Chic / discography

This discography is an overview of the released sound carriers of the American disco , soul and funk band Chic .

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B
1978	Chic	-	-	-	-	US27 gold (40 weeks)US	R&B12 (31 weeks) R&B	First published: December 1977 Co-producer: Kenny Lehman
	C'est chic	DE10 (21 weeks) DE	AT21 (12 weeks) AT	-	UK2 gold (24 weeks)UK	US4th platinum (48 weeks)US	R&B1 (38 weeks) R&B	First published: November 1978 Co-producers: Mark Kreiner, Tom Cossie
1979	Risqué	-	-	-	UK29 silver (12 weeks)UK	US5 platinum (17 weeks)US	R&B2 (17 weeks) R&B	First published: August 1979
1980	Real People	-	-	-	-	US30 (15 weeks) US	R&B8 (19 weeks) R&B	First published: July 1980 Recording: Power Station Studio, New York
1982	Take it off	-	-	-	-	US124 (9 weeks) US	R&B36 (14 weeks) R&B	First published: December 1981
	Tongue in chic	-	-	-	-	US173 (6 weeks) US	R&B47 (9 weeks) R&B	First published: November 1982
1992	Chicism	DE55 (7 weeks) DE	-	CH40 (1 week) CH	-	-	R&B39 (17 weeks) R&B	First published: March 1992
2018	It's about time	DE72 (1 week) DE	-	CH28 (1 week) CH	UK10 (1 week) UK	-	-	First published: September 28, 2018 with Nile Rodgers

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More albums

• 1983: Believer

* Main producers of all studio albums listed are Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers .

Live albums

• 1999: Live at the Budokan (recorded 1996 in Nippon Budōkan , Tokyo)
• 2005: A Night in Amsterdam (CD + DVD)
• 2009: Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival '03
• 2011: Le Freak Live

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B
1979	The best of	-	-	-	UK30 (8 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: December 1979
	Les plus grands succes de Chic - Chic's Greatest Hits	-	-	-	-	US88 (9 weeks) US	R&B44 (9 weeks) R&B	First published: December 1979
1987	Freak Out - The Greatest Hits of Chic and Sister Sledge	-	-	-	UK72 (3 weeks) UK	-	-	First release: November 1987 with Sister Sledge , split album with 8 tracks each

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More compilations

• 1982: Collection
• 1990: Best of Chic
• 1991: Dance, Dance, Dance - The Best Of
• 1991: Greatest Hits (with Rose Royce , split album with 9 tracks each)
• 1992: The Best of Chic - Volume 2
• 1995: Everybody Dance
• 1997: Dance, Dance, Dance and Other Hits
• 1998: The Best of Chic & Remix
• 1999: The Very Best of Chic and Sister Sledge (with Sister Sledge, split album)
• 2000: The Very Best of Chic
• 2002: Le Freak
• 2002: Ultimate Chic
• 2003: Real People / Tongue in Chic
• 2005: Good Times - The Very Best of Chic & Sister Sledge - The Hits & the Remixes (with Sister Sledge, Splitalbum) (2 CDs)
• 2006: The Definitive Groove Collection
• 2011: Magnifique! - The Very Best of Chic (2 CDs)
• 2011: Original Album Series (box with 5 CDs)
• 2013: Up All Night - The Greatest Hits (Nile Rodgers presents the Chic Organization - with tracks by Chic, Sister Sledge, Diana Ross , Sheila & B. Devotion , Norma Jean Wright, Carly Simon , Johnny Mathis and Debbie Harry )
• 2013: Chic / C'est Chic (2 CDs)
• 2013: The 12 "Singles Collection (box with 5 vinyl maxis)
• 2013: The Studio Album Collection 1977–1992 (8 CDs; release: November 11th)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)							Remarks	[↑]: treated together with the previous entry; [←]: placed in both charts
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B	Dance
1977	Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) Chic	DE40 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	UK6th silver (12 weeks)UK	US6th gold (28 weeks)US	R&B6 (22 weeks) R&B	Dance1 (32 weeks) Dance	First published: September 1977 Co-author: Kenny Lehman
	You Can Get By Chic	-	-	-	-	-	-[Dance: ↑]		First published: December 1977
	Everybody dance chic	-	-	-	UK9 (11 weeks) UK	US38 (10 weeks) US	R&B12 (17 weeks) R&B[Dance: ↑]		First published: March 1978 Backing Vocals: Luther Vandross
1978	Le Freak C'est Chic	DE5 (22 weeks) DE	AT6 (16 weeks) AT	CH2 (14 weeks) CH	UK7th gold (17 weeks)UK	US1 platinum (25 weeks)US	R&B1 (20 weeks) R&B	Dance1 (22 weeks) Dance	First published: October 1978 R&B Hall of Fame
1979	Chic Cheer C'est Chic	-	-	-	-	-	-[Dance: ↑]		First published: November 1978
	I Want Your Love C'est Chic	DE27 (7 weeks) DE	-	-	UK4 (11 weeks) UK	US7th gold (19 weeks)US	R&B5 (15 weeks) R&B[Dance: ↑]		First published: January 1979
	Good Times Risqué	DE36 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK5 silver (13 weeks)UK	US1 gold (19 weeks)US	R&B1 (18 weeks) R&B	Dance3 (18 weeks) Dance	First published: June 1979 Rolling Stone 500 : 224th place
	My Forbidden Lover Risqué	DE47 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK15 (8 weeks) UK	US43 (9 weeks) US	R&B33 (8 weeks) R&B[Dance: ↑]		First published: September 1979
	My Feet Keep Dancing Risqué	-	-	-	UK21 (9 weeks) UK	-	R&B42 (8 weeks) R&B[Dance: ↑]		First published: November 1979
1980	Rebels Are We Real People	-	-	-	-	US61 (6 weeks) US	R&B8 (14 weeks) R&B	-	First published: June 1980
	Real People Real People	-	-	-	-	US79 (3 weeks) US	R&B51 (7 weeks) R&B	Dance29 (12 weeks) Dance	First published: October 1980
	Chip Off the Old Block Real People	-	-	-	-[US: ↑]		-	-	First published: November 1980
1981	Stage Fright Take It Off	-	-	-	-	-	R&B34 (12 weeks) R&B	-	First published: December 1981
1982	Soup for One Soup for One (Soundtrack)	-	-	-	-	US80 (6 weeks) US	R&B14 (13 weeks) R&B	-	First release: April 1982 from the soundtrack of the film of the same name
1983	Hangin ' tongue in chic	-	-	-	UK64 (5 weeks) UK	-	R&B48 (11 weeks) R&B	-	First published: October 1982
	Give Me the Lovin ' Believer	-	-	-	-	-	R&B57 (9 weeks) R&B	-	First published: December 1983
1984	Chic Cheer (1984 Mix)	-	-	-	UK81 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: November 1984 Remix: Bernard Edwards
1987	Jack Le Freak	-	-	-	UK19 (6 weeks) UK	-	-	Dance15 (6 weeks) Dance	First release: September 1987 Mix: Phil Harding
1988	Good Times (Remix '88)	-	-	-	UK80 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: March 1988 Remix: Anna Jolley, Brian Harris, Mark Jolley
1990	Megachic - Chic Medley Best of Chic	-	-	-	UK58 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: July 1990
1992	Chic Mystique Chic-ism	DE25 (20 weeks) DE	AT20 (9 weeks) AT	CH22 (9 weeks) CH	UK48 (3 weeks) UK	-	R&B48 (8 weeks) R&B	Dance1 (12 weeks) Dance	First published: January 1992
	Your Love Chic-ism	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance3 (12 weeks) Dance	First published: June 1992
2000	My Forbidden Lover Superbad ...	-	-	-	UK59 (1 week) UK	-	-	-	First publication: June 2000 Romina Johnson feat. Chic remixes by T Smoove, Gianni Bini and Paolo Martini
2006	Sensitivity Sound Advice	-	-	-	UK40 (3 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: July 2006 with The Shapeshifters co-authors: Jenna Gibbons, Max Reich, Simon Marlin
2015	I'll be there	-	-	-	UK68 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First release: March 2015 Chic feat. Nile Rodgers and The Martinez Brothers

More singles

• 1980: 26
• 1983: You Are Beautiful
• 1984: Party Everybody
• 2018: Sober (with Nile Rodgers feat. Craig David & Stefflon Don )

* Main authors of all songs listed are Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers .

Video albums

• 2004: Live at the Budokan
• 2005: Live at Montreux 2004 (Nile Rodgers & Chic)
• 2006: Le Freak: Live
• 2006: Live in Amsterdam
• 2007: Live in Paradiso Amsterdam 2005
• 2009: Chic Live
• 2009: Mount Fuji Jazz Festival '03

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE  AT  CH  UK  US  R&B Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US-US R&B1R&B Top 10 albums DE1DE AT-AT CH-CH UK1UK US2US R&B3R&B Albums in the charts DE2DE AT1AT CH1CH UK4thUK US7thUS R&B8thR&B

DE  AT  CH  UK  US  R&B  Dance Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US2US R&B2R&B Dance3Dance Top 10 singles DE1DE AT1AT CH1CH UK5UK US4thUS R&B5R&B Dance5Dance Singles in the charts DE6thDE AT2AT CH2CH UK16UK US9US R&B14thR&B Dance7thDance

Awards for music sales

Platinum record  Canada 1979: for the album C'est Chic 2 × platinum record  Canada 1979: for the single Le Freak

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC)	-	-	3 × platinum3	400,000	musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA)	-	4 × gold4th	3 × platinum3	7,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × silver3	2 × gold2	-	1,160,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	3 × silver3	6 × gold6th	6 × platinum6th

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
2. ↑ ^{a b} The Billboard album by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
3. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
4. ↑ The Studio Album Collection 1977–1992
5. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4 .
6. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .

Web links

• Chic at Allmusic (English)
• Chic at Discogs (English)