07/26/2024
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Aretha Franklin’s career finally took off in 1967 with her hit song “Respect”, and that attention helped everyone recognize how amazing her vocal talents and other songs were. It didn’t take long for her peers to deem her “The Queen of Soul”. Even in 1998 she was still topping the charts and releasing gold albums.
She’s had 112 singles on the Billboard charts, won 18 Grammy Awards, and has become one of the bestselling music artists of all time, selling over 75 million records globally. She’s also the first female to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She’s in nearly every other music hall of fame, too.
