Claim: Fleetwood Mac had a member named Stevie Nicks.

Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band , formed in London in 1967 . The band has sold more than 100 million records worldwide , making them one of the world 's best-selling bands of all time . In 1998 , selected members of Fleetwood Mac were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , and received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music .   The two most successful periods for the band were during the late 1960s British blues boom , when they were led by guitarist Peter Green and achieved a UK number one with `` Albatross '' ; and from 1975 to 1987 , as a more pop-oriented act , featuring Christine McVie , Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks . Rumours -LRB- 1977 -RRB- , Fleetwood Mac 's second album after the incorporation of Buckingham and Nicks , produced four US Top 10 singles and remained at No. 1 on the American albums chart for 31 weeks , as well as reaching the top spot in various countries around the world . To date , the album has sold over 40 million copies worldwide , making it the eighth-highest-selling album of all time . The band achieved comparatively modest success between 1971 and 1974 , when the line-up included Bob Welch , during the 1990s in between the departure and return of Nicks and Buckingham , and during the 2000s when Christine McVie was absent .   After numerous lineup changes the only original member present in the band is drummer Mick Fleetwood . Although band founder Green named the group by combining the surnames of two of his former bandmates -LRB- Fleetwood and McVie -RRB- from John Mayall 's Bluesbreakers , bassist John McVie played neither on their first single nor at their first concerts , as he initially decided to stay with Mayall . Keyboardist Christine McVie , who joined the band in 1970 while married to John McVie , has appeared on every album except the debut album , either as a member or as a session musician . She left the band in 1998 but returned in 2014 .