Aretha Franklin announces retirement, one last album

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Aretha Franklin is ready for retirement.

The 74-year-old Queen of Soul told Detroit TV station WDIV Local 4, the city’s NBC affiliate, that she planned to retire this year, but she has one more album planned.

Beyond the final album, she said she would be limiting herself to “some select things” and that 2017 would be her “last year in concert.”

She added that she did not plan to spend her retirement doing “just nothing” but that she is “very satisfied” with her career and is ready to spend more time with her family.

A rep for Franklin confirmed her remarks on Thursday.