Artist
Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan is a r&b artist from Chicago, Illinois, USA formed in 1964. 47 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
R&B · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Best r&b albums
- 3.4 /5
- 4 ratings
- 47
- Releases
- 1978–2026
- Active years
- 1964
- Formed
Discography
28
Most popular
Destiny
1986 · 11 tracks
I Feel for You
1984
The Woman I Am
1992
Hello Happiness
2019
Chaka Khan
1982
Chaka
1978
What Cha' Gonna Do for Me
1981
Naughty
1980
Classikhan
2004
Funk This
2007
C.K.
1988
Japanese Singles Collection-Greatest Hits
2021
Homecoming (Live)
2020
The Studio Album Collection: 1978 - 1992
2013
It's Not Over (Remixes)
2013
Something Good
2013
One Classic Night - Greatest Hits Live
2011
The Essential Chaka Khan
2011
I'm Every Woman - Live
2011
Stompin' At The Savoy
2008
The Platinum Collection
2006
Echoes Of An Era
2005
Come 2 My House
1998
Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Volume One
1996
Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol. 1
1996
Life Is a Dance (The Remix Project)
1989
Life Is a Dance / Remix Project
1989
Chaka (2024 Remaster)
1978
Popular tracks
Most rated
Singles & EPs
19
CHAKZILLA
Single · 2026
Never Miss the Water
Single
Boogie's in My Soul
Single · 2026
Tekken 2
Single · 2023
Woman Like Me
Single · 2022
I Put A Spell On You
Single · 2019
To Sir with Love
Single · 2019
Like Sugar - EP
EP · 2018
It's Not Over
Single · 2013
Alive
EP · 2012
Baby, It's Cold Outside
Single · 2012
Superlife
Single · 2011
Back In The Day
Single · 2010
Angel
Single · 2007
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Single · 2007
Disrespectful (feat. Mary J. Blige)
Single · 2007
I Feel for You (Edit) / Chinatown
Single · 1984
Through the Fire (45 Version) / La Flamme
Single · 1984
Ain't Nobody / Sweet Thing (Live)
Single · 1983
Appears on
9Releases by other artists featuring Chaka Khan.
Drum 'n' Voice: The Definitive Collection
Billy Cobham · 2015
Drum 'n' Voice, Vol. 3
Billy Cobham · 2015
Billy Cobham: Drum'n' Voice, Vol. 3
Billy Cobham · 2013
Baby Don't You Go (Remix)
Beres Hammond · 2020
Keep Reachin' (feat. Chaka Khan)
Mark Ronson · 2018
Home For The Holidays
Anthony Hamilton · 2014
100%
Beverley Knight · 2009
Thanks For The Memory... The Great American Songbook Vol. IV
Rod Stewart · 2005
At Last...The Duets Album
Kenny G · 2003
Featured tracks
7- Baby Don't You Go (Remix)Beres Hammond · Baby Don't You Go (Remix)
- Keep Reachin' (feat. Chaka Khan)Mark Ronson · Keep Reachin' (feat. Chaka Khan)
- The Christmas Song (feat. Chaka Khan)Anthony Hamilton · Home For The Holidays
- Soul Survivor (feat. Chaka Khan)Beverley Knight · 100%
- You Send Me (feat. Chaka Khan)Rod Stewart · Thanks For The Memory... The Great American Songbook Vol. IV
Collaborators
8
Upcoming shows
Community
More about Chaka Khan
About
Chaka Khan (born Yvette Marie Stevens; March 23, 1953), frequently known as the "Queen of Funk-Soul", is a 10-time Grammy Award winning American singer-songwriter who gained fame in the 1970s as the frontwoman and focal point of the funk band Rufus. While still a member of the group in 1978, Khan embarked on a successful solo career. Her signature hits, both with Rufus and as a solo performer, include "Tell Me Something Good", "Sweet Thing" which she wrote for her then husband Richard Holland, "Ain't Nobody", "I'm Every Woman", "I Feel for You" and "Through the Fire". Khan was born Yvette Marie Stevens in Chicago, Illinois. Raised in Chicago's rough South Side housing projects, Khan is the eldest of five children to Charles Stevens and Sandra Coleman. Her sister Yvonne Stevens later became a successful musician in her own right under the name Taka Boom. Her only brother Mark Stevens, who formed the funk group Aurra, also became a successful musician. She has two other sisters, Kathleen Burrell and Tammy McCrary, who is her current manager. Unlike many of her musical contemporaries, Khan was raised as Roman Catholic.
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Khan attributed her love of music to her grandmother, who introduced her to jazz music as a child. Khan became a fan of R&B music as a preteen and at eleven formed her first all-female singing group the Crystalettes, which also included her sister Taka. In the late 1960s, Khan and her sister formed the vocal group Shades of Black and joined the Black Panther Party after befriending fellow member, activist and Chicago native Fred Hampton in 1967. While a member, she was given a name change to Chaka Adunne Aduffe Hodarhi Karifi by an African shaman. In 1969, she left the Panthers, dropped out of high school, having attended Calumet High School and Kenwood High School (now Kenwood Academy), and began to perform in small groups around the Chicago area, first performing with the group Lyfe, which included her then boyfriend Hassan Khan, whom she'd later marry. Khan was asked to replace the late Baby Huey of Baby Huey & the Babysitters after Huey's untimely death, in 1970. The group disbanded a year later. While performing in local bands in 1972, Khan was spotted by two members of a new group simply called Rufus and soon won her position in the group. The group later signed with ABC Records in 1973. Prior to Khan signing with the label, she married her on-again, off-again boyfriend Hassan Khan, changing her stage name to Chaka Khan.
Chaka Khan in brief
- How many Chaka Khan releases are on Riffiter?
- 47 releases are catalogued, spanning 1978 to 2026.
- When was Chaka Khan formed?
- Chaka Khan formed in 1964, in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- What genre is Chaka Khan?
- Chaka Khan is catalogued under R&B.
- What is the most recent Chaka Khan release on Riffiter?
- CHAKZILLA, released in 2026.