With her latest Grammy, CeCe Winans is tied with Aretha Franklin for second among Detroit artists — and third among the ...

You better “Think” about heading to Popejoy Hall on Thursday, Feb. 13, for a powerful performance celebrating the music of Aretha Franklin, the legendary Queen of Soul. The production features a live ...

Mary J. Blige has enjoyed a lengthy career in the music industry and is often referred to as the “Queen of Hip-Hop Soul.” ...

Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Hudson and more performed during the 7-hour service. What was billed as an epic 5-hour funeral, actually turned into an almost 7-hour celebration of the incredible life of the ...

To celebrate Variety’s 115th anniversary, we went to the archives to see how some of Hollywood’s biggest stars first landed in the pages of our magazine. Read more from the archives here. On Aug. 31, ...

The biggest name at this weekend’s Essence Music Festival was a big one: Aretha Franklin. The Queen of Soul performed on the closing night of the four-day event and received the first ever “Power ...

They came from two very different worlds. The couple that wrote one of Aretha Franklin’s greatest songs never met the singer who would turn the composition into a classic. Carol Joel Klein—later to ...