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Chicago (album)
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<p><i>Chicago</i> (retroactively known as <i>Chicago II</i>) is the second studio album by the American <a href="/facts/Rock_music/zBM2guyQ">rock</a> band <a href="/facts/Chicago_(band)/w3wPR2Kr">Chicago</a>, released on January 26, 1970, by <a href="/facts/Columbia_Records/yV1YYE69">Columbia Records</a>. Like their debut album, <i><a href="/facts/Chicago_Transit_Authority_(album)/Mdnos1nT">Chicago Transit Authority</a></i> (1969), it is a <a href="/facts/Double_album/x6999LvF">double album</a>. It was their first album released under the name Chicago—the band's prior name, Chicago Transit Authority, was changed due to a threatened lawsuit from the <a href="/facts/Chicago_Transit_Authority/lwvxQgR6">actual mass-transit operator of the same name</a>—and the first to use the now ubiquitous <a href="/facts/Cursive_writing/sbW2bKYq">cursive</a> Chicago logo on the cover. </p><p><i>Chicago</i> was commercially successful. It reached No. 4 on the US <a href="/facts/Billboard_200/XtbnoFSM"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a> and No. 6 on the <a href="/facts/UK_Albums_Chart/h1hyzP13">UK Albums Chart</a>, and produced three top ten singles on the <a href="/facts/Billboard_Hot_100/gwKl8VL9"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a>. It was certified <a href="/facts/Gold_(RIAA_certification)/TWwUbkQP">Gold</a> by the <a href="/facts/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America_certification/TWwUbkQP">Recording Industry Association of America</a> (RIAA) in April of the same year of its release, and certified <a href="/facts/Platinum_(RIAA_certification)/TWwUbkQP">Platinum</a> in 1991. The album received three <a href="/facts/Grammy_Award/2bxYJjPV">Grammy Award</a> nominations at the <a href="/facts/13th_Annual_Grammy_Awards/vLoSeXAC">1971 Grammy Awards</a>: <a href="/facts/Grammy_Award_for_Album_of_the_Year/N7gTMqGf">Album of the Year</a>, <a href="/facts/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Pop_Performance_by_a_Duo_or_Group_with_Vocals/Chc0Nq5x">Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus</a>, and <a href="/facts/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Recording_Package/2b5ak4y7">Best Album Cover</a>. It was voted the best album of 1970 by readers of <i><a href="/facts/Cashbox_(magazine)/8L7IspkS">Cash Box</a></i> magazine, and the 1971 best small-combo <a href="/facts/LP_record/0QpKHzHM">LP</a> by readers of <i><a href="/facts/Playboy/VodMMDTT">Playboy</a></i> magazine. </p>