Chaka Khan
Born
23 March 1953 (73)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known as
Yvette Marie Stevens
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 numb...
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.
Filmography (39)
Hodgepodge
2025
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
2025
LOUDER: The Soundtrack of Change
2024
American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
2024
Prince and His Songs at the BBC
2024
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
2024
Chaka Khan at the BBC
2023
The One and Only Ivan
2020
Chaka Khan - Homecoming
2020
Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration
2019
Revival!
2018
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special
2017
VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night
2016
Beyond the Lights
2014
Hit Man Returns - David Foster & Friends
2011
Tom Jones: In His Prime
2010
Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs to You!
2010
Prince: Club Nokia
2009
Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux
2008
Chaka Khan: Greatest Hits Live
2007
Original Up-Town Divas
2004
Ladies Night - Most Famous Hits
2003
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
2002
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
2002
Tom Jones | Duets by Invitation Only
2001
The Jazz Channel Presents Chaka Khan
2000
An All-Star Tribute to Joni Mitchell
2000
VH1 Divas Live 2: An Honors Concert for VH1's Save the Music
1999
Intimate Portrait: Natalie Cole
1999
Prince: Beautiful Strange
1998
Songs & Visions
1997
An Evening of Fourplay
1993
Montreux Jazz Festival 1991
1991
The Prince's Trust Rock Gala
1990
Miles Davis - Montreux Jazz Festival
1989
Stevie Wonder - Live at Wembley Stadium - London England 1989
1989
Chaka Khan: Live At Roxy
1981
No Nukes
1980
The Blues Brothers
1980