Chaka Khan
Biography
Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), better known by her stage name Chaka Khan (/ËĘÉËkÉ ËkÉËn/ SHAH-kÉ 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 ac...
Known For
Top 39 Movies
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
2025
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
2002
The Blues Brothers
1980
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
2002
Prince: Club Nokia
2009
The One and Only Ivan
2020
Beyond the Lights
2014
Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux
2008
Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs to You!
2010
LOUDER: The Soundtrack of Change
2024
Prince and His Songs at the BBC
2024
Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration
2019
Revival!
2018
Hit Man Returns - David Foster & Friends
2011
No Nukes
1980
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special
2017
Tom Jones | Duets by Invitation Only
2001
VH1 Divas Live 2: An Honors Concert for VH1's Save the Music
1999
An All-Star Tribute to Joni Mitchell
2000
Original Up-Town Divas
2004
Hodgepodge
2025
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
2021
Intimate Portrait: Natalie Cole
1999
The Prince's Trust Rock Gala
1990
VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night
2016
An Evening of Fourplay
1993
Ladies Night - Most Famous Hits
2003
Prince: Beautiful Strange
1998
Montreux Jazz Festival 1991
1991
Stevie Wonder - Live at Wembley Stadium - London England 1989
1989
Songs & Visions
1997
Chaka Khan - Homecoming
2020
Chaka Khan: Greatest Hits Live
2007
The Jazz Channel Presents Chaka Khan
2000
Chaka Khan at the BBC
2023
Miles Davis - Montreux Jazz Festival
1989
Chaka Khan: Live At Roxy
1981