Aretha Franklin scores her highest-charting album since 1985 with the arrival of Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics. The new covers effort starts at No. 3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and No. 13 on the Billboard 200.
It matches the peak of 1985’s Who’s Zoomin’ Who on both lists that year.
The new album is also her highest debut ever on the Billboard 200, surpassing the No. 30 bow of 1998’s A Rose Is Still a Rose.
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