Chaka Khan
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.
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Movies (41)
Hodgepodge
2025 · Self (archive footage)
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
2025 · Self
LOUDER: The Soundtrack of Change
2024 · Self
American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
2024 · Self
Prince and His Songs at the BBC
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
2024 · Self
Chaka Khan at the BBC
2023 · Self
El único y gran Iván
2020 · Henrietta (voice)
Chaka Khan - Homecoming
2020 · herself
Ángeles de Charlie
2019 · Songs
Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration
2019 · Self
Revival!
2018 · Herodias
VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night
2016 · Self
Mas alla de las luces
2014 · Chaka Khan
Every Woman
2013 · Music
Hit Man Returns - David Foster & Friends
2011 · Self
Tom Jones: In His Prime
2010 · Self (archive footage)
Prince: Club Nokia
2009
Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux
2008 · Self
Chaka Khan: Greatest Hits Live
2007 · Vocals
Queens of Disco
2007 · Self
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Chaka Khan
2005 · Self
Original Up-Town Divas
2004 · Self (archive footage)
Ladies Night - Most Famous Hits
2003 · Self (archive footage)
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
2002 · Marla (voice)
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
2002 · Self
Tom Jones | Duets by Invitation Only
2001 · Self
The Jazz Channel Presents Chaka Khan
2000
An All-Star Tribute to Joni Mitchell
2000 · Self
VH1 Divas Live 2: An Honors Concert for VH1's Save the Music
1999 · Self - Performer
Intimate Portrait: Natalie Cole
1999 · Self
Prince: Beautiful Strange
1998 · Self
Songs & Visions
1997 · Self
An Evening of Fourplay
1993 · Herself - Vocals
Montreux Jazz Festival 1991
1991 · Self
The Prince's Trust Rock Gala
1990 · Self (archive footage)
Miles Davis - Montreux Jazz Festival
1989
Stevie Wonder - Live at Wembley Stadium - London England 1989
1989 · Self
Chaka Khan: Live At Roxy
1981
No Nukes
1980 · Self
The Blues Brothers
1980 · Choir Soloist
TV shows (39)
Hollywood Squares
2025 · Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self
Women Who Rock
2022 · Self
The Tamron Hall Show
2019 · Self - Guest
The Masked Singer
2019 · Self, Miss Monster (archive footage)
American Idol
2018 · Self - Performer
Taraji's White Hot Holidays
2015 · Self
Empire
2015 · Chaka Khan
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010 · Self - Guest Judge
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009 · Self
Live from Studio Five
2009 · Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
RuPaul: Carrera de drags
2009 · Self - Guest Judge
Phineas y Ferb
2007 · Chaka Khan (voice)
El show de Graham Norton
2007 · Self
100 Greatest Songs of the '80s
2006 · Self
Celebrity Duets
2006
Made in Hollywood
2005 · Self
The Princes of Malibu
2005 · Self
Dancing with the Stars
2005 · Self - Contestant
The Tony Danza Show
2004 · Self
American Idol
2002 · Self - Performer
VH1 Divas
1998
The Chris Rock Show
1997
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Self
Star Search
1995
New York Undercover
1994
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Self
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · Self - Musical Guest
GMTV
1993 · Self
Hunter
1984 · Miss Gina B
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979 · Self
The Captain and Tennille
1976 · Self - Musical Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Musical Guest
Rock Concert
1973 · Self
Top of the Pops
1964 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
Today
1952 · Self