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Chaka Khan
Actor, Additional CreditsBorn March 23, 1953 (72 years)
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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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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Chaka Khan Filmography
| 2025 | |
| 2025 | Hollywood Squares (2025) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2024 | Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary · as Self - Singer |
| 2024 | Louder: The Soundtrack of Change · as Self |
| 2023 | |
| 2022 | Sheryl · as Self |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | Women Who Rock (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | Superstar (2021) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | Mr Nelson on the North Side · as Self |
| 2020 | MTV 80s - Top 50 Greatest Voices of the 80s! · as Chaka Khan |
| 2020 | DJ Cassidy's Pass the Mic: BET Soul Train Edition · as Self - Performer |
| 2020 | MTV 80s - Top 50 Feelgood 80s Anthems! · as Chaka Khan |
| 2020 | MTV 80s - Top 50 Boys vs Girls of the 80s! · as Chaka Khan |
| 2020 | Chaka Khan - Homecoming · as Herself |
| 2019 | Tamron Hall (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2019 | Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration · as Self |
| 2018 | Up to Snuff · as Self |
| 2017 | Taraji's White Hot Holidays · as Self |
| 2017 | Steve (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Taraji's White Hot Holidays (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | Empire (2015) (TV Series) · as Chaka Khan |
| 2014 | Beyond the Lights · as Chaka Khan |
| 2014 | The Breakfast Club (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | 2013 Soul Train Awards · as Self |
| 2013 | 21st Annual Trumpet Awards · as Self |
| 2013 | The BET Honors · as Self |
| 2012 | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | BET Awards 2012 · as Self |
| 2011 | Dish Nation (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Hit Man Returns: David Foster & Friends · as Self |
| 2011 | Piers Morgan Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | Tom Jones: In His Prime · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2010 | 100 Greatest Artists of All Time (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | RuPaul's Drag U (TV Series) · as Self - Judge |
| 2010 | BET Awards 2010 · as Self |
| 2010 | |
| 2009 | 2009 Soul Train Awards · as Self - |
| 2009 | Live from Studio Five (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | The Project (2009) (TV Series) · as Self - Musician |
| 2009 | BET Awards 2009 · as Self |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Judge |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked! (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Judge |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | Celebrity Ghost Stories (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | The Wendy Williams Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | What Perez Sez (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | BET Awards 2007 · as Self |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | BET Awards 2006 · as Self |
| 2006 | Legends Ball · as Self |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The Princes of Malibu (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Dancing with the Stars (TV Series) · as Self - Contestant |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | 2004 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2004 | Method & Red (TV Series) · as Chaka Khan |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | The Nick at Nite Holiday Special · as Self |
| 2003 | The 9th Annual Walk of Fame Honoring Aretha Franklin · as Self - Performer |
| 2003 | The 2003 Essence Music Festival · as Self |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2003 | 2003 Trumpet Awards · as Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2003 | Ladies Night - Most Famous Hits · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2002 | Standing in the Shadows of Motown · as Herself |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | The Wayne Brady Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | American Idol (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | 2nd Annual BET Awards · as Self |
| 2001 | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | 32nd NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 2000 | BBC Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | Loose Women (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | Soul Music Festival: Part 5 · as Self |
| 1999 | 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll · as Self |
| 1999 | VH1 Divas Live 2 · as Self - Performer |
| 1998 | Hollywood Squares (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | The Greatest (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Essence Awards · as Self |
| 1997 | 3rd Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards · as Self - Co-Host |
| 1997 | Good News (TV Series) · as Chaka Khan |
| 1997 | The 39th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 1996 | 70's Soul Music Festival: Part 2 · as Self |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Extra (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Jools' Annual Hootenanny (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Living Single (TV Series) · as Chaka Khan |
| 1993 | The 7th Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 1993 | GMTV (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1992 | Vicki! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | The 19th Annual American Music Awards · as Self |
| 1991 | Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | The 33rd Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1990 | Schmidteinander (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | Intimate Portrait (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | The Arsenio Hall Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | This Morning (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | The 2nd Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 1987 | Showtime at the Apollo (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Wogan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | An Evening At the Improv (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1980 | No Nukes · as Self |
| 1979 | Nightline (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | Dance Fever (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1976 | The Captain and Tennille (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1974 | The Mac Davis Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1973 | Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | The Midnight Special (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Soul Train (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Self - Singer (segment: The Hallelujah Chorus) |
| 1964 | Top of the Pops (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1955 | This is Your Life (UK) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | American Bandstand (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1951 | Festival di Sanremo (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | The One and Only Ivan · as Henrietta (voice) |
| 2019 | The Masked Singer (US) (TV Series) · as Miss Monster |
| 2018 | Revival · as Herodias |
| 2010 | Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs to You! · as Chaka Khan (voice) |
| 2007 | Phineas and Ferb (TV Series) |
| 2006 | Celebrity Duets (TV Series) |
| 2002 | Globehunters · as Marla (voice) |
| 2002 | Roof Sex · as Pussy - The Cat |
| 2000 | |
| 1997 | The Chris Rock Show (TV Series) |
| 1996 | Malcolm & Eddie (TV Series) · as Rosalyn |
| 1994 | New York Undercover (TV Series) |
| 1984 | |
| 1983 | Star Search (TV Series) |
| 1980 | The Blues Brothers · as Choir Soloist |
| 2019 | Charlie's Angels · as Songs |