aretha franklin

Franklin is reportedly in hospice care after a battle with cancer.

Family member says iconic singer is “alert, laughing, teasing,” despite reports of serious illness.

The queen of soul is not doing well according to a new story.

You best R-E-S-P-E-C-T this girl and her fly dancing!

Aretha Franklin is undoubtedly the Queen of Soul, a living legend, a true vocal talent. So it only made sense that she was asked her opinion of the current crop of pop girls during her interview with the Wall Street Journal. Her answers for some (Adele, Whitney Houston, Alicia Keys) were positive, fair judgments. Her reaction to others, however -- not so kind.

Aretha Franklin has a new album called "Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Hits" (dropping Oct. 21), featuring covers of songs by Etta James, Barbra Streisand, Chaka Khan and Alicia Keys, but the real standout is her remake of Adele's "Rolling in the Deep", and for that, she keeps our eternal R-E-S-P-E-C-T...

Could the Queen of Soul be gracing the judges' table on "American Idol"?

Aretha Franklin will be performing at Whitney Houston‘s invite-only funeral service on Feb. 18, Entertainment Tonight is reporting. Record label executive Clive Davis, who helped guide the careers of both singers as the president of Arista Records for a quarter-century, personally requested to have Franklin perform, and the Queen of Soul found it impossible to turn down the invitation. Read Mor