Aretha is the twenty-sixth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin.

It was released on September 30, 1980, by Arista Records.

[5] Franklin's first Arista single release, "United Together", reached number 3 on the Soul chart and crossed over to number 56 on Billboard's Hot 100.

The album itself peaked at number 47 and spent 30 weeks on the Billboard album chart.

Information is taken from the album's liner notes[6] Information is taken from the album's liner notes[6]