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Meanwhile, as loyal subjects of the Queen of Soul, here are some facts about her you might not know:
- Aretha was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- She has been on the US music charts in six consecutive decades, from the 1960s into the 2010s, with a total of 43 Top 40 singles
- Aretha has won 18 Grammy awards for her performances plus two honorary Grammys - and the Recording Academy also gave her a Lifetime Achievement Award. For 8 straight years beginning in 1968, she won the Grammy for Best Female R&B Performance
- Aretha sang at the inauguration of two US Presidents and had a third President award her the Presidential Medal of Honor.
- Aretha has made the Billboard Top 40 with singles written by Otis Redding, Carole King, Burt Bacharach, Lennon & McCartney, Elton John, Paul Simon, Robbie Robertson, Stevie Wonder, Dianne Warren, Curtis Mayfield, Ashford & Simpson, Leiber & Stoller, Jagger & Richards, Luther Vandross, Lauryn Hill, Annie Lennox, and her own sister Carolyn Franklin
- Aretha also wrote some of her hits herself, including Think, Rock Steady, Day Dreaming, (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone, and Who's Zoomin' Who
- Lady Soul appeared in the movies The Blues Brothers and Blues Brothers 2000 as the wife of Matt "Guitar" Murphy. She acted on television in an episode of Room 222. And she sang the theme song for the TV sitcom A Different World
- Aretha began recording at age 14 and released her first single at 18
- The state of Michigan designated her voice as a "natural resource"
- She can't read music
- Her middle name is Louise
- Whitney Houston was her goddaughter
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