--- title: Chaka Khan Set To Compete in Dancing With The Stars description: The 10-time Grammy winner will strut her stuff in the show's upcoming season canonical: https://time.com/4014492/chaka-khan-dancing-with-the-stars/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-28T10:30:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:23:57.737Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Chaka Khan Set To Compete in Dancing With The Stars og:description: The 10-time Grammy winner will strut her stuff in the show's upcoming season og:url: https://time.com/4014492/chaka-khan-dancing-with-the-stars/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt21dbb0f12bb5f13f/69886156a988ca3bd46b418d/chaka-khan.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Chaka Khan og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chaka Khan Set To Compete in Dancing With The Stars twitter:description: The 10-time Grammy winner will strut her stuff in the show's upcoming season twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt21dbb0f12bb5f13f/69886156a988ca3bd46b418d/chaka-khan.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chaka Khan Set To Compete in _Dancing With The Stars_ by [Oliver Gettell / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Oliver Gettell / Entertainment Weekly Aug 28, 2015 10:30 AM UTC  Chaka Khan performs during day two of the 2015 FOLD Festival at Martha Clara Vineyards on August 5, 2015 in Riverhead, New York. Chaka Khan performs during day two of the 2015 FOLD Festival at Martha Clara Vineyards on August 5, 2015 in Riverhead, New York.Mike Pont—Getty Images by [Oliver Gettell / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Oliver Gettell / Entertainment Weekly Aug 28, 2015 10:30 AM UTC The Queen of Funk has set her sights on another crown: Chaka Khan will compete on the upcoming season of _Dancing with the Stars_. The 10-time Grammy winner made it official in a brief video posted to the show’s Twitter account, asking fans to “look out for me this season.” > [](https://twitter.com/DancingABC/status/637049387500204032) Khan, whose notable songs include “I’m Every Woman,” “Through the Fire,” and, yes, “Tell Me Something Good,” will strut her stuff against previously announced participants including Nick Carter, Hayes Grier, Victor Espinoza, Bindi Irwin, and Alexa and Carlos PenaVega. Season 21 of _DWTS_ premieres Sept. 14 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. [_This article originally appeared on EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/27/dancing-stars-chaka-khan) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4014492/chaka-khan-dancing-with-the-stars/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4014492/chaka-khan-dancing-with-the-stars/"},"headline":"Chaka Khan Set To Compete in Dancing With The Stars","datePublished":"2015-08-28T10:30:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:23:57.737Z","description":"The 10-time Grammy winner will strut her stuff in the show's upcoming season","url":"https://time.com/4014492/chaka-khan-dancing-with-the-stars/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Music","Dancing with the Stars","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt21dbb0f12bb5f13f/69886156a988ca3bd46b418d/chaka-khan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Oliver Gettell / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt21dbb0f12bb5f13f/69886156a988ca3bd46b418d/chaka-khan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Chaka Khan","caption":"Chaka Khan","creditText":"Mike Pont—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4014492/chaka-khan-dancing-with-the-stars/","name":"Chaka Khan Set To Compete in Dancing With The Stars"}}]}] ```