The cultural institutions she loved have been on full display in the celebration of her life leading up to her homegoing services on Friday. More than two dozen ministers, perform ...

If you learned how to spell "respect" thanks to the legendary Aretha Franklin, you're not alone. Franklin's seminal 1967 ...

Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, was ranked as the second-best vocalist of all-time in a recent survey conducted by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In addition to being a maternal figure to Hudson, the Memphis-born icon has long been the Queen of Soul to music lovers around the ...

Elton John released his first-ever charting single, "Border Song", on April 24, 1970. Aretha Franklin would later cover it.

DETROIT -- From topping the charts with "Respect" to performing at presidential inaugurations and winning 18 Grammys, these are the major milestones of Aretha Franklin's life and career. March 1942 - ...

It’s safe to say that Aretha Franklin was not known for her modesty. After Page Six revealed that Franklin once hired three makeup artists to paint her face for one event, we now hear she had had her ...

More than five years after the singer's death, Franklin's properties have been allocated based on a handwritten will from 2014 Julia Moore is a TV Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Aretha Franklin once hired three make-up artists to prep her for a single event, according to a longtime pal. Apparently, the iconic singer brought in top celebrity makeup man Reggie Wells, another ...

The legendary singer died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 76 on Aug. 16, 2018 Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor ...

The family dispute over Aretha Franklin’s will has finally been put to rest. After a two-day trial and less than an hour of deliberation, a Michigan jury found that a handwritten document found in ...

A judge overseeing the estate of Aretha Franklin awarded real estate to the late star's sons, citing a handwritten will from 2014 that was found between couch cushions. The decision Monday came four ...