{"id":2153,"date":"2014-12-12T16:44:51","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T22:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=2153"},"modified":"2015-06-10T15:05:49","modified_gmt":"2015-06-10T20:05:49","slug":"chicago-artist-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=2153","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Artist : Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Chicago<\/b>\u00a0is an American\u00a0<a title=\"Rock music\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rock_music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rock<\/a>\u00a0band formed in 1967 in\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Chicago, Illinois\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chicago,_Illinois\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago, Illinois<\/a>. The self-described &#8220;rock and roll band with horns&#8221; began as a politically charged, sometimes experimental, rock band and later moved to a predominantly softer sound, generating several hit ballads. The group had a steady stream of hits throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Second only to\u00a0<a title=\"The Beach Boys\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Beach_Boys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Beach Boys<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<i><a title=\"Billboard charts\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billboard_charts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billboard<\/a><\/i>\u00a0singles and albums chart success among American bands, Chicago is one of the longest-running and most successful rock groups, and one of the<a title=\"List of best-selling music artists\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_best-selling_music_artists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">world&#8217;s best-selling groups of all time<\/a>, having sold more than 100 million records.<sup id=\"cite_ref-allmusic_1-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chicago_band#cite_note-allmusic-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chicago_band#cite_note-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<i><a title=\"Billboard (magazine)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billboard_(magazine)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billboard<\/a><\/i>, Chicago was the leading US singles charting group during the 1970s. They have sold over 40 million units in the US, with 23\u00a0<a title=\"RIAA certification\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RIAA_certification\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gold<\/a>, 18 platinum, and 8 multi-platinum albums.<sup id=\"cite_ref-3\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chicago_band#cite_note-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[3]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chicago_band#cite_note-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[4]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0Over the course of their career they have had five number-one albums and 21 top-ten singles.<\/p>\n<p>(source wikipedia)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago\u00a0is an American\u00a0rock\u00a0band formed in 1967 in\u00a0Chicago, Illinois. 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