Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 23, 1953
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Credits
80 titles
Chaka Khan
Biography
Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), better known by her stage name Chaka Khan (/ˈʃɑːkə ˈkɑːn/ SHAH-kə KAHN), is an American singer and songwriter. Known as the "Queen of Funk", her career has spanned more than five decades beginning in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of the funk band Rufus. With the band she recorded the notable hits "Tell Me Something Good," "Sweet Thing," "Do You Love What You Feel," and the platinum-certified "Ain't Nobody." Her debut solo album featured the number-one R&B hit "I'm Every Woman" (which became a pop hit for Whitney Houston). Khan scored another R&B charts hit with "What Cha' Gonna Do for Me" before becoming the first R&B artist to have a crossover hit featuring a rapper, with her 1984 cover of Prince's "I Feel for You." More of Khan's hits include "Through the Fire" and a 1986 collaboration with Steve Winwood that produced a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100, "Higher Love." Khan has won ten Grammy Awards.With Rufus, she achieved three gold singles, one platinum single, four gold albums, and two platinum albums. In the course of her solo career, Khan achieved three gold singles, three gold albums, and one platinum album with I Feel for You. She has also worked with Whitney Houston, Ry Cooder, Robert Palmer, Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, Miles Davis, Chick Corea, Guru, Chicago, Joni Mitchell, Gladys Knight, De La Soul, Mary J. Blige, Ariana Grande, and Sia. In December 2016, Billboard magazine ranked her as the 65th most successful dance club artist of all time. She was ranked at No. 17 in VH1's original list of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll. Khan has been nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times as a solo artist and four times as a member of Rufus featuring Chaka Khan, the first time in 2012 as a member of Rufus. In 2023, Khan was picked as an inductee in the Musical Excellence category. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chaka Khan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Hodgepodge
Self (archive footage)
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Self
Hollywood Squares
Self
LOUDER: The Soundtrack of Change
Self
American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
Self
Prince and His Songs at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
Self
Chaka Khan at the BBC
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
Women Who Rock
Self
The One and Only Ivan
Henrietta (voice)
Chaka Khan - Homecoming
herself
Charlie's Angels
Songs
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration
Self
The Masked Singer
Miss Monster
Revival!
Herodias
American Idol
Self - Performer
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special
Self
VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night
Self
Taraji's White Hot Holidays
Self
Empire
Chaka Khan
Beyond the Lights
Chaka Khan
Every Woman
Music
Hit Man Returns - David Foster & Friends
Self
Tom Jones: In His Prime
Self (archive footage)
Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs to You!
Chaka Khan (voice)
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
Self - Guest Judge
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self
Live from Studio Five
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Prince: Club Nokia
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge
Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux
Self
Phineas and Ferb
Chaka Khan: Greatest Hits Live
Vocals
The Graham Norton Show
Self
100 Greatest Songs of the '80s
Self
Celebrity Duets
Made in Hollywood
Self
The Princes of Malibu
Self
Dancing with the Stars
Self - Contestant
The Tony Danza Show
Self
Original Up-Town Divas
Self (archive footage)
Ladies Night - Most Famous Hits
Self (archive footage)
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
Marla (voice)
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Self
American Idol
Self - Performer
Tom Jones | Duets by Invitation Only
Self
The Jazz Channel Presents Chaka Khan