Chaka Khan，美国歌手和作曲家，1953年3月23日生于芝加哥，本名Yvette Marie Stevens，在1970年代开始出名。1973年至1978年是Rufus乐队的成员。其主要作品有"Tell Me Something Good"、"Sweet Thing"、"Ain't Nobody"、"I'm Every Woman"、"I Feel for You"和"Through the Fire"。她曾10次获得格莱美奖。
Chaka Khan是美国节奏布鲁斯灵骚音乐界当之无愧的天后。Toni Braxton、Whitney Houston、宇多田光等天后的偶像。Whitney Houston在出道前还为Chaka Khan做过录音室和声歌手。
Chaka Khan was born Yvette Marie Stevens into an artistic, bohemian household Chicago, Illinois. She was the eldest of five children to Charles Stevens and Sandra Coleman, describing her father Charles as a beatnik and her mother as 'able to do anything'. Raised in the Hyde Park area, 'an island in the middle of the madness' of Chicago's rough South Side housing projects.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, Zaheva Stevens and Tammy McCrary, who is her current manager.