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 — — — — — RIAA: Gold 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 Released: March 3, 1992 Label: Warner Bros. — 39 — — — 55 44 — 42 — 2018 It's About Time Released: September 28, 2018 Label: Virgin EMI — — — — — 72 66 — — 10 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums Live at the Budokan (1999) A Night in Amsterdam (2006)

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 Released: December 1979 Label: Atlantic 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 Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits (1979, Atlantic Records) Freak Out: The Greatest Hits of Chic and Sister Sledge (1988, Atlantic Records/WEA) Megachic: Best of Chic (1990, Warner Music/Atlantic Records) Dance, Dance, Dance: The Best of Chic (1991, Atlantic Records/Rhino Records/Warner Music), BPI: Silver The Best of Chic, Volume 2 (1992, Atlantic Records/Rhino Records/Warner Music) Everybody Dance (1995, Rhino Records/Warner Music) Chic Freak and More Treats (1996, A440 Music Group) Dance, Dance, Dance & Other Hits (1997, Rhino Records/Warner Music) The Very Best of Chic & Sister Sledge (1999, Rhino Records/Warner Music) The Very Best of Chic (2000, Rhino Records/Warner Music) Good Times: The Very Best of the Hits & the Remixes (Chic & Sister Sledge) (2005, Warner Music) The Definitive Groove Collection (2006, Rhino Records/Warner Music), BPI: Silver Nile Rodgers presents The Chic Organization: Vol.1 Savoir Faire (box set, 2010, Rhino Records, reissued 2013) Original Album Series: Chic + C'est Chic + Risqué + Real People + Take It Off (2011, Rhino Records/Atlantic Records) Magnifique: The Very Best of Chic (2011, Music Club Deluxe) Nile Rodgers presents The Chic Organization: Up All Night (2013, Rhino Records) The Chic Organization, 1977–1979 (2018) 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 YearTitlePeak chart positions CertificationsAlbum US USR&B USDan USCB AUS CAN GER IRE NLD UK 1977 "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" 6 61 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 11 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 13 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" — — — — — — — — — — It's About Time "Sober" — — — — — — — — — — "—" 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 YearArtistTitlePeak chart positionsAlbum 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 One1984 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) — — — — 331993 "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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