As the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin commanded every performance she gave and showed the world her powerhouse vocals. In many ways, Franklin was one of the original divas — a label that often gets a ...

January 31 -- Aretha Franklin, one of the most celebrated singers in pop history, made a sensation when she appeared with Mariah Carey and Celine Dion on the first VH1 Divas Live special in 1998. This ...

Director Michael Simon recalls the soul singer walking off the stage during rehearsals for the 1998 performance and how she made it work in the end: "There she was, this Mount Rushmore coming onto the ...

The queen of soul, Aretha Franklin, and four of the biggest female hitmakers in contemporary pop, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan, and Shania Twain, join forces for this once-in-a-lifetime ...

Divas Live: The Aretha Franklin Playlist"Chain of Fools"In conjunction with the June issue of ESSENCE, we're presenting our favorite five divas of all time. Each week, we explore one diva's life in ...

In the late ’90s, women ruled the pop charts, but it took Ken Ehrlich to unite the performers and usher in a new Era of the Diva. In 1998, Ehrlich and VH1 launched “Divas Live,” an annual benefit for ...