Chaka khan ain't nobody
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The Essential Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan is a global music star who has served as an inspiration for generations of singers, songwriters, recording artists, storytellers, and musicians. Aside from being a singer, she is a distinguished songwriter, producer, visual artist, author, actress, humanitarian, activist, and mother. Though her birth certificate reads Yvette Marie Stevens, Chaka Khan is truly one of a kind in every sense.
Inducted into the coveted Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2023, Chaka Khan is a trendsetter, a fighter, and a survivor. She redefined pop, soul, jazz, and funk and has helped mold the contemporary music landscape into what it is today.
Although Chaka has affectionately been referred to as the “Queen of Funk” and is also known as the “Empress of Funk, Rock, and Soul,” she prefers to ditch the genre-limiting monikers. After all, she has the rare ability to sing in eight different music genres; these include R&B/soul, pop, rock, gospel, country, world music, dance, and classical music.
Chaka has developed a vast and loyal international fan bas
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Chaka Khan
American singer (born 1953)
Musical artist
Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953),[1] better known by her stage nameChaka Khan (SHAH-kə KAHN),[2] is an American singer.[3] Known as the "Queen of Funk",[4] 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."[5] 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.[6
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