Acting · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Born March 23, 1953
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.
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2025
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MovieSLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
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TVHollywood Squares
2025
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MovieLOUDER: The Soundtrack of Change
2024
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American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
2024
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MoviePrince and His Songs at the BBC
2024
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MovieMr. Nelson on the North Side
2024
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MovieChaka Khan at the BBC
2023
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TVThe Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
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TVWomen Who Rock
2022
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MovieThe One and Only Ivan
2020
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MovieChaka Khan - Homecoming
2020
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2019
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2019
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TVThe Masked Singer
2019
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MovieRevival!
2018
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TVAmerican Idol
2018
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MovieTaraji's White Hot Holiday Special
2017
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MovieVH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night
2016
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TVTaraji's White Hot Holidays
2015
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TVEmpire
2015
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MovieBeyond the Lights
2014
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MovieHit Man Returns - David Foster & Friends
2011
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Tom Jones: In His Prime
2010
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MoviePhineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs to You!
2010
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TVRuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010
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2009
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2009
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TVWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
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MoviePrince: Club Nokia
2009
TVRuPaul's Drag Race
2009
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2008
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TVPhineas and Ferb
2007
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2007
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2007
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2006
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2006
TVMade in Hollywood
2005
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TVThe Princes of Malibu
2005
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TVDancing with the Stars
2005
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The Tony Danza Show
2004
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MovieOriginal Up-Town Divas
2004
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MovieLadies Night - Most Famous Hits
2003
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MovieGlobehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
2002
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MovieStanding in the Shadows of Motown
2002
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TVAmerican Idol
2002
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2001
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MovieThe Jazz Channel Presents Chaka Khan
2000
MovieAn All-Star Tribute to Joni Mitchell
2000
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1999
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1999
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MoviePrince: Beautiful Strange
1998
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1998
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1997
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1997
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1996
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1995
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1994
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1993
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1993
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TVLate Show with David Letterman
1993
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TVGMTV
1993
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MovieMontreux Jazz Festival 1991
1991
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MovieThe Prince's Trust Rock Gala
1990
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1989
MovieStevie Wonder - Live at Wembley Stadium - London England 1989
1989
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1984
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1981
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1980
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MovieThe Blues Brothers
1980
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TVCBS News Sunday Morning
1979
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TVThe Captain and Tennille
1976
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TVSaturday Night Live
1975
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TVRock Concert
1973
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TVTop of the Pops
1964
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TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
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TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
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TVToday
1952
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