Aretha Franklin by the numbers

SHE was the Queen Of Soul for a reason.

From breaking records to paving the way for other female singers, Aretha Franklin set a series of firsts for women.

Here’s a look at her groundbreaking accomplishments and chart-topping successes by the numbers.

● In 1987, she became the first female performer to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

● Franklin became the first woman to earn 100 songs on Billboard’s Hot R&B/ Hip-Hop Songs chart in October 2014, thanks to her cover of Adele’s Rolling In

The Deep, which debuted at No. 47 on that chart.

● She’s won a whopping 18 Grammys, and scored 44 nominations.

● The Queen Of Soul has a total of 112 singles that have landed on Billboard charts, the most of any female. ● Reigning supreme, Franklin is No. 1 on Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Singers Of All

Time list.

● She also holds the No. 9 slot on Rolling

Stone’s list of the 100 Greatest Artistes Of All Time, the highest ranking female on the list.

● Franklin’s sold more than 75 million records around the world.

● She’s got 20 No. 1 R&B singles.

● In 1979, she got a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. – New York Daily News/Tribune News Service