Franklin’s artistic breakthrough - and a landmark in American music as a whole. Recorded in part at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, in the US state of Alabama, this was the album that introduced ...

Franklin, who punctuates her short answers with a steady "mmmm hmmm," embraced contemporary music on her most recent album, 2014's Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics. On it, she covers ...

Ariana Grande has topped the UK album chart in a week that saw three Aretha Franklin albums re-enter the Top 40. Grande said she was "so grateful" to score her second UK number one album with ...

Aretha Franklin brought "black" music to an entirely new audience. Aretha grew up in Detroit where her father was pastor at the New Bethel Baptist Church. She recorded her first album of gospel ...