1969 studio album by Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago Transit Authority is the debut studio album by the American rock band Chicago, known at the time of release as Chicago Transit Authority. The double album was released on April 28, 1969 and became a sleeper hit, reaching number 17 on the Billboard 200 by 1971. Chicago Transit Authority spawned several successful singles, including "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?", "Questions 67 and 68" and "Beginnings". The album stayed on the Billboard chart for 171 weeks,[8] beating the previous record for a rock album's longevity of 155 weeks[9] and has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[10] For this inaugural recording effort, the group was nominated for a Grammy Award for 1969 Best New Artist of the Year.[11] The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2014.[12]
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- ^ "2014 GRAMMY HALL OF FAME® INDUCTEES". www.grammy.org. Archived from the original on 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2017-01-03.