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