Aretha Franklin, musician, singer, songwriter, and pianist. Her repertoire has included gospel, jazz, blues, R+B, pop, rock and funk. She is known as one of the most important popularizers of soul music and is referred to as the Queen of Soul. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her #1 on its "100 Greatest Singers of All Time" list as well as the 9th greatest artist of all time. She has won a whopping 20 Grammys and became the 1st female artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
