Aretha Franklin

The best album credited to Aretha Franklin is I Never Loved A Man, The Way I Love You which is ranked number 396 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 4,154.

Aretha Franklin is ranked number 210 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 9,753.

Aretha Franklin official website: http://www.aretha-franklin.com

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Aretha Franklin best albums

The following albums by Aretha Franklin are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:

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I Never Loved A Man, The Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

657 charts

Rank Score:

4,154

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Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

485 charts

Rank Score:

2,757

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Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

197 charts

Rank Score:

920

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174

Overall Rank:

1,844

Average Rating:

79 (190 votes)

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Young, Gifted And Black

Aretha Franklin

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

124 charts

Rank Score:

530

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1970

Appears in:

71 charts

Rank Score:

190

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Aretha Live At Fillmore West
Live

Aretha Franklin

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

142

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Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

55 charts

Rank Score:

119

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The Electrifying Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

26 charts

Rank Score:

101

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823

Overall Rank:

11,784

Average Rating:

73 (32 votes)

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Aretha's Gold
Compilation

Aretha Franklin

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

9 charts

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10.

Soul Sister

Aretha Franklin

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

22 charts

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Overall artist rank:

210

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This may not be a complete discography for Aretha Franklin.This listing only shows those albums by this artist that appear in at least one chart on this site. If an album is 'missing' that you think deserves to be here, you can include it in your own chart from the My Charts page!

Aretha Franklin bestography composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	19	0%
1970s	16	0%
1980s	13	0%
1990s	10	0%
2000s	5	0%
2010s	3	0%
2020s	2	0%

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	44	65%
Yes	24	35%

Live?	Albums	%
No	62	91%
Yes	6	9%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	67	99%
Yes	1	1%

Aretha Franklin best tracks

Include tracks from compilations & live albums | Exclude tracks from compilations & live albums The same track can appear on multiple albums, so excluding tracks from compilations and live albums helps to remove duplicates from this list.

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Respect

(from the album I Never Loved A Man, The Way I Love You)

Average Rating: 91 (262 votes)Comments: 6

I Say A Little Prayer

(from the album Aretha Now)

Average Rating: 90 (101 votes)Comments: 3

(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman

(from the album Lady Soul)

Average Rating: 90 (141 votes)Comments: 2

Think

(from the album Aretha Now)

Average Rating: 89 (93 votes)Comments: 1

Chain Of Fools

(from the album Lady Soul)

Average Rating: 88 (124 votes)Comments: 1

I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)

(from the album I Never Loved A Man, The Way I Love You)

Average Rating: 87 (155 votes)Comments: 2

Rock Steady

(from the album Young, Gifted And Black)

Average Rating: 87 (48 votes)Comments: 0

Do Right Woman - Do Right Man

(from the album I Never Loved A Man, The Way I Love You)

Average Rating: 85 (134 votes)Comments: 1

Don't Play That Song (You Lied)

(from the album Spirit In The Dark)

Average Rating: 85 (31 votes)Comments: 0

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A Change Is Gonna Come

(from the album I Never Loved A Man, The Way I Love You)

Average Rating: 84 (123 votes)Comments: 0

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Ain't No Way

(from the album Lady Soul)

Average Rating: 84 (93 votes)Comments: 1

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Until You Come Back To Me

(from the album Let Me In Your Life)

Average Rating: 84 (15 votes)Comments: 0

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Day Dreaming

(from the album Young, Gifted And Black)

Average Rating: 83 (35 votes)Comments: 0

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Spirit In The Dark

(from the album Spirit In The Dark)

Average Rating: 83 (26 votes)Comments: 0

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See Saw

(from the album Aretha Now)

Average Rating: 83 (52 votes)Comments: 0

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Baby I Love You

(from the album Aretha Arrives)

Average Rating: 83 (25 votes)Comments: 0

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Baby, Baby, Baby

(from the album I Never Loved A Man, The Way I Love You)

Average Rating: 83 (117 votes)Comments: 0

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Angel

(from the album Hey Now Hey (The Other Side Of The Sky))

Average Rating: 83 (12 votes)Comments: 0

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Pullin'

(from the album Spirit In The Dark)

Average Rating: 83 (27 votes)Comments: 0

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Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby)

(from the album Young, Gifted And Black)

Average Rating: 83 (32 votes)Comments: 0

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Aretha Franklin ratings

Average Rating:

82/100 (from 78 votes)

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75/100 !	02/20/2026 14:33	Pluto11	317	78/100
90/100 !	09/25/2025 06:24	JR	345	81/100
70/100 !	10/03/2024 15:22	paladisiac	1,041	67/100

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This artist is rated in the top 2% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 82.1/100, a mean average of 82.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.0/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 15.6.

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Aretha Franklin forum mentions

This artist has been referenced 8 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.

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BestEverAlbums 37 hours ago in Chart of the day (#5442): By martintho

“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s by martintho () 1. by (1968) 2. (1968) 3. by (1969) 4. by (1967) 5. (1966) 6. by (1969) 7. by (1968) 8. by (1964) 9. by (1964) 10. by (1969) 11. by (1967) 12. by (1967) 13. (1965) 14. by (1965) 15. by (1963) 16. by (1968) 17. by (1969) 18.…”

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BestEverAlbums 09/15/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5436): By Rivera

“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Rivera () 1. (1966) 2. by (1968) 3. by (1969) 4. by (1973) 5. by by by (1967) 8. by (1973) 9. by (1971) 10. (1977) 11. by (1970) 12. by (1971) 13. (1991) 14. by by by (2010) 17. by (1975) 18. by by (1971) 20. by (1984) 21. by (1967) 22.…”

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BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5422): By CharlieBarley

“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by CharlieBarley () 1. by (1975) 2. by (1970) 3. by (1978) 5. by (1971) 6. (1982) 7. by (1975) 8. (1989) 9. by (1968) 10. by (1965) 11. by by (1977) 13. by (1969) 14. by (1993) 15. by (1970) 16. by (1971) 17. by (1986) 18. by (1969) 19. (1970)…”

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Aretha Franklin comments

From Toffuey 10/26/2021 00:44 | #275394

Probably the best vocalist to ever live. (Edited)

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2nd-Impressions 05/02/2021 23:19 | #269256

One of the greatest artists of the 60s, hands down!
Favourite album: Lady Soul. WHAT. AN. ALBUM. Chills throughout the whole project.
Favourite song: Ain't No Way. One of my favourite songs of all time.

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Rating:

90/100

From Madrocker 02/04/2019 18:15 | #231351

Queen Of Soul...you will be missed...

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Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/16/2018 14:26 | #219748

16th August 2018 - The Queen of Soul has gone ! The greatest voice of the 20th Century is no more R.I.P.

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jnfbn 03/05/2018 20:45 | #210181

The queen, the one and the only! Really has a great voice and she's one of the best when it comes to using a great voice.

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