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Name
Chaka Khan

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1953-03-23 (73 years old)

Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

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Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

1980 The Blues Brothers as Choir Soloist
2002 Standing in the Shadows of Motown as Self
2023 Chaka Khan at the BBC as Self
2011 Hit Man Returns - David Foster & Friends as Self
2008 Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux as Self
1999 VH1 Divas Live 2: An Honors Concert for VH1's Save the Music as Self - Performer
1990 The Prince's Trust Rock Gala as Self (archive footage)
2024 Mr. Nelson on the North Side as Self
1993 An Evening of Fourplay as Herself - Vocals
2004 Original Up-Town Divas as Self (archive footage)
2003 Ladies Night - Most Famous Hits as Self (archive footage)
1980 No Nukes as Self
2000 The Jazz Channel Presents Chaka Khan
1989 Stevie Wonder - Live at Wembley Stadium - London England 1989 as Self
2007 Chaka Khan: Greatest Hits Live as Vocals
2001 Tom Jones | Duets by Invitation Only as Self
2002 Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure as Marla (voice)
2014 Beyond the Lights as Chaka Khan
2024 Prince and His Songs at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
1997 Songs & Visions as Self
2016 VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night as Self
2009 Prince: Club Nokia
1998 Prince: Beautiful Strange as Self
2019 Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration as Self
2018 Revival! as Herodias
2000 An All-Star Tribute to Joni Mitchell as Self
1991 Montreux Jazz Festival 1991 as Self
2020 The One and Only Ivan as Henrietta (voice)
1999 Intimate Portrait: Natalie Cole as Self
2020 Chaka Khan - Homecoming as herself
2010 Tom Jones: In His Prime as Self (archive footage)
2024 LOUDER: The Soundtrack of Change as Self
2025 Hodgepodge as Self (archive footage)
2024 American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special as Self
2025 SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) as Self
1989 Miles Davis - Montreux Jazz Festival
1981 Chaka Khan: Live At Roxy
2007 Queens of Disco as Self
2005 Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Chaka Khan as Self

2004 The Tony Danza Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
2007 Phineas and Ferb ( 1 episode ) as Chaka Khan (voice)
2009 RuPaul's Drag Race ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Judge
2019 The Tamron Hall Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2006 Celebrity Duets ( 9 episodes )
1979 CBS News Sunday Morning ( 1 episode ) as Self
1984 Hunter ( 1 episode ) as Miss Gina B
1973 Rock Concert ( 1 episode ) as Self
1995 Star Search ( 1 episode )
2019 The Masked Singer ( 3 episodes ) as Self
2019 The Masked Singer ( 0 episode ) as Miss Monster (archive footage)
1993 GMTV ( 1 episode ) as Self
2006 100 Greatest Songs of the '80s ( 5 episodes ) as Self
2009 Live from Studio Five ( 1 episode ) as Self
2005 Made in Hollywood ( 1 episode ) as Self
2005 The Princes of Malibu ( 1 episode ) as Self
1993 Intimate Portrait ( 1 episode ) as Self
1997 The Chris Rock Show ( 1 episode )
1998 VH1 Divas ( 1 episode )
2005 Dancing with the Stars ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Contestant
1952 Today ( 1 episode ) as Self
2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
1994 New York Undercover ( 1 episode )
2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
2015 Taraji's White Hot Holidays ( 1 episode ) as Self
2009 Celebrity Ghost Stories ( 1 episode ) as Self
2010 RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Judge
2007 The Graham Norton Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
2025 Hollywood Squares ( 1 episode ) as Self
1964 Top of the Pops ( 1 episode ) as Self
2022 Women Who Rock ( 4 episodes ) as Self
1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Musical Guest
1976 The Captain and Tennille ( 1 episode ) as Self - Musical Guest
1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 1 episode ) as Self
2015 Empire ( 1 episode ) as Chaka Khan
2002 American Idol ( 1 episode ) as Self - Performer
2018 American Idol ( 1 episode ) as Self - Performer
1993 Late Show with David Letterman ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Musical Guest

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