Aretha franklin once said.“We all require and want respect man or woman black or white. It's our basic human right”. This really represents her as an artist and person because she was very big on equality. She was very influential in the 60s especially when it came to civil and feminine rights. Many people said she “has the voice of God” Aretha franklin changed the music world forever because she had a very musical, yet rough childhood, she had a very successful career, and she was very influential in the late 60s. Aretha Franklin had a very soulful and musical, yet disorderly childhood. She was born to her mom and dad, Barbara Franklin and reverend C.L Franklin, who was a gospel singer and a preacher (Aretha franklin…show more content… She recorded a few gospel songs at the age of 14, and when she was 18, she ended up dropping out of high school, and she soon got signed to columbia records by a talent scout (Ward). At columbia records she created her first album called Aretha, (1961), where a lot of her songs made it on the pop and r&b billboards. ( Aretha Franklin Biography) This is a great example of how amazing Aretha's career was because most singers work for years and then get signed and wait several more years to have a hit, but all of this happened for aretha in a few years and a bunch of her songs on her first album were a big hit. Soon after she signed to her new record people started calling her “ queen of soul”, and it stuck. (Aretha Franklin Bio) Throughout her career she sold 75 million records , won 18 grammys, she was awarded the medal of freedom, she was the second woman to inducted into the UK hall of fame, and was the first woman ever to be inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame.(Sheila Weller at Elle) As Aretha won more awards, she would gain more and more popularity. Gaining popularity can help to make your music career more successful. All of this shows how popular she was, how much of a public figure she was from the late 60s on and how much people enjoyed and respected her music, making her career very
