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Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All Time as well as the ninth greatest artist of all time. She has won 18 competitive Grammys and two honorary Grammys. She has 20 No.1 singles on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart and two No.1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100: "Respect" (1967) and "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (1987), a duet with George Michael. Since 1961, she has scored a total of 45 Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. She also has the most million-selling singles (14) of any female artist. Between 1967 and 1982 she had 10 No.1 R&B albums—more than any other female artist. In 1987, Franklin became the first female artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Discography

  • I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You, 2001
  • Spirit in the Dark, 1993
  • A Rose Is Still a Rose, 1998
  • Lady Soul, 1998
  • Get It Right, 1983
  • Soul '69, 1969
  • Aretha, 1980
  • Amazing Grace, 1972
  • So Damn Happy, 2003
  • This Christmas, 2008
  • The Electrifying Aretha Franklin, 1962
  • You, 1975
  • One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism (disc 2)
  • Jump to It
  • Aretha Now, 1968
  • Aretha's Jazz, 1984
  • Through the Storm, 1989
  • Aretha Arrives, 1993
  • Young, Gifted and Black, 1972
  • This Girl's in Love With You, 1970
  • Jewels in the Crown: All-Star Duets With the Queen, 2007
  • Respect
  • Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky), 1994
  • A Woman Falling Out of Love, 2011
  • Hall of Fame
  • Who's Zoomin' Who?, 1985
  • Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington, 1995
  • Two Classic Albums From Aretha Franklin: The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging / Soft and Beautiful
  • A Bit of Soul
  • Let Me In Your Life, 1974
  • With Everything I Feel in Me, 1974
  • Aretha Franklin Sings Standards
  • Love All the Hurt Away, 1981
  • What You See Is What You Sweat, 1991
  • Sweet Bitter Love, 1970
  • The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging, 1962
  • Soul Sister, 1966

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