Aretha Franklin

Biography

Aretha Franklin was a renowned American singer, songwriter, and pianist known as the "Queen of Soul". Noted for her gospel singing at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, where her father C.L. Franklin was a minister, she achieved acclaim with hit albums such as I Never Loved a Man and Young, Gifted and Black. With over 75 million records sold worldwide, Franklin won numerous awards including the National Medal of Arts and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.