American R&B/

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singer Chaka Khan has released thirteen albums during her solo career. Her first solo single was "

I'm Every Woman "I'm Every Woman" is a song by American singer Chaka Khan, released as her debut solo single from her first album, '' Chaka'' (1978). It was Khan's first hit outside her recordings with the funk band Rufus. "I'm Every Woman" was produced by Arif ...

", also released in 1978. She has released a total of 46 solo singles throughout her career. Khan has placed four albums in the top twenty of the '' Billboard''

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, scored one top 10 and four additional top-40 hits (three as a featured artist) on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. On the ''Billboard'' R&B Songs chart, Khan hit the top 10 ten times (including three times as a featured artist) including five number ones (including two as a featured artist. On ''Billboard''s Dance Club Chart, Khan had six number ones and another number one as a featured artist. On the

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, she has scored three top 10s, eight additional top 40 singles (including five as a featured artist). Chaka Khan also recorded as a member of R&B/ funk band

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. Khan released her first studio album in 1978 while she was still the lead singer of Rufus. She would continue to release albums with the group off and on until its dissolution in 1983. On most Rufus releases, the artist name was listed as "Rufus featuring Chaka Khan" or "Rufus and Chaka Khan". (Rufus releases are not included in this discography.) Rufus hit the Hot 100 top 10 three times, the US Top R&B Songs chart top 10 twelve times including five number ones, ''Billboard''s Dance Club chart's top 10 four times including one number one. Rufus hit the UK top 40 with two versions of "

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", with both reaching the top 10.

Label associations

Khan spent the first 14 years of her solo career with

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, where she released eight albums. She has also released albums for the Elektra, NPG, Earthsong, and Burgundy labels.

Albums

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Singles

As main artist

As featured performer

Other appearances

Singles (above) are excluded.

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Chaka Discographies of American artists Soul music discographies Funk music discographies Disco discographies