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Fleetwood Mac formed in London in 1967 as a British blues band featuring guitarist Peter Green, drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie, and they scored a U.K. No. 1 in 1968 with the instrumental “Albatross.” After a string of lineup changes, singer and keyboardist Christine McVie joined, the band moved to the United States in 1974, and Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks came aboard at the end of that year. That five-piece made Fleetwood Mac (1975), which topped the Billboard 200, and Rumours (1977), one of the best-selling albums of all time and the Grammy winner for Album of the Year. Tusk, Mirage and Tango in the Night followed, and the band has sold more than 120 million records worldwide. They entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Christine McVie died in 2022, and in 2024 Stevie Nicks said she believed the band would not continue. Their songs still echo through new music: the hook of Zach Bryan and Lana Del Rey’s “Lies” borrows from Fleetwood Mac’s “Little Lies.”