Chaka Khan
Acting • Born 1953-03-23
Biography
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.
Filmography
75 credits
The Blues Brothers
Movie • 1980
Choir Soloist
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Movie • 2002
Self
Chaka Khan at the BBC
Movie • 2023
Self
Hit Man Returns - David Foster & Friends
Movie • 2011
Self
Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux
Movie • 2008
Self
VH1 Divas Live 2: An Honors Concert for VH1's Save the Music
Movie • 1999
Self - Performer
The Prince's Trust Rock Gala
Movie • 1990
Self (archive footage)
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
Movie • 2021
Self
An Evening of Fourplay
Movie • 1993
Herself - Vocals
Original Up-Town Divas
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
Ladies Night - Most Famous Hits
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
No Nukes
Movie • 1980
Self
The Jazz Channel Presents Chaka Khan
Movie • 2000
Stevie Wonder - Live at Wembley Stadium - London England 1989
Movie • 1989
Self
Chaka Khan: Greatest Hits Live
Movie • 2007
Vocals
Tom Jones | Duets by Invitation Only
Movie • 2001
Self
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
Movie • 2002
Marla (voice)
Beyond the Lights
Movie • 2014
Chaka Khan
Prince and His Songs at the BBC
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Songs & Visions
Movie • 1997
Self
VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night
Movie • 2016
Self
Prince: Club Nokia
Movie • 2009
Prince: Beautiful Strange
Movie • 1998
Self
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special
Movie • 2017
Self
Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration
Movie • 2019
Self
Revival!
Movie • 2018
Herodias
An All-Star Tribute to Joni Mitchell
Movie • 2000
Self
Montreux Jazz Festival 1991
Movie • 1991
Self
Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs to You!
Movie • 2010
Chaka Khan (voice)
The One and Only Ivan
Movie • 2020
Henrietta (voice)
Intimate Portrait: Natalie Cole
Movie • 1999
Self
Chaka Khan - Homecoming
Movie • 2020
herself
Tom Jones: In His Prime
Movie • 2010
Self (archive footage)
LOUDER: The Soundtrack of Change
Movie • 2024
Self
Hodgepodge
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
Movie • 2024
Self
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Movie • 2025
Self
Miles Davis - Montreux Jazz Festival
Movie • 1989
Chaka Khan: Live At Roxy
Movie • 1981
The Tony Danza Show
TV • 2004
Self
Phineas and Ferb
TV • 2007
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV • 2009
Self - Guest Judge
Tamron Hall
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
Celebrity Duets
TV • 2006
CBS News Sunday Morning
TV • 1979
Self
Hunter
TV • 1984
Miss Gina B
Rock Concert
TV • 1973
Self
Star Search
TV • 1995
The Masked Singer
TV • 2019
Miss Monster
The Masked Singer
TV • 2019
Miss Monster (archive footage)
GMTV
TV • 1993
Self
100 Greatest Songs of the '80s
TV • 2006
Self
Live from Studio Five
TV • 2009
Self
Made in Hollywood
TV • 2005
Self
The Princes of Malibu
TV • 2005
Self
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self
The Chris Rock Show
TV • 1997
VH1 Divas
TV • 1998
Dancing with the Stars
TV • 2005
Self - Contestant
Today
TV • 1952
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV • 1996
Self
New York Undercover
TV • 1994
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Taraji's White Hot Holidays
TV • 2015
Self
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV • 2009
Self
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
TV • 2010
Self - Guest Judge
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
Hollywood Squares
TV • 2025
Self
Top of the Pops
TV • 1964
Self
Women Who Rock
TV • 2022
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Musical Guest
The Captain and Tennille
TV • 1976
Self - Musical Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self