Chaka Khan

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American musician human recording artist singer songwriter

Chaka Khan is an American singer known as the "Queen of Funk," celebrated for her powerful vocals and influential work in funk, R&B, and soul music since the 1970s.

Aliases (2)

Rufus featuring Chaka Khan ×2
Chaka Khan discography ×1

Statements (84)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American musician → human → recording artist → singer → songwriter →
activeYearsStart	1970 →
associatedAct	George Benson → Mary J. Blige → Miles Davis → Prince → Quincy Jones → Ray Charles → Rufus → Stevie Wonder → Whitney Houston →
awardReceived	Grammy Award for Best R&B Album → Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal → Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female →
birthName	Yvette Marie Stevens →
breakthroughSoloSingle	I’m Every Woman →
breakthroughSong	Tell Me Something Good →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1953-03-23 →
ethnicity	African-American →
genre	R&B → disco → funk → jazz → pop → soul →
GrammyAwardCount	multiple →
hallOfFameInduction	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame → SoulMusic Hall of Fame →
hasChild	Damien Holland → Indira Milini Khan →
influencedArtist	Beyoncé → Erykah Badu → Jill Scott → Mary J. Blige → Whitney Houston →
influencedGenre	contemporary R&B → neo soul →
language	English →
nickname	Queen of Funk →
notableAlbum	CK → Chaka → Come 2 My House → Destiny → Funk This → I Feel for You → Naughty → The Woman I Am → What Cha’ Gonna Do for Me →
notableBand	Rufus →
notableCollaboration	I’ll Be Good to You with Quincy Jones and Ray Charles → Somethin’ Deep with Prince →
notableFor	pioneering funk and R&B music → powerful vocals →
notableWork	Ain’t Nobody → Clouds → I Feel for You → I’m Every Woman → Papillon (aka Hot Butterfly) → Sweet Thing → Tell Me Something Good → Through the Fire → What Cha’ Gonna Do for Me →
occupation	record producer → singer → songwriter →
placeOfBirth	Chicago, Illinois, United States →
recordLabel	MCA Records → NPG Records → Reprise Records → Warner Bros. Records →
religion	Baha’i Faith →
residence	United States →
soundtrackAppearance	Eye to Eye in The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride → Through the Fire in The Karate Kid Part II →
spouse	Doug Rasheed → Richard Holland →
stageName	Chaka Khan →
startedWithGroup	Rufus →
vocalType	contralto →

Referenced by (85)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ain’t Nobody → CK → Chaka → Come 2 My House → Destiny → Eye to Eye → Funk This → I Feel for You → I'll Be Good to You → I'm Every Woman → Naughty → Sweet Thing → Tell Me Something Good ("Rufus featuring Chaka Khan") → The Woman I Am → Through the Fire → Through the Fire in The Karate Kid Part II → What Cha’ Gonna Do for Me → What Cha’ Gonna Do for Me (album) →	performer
CK → Chaka → Come 2 My House → Destiny → Funk This → I Feel for You → Naughty → The Woman I Am → What Cha’ Gonna Do for Me (album) →	artist
Ain’t Nobody → Eye to Eye → I'll Be Good to You → I'm Every Woman → Sweet Thing → Tell Me Something Good →	vocalist
Ain’t Nobody → Sweet Thing → Tell Me Something Good → Through the Fire →	isSignatureSongOf
Eye to Eye → Prince → Rufus →	associatedAct
Eye to Eye → Sweet Thing ("Rufus featuring Chaka Khan") → What Cha’ Gonna Do for Me →	recordedBy
Destiny → The Woman I Am →	hasPerformer
Jill Scott → Whitney Houston →	influencedBy
Damien Holland → Indira Milini Khan →	mother
Damien Holland → Indira Milini Khan →	notableFamilyMember
Naughty → What Cha’ Gonna Do for Me →	notableWorkOf
Doug Rasheed → Richard Holland →	spouse
Papillon (aka Hot Butterfly) → Through the Fire →	vocalPerformanceBy
NBA All-Star Game 2020 →	anthemPerformer
Queen of Funk →	appliedTo
Somethin’ Deep with Prince →	associatedWith
Marcus Miller →	collaboratedWith
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours →	coveredBy
Tell Me Something Good →	featuredArtist
Destiny →	featuresPrimaryArtist
Ain’t Nobody →	hasLivePerformancesBy
Destiny →	hasMusicalArtist
Sweet Thing →	hasNotableVocalPerformanceBy
Somethin’ Deep with Prince →	hasParticipant
Come 2 My House →	hasPrimaryArtist
I'm Every Woman →	hasSignatureSongStatusFor
The Woman I Am →	hasVocalPerformanceBy
Queen of Funk →	honorificFor
Papillon (aka Hot Butterfly) →	isVocalShowcaseFor
CK →	mainPerformer
Chaka →	mainVocalist
NPG Records →	notableArtist
Rufus →	notableMember
BET Lifetime Achievement Award →	notableRecipient
Naughty ("Chaka Khan discography") →	partOf
Papillon (aka Hot Butterfly) →	popularizedBy
I Feel for You →	recordingArtist
Queen of Funk →	refersTo
Through the Wire →	sampledArtist
Chaka Khan →	stageName
Through the Wire →	writer