The official audio of \"Amazing Grace\" by Aretha Franklin with James Cleveland and The Southern California Community Choir from the album 'Amazing Grace' (1972). 'Amazing Grace' earned Aretha a Grammy in 1973 for Best Soul Gospel Performance and remains the best selling Gospel album of all time.
An icon of 20th and 21st century music, the voice of the civil rights movement, and the undisputed Queen of Soulthere is only one Aretha Franklin. In her incredible six-decade career, Aretha evolved from teenage gospel star to reigning pop and R&B diva, recording classics like (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman, Chain Of Fools, Think (lyrics by Aretha Franklin), definitive versions of the songs Respect and I Say a Little Prayer, and global hits like Freeway Of Love, I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me), and A Rose Is Still A Rose.
Altogether, 112 of her singles reached the charts, with 20 No. 1 R&B singles, the most ever by a female artist. She won 18 Grammy Awards (including the first eight trophies for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance) and, out of recognition for her for indelible contribution to American music and culture, received both the Presidential Medal of Freedom and a Pulitzer Prize.
