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{{Infobox musical artist
| name               = Christine McVie
| image              = File:Christine McVie 2019.jpg
| alt                = A photo of McVie's face, standing in front of a microphone
| caption            = McVie performing with [[Fleetwood Mac]] in [[Werchter Boutique|Werchter]], 2019
| birth_name         = Christine Anne Perfect
| birth_date         = {{birth date|df=y|1943|7|12}}
| birth_place        = [[Greenodd]], [[Lancashire]], England <!-- Greenodd is in the historic county of Lancashire -->
| death_date         = {{death date and age|df=y|2022|11|30|1943|07|12}}
| death_place        = London, England
| occupation         = {{hlist|Musician|singer|songwriter}}
| years_active       = {{hlist|1966–1998|2003–2004|2013–2022}}
| spouse             = {{ubl|{{marriage|[[John McVie]]|1968|1976|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|[[:pt:Eddy_Quintela|Eddy Quintela]]|1986|2003|end=divorced}}}}
| origin        = [[Birmingham]], England 
| genre         = {{hlist|[[Blues]]|[[blues rock]]|[[pop rock]]|[[rock music|rock]]|[[soft rock]]}}
| instrument    = {{hlist|Keyboards|vocals}}
| label         = {{hlist|[[Blue Horizon (record label)|Blue Horizon]]| [[Warner Records|Warner Bros.]] | [[Reprise Records|Reprise]]|[[MNRK Music Group|E1]] (US)|[[Sanctuary Records|Sanctuary]]|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]}}
| past_member_of = {{hlist|Sounds of Blue|[[Chicken Shack]]|[[Fleetwood Mac]]}}
}}

'''Christine Anne McVie''' ({{IPAc-en|m|ə|k|ˈ|v|iː}}; {{née}} '''Perfect'''; 12 July 1943 – 30 November 2022) was an English musician. She was the keyboardist and one of the vocalists and songwriters of the rock band [[Fleetwood Mac]]. 

McVie was a member of several bands, notably [[Chicken Shack]], in the mid-1960s [[British blues]] scene. She initially began working with Fleetwood Mac as a [[session player]] in 1968, before officially joining the band two years later. Her first compositions with Fleetwood Mac appeared on their fifth album, ''[[Future Games]]''. She remained with the band through many changes of line-up, writing songs and performing [[Lead vocalist|lead vocals]] before partially retiring in 1998.

McVie was described as "the prime mover behind some of Fleetwood Mac's biggest hits"<ref>{{cite web |last=Leggett |first=Steve |title=Christine McVie: Biography |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/christine-mcvie-mn0000123915/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=23 February 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110213358/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/christine-mcvie-mn0000123915/biography |archive-date=10 January 2016}}</ref> and eight songs she wrote or co-wrote, including "[[Say You Love Me (Fleetwood Mac song)|Say You Love Me]]", "[[Don't Stop (Fleetwood Mac song)|Don't Stop]]", "[[Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac song)|Everywhere]]" and "[[Little Lies]]", appeared on Fleetwood Mac's 1988 ''[[Greatest Hits (1988 Fleetwood Mac album)|Greatest Hits]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fleetwood Mac: ''Greatest Hits'' |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/greatest-hits-warner-bros-mw0000652803 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101030243/https://www.allmusic.com/album/greatest-hits-warner-bros-mw0000652803 |archive-date=1 January 2018 |website=AllMusic |language=en-US |access-date=31 December 2017}}</ref> She appeared as a session musician on the band's last studio album, ''[[Say You Will (album)|Say You Will]]''. McVie also released three solo studio albums and recorded a duet album with [[Lindsey Buckingham]]. McVie was noted for her soulful [[contralto]] voice.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zaleski |first1=Annie |title=Christine McVie brought romantic optimism to Fleetwood Mac |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/12/05/1140072829/christine-mcvie-brought-romantic-optimism-to-fleetwood-mac |website=NPR |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205202820/https://www.npr.org/2022/12/05/1140072829/christine-mcvie-brought-romantic-optimism-to-fleetwood-mac |archive-date=5 December 2022 |date=5 December 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Johnston |first1=Maura |title=Christine McVie, a songbird who led with her heart |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/12/01/arts/christine-mcvie-songbird-who-had-seen-some-things/ |website=Boston Globe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204093246/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/12/01/arts/christine-mcvie-songbird-who-had-seen-some-things/ |archive-date=4 December 2022 |date=1 December 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Chaney |first1=Jen |title=Christine McVie's Perfect Voice |url=https://www.vulture.com/2022/12/christine-mcvie-had-the-perfect-voice.html |website=Vulture |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201204209/https://www.vulture.com/2022/12/christine-mcvie-had-the-perfect-voice.html |archive-date=1 December 2022 |date=1 December 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

As a member of Fleetwood Mac, McVie was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] and in 1998 received the [[Brit Awards|Brit Award]] for [[Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music|Outstanding Contribution to Music]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fleetwood Mac {{!}} Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |url=https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/fleetwood-mac |access-date=1 December 2022 |website=www.rockhall.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=History: 1998 Brit Awards |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1998 |access-date=1 December 2022 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en |archive-date=13 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213123855/https://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1998 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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. She appeared on stage with Fleetwood Mac at [[The O2 Arena|the O<sub>2</sub> Arena]] in London in September 2013 and rejoined the band in 2014 prior to their [[On with the Show (concert tour)|On with the Show tour]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |date=7 October 2014 |title=A Band Member Returns to the Fold |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/08/arts/music/christine-mcvie-rejoins-fleetwood-mac-at-the-garden.html |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |access-date=5 April 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015033358/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/08/arts/music/christine-mcvie-rejoins-fleetwood-mac-at-the-garden.html?_r=0|archive-date=15 October 2014}}</ref>

McVie received a Gold Badge of Merit Award from BASCA, now [[The Ivors Academy]], in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ivorsacademy.com/news/gold-badge-awards-2006-recipients/ |title= BASCA |date= 11 October 2006 |access-date= 4 December 2020}}</ref> 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 [[Americana Music Honors & Awards|UK Americana Awards]] in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |first=Mike |last=Pakinkis |title=Ivor Novello Awards 2014: All the winners |url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/ivor-novello-awards-2014-all-the-winners/058529 |work=Music Week |date=22 May 2014 |access-date=5 November 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007095436/http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/ivor-novello-awards-2014-all-the-winners/058529 |archive-date=7 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Americana Music Association UK – UK Americana Awards 2021 |url=https://theamauk.org/UK-Americana-Awards-2021 |website=theamauk.org |access-date=6 February 2022 |archive-date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330201433/https://theamauk.org/UK-Americana-Awards-2021 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was also the recipient of two [[Grammy Awards]].

==Early life==
McVie was born on 12 July 1943 in the village of [[Greenodd]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie: 'Cocaine and champagne made me perform better' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/09/fleetwood-macs-christine-mcvie-cocaine-and-champagne-made-me-perform-better |website=The Guardian |date=9 June 2022 |language=en-GB |access-date=19 June 2023 |last1=Simpson |first1=Dave }}</ref> in the [[Furness]] area of [[Lancashire]] (now present day [[Cumbria]]). She grew up in the [[Bearwood, West Midlands|Bearwood]] area of [[Smethwick]] near [[Birmingham]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Graham |last=Betts |date=2014 |title=Motown Encyclopedia |publisher=AC Publishing |page=380 |isbn=9781311441546}}</ref>{{sfn|Unterberger|2017|p=61}} Her father, Cyril Percy Absell Perfect, was a concert violinist and music lecturer at [[St Peter's College, Saltley|St Peter's College of Education]], [[Saltley]], Birmingham, and taught violin at [[St Philip's School|St Philip's Grammar School]], Birmingham. Her mother, Beatrice Edith Maud (née Reece), was a medium, psychic, and faith healer. McVie's grandfather was an organist who had performed at [[Westminster Abbey]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Doerschuk |first=Bob |date=October 1980 |title=Christine McVie |url=http://bla.fleetwoodmac.net/index.php?page=index_v2&id=11&c=2 |website=Contemporary Keyboard |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312173340/http://bla.fleetwoodmac.net/index.php?c=2&id=11&page=index_v2 |archive-date=12 March 2016 |access-date=17 August 2011}}</ref>

McVie was introduced to the piano when she was four, but did not study music seriously until the age of 11 when she was reintroduced to it by a local musician who was a friend of her brother John.<ref name="birminghammail.co.uk">{{cite news |last=Richards |first=Andy |url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/music/rumour-christine-mcvie-play-fleetwood-6110299 |title=Rumour: Christine McVie to play with Fleetwood Mac in Birmingham |work=Birmingham Mail |date=29 September 2013 |access-date=5 April 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226221349/http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/music/rumour-christine-mcvie-play-fleetwood-6110299 |archive-date=26 December 2014 }}</ref> She continued classical training to the age of 15, but shifted her musical focus to [[rock and roll]] when her brother acquired a [[Fats Domino]] songbook.<ref>{{cite news |title=Christine McVie: Life After Fleetwood Mac |url=http://bla.fleetwoodmac.net/index.php?page=index_v2&id=942&c=2 |work=Sunday Express |date=27 June 2004 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929143415/http://bla.fleetwoodmac.net/index.php?page=index_v2&id=942&c=2 |archive-date=29 September 2011}}</ref> Other early influences included [[the Everly Brothers]].<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 – Desert Island Discs, Christine McVie |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09jby2m |website=BBC |language=en-GB |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref>

==Career==
===Early music===
McVie studied sculpture at [[The Moseley School of Art, Balsall Heath|Moseley School of Art]] in Birmingham<ref>{{cite news|date=18 September 2019|title=What happened to previous 'at risk of ruin' sites?|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-49687170|access-date=6 February 2022|work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> for five years with the aim of becoming an art teacher. While there she met budding musicians in [[British blues|Britain's blues scene]].<ref name="birminghammail.co.uk"/> Her introduction to performing music came when she met [[Stan Webb (guitarist)|Stan Webb]] and [[Andy Silvester]], who were in a band called Sounds of Blue. Knowing that   McVie had musical talent, they invited her to join them as the band's bassist.<ref name="perfect">{{cite web|url=http://bla.fleetwoodmac.net/index.php?page=index_v2&id=1027&c=2|title=Disc Magazine (11/08–15/1969), Who's Perfect?|website=Bla.fleetwoodmac.net|access-date=27 September 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212235146/http://bla.fleetwoodmac.net/index.php?page=index_v2&id=1027&c=2|archive-date=12 February 2007}}</ref><ref name="Tyler">{{Cite magazine |last=Tyler |first=Andrew |date=5 August 1972 |title=Fleetwood Mac: Perfect Woman |url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/fleetwood-mac-perfect-woman |access-date=15 June 2025|magazine=[[Disc (magazine)|Disc]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref> She also sang with [[Spencer Davis]], who at the time was studying at the same art school as McVie.<ref name="Tyler"/> By the time McVie graduated from art college, Sounds of Blue had split up. She did not have enough money to launch herself into the art world and moved to London where she worked briefly as a department-store [[window dresser]] at [[Dickins & Jones]].<ref name="perfect"/><ref name="Tyler"/>

===Chicken Shack===
In 1967, McVie heard that Silvester and Webb were forming a blues band, to be called [[Chicken Shack]], and were looking for a pianist. She contacted them and was invited to join the band as pianist, keyboard player and backing vocalist. Chicken Shack's debut release was "It's Okay with Me Baby", which was written by and featured McVie.<ref name="perfect"/> She stayed with the band for two studio albums, and her genuine feel for the blues became evident in her [[Sonny Thompson]]-style piano playing and her authentic "bluesy" voice.<ref>''Fleetwood Mac'', by Steve Clarke, Proteus Books, 1984, p. 47</ref> 

Chicken Shack had a hit with a cover of [[Ellington Jordan]]'s "[[I'd Rather Go Blind]]", which featured McVie on lead vocals.<ref>Clarke, Steve, ''Fleetwood Mac'', Proteus Books, 1984, p. 48</ref>  McVie received a ''[[Melody Maker]]'' award for UK's best female vocalist in 1969 and again in 1970. She left Chicken Shack in 1969, having married [[Fleetwood Mac]] bassist [[John McVie]] a year earlier, feeling that she would not see her husband if they were in different bands.<ref>{{cite news |title=Christine McVie: The songbird behind some of Fleetwood Mac's greatest hits |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63816303 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB |date=30 November 2022 |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref>

=== Fleetwood Mac ===
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McVie was a fan of Fleetwood Mac and while she was touring with Chicken Shack the two bands would often meet. Both bands were signed to the [[Blue Horizon (record label)|Blue Horizon]] label, and McVie played piano as a session musician on [[Peter Green (musician)|Peter Green]]'s songs on Fleetwood Mac's second studio album, ''[[Mr. Wonderful (Fleetwood Mac album)|Mr. Wonderful]]''.<ref>Mike Vernon's CD Booklet, Fleetwood Mac: The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions 1967–1969, Chapter 2</ref><ref name=fg>{{cite web |last1=Swanson |first1=Dave |date=3 September 2016 |title=45 Years Ago: Fleetwood Mac Play 'Future Games' |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/fleetwood-mac-future-games/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=5 September 2016}}</ref> Encouraged to continue her career, she recorded a debut solo studio album, ''[[Christine Perfect (album)|Christine Perfect]]'', which was later reissued as ''The Legendary Christine Perfect Album''. She was invited to join Fleetwood Mac as a keyboard player in 1970 after the departure of founding member Peter Green, having already contributed piano and backing vocals, uncredited, to their next album, ''[[Kiln House]]''<ref name="Fleetwood1990">{{cite book|author=Mick Fleetwood with Stephen Davis|title=My Life and Adventures with Fleetwood Mac|date=1990|publisher= Sidgewick & Jackson, London}}</ref> and provided the artwork for the sleeve. The band had been struggling to manage without Green and had needed another musician to fill in their sound.<ref name="Fleetwood1990" />{{sfn|Unterberger|2017|pp=60-61}} McVie had been a huge fan of the Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac<ref>{{cite news|url=http://bla.fleetwoodmac.net/index.php?page=index_v2&id=1048&c=2|title=Goldmine Magazine 1992 interview|publisher=Bla.fleetwoodmac.net|access-date=5 April 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412070423/http://bla.fleetwoodmac.net/index.php?page=index_v2&id=1048&c=2|archive-date=12 April 2015}}</ref> and learned the songs for ''Kiln House'' during rehearsals.<ref name="Fleetwood1990" />

McVie became an integral member of Fleetwood Mac as keyboard player, songwriter and female lead vocalist. Before she joined there had been talk of the band splitting up, but Fleetwood said later that "Christine became the glue [that held the band together]. She filled out our sound beautifully."<ref name="Fleetwood1990" /> The first studio album on which McVie played as a full band member was ''[[Future Games]]'' in 1971. This was also the first album on which she worked with American guitarist and songwriter [[Bob Welch (musician)|Bob Welch]], who had replaced founding member [[Jeremy Spencer]].<ref name=fg/>

McVie moved with the rest of Fleetwood Mac to California in 1974,<ref name="Fleetwood1990" /> where Welch left after a final album, ''[[Heroes are Hard to Find]]'', and [[Stevie Nicks]] and [[Lindsey Buckingham]] of [[Buckingham Nicks]] joined the band. The line-up now contained two female lead vocalists who also wrote songs. McVie bonded instantly with Nicks and the two women found their voices blended perfectly.<ref name="Fleetwood1990" /> McVie wrote and sang lead on four tracks on the first studio album of the new line-up, ''[[Fleetwood Mac (1975 album)|Fleetwood Mac]]'' (1975): "[[Warm Ways]]", "[[Over My Head (Fleetwood Mac song)|Over My Head]]", "[[Say You Love Me (Fleetwood Mac song)|Say You Love Me]]" and "Sugar Daddy", and had a joint songwriting credit with Buckingham for "[[World Turning]]". The album produced several hit songs, with McVie's "Over My Head" and "Say You Love Me" both reaching the ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' top-20 singles chart. "Over My Head" put Fleetwood Mac on American radio and into the national top 20.<ref>''Fleetwood Mac'', by Steve Clarke, Proteus Books, 1984, p. 92.</ref> 

[[File:Christine_McVie_-_Fleetwood_Mac_(1977).jpg|thumb|right|alt=A photo of McVie sitting down|McVie in 1977]]

In 1976, McVie began an on-the-road affair with the band's lighting director, Curry Grant,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://bla.fleetwoodmac.net/index.php?page=index_v2&id=208&c=18 |title=Five Go Mad |magazine=Uncut Magazine |date=May 2003 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929143500/http://bla.fleetwoodmac.net/index.php?page=index_v2&id=208&c=18 |archive-date=29 September 2011}}</ref> which inspired her to write "[[You Make Loving Fun]]", a top-10 hit from their next album, ''[[Rumours (album)|Rumours]]'' (1977).<ref name="Furman">{{cite book |last=Furman |first=Leah |year=2003 |title=Rumours Exposed: The Unauthorized Biography of Fleetwood Mac |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SW31aVVDc_AC&pg=PA133 |location=New York |publisher=Kensington |isbn=9780806524726 |pages=105–106, 133–34}}</ref> Her biggest hit from the album was "[[Don't Stop (Fleetwood Mac song)|Don't Stop]]", which reached the top five.{{sfn|Unterberger|2017|p=110}} ''Rumours'' also included McVie's "[[Songbird (Fleetwood Mac song)|Songbird]]", a slow ballad which featured McVie playing piano and Buckingham accompanying on acoustic guitar.{{sfn|Unterberger|2017|p=103}}

By the end of the ''Rumours'' tour, the McVies were divorced. Christine had a US top-20 hit with "[[Think About Me]]" from the 1979 double studio album ''[[Tusk (album)|Tusk]]'', which did not match the success of the ''Rumours'' album.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://bla.fleetwoodmac.net/index.php?page=index_v2&id=13&c=2 |first1=Mochael |last1=Cable  |via=The Blue Letter Archives |title=Mac's McVie: Rumours Fly About Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie—And That's No Mirage |magazine=[[US Magazine]] |date=25 September 1982 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929143523/http://bla.fleetwoodmac.net/index.php?page=index_v2&id=13&c=2 |archive-date=29 September 2011 }}</ref> After the ''Tusk'' tour  the band took time apart, reuniting in 1981 to record the studio album ''[[Mirage (Fleetwood Mac album)|Mirage]]'' at the [[Château d'Hérouville]]'s studio in France. ''Mirage'', released in 1982, returned the band to the top of the US charts and contained the top-five hit "[[Hold Me (Fleetwood Mac song)|Hold Me]]", co-written by McVie. McVie's inspiration for the song was her tortured relationship with [[the Beach Boys|Beach Boys]] drummer [[Dennis Wilson]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Fleetwood |first1=Mick |last2=Davis |first2=Stephen |year=1991 |title=My Life and Adventures in Fleetwood Mac |location=New York |publisher=Avon Books}}</ref> Her song "[[Love in Store]]" became the third single from the album in the United States, peaking at number 22 in early 1983.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Billboard Hot 100™ - Week of January 15, 1983 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1983-01-15/ |access-date=27 November 2024 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>

McVie's second solo studio album, ''[[Christine McVie (album)|Christine McVie]]'', released in 1984, included the hits "[[Got a Hold on Me]]" (number 10 US pop, number one [[adult contemporary]] and number one [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Mainstream Rock Tracks]]) and "[[Love Will Show Us How]]" (number 30 US pop). A third single, "I'm the One", was released but did not chart. McVie said of the album, "Maybe it isn't the most adventurous album in the world, but I wanted to be honest and please my own ears with it."<ref name=Connelly>{{Cite magazine |last=Connelly |first=Christopher |date=7 June 1984 |title=From British Blues with Chicken Shack to Soft Rock with Fleetwood Mac: Christine McVie Keeps a Level Head after Two Decades in the Fast Lane |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/christine-mcvie-keeps-a-level-head-after-two-decades-in-the-fastlane-189459/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720172834/http://bla.fleetwoodmac.net/index.php?page=index_v2&id=1046&c=2 |archive-date=20 July 2011 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref>

McVie married keyboardist [[:pt:Eddy_Quintela|Eddy Quintela]] on 18 October 1986 and they co-wrote songs which featured on subsequent Fleetwood Mac albums. She rejoined Fleetwood Mac in 1987 to record the ''[[Tango in the Night]]'' studio album, which became the band's biggest success since ''Rumours'' and reached the top five in the UK and US. McVie's "[[Little Lies]]", co-written with Quintela, was the biggest hit from the album. Another McVie single from the album, "[[Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac song)|Everywhere]]", reached number four in the UK, the band's third-highest UK chart peak. The single peaked at number 14 in the U.S.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Roberts |first=David |year=2006 |title=British Hit Singles & Albums |location=London |publisher=Guinness World Records Limited}}</ref> In 1990, the band (now without Buckingham) recorded ''[[Behind the Mask (album)|Behind the Mask]]'', which reached Gold status in the US<ref>Recording Industry Association of America sales figures. Certified 'Gold' on 19 July 1990.</ref> and McVie's song "[[Save Me (Fleetwood Mac song)|Save Me]]" made the US top 40.{{sfn|Unterberger|2017|p=160}} The album entered the UK album chart at number one and reached Platinum status.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/19900415/7502/ | title=Official Albums Chart Top 75 &#124; Official Charts Company | website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fleetwood Mac: Behind The Mask {{!}} Award Tracker |url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/779-1472-2 |website=[[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]}}</ref> McVie's "[[Skies the Limit]]", the second US single from the album, was a hit on the adult contemporary chart.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Giles |first1=Jeff |date=10 April 2015 |title=How Fleetwood Mac Moved On Without Lindsey Buckingham For 'Behind the Mask' Read More: How Fleetwood Mac Moved On Without Lindsey Buckingham For 'Behind the Mask'|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/fleetwood-mac-behind-the-mask/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=30 September 2016}}</ref>

McVie's father, Cyril Perfect, died in 1990 while she was on the ''Behind the Mask'' tour and she decided to retire from touring.<ref name="ReferenceA">Mick Fleetwood autobiography, "Play On", 2014</ref> She remained with the band and wrote and recorded a new track, "[[Love Shines (song)|Love Shines]]", for the 1992 box set ''[[25 Years – The Chain]]'', and five songs for the 1995 studio album ''[[Time (Fleetwood Mac album)|Time]]''. Nicks had by now departed. In the mid-90s, Fleetwood and John McVie worked with Buckingham on one of his solo projects and Christine McVie provided vocals and keyboards on some of the tracks. A reunion was proposed, Nicks rejoined the band, and Fleetwood Mac recorded the 1997 live album, ''[[The Dance (Fleetwood Mac album)|The Dance]]'', which reached number one on the US album charts.<ref name=":1" /> 
McVie returned to touring and performed for the group's 1998 induction into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]], as well as the [[Grammy Awards]] show and the [[Brit Awards]] in the UK. She decided not to continue with Fleetwood Mac after 1998 and said this was because she had developed a [[phobia]] about flying.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

==== 1999–2014: Hiatus from Fleetwood Mac and semi-retirement ====
After ''The Dance'', McVie returned to England to be near her family and stayed out of public view until 2000, when she accepted an honorary doctorate in music from the [[University of Greenwich]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Fleetwood Mac Star, Christine McVie, Awarded Honorary Degree At Rochester Cathedral |url=http://w3.gre.ac.uk/pr/releasearchive/464.htm |website=The University of Greenwich |language=en-GB |date=20 July 2000 |access-date=27 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426175606/http://w3.gre.ac.uk/pr/releasearchive/464.htm |archive-date=26 April 2012}}</ref> Five years after McVie left Fleetwood Mac, she and Quintela were divorced.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mamamia.com.au/fleetwood-mac-affairs/ |title=Inside the crazily incestuous affairs that nearly destroyed Fleetwood Mac.|date=17 January 2019|website=Mamamia|language=en-AU|access-date=18 December 2019}}</ref>

In a 2004 interview, McVie admitted to not listening much to pop music anymore and stated instead a preference for [[Classic FM (UK)|Classic FM]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hodgkinson |first=Will |date=18 June 2004 |title=Surviving the Fleetwoods |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/jun/18/1 |work=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=30 April 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205042631/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/jun/18/1 |archive-date=5 December 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite interview |subject=Christine McVie |interviewer=Amy Scott |title=In The Meantime interview, part 4/6 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-inZpp2c76c |work=All Star Jams |year=2004 |access-date=7 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523221603/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-inZpp2c76c |archive-date=23 May 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> She appeared as a session musician on the band's last studio album, ''[[Say You Will (album)|Say You Will]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wlav.com/2020/03/17/who-was-the-true-lead-singer-for-fleetwood-mac/|title=Who was the 'True' lead singer for Fleetwood Mac?|date=17 March 2020|website=WLAV-FM|access-date=6 January 2022|archive-date=14 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814004511/https://www.wlav.com/2020/03/17/who-was-the-true-lead-singer-for-fleetwood-mac/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=billboard>{{cite magazine|title=Christine McVie|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/299258/christine-mcvie/biography|magazine=Billboard|access-date=7 June 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704083907/http://www.billboard.com/artist/299258/christine-mcvie/biography|archive-date=4 July 2014}}</ref> In December 2003 she went to see Fleetwood Mac's last UK performance on the Say You Will tour in London, but did not join her former bandmates on stage.<ref>{{cite interview |subject=Christine McVie |interviewer=Amy Scott |title=In The Meantime interview, part 3/6 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6p2MQ55hz0 |work=All Star Jams |year= 2004 |access-date= 7 October 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140523222823/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6p2MQ55hz0 |archive-date=23 May 2014 |url-status=live |df= dmy-all}}</ref> She released her third solo studio album, ''[[In the Meantime (Christine McVie album)|In the Meantime]]'', that year.{{sfn|Unterberger|2017|p=173}}

McVie was awarded the [[British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors]]' Gold Badge of Merit at a ceremony held at London's [[Savoy Hotel]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |title=Christine McVie Honored With Gold Badge Award |url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/335047 |work=BMI |date=30 October 2006 |access-date=27 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518101818/http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/335047|archive-date=18 May 2015}}</ref> That same year, ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' named McVie, together with bandmates Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, as the 83rd-greatest living songwriter or songwriting team.<ref name="Paste">{{cite web |date=8 June 2006 |title=Paste's 100 Best Living Songwriters: The List |url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2006/06/pastes-100-best-living-songwriters-the-list.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141002054051/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2006/06/pastes-100-best-living-songwriters-the-list.html |archive-date=2 October 2014 |work=Paste |access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref> McVie did not join her former bandmates on the band's last performance in the UK of the ''Unleashed'' tour in November 2009.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hunter-Tilney |first=Ludovic |date=3 November 2009 |title=Fleetwood Mac, Wembley Arena, London |url=https://www.ft.com/content/f38a58f8-c7d3-11de-8ba8-00144feab49a |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/f38a58f8-c7d3-11de-8ba8-00144feab49a |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=Financial Times |language=en-GB |access-date=18 December 2019}}</ref> When Fleetwood Mac's 2012 world tour was announced, Stevie Nicks downplayed the likelihood of McVie ever rejoining the group. Nicks said, "She went to England and she has never been back since 1998 [...] as much as we would all like to think that she'll just change her mind one day, I don't think it'll happen [...] We love her, so we had to let her go."<ref>{{cite web |last=Harp |first=Justin |date=6 December 2012 |title=Christine McVie will never rejoin Fleetwood Mac |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a443585/christine-mcvie-will-never-rejoin-fleetwood-mac-says-stevie-nicks/ |work=Digital Spy |access-date=27 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213094252/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a443585/christine-mcvie-will-never-rejoin-fleetwood-mac-says-stevie-nicks.html|archive-date=13 December 2013}}</ref>

In October 2013, it was announced that McVie was recording a solo studio album for the first time in nine years. The album was never released.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fleetwoodmacnews.com/2013/09/christine-is-currently-working-on-new.html |title=Former Fleetwood Mac band member Christine McVie working on new solo album marking a return to her '70s sound |publisher=Fleetwood Mac News |date=11 October 2013 |access-date=5 September 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402004607/http://www.fleetwoodmacnews.com/2013/09/christine-is-currently-working-on-new.html |archive-date=2 April 2016}}</ref>

==== 2014–2022: Return to Fleetwood Mac and album with Lindsey Buckingham ====
[[File:BuckMcVieOhio031117-50 (37650690384).jpg|thumb|left|Buckingham and McVie performing live in 2017]]
In 2013, McVie appeared on stage in [[Maui]], Hawaii, performing with the Mick Fleetwood Blues Band, which included Mick Fleetwood and ex-Fleetwood Mac guitarist [[Rick Vito]]. This was her first appearance on stage in 15 years.<ref>{{cite web |last=Tait |first=Adam |date=15 February 2013 |title=Christine McVie joins Mick Fleetwood and Steven Tyler on stage |url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/79599/christine-mcvie-joins-mick-fleetwood-and-steven-tyler-on-stage |work=Gigwise |language=en-GB |access-date=27 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006123858/http://www.gigwise.com/news/79599/christine-mcvie-joins-mick-fleetwood-and-steven-tyler-on-stage |archive-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> Later in September, Christine McVie joined Fleetwood Mac on stage for the first time in 15 years to play "Don't Stop" at [[The O2 Arena|the O<sub>2</sub> Arena]] in London. She played on two dates, and her appearance on stage was received with rapturous applause.<ref>{{cite news |title=Christine McVie to rejoin Fleetwood Mac on stage |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24083924 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB |date=13 September 2013 |access-date=17 September 2013 | url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130916004612/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24083924 |archive-date=16 September 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Jonze |first=Tim |date=22 November 2013 |title=Christine McVie: I Want To Rejoin Fleetwood Mac |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/22/christine-mcvie-wants-to-rejoin-fleetwood-mac |work=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=23 November 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131123095605/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/22/christine-mcvie-wants-to-rejoin-fleetwood-mac |archive-date=23 November 2013}}</ref>
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On 11 January 2014, Mick Fleetwood announced during a concert in Maui that McVie would be rejoining the band,<ref>{{cite web |last=Brown |first=August |date=13 January 2014 |title=Christine McVie rejoins Fleetwood Mac |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/la-et-ms-christine-mcvie-rejoins-fleetwood-mac-20140113,0,7893954.story |work=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US |access-date=15 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226214225/http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/la-et-ms-christine-mcvie-rejoins-fleetwood-mac-20140113%2C0%2C7893954.story |archive-date=26 February 2014}}</ref> and it was officially announced two days later that she had rejoined.<ref name="Christine">{{cite magazine |last=Caufield |first=Keith |date=13 January 2014 |title=Christine McVie Rejoins Fleetwood Mac: Official |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5869665/christine-mcvie-rejoins-fleetwood-mac-official |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328173326/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5869665/christine-mcvie-rejoins-fleetwood-mac-official |archive-date=28 March 2014}}</ref>

In August 2016, Mick Fleetwood said that while the band had "a huge amount of recorded music," virtually none of it featured Stevie Nicks. Buckingham and McVie, however, have contributed numerous songs to the new project. Fleetwood told Ultimate Classic Rock, "She [McVie] ... wrote up a storm ... She and Lindsey could probably have a mighty strong duet album if they want. In truth, I hope it will come to more than that. There really are dozens of songs. And they're really good. So we'll see."<ref>{{cite web |last1=DeRiso |first1=Nick |date=3 August 2016 |title=Fleetwood Mac's New Album Is Apparently Being Held Up by Stevie Nicks |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/fleetwood-mac-stevie-nicks-new-album/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=5 September 2016}}</ref>

The collaborative studio album ''[[Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie]]'' was released on 9 June 2017, and was preceded by the single, "In My World". A 38-date tour began on 21 June 2017 and ended on 16 November.<ref name="New Album Details">{{cite magazine |last1=Blistein |first1=Jon |date=11 April 2017 |title=Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie Detail New Album |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lindsey-buckingham-christine-mcvie-detail-new-album-w476087 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=11 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mick Fleetwood: Stevie Nicks Wants To Go Deep On Next Fleetwood Mac Tour |url=http://www.947wls.com/2017/08/29/mick-fleetwood-stevie-nicks-wants-to-go-deep-on-next-fleetwood-mac-tour/ |website=94.7 WLS |access-date=31 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831085649/http://www.947wls.com/2017/08/29/mick-fleetwood-stevie-nicks-wants-to-go-deep-on-next-fleetwood-mac-tour/ |archive-date=31 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Eight of the album's ten tracks were played live, with the rest of the set list consisting of Fleetwood Mac songs and Buckingham solo cuts.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Giles |first1=Jeff |date=22 June 2017 |title=Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie Begin 2017 Tour: Set List and Videos |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/lindsey-buckingham-christine-mcvie-set-list-video/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=20 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lifton |first1=Dave |date=30 March 2017 |title=Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie Announce First Concert Together |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/lindsey-buckingham-christine-mcvie-first-concert/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=1 April 2017}}</ref> [[The Wallflowers]] opened for the band on select nights.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Eisinger |first1=Dale |date=11 April 2017 |title=Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie Announce Album Release Date, Tour |url=http://www.spin.com/2017/04/fleetwood-macs-lindsey-buckingham-and-christine-mcvie-announce-album-release-date-tour/ |website=Spin |access-date=22 April 2017}}</ref> In June, the band appeared on ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon]]'' to perform the album's first single, "In My World".<ref>{{cite web |last=Robbins |first=Caryn |date=9 June 2017 |title=VIDEO: Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie Perform 'In My World' on TONIGHT |url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/VIDEO-Lindsey-Buckingham-and-Christine-McVie-Perform-In-My-World-on-TONIGHT-20170609 |website=BroadwayWorld |language=en-US |access-date=12 June 2017}}</ref> Some extra North American shows were later added in August, including one in Los Angeles and another in New York City.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie Announce Los Angeles & New York City Shows |url=https://www.buckinghammcvie.com/#/news/294273 |website=Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie |access-date=1 August 2017}}</ref>  Another North American leg began in October, which saw the addition of 22 more shows.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Varga |first1=George |date=10 August 2017 |title=Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie add 22 shows to tour |url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/sd-me-music-buckingham-mcvie-20170809-story.html |website=The San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US |access-date=10 August 2017}}</ref>

Fleetwood Mac headlined the second night of the Classic West concert, on 16 July 2017 at [[Dodger Stadium]] in Los Angeles, and the second night of the Classic East concert at New York City's [[Citi Field]] on 30 July 2017. On 9 April 2018, Fleetwood Mac announced that [[Mike Campbell (musician)|Mike Campbell]] would be joining the band along with [[Neil Finn]] to replace lead guitarist [[Lindsey Buckingham]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Aswad |first=Jem |date=9 April 2018 |title=Fleetwood Mac to Tour With Neil Finn, Mike Campbell as Lindsey Buckingham's Replacements |url=https://variety.com/2018/music/news/fleetwood-mac-to-tour-with-neil-finn-mike-campbell-as-lindsey-buckinghams-replacements-1202748185/|work=Variety |language=en-US |access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> In 2019, McVie was featured in the 90-minute [[BBC]] documentary ''Fleetwood Mac's Songbird – Christine McVie'', directed by Matt O'Casey.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fleetwood Mac's Songbird – Christine McVie |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0008k8q |website=BBC |language=en-GB |date=20 September 2019 |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref> In 2022, a compilation album titled ''[[Songbird (A Solo Collection)]]'' was released.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Greene |first=Andy |date=16 June 2022|title=Christine McVie On Her New Solo Collection 'Songbird,' Uncertain Future of Fleetwood Mac |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/christine-solo-collection-songbird-fleetwood-mac-1368670/ |access-date=1 October 2023|magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Other collaborations===
McVie sang with [[Christopher Cross]] on the song "Never Stop Believing" on his 1988 studio album ''[[Back of My Mind (Christopher Cross album)|Back of My Mind]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/back-of-my-mind-mw0000200012 |title=Back of My Mind - Christopher Cross |website=AllMusic}}</ref> as well as with [[Bob Welch (musician)|Bob Welch]] on his solo version of "[[Sentimental Lady]]".<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r52467}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
McVie married [[John McVie]] in 1968, with [[Peter Green (musician)| Peter Green]] as best man. Instead of a honeymoon, they celebrated at a hotel in [[Birmingham]] with [[Joe Cocker]], who happened to be staying there,<ref>{{cite web |last=Simpson |first=Dave |date=9 June 2022 |title=Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie: 'Cocaine and champagne made me perform better' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/09/fleetwood-macs-christine-mcvie-cocaine-and-champagne-made-me-perform-better |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |access-date=9 June 2022}}</ref> before going on the road with their own bands. The couple divorced in 1976, but remained friends and maintained a professional partnership.<ref>{{cite web |last=Adelson |first=Martin E. |title=Christine McVie |url=http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/chris.htm |website=Fleetwood Mac |access-date=5 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901150008/http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/chris.htm |archive-date=1 September 2016}}</ref> During the production of ''[[Rumours (album)|Rumours]]'', Christine had an affair with Fleetwood Mac's lighting engineer, Curry Grant, which inspired the song "[[You Make Loving Fun]]".<ref name="Furman" /><ref name=Caillat>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/makingrumoursins00cail |url-access=registration |title=Making Rumours: The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album |page=xiv, 74 |first1=Ken |last1=Caillat |first2=Steve |last2=Stiefel |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |date=5 March 2012 |access-date=19 March 2013 |isbn=9781118282366}}</ref> From 1979 to 1982, she dated [[Dennis Wilson]] of the Beach Boys.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Goldberg |first=Michael |date=7 June 1984 |title=Dennis Wilson: The Beach Boy Who Went Overboard |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/dennis-wilson-the-beach-boy-who-went-overboard-43037/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=5 August 2022}}</ref> McVie married Portuguese keyboardist and songwriter [[:pt:Eddy_Quintela|Eddy Quintela]] on 18 October 1986. Quintela and McVie collaborated on a number of songs together, including "[[Little Lies]]".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Male |first=Andrew|date=7 December 2023 |title=Christine McVie Remembered: "I'm good at pathos. I write about romantic despair a lot" |url=https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/stories/christine-mcvie-remembered/ |access-date=2 September 2025 |website=MOJO}}</ref> They divorced in 2003, and Quintela died in 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Murphy |first=Brian |date=1 December 2022 |title=Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac singer and songwriter, dies at 79 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/11/30/christine-mcvie-fleetwood-mac-dies/ |access-date=14 March 2024 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

During the height of Fleetwood Mac's success in the 1970s, McVie lived in Los Angeles. In 1990, she moved to a [[listed building|Grade II-listed]] Tudor manor house in [[Wickhambreaux]], near [[Canterbury]] in Kent, to which she retired after leaving the band in 1998, and worked on her solo material. For years McVie found inspiration in the home's country setting, not only writing songs there, but also restoring the house. After rejoining Fleetwood Mac in 2014, she began spending more time in London, and put the house on the market in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Warren |first=Gerry |date=24 September 2015 |title=Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie puts her country pile near Canterbury up for sale for £3.5 million |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/rock-star-puts-her-kent-43711/ |website=KentLive |language=en-GB |access-date=21 September 2020 |archive-date=8 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608190840/https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/rock-star-puts-her-kent-43711/ |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Alexander |first=Ella |date=21 March 2019 |title=Christine McVie: inside the world of Fleetwood Mac, then and now |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/a26892962/christine-mcvie-inside-the-world-of-fleetwood-mac/ |website=Harpers Bazaar |language=en-GB |access-date=28 September 2020}}</ref>

== Death ==
McVie died of a [[stroke]] in hospital on 30 November 2022, at the age of 79.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter, dies aged 79 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63812952 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB |date=30 November 2022 |access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref> She had also been suffering from metastatic cancer of unknown primary origin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/fleetwood-mac-star-christine-mcvie-died-after-a-stroke-12849614|title=Fleetwood Mac star Christine McVie died after a stroke|website=Sky News|access-date=4 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=DeSantis |first1=Rachel |date=3 April 2023 |title=Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie Cause of Death Revealed as Stroke and Metastasized Cancer: Report |url=https://people.com/music/fleetwood-mac-christine-mcvie-cause-of-death-stroke-metastasized-cancer/ |website=People |language=en-US |access-date=4 April 2023}}</ref>

Following her death, Fleetwood Mac issued a statement saying that she was "the best musician anyone could have in their band and the best friend anyone could have in their life". Stevie Nicks said McVie had been her "best friend in the whole world".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bowlby |first1=Katie |date=1 December 2022 |title=Stevie Nicks Shares Emotional Statement About Christine McVie's Death |url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/stevie-nicks-shares-emotional-statement-164200460.html |website=Yahoo! |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref>

==Discography==

=== Solo albums ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of solo albums, with selected chart positions
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year
! colspan="5" scope="col" | Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:90%" | [[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Christine McVie Chart History: Billboard 200 |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/christine-mcvie/chart-history/tlp/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:90%" | [[Independent Albums|US<br />Ind.]]<br /><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Christine McVie Chart History: Independent Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/christine-mcvie/chart-history/ind/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:90%" | [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums 2">{{Cite book |last=Roberts |first=David |title=British Hit Singles & Albums |publisher=Guinness World Records Limited |year=2006 |isbn=978-1-904994-10-7 |edition=19th |location=London |page=341}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:90%" | [[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br /><ref name="aus">{{cite book |last=Kent |first=David |title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |publisher=Australian Chart Book |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6 |edition=illustrated |location=St Ives, N.S.W. |page=187 |author-link=David Kent (historian)}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:90%" | [[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.6274a.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Albums - March 17, 1984}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Christine Perfect (album)|Christine Perfect]]''
| 1970
| style="text-align:center" |104
| style="text-align:center" |—
| style="text-align:center" |—
| style="text-align:center" |—
| style="text-align:center" |—
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Christine McVie (album)|Christine McVie]]''
| 1984
| style="text-align:center" |26
| style="text-align:center" |—
| style="text-align:center" |58
| style="text-align:center" |67
| style="text-align:center" |39
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[In the Meantime (Christine McVie album)|In the Meantime]]''
| 2004
| style="text-align:center" |—
| style="text-align:center" |32
| style="text-align:center" |133
| style="text-align:center" |—
| style="text-align:center" |—
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie]]'' {{small|(with [[Lindsey Buckingham]])}}
| 2017
| style="text-align:center" |17
| style="text-align:center" |—
| style="text-align:center" |5
| style="text-align:center" |—
| style="text-align:center" |—
|}

=== Compilation albums ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of compilation albums
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Year
|-
! scope="row" | ''Albatross'' {{small|(with [[Fleetwood Mac]])}}
| 1977
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Songbird (A Solo Collection)]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Christine McVie Details First-Ever Compilation Songbird (A Collection) {{!}} Rhino |url=https://www.rhino.com/article/christine-mcvie-details-first-ever-compilation-songbird-a-collection |access-date=2 June 2022 |website=www.rhino.com |language=en}}</ref>
| 2022
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of solo singles, with selected chart positions
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year
! colspan="5" scope="col" | Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:90%" | [[Billboard Hot 100|US Hot 100]]<br /><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Christine McVie Chart History: Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/christine-mcvie/chart-history/hsi/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:90%" | [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|US Rock]]<br /><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Christine McVie Chart History: Mainstream Rock |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/christine-mcvie/chart-history/rtt/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:90%" | [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|US AC]]<br /><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Christine McVie Chart History: Adult Contemporary |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/christine-mcvie/chart-history/asi/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:90%" | [[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br /><ref name="aus" />
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:90%" | [[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.6304.pdf| title=RPM Top 50 Singles - March 31, 1984}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | "[[When You Say]]"
| 1969
| {{center|—}}
| {{center|—}}
| {{center|—}}
| {{center|—}}
| {{center|—}}
| rowspan="2" |''Christine Perfect''
|-
! scope="row" | "I'm Too Far Gone (To Turn Around)"
| 1970
| {{center|—}}
| {{center|—}}
| {{center|—}}
| {{center|—}}
| {{center|—}}
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Got a Hold on Me]]"
| rowspan="3" |1984
| {{center|10}}
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|55}}
| {{center|30}}
| rowspan="3" |''Christine McVie''
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Love Will Show Us How]]"
| {{center|30}}
| {{center|24}}
| {{center|32}}
| {{center|—}}
| {{center|—}}
|-
! scope="row" | "One in a Million" (with [[Steve Winwood]])
| {{center|—}}
| {{center|27}}
| {{center|—}}
| {{center|—}}
| {{center|—}}
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Friend (song)|Friend]]"
| 2004
| {{center|—}}
| {{center|—}}
| {{center|29}}
| {{center|—}}
| {{center|—}}
| ''In the Meantime''
|-
! scope="row" |"[[Feel About You]]" (with [[Lindsey Buckingham]])
|2017
|{{center|—}}
|{{center|—}}
|{{center|—}}
|{{center|—}}
|{{center|—}}
|''Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie''
|-
! scope="row" |"Slow Down"
|2022
|{{center|—}}
|{{center|—}}
|{{center|—}}
|{{center|—}}
|{{center|—}}
|''Songbird''
|}

=== Other appearances ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Title
!Year
!Context
|-
|"[[Can't Help Falling in Love]]"
|1986
|for ''[[A Fine Mess (film)|A Fine Mess]]'' soundtrack
|-
|"[[The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry)|Roll with Me Henry]]" <small>(with 'Friends')</small>
|1989
|Remake of [[Etta James]] song for ''Rock, Rhythm & Blues''<ref>{{Citation |title=Various - Rock, Rhythm & Blues |date=26 October 1989 |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/245928-Various-Rock-Rhythm-Blues |access-date=26 April 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|"[[Coventry Carol]]"
|1993
|for ''The Stars Come Out for Christmas - Volume V''
|-
|"All You Gotta Do"
|2022
|new track for ''Songbird''
|}

=== With Chicken Shack ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Albums with Chicken Shack, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:90%"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums 3">{{Cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 978-1-904994-10-7 | page= 104}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve]]''
| 1968
| style="text-align:center;"|12
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[O.K. Ken?]]''
| 1969
| style="text-align:center;"|9
|}

=== With Fleetwood Mac ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Albums with Fleetwood Mac, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:90%"| [[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref name=":1">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/fleetwood-mac/chart-history/tlp/|title=Fleetwood Mac Chart History: Billboard 200|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:90%"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{Cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 978-1-904994-10-7 | page= 205}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Future Games]]''
| 1971
| style="text-align:center"|91
| style="text-align:center"|—
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bare Trees]]''
| 1972
| style="text-align:center"|70
| style="text-align:center"|—
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Penguin (album)|Penguin]]''
| 1973
| style="text-align:center"|49
| style="text-align:center"|—
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Mystery to Me]]''
| 1973
| style="text-align:center"|67
| style="text-align:center"|—
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Heroes Are Hard to Find]]''
| 1974
| style="text-align:center"|34
| style="text-align:center"|—
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Fleetwood Mac (1975 album)|Fleetwood Mac]]''
| 1975
| style="text-align:center"|1
| style="text-align:center"|23
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Rumours (album)|Rumours]]''
| 1977
| style="text-align:center"|1
| style="text-align:center"|1
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Tusk (album)|Tusk]]''
| 1979
| style="text-align:center"|4
| style="text-align:center"|1
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Live (Fleetwood Mac album)|Live]]''
| 1980
| style="text-align:center"|14
| style="text-align:center"|31
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Mirage (Fleetwood Mac album)|Mirage]]''
| 1982
| style="text-align:center"|1
| style="text-align:center"|5
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Tango in the Night]]''
| 1987
| style="text-align:center"|7
| style="text-align:center"|1
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Behind the Mask (album)|Behind the Mask]]''
| 1990
| style="text-align:center"|18
| style="text-align:center"|1
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Time (Fleetwood Mac album)|Time]]''
| 1995
| style="text-align:center"|—
| style="text-align:center"|47
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[The Dance (Fleetwood Mac album)|The Dance]]''
| 1997
| style="text-align:center"|1
| style="text-align:center"|15
|}

==Citations==
{{Reflist}}

==General and cited references==
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite book |last=Unterberger |first=Richie |year=2017 |title=Fleetwood Mac: The Complete Illustrated History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kd-cDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA61 |publisher=Voyageur Press |isbn=978-1-627-88975-9}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
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* {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p19273}}
* {{Discogs artist}}
* {{IMDb name|0574730}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080509140502/https://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/chris.htm Extensive bio, links to charts, discography]

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