Aretha Franklin

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American musician human pianist singer songwriter soul musician

Aretha Franklin was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist widely known as the "Queen of Soul" and celebrated for her powerful voice and profound influence on popular music.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Aretha Franklin canonical	201
Queen of Soul	3
Erma Franklin	2
Aretha	1
Aretha Franklin discography	1
Aretha Franklin in Genius: Aretha	1
Aretha Louise Franklin	1
Genius: Aretha	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American musician ⓘ human ⓘ pianist ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ soul musician ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	2010s ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1950s ⓘ
awardReceived	Grammy Award ⓘ Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ Kennedy Center Honors ⓘ National Medal of Arts ⓘ Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
causeOfDeath	pancreatic cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1942-03-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2018-08-16 ⓘ
familyName	Franklin ⓘ
father	C. L. Franklin ⓘ
fullName	Aretha Franklin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Aretha Louise Franklin
genre	R&B ⓘ gospel music ⓘ pop music ⓘ soul music ⓘ
givenName	Aretha Franklin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Aretha
instrument	organ ⓘ piano ⓘ voice ⓘ
memberOf	Arista Records ⓘ surface form: Arista Records artists Atlantic Records artists ⓘ Columbia Records ⓘ surface form: Columbia Records artists
mother	Barbara Siggers Franklin ⓘ
movement	civil rights movement supporter ⓘ
nickname	Aretha Franklin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Queen of Soul
notableAchievement	first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
notableWork	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman ⓘ Chain of Fools ⓘ I Say a Little Prayer ⓘ Respect ⓘ Think ⓘ
occupation	pianist ⓘ recording artist ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Detroit ⓘ surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
religion	Baptists ⓘ surface form: Baptist Christianity
residence	Detroit ⓘ surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
voiceType	mezzo-soprano ⓘ

Referenced by (211)

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Whitney Houston → influencedBy → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Kennedy Center Honors → hasNotableHonoree → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Cissy Houston → performedWith → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Mariah Carey → influencedBy → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Jennifer Hudson → portrayedCharacter → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Christina Aguilera → influencedBy → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Aretha Franklin → fullName → Aretha Franklin self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aretha Louise Franklin

Aretha Franklin → givenName → Aretha Franklin self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aretha

Aretha Franklin → nickname → Aretha Franklin self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Queen of Soul

Columbia Records → notableArtist → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Brittany Howard → influencedBy → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Grammy Hall of Fame Award → hasNotableInductee → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Grammy Legend Award → hasRecipient → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Clive Davis → workedWithArtist → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Narada Michael Walden → associatedAct → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Apollo Theater → helpedLaunchCareerOf → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Atlantic Records → notableArtist → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance → notableWinner → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award → notableRecipient → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Respect → mainSubject → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

subject surface form: Respect (2021 film)

Respect → portrays → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

subject surface form: Respect (2021 film)

Sweet Inspirations → associatedAct → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Sweet Inspirations → backedArtist → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album → notableRecipient → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance → notableWinner → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Atco Records → notableArtist → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Luther Vandross → associatedAct → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame → notableInductee → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Monica → influencedBy → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Party at the Palace → hasPerformer → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Clarence Clemons → collaboratedWith → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Mahalia Jackson → influenced → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Linda McCartney → photographed → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Eleanor Rigby → hasCoverVersionBy → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds → associatedAct → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Moon River → notableCoverArtist → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Hammond → discovered → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

subject surface form: John H. Hammond Jr.

(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman → performer → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman → vocalist → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman → originalArtist → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman → recordedBy → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman → notablePerformanceBy → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman → partOf → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aretha Franklin discography

(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman → hasLivePerformanceBy → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Think → artist → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Think → performer → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Think → writer → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Brandy Rayana Norwood → influencedBy → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

Ray Charles → influenced → Aretha Franklin ⓘ

I Say a Little Prayer → notableCoverPerformer → Aretha Franklin ⓘ