CHICAGO albums and sales

Updated: August 29, 2023

CHICAGO sold over 42.2 million albums. The best-selling album by CHICAGO is CHICAGO 17, which sold over 6.17 million copies. According to the BSA Ranking, CHICAGO is the 67th best-selling album artist of all time.

The video releases of CHICAGO have sold over 115,000 units, led by LIVE AT THE GREEK THEATRE with over 60,000 units sold.

CHICAGO albums ranked by sales

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Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △

№	Album	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1	CHICAGO 17 CHICAGO 1984	1984	6,173,570	Rank in 1984 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 12 93 500
2	GREATEST HITS 1982-1989 / HEART OF CHICAGO CHICAGO 1989	1989	5,810,327	Rank in 1989 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 12 106 550
3	CHICAGO IX - CHICAGO'S GREATEST HITS CHICAGO 1975	1975	5,300,000	Rank in 1975 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 8 71 650
4	CHICAGO X CHICAGO 1976	1976	2,274,000	Rank in 1976 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 32 222 2,009
5	CHICAGO V CHICAGO 1972	1972	2,184,000	Rank in 1972 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 9 230 2,166
6	CHICAGO VI CHICAGO 1973	1973	2,133,000	Rank in 1973 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 20 241 2,244
7	CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY CHICAGO 1969	1969	2,100,000	Rank in 1969 Rank in 1960s Overall rank 10 44 2,391
8	CHICAGO II CHICAGO 1970	1970	1,314,000	Rank in 1970 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 30 393 3,744
9	CHICAGO 16 CHICAGO 1982	1982	1,191,240	Rank in 1982 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 58 753 4,222
10	THE VERY BEST OF: ONLY THE BEGINNING CHICAGO 2002	2002	1,147,530	Rank in 2002 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 126 1,042 4,411
11	CHICAGO XI CHICAGO 1977	1977	1,116,000	Rank in 1977 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 67 478 4,536
12	HOT STREETS CHICAGO 1978	1978	1,112,000	Rank in 1978 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 72 483 4,557
13	CHICAGO III CHICAGO 1971	1971	1,093,000	Rank in 1971 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 33 531 4,873
14	LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL CHICAGO 1971	1971	1,080,000	Rank in 1971 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 34 540 4,937
15	19 CHICAGO 1988	1988	1,079,504	Rank in 1988 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 110 879 4,938
16	CHICAGO VIII CHICAGO 1975	1975	1,067,000	Rank in 1975 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 62 547 4,997
17	CHICAGO VII CHICAGO 1974	1974	1,058,000	Rank in 1974 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 35 570 5,129
18	IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW CHICAGO 1983	1983	1,000,000	Rank in 1983 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 97 1,123 6,608
19	THE HEART OF CHICAGO 1967-1997 CHICAGO 1997	1997	635,000	Rank in 1997 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 296 2,600 8,354
20	CHICAGO 13 CHICAGO 1979	1979	558,000	Rank in 1979 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 132 1,027 9,354
21	CHICAGO 18 CHICAGO 1986	1986	541,800	Rank in 1986 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 163 1,704 9,696
22	THE BEST OF CHICAGO: 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION CHICAGO 2007	2007	535,000	Rank in 2007 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 171 2,283 9,786
23	CHICAGO CHRISTMAS: WHAT'S IT GONNA BE SANTA? CHICAGO 2003	2003	500,000	Rank in 2003 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 353 2,812 11,022
24	CHICAGO XXV (THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM) CHICAGO 1998	1998	500,000	Rank in 1998 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 368 3,144 11,410
25	THE GREAT CHICAGO(JAPAN ONLY) CHICAGO 1971	1971	157,000	Rank in 1971 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 146 2,056 21,593
26	THE CHICAGO STORY COMPLETE GREATEST HITS CHICAGO 2002	2002	135,000	Rank in 2002 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 688 5,743 22,426
27	HEART OF CHICAGO 1982-1997 CHICAGO 1997	1997	100,000	Rank in 1997 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 819 7,463 29,209
28	THE HEART OF CHICAGO 1967-1998 VOLUME II CHICAGO 1998	1998	70,050	Rank in 1998 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 1,143 9,605 34,801
29	CHICAGO GIFT PACK(JAPAN ONLY) CHICAGO 1971	1971	62,000	Rank in 1971 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 167 2,771 35,644
30	THE VERY BEST OF CHICAGO & FOREIGNER 2010	2010	60,000	Rank in 2010 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 603 5,981 36,640
31	21 CHICAGO 1991	1991	59,240	Rank in 1991 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 780 10,563 39,518
32	LIVE IN JAPAN CHICAGO 1972	1972	31,000	Rank in 1972 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 235 3,515 48,061
33	NIGHT AND DAY CHICAGO 1995	1995	29,710	Rank in 1995 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 1,375 12,733 49,905
34	GOLD DISK(JAPAN ONLY) CHICAGO 1972	1972	26,000	Rank in 1972 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 239 3,587 50,351
35	LOVE SONGS CHICAGO 2005	2005	18,494	Rank in 2005 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 1,853 16,771 54,632

CHICAGO videos ranked by sales

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Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △

№	Video	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1	LIVE AT THE GREEK THEATRE CHICAGO & EARTH, WIND & FIRE 2005	2005	60,000	Rank in 2005 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 102 766 1,575
2	LIVE IN CONCERT CHICAGO 2004	2004	50,000	Rank in 2004 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 112 1,001 1,951
3	CHICAGO SOUNDSTAGE CHICAGO 2004	2004	5,000	Rank in 2004 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 371 2,486 4,415

CHICAGO sales by country

CHICAGO album sales by country

The largest markets for albums by CHICAGO are the United States (38 million), Canada (1.56 million) and Japan (1.37 million).

№	Country ▲	Sales △	Albums △
1	Australia	140,000	4
2	Brazil	50,000	1
3	Canada	1,560,000	16
4	Finland	25,327	1
5	France	100,000	1
6	Japan	1,373,074	26
7	Netherlands	100,000	1
8	Norway	23,064	1
9	Spain	100,000	1
10	Sweden	60,000	1
11	United Kingdom	720,000	6
12	United States	38,000,000	24

CHICAGO video sales by country