Chaka Khan Wins Two Grammy Awards for Work on New Album 'FUNK THIS'

Chaka Khan Wins Two Grammy Awards for Work on New Album 'FUNK THIS'

BEST R&B ALBUM AND BEST R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE BY A GROUP OR DUO FOR DUET WITH MARY J. BLIGE

NEW YORK, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- International recording artist and industry legend Chaka Khan adds two more Grammys to her career highlights for her outstanding work on latest album FUNK THIS (Burgundy Records).

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Chaka Khan won Grammys for R&B Album Of The Year for FUNK THIS and Best R&B Vocal Performance By A Group Or Duo for 'Disrespectful,' a hard-hitting duet that Chaka recorded with Mary J. Blige.

FUNK THIS produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis embodies the funky soul of Khan's musical roots with Rufus and her signature passionately-honest vocal styles that make her timeless.

The thoughtful work ranges from original copyrights, collaborations with superstar artists, to adding her signature stamp on important contemporary classics.

Track List:
1) Back In The Day
2) Foolish Fool
3) One For All Time
4) Angel
5) Will You Love Me?
6) Castles Made Of Sand
7) Disrespectful (Featuring Mary J. Blige)
8) Sign 'O' The Times
9) Pack'd My Bags/You Got The Love (Featuring Tony Maiden)
10) Ladies' Man
11) You Belong To Me (Featuring Michael McDonald)
12) Hail To The Wrong
13) Super Life

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