Chaka Khan

Yvette Marie Stevens born March 23 1953 better known by her stage name Chaka Khan ˈʃɑːkə ˈkɑːn SHAHkə 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 platinumcertified Aint Nobody Her debut solo album featured the numberone RB hit Im Every Woman which became a pop hit for Whitney Houston Khan scored another RB charts hit with What Cha Gonna Do for Me before becoming the first RB artist to have a crossover hit featuring a rapper with her 1984 cover of Princes I Feel for You More of Khans hits include Through the Fire and a 1986 collaboration with Steve Winwood that produced a numberone hit on the Billboard Hot 100 Higher Love Khan has won ten Grammy AwardsWith 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 VH1s 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia