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Chic discography
Studio albums9
Soundtrack albums1
Live albums2
Compilation albums12
Singles22

American disco group Chic released a number of albums in the period 1977 to 1983. After 1983's Believer the group did not record a studio album until 1992's Chic-Ism. The band has since continued to tour and release live and compilation albums. The group's first studio album in 26 years, titled It's About Time was released in September 2018. Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards produced for a series of artists in the years 1978 to 1982. They sometimes produced under the name 'The Chic Organization'.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
 US R&B
 AUS
 AUT
 CAN
 GER
 NLD
 NOR
 SWE
 UK
1977 Chic
  • Released: November 22, 1977
  • Label: Atlantic
 27 12 67 — 25 — — — — —
1978 C'est Chic
  • Released: August 11, 1978
  • Label: Atlantic
 4 1 18 21 5 10 9 20 16 2
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • BPI: Gold
  • MC: Platinum
1979 Risqué
  • Released: July 30, 1979
  • Label: Atlantic
 5 2 75 — 15 — — — 37 29
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • BPI: Silver
1980 Real People
  • Released: June 30, 1980
  • Label: Atlantic
 30 8 — — — — — 33 19 —
1981 Take It Off
  • Released: November 16, 1981
  • Label: Atlantic
 124 36 — — — — — — — —
1982 Tongue in Chic
  • Released: November 1, 1982
  • Label: Atlantic
 173 47 — — — — — — — —
1983 Believer
  • Released: November 14, 1983
  • Label: Atlantic
 — — — — — — 14 — — —
1992 Chic-ism — 39 — — — 55 44 — 42 —
2018 It's About Time — — — — — 72 66 — — 10
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Compilation albums

Charting compilations

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
 US R&B
 NLD
 UK
1979 Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits 88 44 47 30
1987 Freak Out: The Greatest Hits of Chic and Sister Sledge
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Atlantic/WEA
 — — — 72
2013 Nile Rodgers presents The Chic Organization: Up All Night
  • Released: 2013
  • Label: Rhino
 — — — 2*
  • BPI: Gold
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

* Compilation albums chart.

Complete list

All of the combined Chic and Sister Sledge compilations also contain some Sister Sledge material without Chic's involvement. The two "Nile Rodgers presents The Chic Organization" collections contain "Chic Organization" productions for other artists alongside Chic's own material.

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
 US
R&B
 US
Dan
 US
CB
 AUS
 CAN
 GER
 IRE
 NLD
 UK
1977 "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" 6 6 1 6 28 6 40 11 22 6
  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Silver
 Chic
1978 "Everybody Dance" 38 12 49 — 45 — 6 — 9
  • BPI: Silver
"You Can Get By" — — — — — — — — —
"Le Freak" 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 20 2 7
  • RIAA: 5× Platinum
  • BPI: Platinum
  • MC: 2× Platinum
 C'est Chic
"I Want Your Love" 7 5 10 81 10 27 20 14 4
  • RIAA: Gold
"Chic Cheer" — — — — — — — — —
1979 "Good Times" 1 1 3 1 48 2 36 21 17 5
  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Silver
 Risqué
"My Forbidden Lover" 43 33 — — — 47 28 23 15
"My Feet Keep Dancing" 101 42 — — — — 18 — 21
1980 "Rebels Are We" 61 8 29 77 — — — — — — Real People
"Real People" 79 51 — — — — — — —
"Chip off the Old Block" — — — — — — — —
1981 "Stage Fright" — 34 — — — — — — — — Take It Off
1982 "Soup for One" 80 14 — — — — — — — — Soup for One
"Hangin'" — 48 — — — — — — 40 64 Tongue in Chic
1983 "Give Me the Lovin'" — 57 — — — — — — — — Believer
1984 "You Are Beautiful" — — — — — — — — 6 —
"Party Everybody" — — — — — — — — 43 —
"Chic Cheer" (1984 Mix) — — — — — — — — — 81 —
1987 "Jack Le Freak" — — 15 — — — — 13 6 19 —
1988 "Good Times" (New Single Mix '88) — — — — — — — — 63 — —
1990 "MegaChic - Chic Medley" — — — — — — — — — 58 —
1992 "Chic Mystique" — 48 1 — 82 — 25 — 19 48 Chic-Ism
"Your Love" — — 3 — — — 91 — 73 80
2015 "I'll Be There" — — 1 — — — — — — 68 —
2018 "Till the World Falls"
(featuring Mura Masa, Cosha and Vic Mensa) 		— — — — — — — — — — It's About Time
"Sober"
(featuring Craig David and Stefflon Don) 		— — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured performer

Year Title Artist Peak chart positions Album
FIN
 NLD
 UK
1982 "Together" Odyssey — — — Happy Together
2006 "Sensitivity" Shapeshifters 18 21 40 Sound Advice
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
  • "Happy Together" is written and played by Rodgers and Edwards, with regular Chic member Robert Sabino also appearing, but produced by Jimmy Douglass.
  • "Sensitivity" samples an unreleased Chic track, "Love and Be Loved", with additional guitar by Rodgers.

Artists produced by Chic

Albums

Year Artist Album details Peak chart positions
 Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US US R&B UK
1978 Norma Jean Wright Norma Jean
  • Label: Bearsville/Warner Bros.
 — — —
1979 Sister Sledge We Are Family
  • Label: Cotillion/Atlantic
 3 1 7
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • BPI: Gold
1980 Sheila and B. Devotion King of the World
  • Label: Mirage/Atco/Atlantic
 — — —
Sister Sledge Love Somebody Today
  • Label: Cotillion/Atlantic
 31 7 —
Diana Ross diana
  • Label: Motown/MCA
 2 1 12
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • BPI: Gold
1981 Debbie Harry Koo Koo
  • Label: Chrysalis/CBS
 28 — 6
  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Silver
Johnny Mathis I Love My Lady
  • Label: Columbia/CBS
  • Recorded 1981, released 2017
 — — —
1982 Fonzi Thornton Untitled
  • Label: Unreleased
 — — —
Various Artists (soundtrack album) Soup for One
  • Label: Warner Bros.
 168 42 —

The title of the Fonzi Thornton album is given by several websites as Frostbite, though there is no known official source for this.

The core members of Chic (Edwards, Rodgers and Thompson, together with keyboard player Robert Sabino) also performed together on Madonna's 1984 album Like a Virgin, which was produced by Rodgers, though it is not officially a Chic Organization work.

Singles

Year Artist Title Peak chart positions
 Album
US US R&B US Dan US A/C UK
1978 Norma Jean Wright "Saturday" — 15 10 — — Norma Jean
1979 Sister Sledge "He's The Greatest Dancer" 9 1 1 — 6 We Are Family
"We Are Family" 2 1 30 8
"Lost in Music" — 35 — 17
Norma Jean Wright "High Society" — 19 92 — — —
1980 Sheila & B. Devotion "Spacer" — 28 44 — 18 King of the World
Sister Sledge "Got to Love Somebody Today" 64 6 34 — 34 Love Somebody Today
"Reach Your Peak" — 21 — —
"Let's Go on Vacation" — 63 — — —
Diana Ross "Upside Down" 1 1 1 18 2 diana
"I'm Coming Out" 5 5 — 13
"My Old Piano" — — — — 5
1981 Debbie Harry "Backfired" 43 71 29 — 32 Koo Koo
"The Jam Was Moving" 82 — — — —
1982 Diana Ross "Tenderness" — — — — 73 diana
Carly Simon "Why" 74 — — — 10 Soup for One
1984 Sister Sledge "Thinking of You" — — — — 11 We Are Family
"Lost In Music" (1984 Remix by Nile Rodgers) — — — — 4
"We Are Family" (1984 Remix by Bernard Edwards) — — — — 33
1993 "Thinking of You" ('93 Mixes by RAMP) — — — — 21 The Very Best of Sister Sledge (1973–1993)
"Lost In Music" (Sure Is Pure Remixes) — — — — 14
"We Are Family" ('93 Mixes by Sure Is Pure) — — 31 — 5

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