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Born Yvette Marie Stevens otherwise known as Chaka Khan has an estimated net worth of $30 million. She was born in Chicago and has been called the "queen of funk soul". She has won 10 Grammy awards during her four decade career. Her popularity grew and reached an all time high in late 70s. She was very well received as the frontwoman and as the centre of attraction of her band "Rufus". Her band was widely acknowledge for the powerful R&B and funk sound.
The band introduced their first album in 1973 having hit singles like "Whoever's Thrilling". One year later they released their second album named "Rags to Rufus" which was critically acclaimed and was well recieved by both audiences and critics.
Her solo album which was a global hit received great praises for her single "I'm Every Woman", which later moved on to number one spot and eventually became Khan's signature song. She regained her authority over her fans when she won a Grammy in 2007 recently with her hit single "Funk This".
Earnings & Financial Data
|
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2006 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Funk This |
$160,000 |
|
2003 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album ClassiKhan |
$46,000 |
|
1997 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Come 2 My House |
$76,000 |
|
1995 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her compilation album Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol. 1 (certified gold by RIAA) |
$500,000 |
|
1993 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album The Woman I Am |
$197,000 |
|
1988 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her compilation album Life Is a Dance: The Remix Project (certified gold by BPI) |
$100,000 |
|
1983 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album I Feel for You (certified platinum by RIAA and gold by BPI) |
$1,100,000 |
|
1980 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album What Cha' Gonna Do for Me (certified gold by RIAA) |
$500,000 |
|
1978 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Masterjam with the American funk band, Rufus (certified platinum by RIAA) |
$1,000,000 |
|
1977 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her debut album Chaka (certified gold by RIAA) |
$500,000 |
|
1977 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Street Player with the American funk band, Rufus (certified gold by RIAA) |
$500,000 |
|
1976 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Ask Rufus with the American funk band, Rufus (certified platinum by RIAA) |
$1,000,000 |
|
1974 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Rufus featuring Chaka Khan with the American funk band, Rufus (certified gold by RIAA) |
$1,000,000 |
|
1973 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Rags to Rufus with the American funk band, Rufus (certified gold by RIAA) |
$1,000,000 |
|
1973 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Rufusized with the American funk band, Rufus (certified gold by RIAA) |
$1,000,000 |