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Chaka Khan is a 10-time Grammy Award-winning American singer and songwriter. Chaka Khan is known as the lead vocalist of the band Rufus from the 1970s. Likewise, he is also known as the Queen of Funk music. The title track of his twelfth studio album Hello Happiness, Chaka Khan-Hello Happiness, was released on January 14, 2019.
Early life
Chaka Khan was born on March 23, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. His zodiac sign is Aries and he has American nationality. Her father’s name is Charles Stevens and her mother’s name is Sandra Coleman.
She grew up with her four siblings: Taka Boom, Kathleen Burrell, Tammy McCrary and Mark Stevens in Hyde Park. She was the eldest daughter among other siblings in her family.
Currently, she is 69 years old. His sister Taka Boom is a successful dance music and R&B singer in the United States. Her brother Mark Stevens is a musician and former member of the band Aurra.
He graduated from elementary school at St. Thomas the Apostle Church. He dropped out of Calumet High School and Kenwood High School in 1969. Additionally, he attended Berklee College to learn music.
Chaka Khan – Net worth 2023
Khan’s net worth is around $30 million. Furthermore, his main source of income is his music career. On top of that, the average salary of a musician or artist in the United States is about $39,000. Furthermore, he receives even more from his singing, endorsements, shows and other endeavors.
Achievements
Chaka Khan has ten Grammy Awards and is estimated to have sold 70 million records worldwide. He is nominated for 22 Grammy Awards, including three as a member of Rufus.
Additionally, he had four gold singles, four gold singles, and two platinum albums with Rufus.
The soul singer and songwriter has received several other awards, including the BET Awards and World Music Awards Lifetime Achievement Awards, as well as the prestigious UNCF Award of Excellence for her exceptional achievements in the music industry.
Additionally, Khan and his former band Rufus were nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on September 27, 2011.
civil status
Chaka Khan married Doug Rasheed in 2001. Additionally, Khan previously married Richard Holland in 1976 and filed for divorce in 1980.
She married Hassan Khan in 1970 when she was 17 years old. After that, they divorced. She has two children: Indira Milini Khan, a daughter, and Damien Holland, a son.
On September 24, 2004, his son Damien Patrick Holland murdered Christopher Bailey, a 17-year-old teenage rapper. Because Holland did not want Christopher to talk to his girlfriend, he killed him with an M-16 assault rifle.
Khan and his son, Holland, paid more than $1.3 million to Christopher’s family and were freed in May 2006 after a two-year jury trial.
Caption: Chaka Khan with her daughter Indira Khan (Source: Instagram)
Body measurements
Chaka has dark brown eyes and black hair. Her height is 5 feet 4 inches and her weight is about 75 kilograms. Besides that, her body measurements are not available.
Caption: Chaka Khan’s body measurement (Source: Instagram)
Professional life
Chaka was 11 years old when she formed a girl group, Crystalettes, with her sister. At the age of 13, Yoruba Baba named her Chaka Adunne Aduffe Hodarhi Kari.
She began performing with Cash McCall’s group Lyfe, of which her first husband, Hassan Khan, was also a member. She asked to join the band Baby Huey and the Babysitters, but they disbanded within a year.
Caption: Chaka Khan’s Hello Happiness album cover photo (Source: Instagram)
A career with Rufus Band
He joined the band Rufus in 1972, replacing singer Paulette McWilliams. Ike Turner, musician, gives this band the opportunity to record at his Bolic Sound studio in Inglewood, California.
In 1973, they released their self-titled debut album on the ABC Records label. In 1974, Rufus Tell Me Something Good, written by Stevie Wonder, became a hit and reached the top three on the Billboard Hot 100.
This song has earned them a Grammy Award. Rufus recorded six platinum-selling albums between 1974 and 1979. He reunited with Rufus in 1979 for the song Do You Love What You Feel from the album Masterjam.
Additionally, he performed with Tony Maiden.
A solo career
Khan’s solo career began in 1978 when he signed with Warner Bros. Chaka, his first debut solo album and the first single I’m Every Woman, composed by Ashford and Simpson, was released. Between 1981 and 1982 he recorded three solo albums.
: What are you going to do for me, Echoes of Era and Chaka Khan. I Feel for You, Khan’s sixth studio album, was released in 1984. This album catapulted his solo career to new heights, reaching number one in the United Kingdom.
The album peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1984, where it stayed for 26 weeks. It also reached #1 on the Cash Box chart and received the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song in 1985.
Her other albums include Destiny in 1986, CK in 1988, The Woman I Am in 1992, ClassiKhan in 2004 and Funk This in 2007. Hello Happiness, her first album in twelve years was released on February 15, 2019.
Additionally, Khan and Ariana Grande collaborated on the song “Nobody” from the Charlie’s Angels soundtrack in November 2019.
Chaka Khan – Social Networks
Khan has more than 2.2 million followers on Facebook. He has 467.1 thousand followers on Twitter and more than 617 thousand followers on Instagram. Additionally, his own YouTube channel has over 241,000 subscribers and has received over 66 million views.
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