Chaka Khan
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1953-03-23
- Works
- 3
Top works
- C K
- I feel for you
- Life is a dance
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Film & TV
Acting · 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…
Known for
- Hodgepodge — Self (archive footage)2025
- SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) — Self2025
- Hollywood Squares — Self2025
- Mr. Nelson on the North Side — Self2024
- Prince and His Songs at the BBC — Self (archive footage)2024
- LOUDER: The Soundtrack of Change — Self2024
- American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special — Self2024
- Chaka Khan at the BBC — Self2023
- The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self2022
- Women Who Rock — Self2022
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- 1,309,427
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- 12,852,308
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Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), known professionally as Chaka Khan, is an American singer and songwriter. She began her career in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of the funk band Rufus. With Rufus, she recorded the singles "Tell Me Something Good", "Sweet Thing", "Do You Love What You Feel", and "Ain't Nobody". Her debut solo album included the number-one R&B single "I'm Every Woman". She also achieved success on the R&B charts with "What Cha' Gonna Do for Me" and her 1984 cover
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,235x
- Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3
· 2024 · cited 12,967x
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,371x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,771x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 9,668x
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Key facts
- Also known as
- Chaka Adunne Aduffe Yemoja Hodarhi Karifi Khan
- Born
- Yvette Marie Stevens , ( 1953-03-23 ) March 23, 1953 (age 73) , Chicago, Illinois , U.S.
- Genres
- R&B funk pop disco
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter
- Works
- Chaka Khan discography
- Years active
- 1970–present
- Labels
- ABC Warner Bros. Reprise MCA NPG Burgundy
- Formerly of
- Rufus
- Website
- chakakhan .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 23 March 1953
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marie
- Family name
- Khan
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Occupation
- musician
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
Article
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 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 eleven Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. 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.
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