Please join the Albumism team in celebrating Aretha Franklin’s musical legacy and revisit audio & video highlights from her career below!
Born: March 25, 1942
Died: August 16, 2018
Biography | Readers’ Poll Results | Discography (Studio Albums):
Aretha: With The Ray Bryant Combo (1961)
The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (1962)
The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin (1962)
Laughing on the Outside (1963)
Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington (1964)
Runnin' Out of Fools (1964)
Yeah!!! (1965)
Soul Sister (1966)
Take It Like You Give It (1967)
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967) | Read More
Aretha Arrives (1967)
Lady Soul (1968) | Read More
Aretha Now (1968)
Soul '69 (1969)
Soft and Beautiful (1969)
This Girl's in Love with You (1970)
Spirit in the Dark (1970)
Young, Gifted and Black (1972) | Read More
Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) (1973) | Read More
Let Me in Your Life (1974)
With Everything I Feel in Me (1974)
You (1975)
Sparkle (1976) | Read More
Sweet Passion (1977)
Almighty Fire (1978)
La Diva (1979)
Aretha (1980)
Love All the Hurt Away (1981)
Jump to It (1982)
Get It Right (1983)
Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985) | Read More
Aretha (1986)
Through the Storm (1989)
What You See Is What You Sweat (1991)
A Rose Is Still a Rose (1998)
So Damn Happy (2003)
This Christmas, Aretha (2008)
Aretha: A Woman Falling Out of Love (2011)
Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics (2014)
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