Acting
Chaka Khan
1953-03-23 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
The Blues Brothers
Charlie's Angels
Phineas and Ferb
Empire
The One and Only Ivan
Saturday Night Live
Beyond the Lights
RuPaul's Drag Race
The Graham Norton Show
American Idol
Late Show with David Letterman
Dancing with the Stars
The Masked Singer
Hunter
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Movie credits · 41
Hodgepodge
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
LOUDER: The Soundtrack of Change
American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
Prince and His Songs at the BBC
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
Chaka Khan at the BBC
The One and Only Ivan
Chaka Khan - Homecoming
Charlie's Angels
Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration
Revival!
VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night
Beyond the Lights
Every Woman
Hit Man Returns - David Foster & Friends
Tom Jones: In His Prime
Prince: Club Nokia
Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux
Chaka Khan: Greatest Hits Live
Queens of Disco
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Chaka Khan
Original Up-Town Divas
Ladies Night - Most Famous Hits
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Tom Jones | Duets by Invitation Only
The Jazz Channel Presents Chaka Khan
An All-Star Tribute to Joni Mitchell
VH1 Divas Live 2: An Honors Concert for VH1's Save the Music
Intimate Portrait: Natalie Cole
Prince: Beautiful Strange
Songs & Visions
An Evening of Fourplay
Montreux Jazz Festival 1991
The Prince's Trust Rock Gala
Miles Davis - Montreux Jazz Festival
Stevie Wonder - Live at Wembley Stadium - London England 1989
Chaka Khan: Live At Roxy
No Nukes
TV credits · 39
Hollywood Squares
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Women Who Rock
The Tamron Hall Show
The Masked Singer
American Idol
Taraji's White Hot Holidays
Empire
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Live from Studio Five
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
RuPaul's Drag Race
Phineas and Ferb
The Graham Norton Show
100 Greatest Songs of the '80s
Celebrity Duets
Made in Hollywood
The Princes of Malibu
Dancing with the Stars
The Tony Danza Show
American Idol
VH1 Divas
The Chris Rock Show
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Star Search
New York Undercover
Intimate Portrait
Late Show with David Letterman
GMTV
Hunter
CBS News Sunday Morning
The Captain and Tennille
Saturday Night Live
Rock Concert
Top of the Pops
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
Today
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