Aretha Franklin was born on March 25, 1942, in Memphis, Tennessee and she died in 2018 at the age of 76. Aretha won 18 Grammys. She had 112 singles on the Billboard charts, and sold over 75 million records worldwide. She was the first female performer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . To this day she is the most charted female artist in history. Her music career started at the age of 18 when she signed her first record deal. Hit songs like “Respect” and “I Never Loved a Man” climbed Billboard charts and have maintained popularity.
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