So far, I've got:

Life In a Northern Town - Dream Academy

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' - Michael Jackson

I know it's a paucity of examples to go on, but hopefull you get the gist.

Talking Heads - I Zimbra

Fela Kuti's music.

MickyDolenz said:

I forgot about a lot of Paul Simon's catalog having a lot of African influence. Thanks!

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Denise Pearson - Rafiki Yangu (My Friend)

'soul makossa'

***inspired MJ's -mama say mamma sa.. in wanna be startin' somethin'

I always looooved Ralph MacDonald three part 18 minute tour de force "The Path" ranging and progressing from African chants'n rhythms up to Blues, Jazz and Funk

My favorite:

Mory Kante: "Yeke Yeke"

Here is a remixed version from 2011

http://youtu.be/wW0wIIm6AZw

You might also try the original here:

http://youtu.be/9ndzYXh92o8?list=PLC918FECD0E4EF516

Don't Look Any Further - Dennis Edwards

Peter Gabriel - Biko, Rhythm Of The Heat

Joni Mitchell - The Jungle Line

Not 'chanting' per se, but I always loved the West African folk song at the beginning/end of this track from Branford Marsalis's Buckshot LeFonque project:

Love this one and the message behind it

Meshell Ndegeocello - Article 3

* Enigma -- The End of Innocence

* Lots of Dead Can Dance tracks after their 1993 album Into the Labyrinth, though much of their chanting is phonetic rather than that of any discernible language or culture.