fifth album, Future Games. She began working with Fleetwood Mac in 1968, initially as a session player, before joining the band in 1970.

McVie was a member of several bands, notably Chicken Shack, in the mid-1960s British Blues scene. She was best known as keyboardist and one of the vocalists of Fleetwood Mac. Christine Anne McVie ( / m ə k ˈ v iː/ née Perfect 12 July 1943 – 30 November 2022) was an English musician, singer and songwriter.

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