I expected to see Aretha too and was surprised to see Tina Turner. I guess Beyonce does not have R-E-S-P-E-C-T lol.

Ms. Franklin is the only person I know has a voice that The State of Michigan said is a TREASURE..I like Tina, but come on, we all know Ms. Franklin is the Queen of Soul.

Not even close. Tina may be the Queen of pop but Aretha is the Queen of soul. Beyonce, hasn't been around long enough to make that call. Beyonce is the Queen of JZ OR WHAT EVER HIS NAME IS.

Love Aretha...but isn't it a tad childish to make a big deal out of who's the "queen" of a genre? I'm sure it wasn't a conscious blow to Aretha; Tina is amazing in her own right and if Beyonce wants to honor her by calling her the queen, given Tina's long career and talent, so what? It doesn't make any of them less talented...jees. If Aretha knows how amazing she is, why is she commenting at all about something this dumb?

WHAT IS SO PATHETIC IS THAT ARETHA DREW ATTENTION TO HERSELF BU BEING PETTY, MAYBE TO BEYONCE'S IT COULD HAVE BEEN JUST A MISTAKE. SO WHAT? ARETHA IS JUST BEING PETTY. QUEEN OR NO QUEEN, TINA LOOKS LIKE ONE AND HAS KEPT HERSLF TOGETHER LIKE ONE. ARETHA MAY HAVE THAT NATIONAL TREASURE VOICE BUT QUEENLY PUT TOGETHER SHE IS NOT . I HAVE RESPECT FOR HER VOICE MYSELF BUT SHE "THE QUEEN NEEDS A STYLIST" SHE HAS LET HERSELF GO. SHE LOOKED JUST LIKE A BIG LEMON CHIFFON BALLON. "MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING". I LOVE ARETHA'S MUSIC AND GIVE HER HER PROPS BUT QUIT B----IN!

im sure beyonce was told exactly what to sing so get over it

A-KEYS Rock's the house these days anyway don't be stuiped

Who cares??

Big fat az$ Aretha needs to concentrate on pushing herself away from the table instead of this mess. First of all i will say she was the ORIGINAL Queen of soul subsequently we have had many Tina being one AND THE PRESENT ONE MISS PATTI LABELLE who still can outsing these girls out here today and is presently relevent in today's music spectrum.Aretha is an arrogant, obnoxious, nasty acting , non dressing , fat azz. The fake title "queen " is just a nickname one which should be passed on we each generation or to whomever is relevent w/in that decade. Aretha get over yourself which as we can all see will be a mighty mighty feat. Fatty

A true Queen never complains!!!

A true Queen never complains!!!

What's the dif. I'm sure Beyonnce meant no harm. Tina Turner is just as great as Aretha Franklin. There are lots of queens in showbusiness. You ever heard of Queen Latifah.

What's the dif. I'm sure Beyonnce meant no harm. Tina Turner is just as great as Aretha Franklin. There are lots of queens in showbusiness. You ever heard of Queen Latifah.

She's very sweet. She has such a wonderful voice. I like her very much. BTW, is she lonely? I saw her nice profile on 'rich kiss.com' days ago. It's a celebrity dating site. And more she's a certified millionaire there. Is she serious or just a head game?

BEYONCE DID NOT SAY THE QUEEN THAT WAS CHER THAT INTRODUCED BEYONCE AND TINA. CHER INTRODUCED TINA AS THE QUEEN. GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT.

BEYONCE DID NOT SAY THE QUEEN THAT WAS CHER THAT INTRODUCED BEYONCE AND TINA. CHER INTRODUCED TINA AS THE QUEEN. GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT.

BEYONCE DID NOT SAY THE QUEEN THAT WAS CHER THAT INTRODUCED BEYONCE AND TINA. CHER INTRODUCED TINA AS THE QUEEN. GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT.

Why is Aretha so upset? Either it's Beyonce's personal opinion or it was scripted. Aretha is at the age where she shouldn't stir up a fight for attention. If she's comfortable with her success, there's no reason to get so upset. Beyonce said "queen." The end. Not "queen of soul" or anything else. Tina overcame a lot and should be considered a queen. All women should. Aretha is being very childish over this.

Why is Aretha so upset? Either it's Beyonce's personal opinion or it was scripted. Aretha is at the age where she shouldn't stir up a fight for attention. If she's comfortable with her success, there's no reason to get so upset. Beyonce said "queen." The end. Not "queen of soul" or anything else. Tina overcame a lot and should be considered a queen. All women should. Aretha is being very childish over this.

Aretha, just because the buffet says "All you can eat", doesn't mean you have to. Love your music, but girl......"JENNY CRAIG" it. DAMN!

I thought when they said Aretha had "BEEF" with Beyonce, they meant "RIBS" together at "Sonnys Bar b.q."

I have never made a comment to anything in my life, but I find the statment made by Aretha to be so chldish that I had to comment. Ok, Arthea you are great, but get off your high horse and be a "true" queen. A queen has class and unfortunately, you didn't seem to have any at the time you decided to dis beyonce. Grow up!

ELVA GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT. #1 CHER INTRODUCED THE ACT #2 BEYONCE SANG A LITTLE BIT AND THEN INTRODUCED 'THE QUEEN' DID YOU EVEN WATCH THE GRAMMYS? DO YOU SPEAK AMERICAN?

You know what, it's a shame that Aretha is taking someting so petty to heart. Come on Aretha, compared to you Beyonce is a child and you know sometimes they say things, but do not mean it in a harmful manner. I could take defense to your comments about Ms. Turner like she is nobdy to be a called a Queen, when half the black male population refer to us as their black Queens. Is this going to further infuriate you also? You know as well as I those words were not said to hurt you in any way, I Love you Aretha, but I think you became pissed when you saw how good Tina looked, how well she performed, and how awesome that body is at almost **yrs of age.

Aretha, you have just shown that you are the Queen of Pettiness and Low-Class. How disappointing. And girl, lately you are looking like a Drag Queen as well. How's that for lack of r-e-s-p-e-c-t? Sorry hon but after that ridiculousness, you deserve the nasty comments.

How old is Aretha?? Jeez my 9year old son isn't that petty!! Gosh it would be understandable if B had said that Aretha is a B$%#ch or something like that. Gosh she just announced a singer as "The Queen". Although I agree with the others who made the comment that it was probably scripted. How many of these do's happen without the celebs being told what to say...they are all scripted!! Jeez most of them wouldn't know what to say if they weren't told.

I would like to see Aretha worry more about how ridiculous she looks in these chiffony,too low cut,spaghetti strap straining,fatarm revealing,sleevless,out of style fish tail gowns,all poorly designed for a woman of her girth. If she actually has a stylist,he/she should be fired for letting her think she isn't being talked about negatively, and for advising her so poorly. As wonderful as her instrument (voice) has been over the years, it's not what it once was. When she presents herself in all these wrong colors, fabrics and designs, I can't hear the music because I'm so distracted by the view. It ain't a pretty sight girl! Now that I think about it, "the Queen" probably wouldn't tolerate anyone telling her what to wear or what not to wear. After all, doesn't the "Queen" know Best? She certainly has the right to look as awful as she desires, and for many years now, she has!

i knew she was performing with tina but as soon as she said "The Queen", i said in my head, isn't Aretha the queen? How could Beyonce not think that saying that would cause problems

oh hell no! beyonce neva said that Tina was THE queen. she said she was A queen. There was no reason for Franklin to be offended, she aint no queen anyways. Oh please, no one ever found Beyonce offensive in teh least way, why pick on the girl now? And NO she's probably NOt crying to anyone right now. She's always been a true diva, gossip-free and professional, she cries to NO ONE. Stop trying to front on my girl man leave her alone!

This Is petty i saw the Grammys and Beyonce did call her "The Queen" but so the hell what if in her personal opinion Tina is the queen the dont bark at her for it everyone has their own personal opinions and she feels as though Tina is the queen and I respect her for it. Other people may miss franklin is the queen but a queen has r-e-s-p-e-c-t for herself and others and doesn't make petty comments

This Is petty i saw the Grammys and Beyonce did call her "The Queen" but so the hell what if in her personal opinion Tina is the queen then dont bark at her for it everyone has their own personal opinions and she feels as though Tina is the queen and I respect her for it. Other people may miss franklin is the queen but a queen has r-e-s-p-e-c-t for herself and others and doesn't make petty comments

This Is petty i saw the Grammys and Beyonce did call her "The Queen" but so the hell what if in her personal opinion Tina is the queen then dont bark at her for it everyone has their own personal opinions and she feels as though Tina is the queen and I respect her for it. Other people may miss franklin is the queen but a queen has r-e-s-p-e-c-t for herself and others and doesn't make petty comments

Carole C. I love her delicate spaghetti string dress straps straining to hold her huge ample cleavage and Her bare "SLEEVELESS SEXY THICK ARMS"! Once again I have to disagree with you. like I did on the site celebitchy. It is obvious you have or had a thuff and troubled childhood and you some how blame fat people.

cant there be more than one queen ... aren't pop and soul two different genre's ? so y cant there be 2 different queens

Thanks for very interesting article. btw. I really enjoyed reading all of your posts. It’s interesting to read ideas, and observations from someone else’s point of view… makes you think more.
So please keep up the great work. Greetings.

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u kant really blame bee bkuz the writers did make her say it

oh please, gimme a break aretha.

with all due respect to aretha and her music and all, YOU'RE JUST BITTER that some hot young thing is gonna take over your throne sooner or later. beyonce is BIG, success-wise & talent-wise. aretha is just PHYSICALLY BIG. like obese? i mean, ughh, it doesn't help that she's drowning in her own gigantic tits, she has to drown others with her equally gigantic ego.

all this bitchin' about who's the queen & who's not is just plain STUPID.

I SAY OUT WITH THE OLD & IN WITH THE NEW!

Let ME 'Put Yall Up On Game'. What The 'FUNK' Is wrong with all yall? If you are siding with the Queen of SOUL and not Beyonce, your all foolish. Beyonce, as her father reminded us, called Tina "The Queen". Not Queen Of Soul, Rock, Pop, Country, England...Whatever. People refer to women as queens in a term of (dare I say it) Respect. For Ms. Franklin to become upset at Beyonce is downright selfish, ALTHOUGH she was one of the FIRST people mentioned in Beyonces list of influences. The most disturbing thing of all this mess was who was NOT mentioned in Beyonces roll call of Women Singers- PATTI LABELLE! Granted Ms. Patti has unfortunately gained only two Grammys (one shared and the other untelevised!) But she hasn't slowed down a damn bit and could out sing any pussycat doll or any young 'SOUL SINGER' today. But, Crack head WHITNEY HOUSTON sures hell got her R-E-S-P-E-C-T in the 'roll call'. This Is The Main Wrongdoing that occured, not Ms. Aretha Franklin being 'diva-ish' because a term was used loosely.

Actually...when Beyonce called out the queen, it was Tina Turner who WALKED in and eveybody loved her...Aretha Franklin was just pissed because Tina & Beyonce wowed the crowd and everybody knows that Tina Tuner's the queen.
Aretha Franklin started skinny and look at her now!Tina Turner stayed in shape and she still looks young!
So all you haters can kiss my ass cause TINA TURNER IS QUEEN!!!!
to Aretha Franklin?,she woar the white house's curtains and eveybody hated it and yet she wears it again on the grammys.lol.