Chaka Khan is the fourth solo album by American singer Chaka Khan. It was released on the Warner Bros. Records label on November 17, 1982. Khan worked with frequent collaborator Arif Mardin on the album, who would produce all the tracks on Chaka Khan. The "Be Bop Medley" won the pair Grammy Award for Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices at the 26th awards ceremony.
Following the release of the Chaka Khan album and the greatest hits package The Very Best of Rufus featuring Chaka Khan, Khan reunited with the band Rufus later that year for one final album together, the double live/studio set Stompin' at the Savoy - Live (1983). Her next solo album I Feel for You followed in 1984. Despite its many accolades and artistic achievements the Chaka Khan album remained unreleased on CD in both the United States and Europe, and was only available as an import from Japan, until it was finally issued on CD in the UK in 2010 as part of a Five disc set containing Khan's first five solo albums.
Two singles were released from Chaka Khan: Lead single "Got to Be There," a cover of the same-titled Michael Jackson song reached number 67 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number five on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Follow-up "Tearin' It Up" was significantly less successful, reaching number 48 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Warner Bros. Records released a 12" single of "Tearin' It Up" which included extended remix (7:21) as well as an instrumental version (8:07), both mixed by Larry Levan.
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