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Chaka Khan

1953 - Today

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Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), better known by her stage name Chaka Khan ( SHAH-kə KAHN), is an American singer. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chaka Khan is the 694th most popular musician (down from 673rd in 2019), the 3,880th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,439th in 2019) and the 213th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Chaka Khan ranks 694 out of 3,175. Before her are Jadranka Stojaković, Paul Tortelier, Jeff Porcaro, Eric Woolfson, Rudolf Barshai, and Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst. After her are Angélique Kidjo, Jelly Roll Morton, Zino Francescatti, Suzanne Vega, Rufus Wainwright, and Screamin' Jay Hawkins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Chaka Khan ranks 160. Before her are Robert Wisdom, Periko Alonso, Robert Davi, Leonel Fernández, Arielle Dombasle, and Kumba Ialá. After her are Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Dave Evans, José Costa, Desmond Child, Maryam Rajavi, and Dragan Kićanović.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chaka Khan ranks 3,880 out of 20,380. Before her are Mitch Pileggi (1952), Varian Fry (1907), Taylor Hackford (1944), Peter Steele (1962), Jim Beaver (1950), and Anna Gunn (1968). After her are Louise Bryant (1885), Juice Wrld (1998), Vernor Vinge (1944), Michael Chang (1972), Wilson Pickett (1941), and Keb' Mo' (1951).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Chaka Khan ranks 213. Before her are Eric Singer (1958), Stephen Kovacevich (1940), Lindsey Buckingham (1949), Captain Beefheart (1941), Kenny Loggins (1948), and Jeff Porcaro (1954). After her are Jelly Roll Morton (1890), Suzanne Vega (1959), Rufus Wainwright (1973), Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1929), Jeff Buckley (1966), and Steve Lacy (1934).

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