Biography
Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), better known by her stage name Chaka Khan ( SHAH-kÉ™ KAHN), is an American singer. 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 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 Ry Cooder, Robert Palmer, Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, Guru, Chicago, Gladys Knight, De La Soul, Mary J. Blige and Ariana Grande. 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.
Filmography
all 61
self 40
Movies 31
TV Shows 30
Voice 1
2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2023)
Chaka Khan at the BBC (2023)
The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022)
Women Who Rock (2022)
Mr. Nelson on the North Side (2021)
The One and Only Ivan (2020)
Chaka Khan - Homecoming (2020)
Tamron Hall (2019)
Revival! (2019)
Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration (2019)
The Masked Singer (2019)
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special (2017)
Pitch Battle (2017)
Taraji's White Hot Holidays (2015)
Beyond the Lights (2014)
Hit Man Returns - David Foster & Friends (2011)
Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs to You! (2010)
Celebrity Ghost Stories (2009)
Live from Studio Five (2009)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
Prince: Club Nokia (2009)
RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)
Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux (2008)
Phineas and Ferb (2007)
Chaka Khan: Greatest Hits Live (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
100 Greatest Songs of the '80s (2006)
Celebrity Duets (2006)
Made in Hollywood (2005)
The Princes of Malibu (2005)
Dancing with the Stars (2005)
The Friday Night Project (2005)
The Tony Danza Show (2004)
Original Up-Town Divas (2004)
Ladies Night - Most Famous Hits (2003)
Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002)
Roof Sex (2002)
Tom Jones: Duets by Invitation Only (2001)
The Jazz Channel Presents Chaka Khan (2000)
An All-Star Tribute to Joni Mitchell (2000)
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure (2000)
VH1: Divas Live '99 (1999)
Intimate Portrait: Natalie Cole (1999)
Prince: Beautiful Strange (1998)
VH1 Divas (1998)
The Chris Rock Show (1997)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996)
Star Search (1995)
New York Undercover (1994)
An Evening of Fourplay (1993)
Intimate Portrait (1993)
GMTV (1993)
Montreux Jazz Festival 1991 (1991)
Stevie Wonder - Live at Wembley Stadium - London England 1989 (1989)
Hunter (1984)
No Nukes (1980)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
CBS News Sunday Morning (1979)
Rock Concert (1973)
Today (1952)
Rock Gala Concert
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1953-03-23 (71 years old)
Birth NameYvette Marie Stevens
Birth PlaceChicago, United States of America
LifestyleVeganism
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsYvette Marie Stevens
AwardsIcon Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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