We Are Family (album)

We Are Family is the third album by the American vocal group Sister Sledge. It was released on January 22, 1979, by Cotillion Records. Following their 1977 album Together, Sister Sledge enlisted a new array of collaborators, including Chic musicians and producers Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers who shifted the group away from their Philly soul roots, emphasizing disco and R&B music instead.

We Are Family is widely considered Sister Sledge's breakthrough album. It debuted at number 142 on the US Billboard 200, and later peaked at number 3. The album went on to become certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of over a million units in the US. Four singles were produced—"He's the Greatest Dancer", "We Are Family", "Lost in Music", and "Thinking of You". "He's the Greatest Dancer" and "We Are Family" became Sister Sledge's first two top-ten US Billboard Hot 100 songs as well as their first two US Hot Soul Singles and US National Disco Action chart toppers.

According to music magazine Billboard, We Are Family was the fourth best-selling album of 1979, making Sister Sledge the sixth most successful music act of 1979. The song "We Are Family" earned a nomination for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 22nd Annual Grammy Awards (1980).