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| Birth name | Yvette Marie Stevens |
| Also known as | Chaka Adunne Aduffe Yemoja Hodarhi Karifi Khan |
| Born | March 23, 1953 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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| Discography | Chaka Khan discography |
| Years active | 1970–present |
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| Website | chakakhan |
Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), better known by her stage name Chaka Khan (/ˈʃɑːkə ˈkɑːn/ SHAH-kə KAHN[1]), is an American singer. Known as the "Queen of Funk",[2] 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".[3] 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.[4] 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, 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.[5] She was ranked at No. 17 in VH1's original list of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll.[6] 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,[7] the first time in 2012 as a member of Rufus. In 2023, Khan was picked as an inductee in the Musical Excellence category.[8]
- ^ djvlad (October 8, 2020). "Chaka Khan Hated Kanye Sampling 'Through The Fire': He F***ed Up My Song! (Part 12)". YouTube. Archived from the original on February 6, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ African American History Day by Day: A Reference Guide to Events, Greenwood, 2012, ISBN 9781598843606
- ^ "Chaka Khan First R&B Artist To Feature Rapper, a trend that would go on to dominate contemporary music". 2Paragraphs. September 15, 2015.
- ^ "Chaka Khan". Grammy Awards. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
- ^ Greatest of All Time Top Dance Club Artists (December 2016). "Greatest of All Time Top Dance Club Artists: Page 1". Billboard. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
- ^ "Rock on the Net: VH1: 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll". rockonthenet.com.
- ^ "Mary J. Blige, Chaka Khan, Dionne Warwick and Tina Turner Among 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees". Rated R&B. February 11, 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
- ^ "Chaka Khan, queen of funk & R&B, to be inducted into Rock Hall". Cleveland.com. May 3, 2023. Retrieved May 3, 2023.