Yesterday The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin announced that she will be retiring following the release of her final album, which is due out later this year.
At 74 years old, Aretha Franklin plans to retire. "I will be recording, but this will be my last year in concert." https://t.co/Ie4rcc8L9W pic.twitter.com/2tdmvw2t4t
— ABC News (@ABC) February 9, 2017
Aretha began her musical career in 1960 at the age of 18 and has been performing for 6 decades.
She has had 18 Grammy Awards and 75 million records sold worldwide.