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Chaka Khan
Yvette Marie Stevens, better known by her stage name Chaka Khan, 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 hits "Tell Me Something Good", "Sweet Thing", "Do You Love What You Feel", and the platinum-certified "Ain't Nobody"…
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Born 23 March 1953 · Q229498
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2026· 24 entries
Barnafotopress: Chaka Khan se mira al espejo en ‘Curious Subject’, su nuevo single
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BroadwayWorld: New Videos: Alexandra Burke and Cast Perform Songs From I'M EVERY WOMAN – THE CHAKA KHAN MUSICAL
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Reuters: Imran Khan’s party seeks contempt action over jailed leader’s hospital move
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Daily Sabah: Imran Khan’s party files contempt petition over hospital transfer
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O'Dwyer's PR: PR News | Accounts in Transits: Attention Reps the Chaka Khan Foundation - Fri., Aug. 21, 2026
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Published video “Chaka Khan - Curious Subject (Official Lyric Video)”.
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Published video “Chaka Khan's new single, "Curious Subject," out now!”.
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SoulTracks: First Listen: Chaka Khan wows us on "Curious Subject"
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Public attention spiked: 7,259 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.2× the usual 2,257, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Chaka Khan se mira al espejo en ‘Curious Subject’, su nuevo single” (Barnafotopress).
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Noticias Ciudadanas: Chaka Khan invita al baile e introspección en 'Curious Subject', el nuevo adelanto de su próximo disco 'CHAKZILLA'
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KING5.com: Imran Khan’s family and party say Pakistan violated court order by taking him to government hospital
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Published video “Behind the scenes of "Boogie's In My Soul"”.
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Published video “Chaka Khan & @snoopdogg - Boogie's in My Soul (Behind The Scenes)”.
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Public attention spiked: 9,823 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.4× the usual 2,257, with 6 article edits. Editors noted: Personal life copy edits
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Published video “Chaka Khan August New Moon Meditation”.
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Published video “Behind the scenes of Chaka and Snoop Dogg ’s “Boogie’s In My Soul” music video.”.
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The Guardian: I’m Every Woman: The Chaka Khan Musical review – Queen of Funk’s jukebox epic lacks the X factor
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Public attention spiked: 19,346 Wikipedia readers in one day, 8.6× the usual 2,257, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “I’m Every Woman: The Chaka Khan Musical review – Queen of Funk’s jukebox epic lacks the X factor” (The Guardian).
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Published video “Tuesday needs a little boogie.”.
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Published video “Have you seen Chaka Khan’s Times Square billboard yet?”.
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Published video “Chaka in Times Square!”.
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Public attention spiked: 16,083 Wikipedia readers in one day, 7.1× the usual 2,257, with 0 article edits.
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I'm Every Woman - The Chaka Khan Musical, a jukebox musical about the singer's life featuring her music, premiered on the West End at the Hackney Empire, before embarking on a two-city tour and returning to London the sa
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2025· 3 entries
The Guardian: Chaka Khan on Prince, poetry and wild, wonderful nights: ‘No one’s done anything but craziness at 4am’
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The Guardian: Post your questions for Chaka Khan
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Released ep “I Feel Love”.
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2024· 4 entries
The Guardian: Chaka Khan review – queen of funk sounds as majestic as ever
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The Guardian: Chaka Khan: ‘Someone said there were too many black people in our band. He put some white guys on stage with us’
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The Guardian: Chaka Khan to curate 2024’s Meltdown festival in London
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Khan collaborated with her sister, Taka Boom, and their brother, Mark Stevens, on the single "Misti Blu Two
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2023· 6 entries
The Guardian: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts Missy Elliott, Chaka Khan and DJ Kool Herc
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The Guardian: ‘It was incredible when she said yes’: why Chaka Khan teamed up with Bombay Bicycle Club
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Awarded Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2023).
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Khan was picked as an inductee in the Musical Excellence category
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Rolling Stone ranked Khan at No
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Khan was honored with induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, receiving the Musical Excellence Award
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2021· 1 entry
Released album “Japanese Singles Collection - Greatest Hits”.
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2020· 2 entries
Released album “Homecoming”.
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Khan competed in season three of The Masked Singer as "Miss Monster
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2019· 4 entries
The Guardian: Chaka Khan: Hello Happiness review – a consistent sizzler
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The Guardian: Chaka Khan: Hello Happiness review – funk legend gets vogueish update
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The Guardian: Pop, Prince and Black Panthers: the glorious life of Chaka Khan
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Released album “Hello Happiness”.
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2016· 2 entries
Released album “Ain't Nobody”.
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And her sister entered rehab for dependency to prescription medication which she initially took for an injury
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2015· 3 entries
Khan was announced as one of the celebrities who would compete on season 21 of Dancing with the Stars
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Awarded Icon Award (2015).
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Released album “Soul Diva Chaka Live”.
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2013· 2 entries
Khan was honored 40 years after signing her first recording contract with a ceremonial renaming of Blackstone Avenue between 50th and 51st street (where her former high school, Kenwood Academy, sits) as Chaka Khan Way an
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Released album “The Studio Album Collection: 1978 - 1992”.
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2012· 1 entry
Khan performed at a benefit for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF)
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2011· 4 entries
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame committee announced that Khan and her former band Rufus were jointly nominated for induction to the hall
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Khan was given the 2,440th Hollywood Walk of Fame star plaque on a section of Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles
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Released album “S.O.U.L.”.
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Released album “The Essential Chaka Khan”.
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2010· 2 entries
Released album “Original Album Series”.
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Contributed to vocals for Beverley Knight's "Soul Survivor", collaborated with Clay Aiken on a song for the kids show Phineas and Ferb, and appeared as a featured artist on "One More Try" and a cover of her song "Thr
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2009· 3 entries
Released album “I Feel For You”.
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Khan was guest singer on the song "Alive" on jazz drummer Billy Cobham's album Drum ' n voice 3
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Khan hit the road with singers Anastacia and Lulu for Here Come the Girls
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2008· 3 entries
Khan participated in the Broadway adaptation of The Color Purple playing Ms
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Released album “All The Hits Live”.
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Released album “I'm Every Woman - Live”.
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2007· 1 entry
Released album “Funk This”.
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2006· 3 entries
Released album “The Platinum Collection”.
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Khan was a featured vocalist on Arif Mardin's All My Friends Are Here album of his life's work, also appearing in the companion documentary The Greatest Ears In Town
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Her 29 year old son Damien Holland was accused of murder using an M16 rifle after 17-year-old Christopher Bailey was shot dead while arguing over a girlfriend in Khan's home
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2005· 1 entry
Released ep “Rhino Hi-Five: Chaka Khan”.
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2004· 1 entry
Released album “Classikhan”.
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2002· 1 entry
Chaka Khan provided backing vocals for her sister Taka Boom's rendition of "Misti Blu," a collaboration with the British electronic music group amillionsons
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2000· 1 entry
Khan departed NPG and she released her autobiography Chaka
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1999· 2 entries
Released album “Dance Classics of Chaka Khan”.
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Released album “NPG Newpowerpak”.
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1998· 2 entries
Released album “Come 2 My House”.
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Khan signed a contract with Prince's NPG Records label and issued Come 2 My House, followed by the single "Don't Talk 2 Strangers", a cover of a 1996 Prince song
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1996· 2 entries
Released album “Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Volume One”.
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Following the release of her greatest-hits album, Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol
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1995· 1 entry
And rapper Guru had a hit with the duet "Watch What You Say", in the U
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1992· 2 entries
Released album “The Woman I Am”.
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With the release of The Woman I Am, which was a success due to the R&B songs "Love You All My Lifetime" and "You Can Make the Story Right"
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1991· 1 entry
Career landmark: Montreux Jazz Festival 1991.
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1990· 1 entry
Was a featured performer on another major hit when she collaborated with Ray Charles and Quincy Jones on a new jack swing cover of The Brothers Johnson's "I'll Be Good to You", which was featured on Jones's Back on t
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1989· 2 entries
Released album “Life Is a Dance: The Remix Project”.
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Career landmark: Montreux Jazz Festival 1989.
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1988· 1 entry
Released album “C.K.”.
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1986· 4 entries
Released album “Destiny”.
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Released ep “Perfect Fit”.
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Career landmark: Montreux Jazz Festival 1986.
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Khan sang alongside Luther Vandross, Cissy Houston and others on David Bowie's single "Underground" from the movie Labyrinth (1986)
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1984· 1 entry
Khan released her sixth studio album, I Feel for You
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1983· 2 entries
Following the release of Rufus's final studio album, Seal in Red, which did not feature Khan, the singer returned with Rufus on a live album, Stompin' at the Savoy – Live, which featured the studio single "Ain't Nobody",
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Released album “Stompin’ at the Savoy: Live”.
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1982· 3 entries
Released album “Chaka Khan”.
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Khan issued two more solo albums, the jazz standard Echoes of an Era with Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White and a more funk/pop-oriented self-titled album Chaka Khan
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Released album “The Very Best of Rufus with Chaka Khan”.
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1981· 3 entries
Released album “Camouflage”.
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Released album “What Cha’ Gonna Do for Me”.
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The Rufus release, Camouflage and the solo album What Cha' Gonna Do for Me
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1980· 3 entries
Released album “Naughty”.
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While Rufus released Party 'Til You're Broke, again without Khan, she released her second solo album, Naughty, which featured her on the cover with her six-year-old daughter Milini
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Khan had a cameo appearance as a church choir soloist in The Blues Brothers starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd
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1979· 5 entries
Released album “Masterjam”.
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Khan reunited with Rufus to collaborate on the Jones-produced Masterjam, which featured their hit "Do You Love What You Feel", which Khan sang with Tony Maiden
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Khan spent time in the studio with Ike Turner, who she said was a "real inspiration and a catalyst emotionally and in other ways as well" during that difficult time
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And had also been recorded by The Pointer Sisters and Rebbie Jackson
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Also dueted with Ry Cooder on his album Bop Till You Drop
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1978· 3 entries
Released album “Chaka”.
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Released album “Street Player”.
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Which also featured Ashford & Simpson as co-writers, along with Jones and several others
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1977· 1 entry
Released album “Ask Rufus”.
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1975· 1 entry
Released album “Rufus featuring Chaka Khan”.
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1974· 3 entries
Released album “Rufusized”.
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Later winning the group their first Grammy Award
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Released album “Rags to Rufus”.
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1973· 1 entry
Rufus signed with ABC Records and released their eponymous debut album
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1972· 1 entry
Khan was spotted by two members of a new group called Rufus; the lead singer Paulette McWilliams, decided to leave the band and suggested to Khan that she join
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1970· 2 entries
Her first marriage was to Hassan Khan, in 1970, when she was 17, and ended in divorce a short time later.
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When she was 17, and ended in divorce a short time later
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1969· 1 entry
At age 16, Khan ran away from home after her mother slammed her up against a wall, revealing, "She had me up against a wall by my neck
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1953· 2 entries
Born 1953-03-23.
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In Chicago, Illinois to Charles Stevens and Sandra Coleman; she has described her father as a beatnik who struggled with heroin addiction
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