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Chaka Khan saw a lot of her younger self in Amy Winehouse. The 71-year-old funk singer met the late Amy - who died in 2011 at the age of just 27 following years of addiction struggles - and recalled that the 'Back to Black' legend "stole her heart" and was reminded of herself in her younger years. She told The Saturday Times: "I met her once in Jamaica and she stole my heart. Amy came right over to me and sat on my lap. I said, ‘This girl reminds me of me when I was in my early twenties.’ She was a little bit inebriated, having a good time, and we just opened up. She told me that I had a great...
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Chaka Khan musste in diesem Jahr den Legends-Slot beim Glastonbury-Festival ablehnen.Die 71-jährige Funk-Legende ist Kuratorin des Meltdown-Festivals im Londoner Southbank Centre und tritt damit in die Fußstapfen der verstorbenen Rocklegende David Bowie sowie Grace Jones, Yoko Ono und zahlreichen anderen. Aufgrund ihres vollen Terminkalenders konnte sie aber nun das Angebot der Organisatoren des weltberühmten Musikfestivals, Michael und Emily Eavis, nicht annehmen und wird nicht beim Glastonbury auftreten. Sie hofft jedoch, im Jahr 2025 zur Worthy Farm zurückzukehren. Auf die Frage, ob sie näc...
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Chaka Khan hat die Chefs von Plattenfirmen dafür kritisiert, Sänger in einem Konkurrenzkampf gegeneinander antreten zu lassen.Die 71-jährige „Queen of Funk" findet, dass Künstler sich selbst „ehrlich und treu" bleiben sollten, anstatt mehr Verkäufe und Streams als ihre Kollegen zu erreichen. In einem Gespräch gegenüber 'BANG Showbiz' verriet die Hitmacherin: „Konkurrenz ist einfach schrecklich und falsch. Im Moment müssen wir mit dieser Sache beginnen, das ist etwas miteinander. Diese Labels und Unternehmen verlassen sich darauf, wer es (besser) kann – aber es gibt keine Konkurrenz. Seien Sie ...
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Chaka Khan doesn't sing to win awards. The 70-year-old music icon has enjoyed a career spanning several decades and is the latest singer to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame but insisted that even though she is "honoured" to have received such an accolade, the main reason she is a musician is because it is why she is here in the first place. She told 'Entertainment Tonight': "I'm honored. I'm truly honored. I've got lots of accolades, lots of awards, you know, and it's been a beautiful experience because people have been letting me know how they feel about me and that means more ...
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Pepsi always knew George Michael was going to be a star. The 64-year-old singer - whose real name is Helen DeMacque - shot to fame alongside Shirlie Holliman as part of the pop duo who supported the late 'Careless Whisper' superstar and his on-stage partner Andrew Ridgeley during his Wham! heyday in the 1980s and two days ahead of what would have been George's 60th birthday on Friday (23.06.23), she recalled that she would stand in the wings knowing that he was going to break out as a star in his own right. Speaking on UK TV show 'This Morning' ahead of the release of a Netflix documentary abo...
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Chaka Khan has apologised for taking a swipe at Mary J. Blige, Adele, and Mariah Carey The 69-year-old star hit out at a number of her fellow vocalists while discussing Rolling Stone's recent list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time - on which she was placed at number 29 - as she claimed that listeners of soul singer Mary J. Blige must be "blind as a motherf****** bat!" and tersely said of Adele making it to 22nd place: "I quit". But just days after making the comments, the 'I'm Every Woman' hitmaker took to social media to apologise for her actions, where she insisted that being an artist...
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Chaka Khan has taken a foul-mouthed swipe at Mary J. Blige, Adele, and Mariah Carey. The 69-year-old star has hit out at a number of her fellow vocalists while discussing Rolling Stone's recent list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time, on which she was placed at number 29. On hearing her old rival Mary ranked higher than her at 25, she ranted on Los Angeles magazine's podcast 'The Originals': “They are blind as a motherf****** bat! They need hearing aids … These must be the children of Helen Keller!” The 'I'm Every Woman' hitmaker tersely said of Adele making it to 22nd place: "I quit". An...
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Chaka Khan has urged young fans to follow their dreams. The 69-year-old soul singer - who is known for her hit songs like 'I'm Every Woman' and 'Ain't Nobody' - started her career more than 50 years ago as the as the lead vocalist of the funk band Rufusis and has gone on to sell 70 million records as a solo artist is "always telling kids" that if they have a "calling" in life, they have to pursue it because they will end up worse off if they don't. She said: "I keep telling these kids, they want to know what should they do if they have a calling or a dream. The thing is, if you have a calling ...
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Chaka Khan has insisted singers who rely on Auto-tune should give up their career in music and get a job at the Post Office. The pop veteran insisted there are plenty of young artists who she finds very impressive but she hit out at stars who rely on computer software to hit the right notes - insisting there are plenty of jobs out there they would be more suited to than singing. Speaking the Angel Ball in New York City on Monday night (24.10.22), she told the New York Post newspaper’s PageSix column: "There’s some very fine young artists out there doing great great work that I am impressed wit...
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Chayce Beckham has won 'American Idol'. The 24-year-old singer from Apple Valley, California, was crowned the winner of this year's series on Sunday night (23.05.21) during the three-hour grand finale, which also featured guest performances from the likes of Chaka Khan, Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham and Sheryl Crow. Chayce sealed victory by overcoming stiff competition from Willie Spence, the 21-year-old runner-up from Douglas, Georgia, and Grace Kinstler, a 21-year-old college student from Lakewood, Illinois, who finished in third place. Chayce - who was widely seen as the pre-show favou...
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