She was raised in the Hyde Park area, "an island in the middle of the madness" of Chicago's rough South Side housing projects. The eldest of five children born to Charles Stevens and Sandra Coleman, she has described her father as a beatnik and her mother as "able to do anything".
Yvette Marie Stevens was born on March 23, 1953, into an artistic, bohemian household in Chicago, Illinois. 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. 17 in VH1's original list of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll. In December 2016, Billboard magazine ranked her as the 65th most successful dance club artist of all time.
She has collaborated with Steve Winwood, Ry Cooder, Robert Palmer, Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, Guru, Chicago, De La Soul, Mary J. In the course of her solo career, Khan achieved three gold singles, three gold albums, and one platinum album with I Feel for You. With Rufus, she achieved four gold singles, four gold albums, and two platinum albums. Khan has won ten Grammy Awards and has sold an estimated 70 million records worldwide. Known as the " Queen of Funk", Khan was the first R&B artist to have a crossover hit featuring a rapper, with " I Feel for You" in 1984. Her career has spanned more than five decades, beginning in the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the funk band Rufus. Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), better known by her stage name Chaka Khan ( / ˈ ʃ ɑː k ə ˈ k ɑː n/ SHAH-kə KAHN), is an American singer.
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