Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) je akorin, akowe-orin, osere, ateduuru, ati alakitiyan eto araalu ara Amerika. Franklin bere si ni korin lati kekere ninu egbe akorin gospel ni ijo New Bethel Baptist Church ni Detroit, Michigan, nibi ti baba re C. L. Franklin ti je oluso-agutan. Nigba to di omo odun 18, o bere si ni korin to gbode. Awon orin re to gbajumo bi "Respect", "Chain of Fools", "Think", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)", ati "I Say a Little Prayer", so di akorin agba lagbaye, eyi to je ki o gbajumo bi Queen of Soul. Unterberger, Richie. "Aretha Franklin | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved September 23, 2018.  Farber, Jim (August 16, 2018). "Aretha Franklin's 20 Essential Songs". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/arts/music/aretha-franklin-dead-best-songs.html.