Chaka Khan

About Chaka Khan

R&B singer best known for her hit cover of Prince's"I Feel for You". She also serves as Rufu's frontwoman.

Yvette Marie Stevens, known by her stage name Chaka Khan, is an American musician, singer and songwriter. Her career spanned almost 5 decades, starting in the 1970s as the lead singer of the funk group Rufus. Known as the "Queen of Funk", Khan was the first R&B artist to have a rapper-starring crossover success, with "I Feel for You" in 1984. Khan won 10 Grammy Awards and sold around 70 million records worldwide. With Rufus, she has produced four gold singles, four gold albums and two platinum albums. During his solo career, Khan has produced three gold singles, three gold albums and one platinum album with I Feel for You. She has collaborated with Ry Cooder, Robert Palmer, Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, Guru, Chicago, De La Soul, Mary J. Blige, among others. In December 2016, Billboard magazine ranked her as the 65th most successful dance artist of all time. She is ranked 17th on VH1's 100 Greatest Women Rock & Roll list.

Occupation(s)	Musician, singer, songwriter
Associated acts	Rufus, Prince, Natalie Cole, Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder, Ashford & Simpson, Raymond D'Angelo Sims, George Benson, Stephen Bishop, Patti LaBelle, Luther Vandross, Gladys Knight, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Mary J. Blige, Rick James, Cissy Houston, Steve Winwood, Lisa Fischer, Donna Summer, Miki Howard
Also known as	Chaka Adunne Aduffe Yemoja Hodarhi Karifi Khan
Instruments	Vocals
Born	March 23, 1953, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Birth name	Yvette Marie Stevens
Labels	ABC, Warner Bros, Reprise, MCA, NPG, Burgundy
Genres	R&B, soul, funk, pop, disco, jazz, gospel
Years active	1970–present

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Trivia

She became known as the Queen of Funk. She appeared on season three of the popular show The Masked Singer. 

Chaka Khan before fame

She skipped out of high school to pursue a dance career with Hassan Khan, whom she later married.

Achievement of Chaka Khan

She was known as the"Queen of Funk". In season three of the hit show The Masked Singer, she made her broadcast debut.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$30 Million

Chaka Khan family life

Her spouses were Hassan Khan in 1970, Richard Holland in 1976, and Doug Rasheed in 2001. She and Hassan had a daughter named Milini and a son named Damien with Richard Holland.

Associations of Chaka Khan

She was a featured artist on Quincy Jones' 1987 breakthrough"Stuff Like That".

Chaka Khan Height, Weight & Physique Measurements

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Height	163 cm
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