
**FILE** Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, performs at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on July 25, 2012. (Associated Press

**FILE** Diane Sawyer attends Aretha Franklin's 70th birthday party in New York on March 24, 2012. (Associated Press)

**FILE** Diane Sawyer attends Aretha Franklin's 70th birthday party in New York on March 24, 2012. (Associated Press)

Music mogul Clive Davis attends singer Aretha Franklin's 70th-birthday party in New York on Saturday, March 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

Music mogul Clive Davis attends singer Aretha Franklin's 70th-birthday party in New York on Saturday, March 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

Aretha Franklin has been inducted into the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame. She couldn’t attend the induction, but she did send a video for the ceremony.

Aretha Franklin, the queen of soul, performs at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Miss Franklin, who started out singing gospel in her pastor father's church, has been inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, Invision)

**FILE** Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, performs at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on July 25, 2012. (Associated Press

Aretha Franklin is to be inducted into the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame on Aug. 14 along with Ricky Skaggs, the Hoppers, Dallas Holm, the late Rex Humbard and Love Song. Her 1972 album "Amazing Grace" sold more than 2 million copies. (Associated Press)