Artist
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin is a r&b artist from Tennessee, USA formed in 1956. 114 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
R&B · Tennessee, USA · Best r&b albums
- 4.4 /5
- 8 ratings
- 114
- Releases
- 1962–2025
- Active years
- 1956
- Formed
Discography
111
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Lady Soul
1968 · 10 tracks
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
1967
Through the Storm
1989
Queen of Soul
1992
Amazing Grace
1972
A Rose Is Still a Rose
1998
One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism
1987
So Damn Happy
2003
The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin
1962
Who's Zoomin' Who?
1985
Get It Right
1983
Love All the Hurt Away
1981
Aretha
1980
Serenading The Moon (Live)
2025
femme naturelle (Live Antibes '70)
2024
The Love Letters
2024
Lean On Me (Live)
2024
The Quintessence of Aretha Franklin
2023
Ella, Nina & Aretha
2023
All Night Long (The Best of Aretha Franklin)
2022
A Natural Woman... in Sweden
2022
The Electrifying
2022
Aretha In Person with The Ray Bryant Combo (Expanded Edition)
2022
Taking Care Of Business (Live 1971)
2022
My Mother's Love
2021
The One You Love
2021
God Bless Our Easter
2021
Dance Vault Mixes - (Pride) A Deeper Love
2021
Top 10 Hits
2021
That Lucky Old Sun
2021
The Genesis of Aretha: 1960–1966
2021
Guilty Conscience
2020
Little Respect (Live)
2020
I Surrender
2020
Say A Little Prayer
2020
Love Me Forever Vol. 2
2020
Love Me Forever
2020
Love Me Forever Vol.1
2020
Forever Love
2020
Pray For Me (Live)
2020
You've Got My Soul (Live)
2020
In My Dreams (Live)
2020
The Queen - 34 Greatest Hits
2018
Over the Rainbow (Remastered)
2018
Live in Montego Bay '82 (Live: Bob Marley Performing Center, Montego Bay 1982)
2018
Unforgettable: A Tribute To Dinah Washington (Expanded Edition)
2017
Maybe I'm A Fool
2017
Respect - The Very Best Of
2017
The Complete Releases 1956-62
2017
Divas Live
2017
Drinking Again
2016
God Bless The Child
2016
The Gospel Days
2016
The Gospel Recordings
2015
I Apology
2014
I Surrender Dear
2014
Hits, Vol. 2
2014
Voice of the Century
2014
I'm Wandering
2014
Blue By Myself
2014
Angel
2014
Sweet Lover
2014
Hits
2014
Never Grow Old, Vol. 2
2013
I'm Wandering, Vol. 1
2013
Right Now, Vol. 2
2013
Soul (Plus)
2013
More Soul
2013
Introducing Aretha
2013
Soul Legend
2013
I'm Wandering, Vol. 2
2013
Right Now, Vol. 1
2013
Never Grow Old, Vol. 1
2013
Aretha Franklin - Try a Little Tenderness
2013
The Queen of Jazz and Soul
2012
Try a Little Tenderness
2012
Aretha Franklin
2011
Soul Sensations: Back to Back
2011
The Queen In Waiting
2011
Laughing On the Outside (Expanded Edition)
2011
Take A Look: The Clyde Otis Sessions
2011
The Very Best of Aretha Franklin
2011
Tiny Sparrow: The Bobby Scott Sessions
2011
Aretha Sings
2010
Precious Lord - feat. Rev. C.L. Franklin
2009
Respect (CD 2)
2007
Precious Lord
2006
Legends of Soul: The Very Best of Aretha Franklin & Otis Redding
2005
Aretha Franklin : Do Right Woman
2003
Respect: The Very Best of Aretha Franklin
2002
Gospel Greats
1999
A Bit Of Soul
1996
Greatest Hits (1980-1994)
1994
The Very Best of Aretha Franklin: The '60s
1994
Aretha Queen of Soul (The Very Best Of)
1994
What You See Is What You Sweat
1991
30 Greatest Hits
1986
The Best of Aretha Franklin
1984
Aretha's Jazz
1984
Jump To It
1982
Sparkle
1976
You
1975
Spirit in the Dark
1970
Aretha's Gold
1969
Soul '69
1969
Aretha Now
1968
Aretha Arrives
1967
Take It Like You Give It
1967
Soul Sister
1966
Yeah!!! (Expanded Edition)
1965
The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (Expanded Edition)
1962
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About
Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and pianist. In a recording career that has spanned over half a century, Franklin's repertoire has included gospel, jazz, blues, R&B, pop, rock and funk. Franklin is known as one of the most important popularizers of the soul music genre and is referred to as the Queen of Soul, a title she was given early in her career. Franklin, the daughter of prominent Baptist minister and activist C. L. Franklin, began her singing career singing in her father's church at the age of ten and started recording four years later. After several years in the gospel circuit and with her father's blessing, she formed a secular pop music career at the age of eighteen, signing with Columbia Records, where she was branded by its CEO John Hammond as his most important act since Billie Holiday.
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Franklin's Columbia period wasn't as successful as hoped and in late 1966, Franklin switched over to Atlantic Records, where she began recording a string of popular hits including "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", "Think", "Chain of Fools" and what later became her signature song, "Respect". After a brief lull in 1969, Franklin continued to record a string of popular singles throughout the early 1970s, reaching her peak as an albums artist with 1970's Spirit in the Dark, 1971's Young, Gifted & Black and the 1972 gospel record, Amazing Grace, which later became one of the best-selling gospel albums of all time and was the biggest-selling album in gospel music for over 25 years. Franklin's success in Atlantic peaked after the release of the singles, "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)", "I'm in Love" and "Giving Him Something He Can Feel" and the 1976 soundtrack to the movie, Sparkle and Franklin left the label in 1980 to sign with Clive Davis' Arista Records label where she switched over from soul and funk music to a more conservative urban adult contemporary sound in the albums, Aretha and Love All the Hurt Away, before regaining commercial success with the 1982 album, Jump to It, produced by R&B hitmaker Luther Vandross. In 1984, Franklin added modern day pop rock and dance elements to her sound, which was integral to the success of her 1985 album, Who's Zoomin' Who?, which spawned the hits "Freeway of Love", "Who's Zoomin' Who" and the Eurythmics featured "Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves". The 1986 release of Aretha featured her last number-one hit single with the George Michael duet "I Knew You Were Waiting for Me". Afterwards Franklin returned to a lull in her career until the release of 1998's A Rose Is Still a Rose, which incorporated modern day contemporary R&B and which the title track returned Franklin to the top 40 of the pop charts. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its "100 Greatest Singers of All Time" list, as well as the ninth greatest artist of all time. She has won 18 Grammys and received two honorary Grammys. In 1987, Franklin became the first female artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Franklin is planned to be inducted to the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame in August 2012.
Aretha Franklin in brief
- How many Aretha Franklin releases are on Riffiter?
- 114 releases are catalogued, spanning 1962 to 2025.
- When was Aretha Franklin formed?
- Aretha Franklin formed in 1956, in Tennessee, USA.
- What genre is Aretha Franklin?
- Aretha Franklin is catalogued under R&B.
- What is the most recent Aretha Franklin release on Riffiter?
- Serenading The Moon (Live), released in 2025.