MUSICIAN

Chaka Khan

1953 - Today

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Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), better known by her stage name Chaka Khan ( SHAH-kə KAHN), is an American singer. Known as the "Queen of Funk", 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". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chaka Khan has received more than 8,942,430 page views. Her biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia. Chaka Khan is the 673rd most popular musician (down from 613th in 2019), the 3,439th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,201st in 2019) and the 205th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Chaka Khan ranks 673 out of 3,175. Before her are Jeff Hanneman, Nikolai Zverev, Jan Akkerman, Eric Woolfson, Chas Chandler, and Peter Schreier. After her are Benny Golson, Harold Faltermeyer, Robert Smith, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Eddie Vedder, and Ahmet Ertegun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Chaka Khan ranks 138. Before her are Franz Klammer, Christoph Daum, Amy Irving, Tom Hulce, Otmar Hasler, and Pavlo Lazarenko. After her are Sophie Calle, Steve Bannon, Eric Tsang, Kumba Ialá, Leonel Fernández, and José Costa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chaka Khan ranks 3,439 out of 20,380. Before her are Barbara Kruger (1945), Cicely Tyson (1924), Tyga (1989), Bill Nelson (1942), Katherine Heigl (1978), and James J. Gibson (1904). After her are Jay-Z (1969), Dolores Costello (1903), Henry Darger (1892), Bruce McGill (1950), Eric Roth (1945), and Julie Harris (1925).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Chaka Khan ranks 205. Before her are Michael Stipe (1960), Alec John Such (1951), Ric Ocasek (1949), Ma Rainey (1886), Mick Mars (1951), and Jeff Hanneman (1964). After her are Benny Golson (1929), Eddie Vedder (1964), Vinnie Vincent (1952), Lead Belly (1888), Scotty Moore (1931), and Lee Morgan (1938).

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