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Chicago III

Chicago III is the third studio album by the American rock band Chicago, a double LP released January 11, 1971 on Columbia, produced by James William Guercio; it peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Top 200.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), founded 1891 by Theodore Thomas in Chicago; home Orchestra Hall/Symphony Center, summer home Ravinia. Ten music directors through Muti; Klaus Mäkelä becomes 11th in 2027; 65 Grammys; association renamed Chicago Symphony in 2026.

Chicago Transit Authority (album)

Chicago Transit Authority (1969) is Chicago's self-titled debut double album on Columbia, produced by James William Guercio; a horn-driven jazz-rock record that peaked at #17, charted a then-record 171 weeks, and entered the National Recording Registry in 2025.

Chicago V

Chicago V (1972) is Chicago's fourth studio album and first single LP, released July 10, 1972 on Columbia. It became the band's first Billboard 200 number one, with "Saturday in the Park" reaching No. 3.

Chicano rock

Chicano rock: rock and roll by Mexican Americans, centered in East Los Angeles, from Ritchie Valens and the Eastside Sound through El Chicano, Tierra, Chicano punk at the Vex, Los Lobos, and Chicano Batman.

Chicco

Chicco, also known as Chicco Twala, is a South African singer and record producer from Soweto, a leading figure of 1980s bubblegum music and a foundational force behind kwaito.

Chicherina

Chicherina (Чичерина), the stage name of Yulia Dmitrievna Chicherina, is a Russian rock singer born in 1978 in Sverdlovsk, now Yekaterinburg, who broke through in 2000 with «Ту-лу-ла».

Chick Corea

Chick Corea (Armando Anthony Corea), American jazz pianist and composer (1941–2021); founder of Return to Forever, Miles Davis sideman, 23-time Grammy winner, composer of "Spain."

Chick Corea discography

Chick Corea discography: catalog of the jazz pianist (1941–2021), from Tones For Joan's Bones (1966) and Now He Sings, Now He Sobs through Return to Forever, the Elektric and Akoustic Bands, and Trilogy.

Chicken Dance

The Chicken Dance, originally Der Ententanz (the duck dance), is a novelty party dance set to an oom-pah tune composed by Swiss accordionist Werner Thomas in 1950s Davos, popularized worldwide in the 1980s under names like Tchip Tchip and the Birdie Song.

Chickenfoot

Chickenfoot: American hard rock supergroup formed 2008 by Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani, and Chad Smith; Gold 2009 debut, Chickenfoot III (2011), LV, Best + Live.

Chiclete com Banana

Chiclete com Banana is a Brazilian axé band from Salvador, Bahia, formed in the late 1970s and fronted by Bell Marques until 2014, known for Carnival anthems like "Voa Voa".

Chico Buarque

Chico Buarque, full name Chico Buarque de Holanda, is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and novelist born in 1944 whose songs became central to Brazilian popular music.

CHICO CARLITO

CHICO CARLITO (チコ・カルリート) is a Japanese rapper born in 1993 in Naha, Okinawa, who won the ULTIMATE MC BATTLE in 2015 and released the album Sandra's Son in 2022.

Chico Che y La Crisis

Chico Che y La Crisis was a Mexican tropical group from Villahermosa, Tabasco, founded in 1968 by singer-songwriter Chico Che, famous for cumbia hits like "¿Quén Pompó?".

Chico DeBarge

Chico DeBarge (Jonathan Arthur DeBarge, born 1966), American R&B singer, youngest DeBarge sibling, never in the group DeBarge; known for "Talk to Me" (1986) and the 1997 prison-inspired comeback album Long Time No See.

Chico Lobo

Chico Lobo (born 1963) is a Brazilian violeiro, composer, and singer from São João del-Rei, Minas Gerais, who has recorded more than 30 viola caipira albums.

Chico Science

Chico Science, born Francisco de Assis França, was a Brazilian singer and bandleader from Recife who founded manguebeat, fusing maracatu with rock and hip-hop, before dying in a 1997 car accident.

Chief Keef

Chief Keef (Keith Farrelle Cozart, born 1995, Chicago) is the drill rapper behind "I Don't Like" and "Love Sosa"; his 2012 album Finally Rich and Interscope deal popularized Chicago drill worldwide.

Chiello

Chiello (Rocco Modello, born 1999 in Venosa, Italy) is an Italian rapper and singer-songwriter, a founding frontman of the trap collective FSK Satellite and a solo artist since 2021.

Chiemi Eri

Chiemi Eri (江利チエミ) was a Japanese singer and actress, one of the postwar "Three Girls" with Hibari Misora, known for jazz minyo and the Sazae-san films.

Chihiro (song)

Chihiro (CHIHIRO) is a 5:03 song by Billie Eilish, track 3 on Hit Me Hard and Soft (May 17, 2024, Darkroom/Interscope), written with Finneas, named for the Spirited Away protagonist, peaking at UK number 7.

Chika-idol (underground idol)

Chika-idol (地下アイドル), also called live idol or indie idol, is the Japanese subscene of independent idol groups performing mainly in small live houses rather than on television, centered on Tokyo districts like Akihabara.

Children of Bodom

Children of Bodom, Finnish melodic death metal band formed in Espoo in 1993 as Inearthed, led by Alexi Laiho (1979-2020). Ten albums 1997-2019, neoclassical guitar-keyboard leads, 250,000+ Finnish sales, disbanded 2019, reunited 2026.

Children of the Sun (太阳之子) (Jay Chou album)

Children of the Sun (太陽之子), also rendered Children of the Sun, is Jay Chou's 16th studio album, released March 25, 2026 by JVR Music via Universal Music; 13 tracks, a record-budget Weta Workshop title-track MV, huge sales, and divided reviews.

Children's Corner

Children's Corner, also known as Children's Corner Suite, is a six-movement piano suite by Claude Debussy, composed 1906 to 1908 and dedicated to his daughter Chouchou.

Chilean urbano

Chilean urbano, also known as urbano chileno, is the wave of Chilean reggaetón and trap artists that broke into the mainstream in the late 2010s.

Chill-out music

Chill-out music, also called chillout, is a relaxed, slow-paced genre spanning lounge, downtempo, ambient, and lo-fi styles. It arose in late-1980s British rave chill-out rooms and grew through Ibiza's Café del Mar compilations.

Chilliwack (band)

Chilliwack is a Canadian rock band formed in Vancouver in 1970 from The Collectors, led by Bill Henderson. Known for Lonesome Mary, Fly at Night, and My Girl (Gone Gone Gone), it entered the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2019 and Canada's Walk of Fame in 2023.

Chillwave

Chillwave, also called glo-fi, is an internet-born music microgenre coined as a joke on Hipster Runoff in 2009, defined by hazy 1980s-nostalgic synth pop from Washed Out, Toro y Moi, and Neon Indian.