Chaka Khan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 23, 1953 (age 73)
- Birthplace
- 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chaka Khan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Filmography
Hodgepodge
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Movie · as Self
Hollywood Squares
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
Movie · as Self
Prince and His Songs at the BBC
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
LOUDER: The Soundtrack of Change
Movie · as Self
American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
Movie · as Self
Chaka Khan at the BBC
Movie · as Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Women Who Rock
TV · as Self · 4 eps
The One and Only Ivan
Movie · as Henrietta (voice)
Chaka Khan - Homecoming
Movie · as herself
Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration
Movie · as Self
The Tamron Hall Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Masked Singer
TV · as Self, Miss Monster (archive footage) · 3 eps
Revival!
Movie · as Herodias
American Idol
TV · as Self - Performer · 1 ep
VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night
Movie · as Self
Taraji's White Hot Holidays
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Empire
TV · as Chaka Khan · 1 ep
Beyond the Lights
Movie · as Chaka Khan
Hit Man Returns - David Foster & Friends
Movie · as Self
Tom Jones: In His Prime
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep
Prince: Club Nokia
Movie
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep
Live from Studio Five
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux
Movie · as Self
Chaka Khan: Greatest Hits Live
Movie · as Vocals
Queens of Disco
Movie · as Self
Phineas and Ferb
TV · as Chaka Khan (voice) · 1 ep
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Celebrity Duets
TV · 9 eps
100 Greatest Songs of the '80s
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Chaka Khan
Movie · as Self
Made in Hollywood
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Princes of Malibu
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dancing with the Stars
TV · as Self - Contestant · 2 eps
Original Up-Town Divas
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Tony Danza Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ladies Night - Most Famous Hits
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Movie · as Self
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
Movie · as Marla (voice)
American Idol
TV · as Self - Performer · 1 ep
Tom Jones | Duets by Invitation Only
Movie · as Self
The Jazz Channel Presents Chaka Khan
Movie
An All-Star Tribute to Joni Mitchell
Movie · as Self
VH1 Divas Live 2: An Honors Concert for VH1's Save the Music
Movie · as Self - Performer
Intimate Portrait: Natalie Cole
Movie · as Self
Prince: Beautiful Strange
Movie · as Self
VH1 Divas
TV · 1 ep
Songs & Visions
Movie · as Self
The Chris Rock Show
TV · 1 ep
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Star Search
TV · 1 ep
New York Undercover
TV · 1 ep
An Evening of Fourplay
Movie · as Herself - Vocals
GMTV
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 2 eps
Montreux Jazz Festival 1991
Movie · as Self
The Prince's Trust Rock Gala
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Stevie Wonder - Live at Wembley Stadium - London England 1989
Movie · as Self
Miles Davis - Montreux Jazz Festival
Movie
Hunter
TV · as Miss Gina B · 1 ep
Chaka Khan: Live At Roxy
Movie
The Blues Brothers
Movie · as Choir Soloist
No Nukes
Movie · as Self
CBS News Sunday Morning
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Captain and Tennille
TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep
Rock Concert
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Top of the Pops
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Today
TV · as Self · 1 ep