DETROIT — Rolling Stone ranks Aretha Franklin No. 1 in its list of the "greatest singers of all time" on Sunday.
The list has 200 singers and orders them based on "originality, influence, the depth of an artist's catalog, and the breadth of their musical legacy," according to the article.
Franklin, who was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and raised in Detroit, was called a "force of nature, a work of genius, and a gift from the heavens," by the music magazine.