Franklin recorded 112 charted singles on Billboard, including 77 Hot 100 entries, 17 top-ten pop singles, 100 R&B entries,
and 20 number-one R&B singles, becoming the most charted female
artist in history.
Franklin's other well-known hits include "Rock Steady", "Call Me", "Ain't No Way", Don't Play That Song (You Lied)", "Spanish Harlem", "Day Dreaming", "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)", "Something He Can Feel", "Jump to It", "Freeway of Love", "Who's Zoomin' Who", and "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (a duet with George Michael).
She won 18 Grammy Awards,
including the first eight awards given for Best Female R&B Vocal
Performance from 1968 through to 1975, and she is one of the
best-selling musical artists of all time, having sold more than
75 million records worldwide.
Franklin received numerous honors throughout her career, including a 1987 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as the first female performer to be inducted, the National Medal of Arts, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
She was inducted to the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005 and to the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2012.
Franklin is listed in two all-time lists by Rolling Stone magazine, including the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.
In 2008 she was ranked by Rolling Stone as the No. 1 greatest singer of all time.
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