Patti LaBelle is one of American music’s living legends; a two-time Grammy Award winner and 13-time nominee whose voice has left an indelible mark across six decades of R&B, pop and gospel. The Philadelphia native first charted in 1962 with The Bluebelles before rising to global acclaim with the genre-bending trio Labelle.

As a solo artist since the 1970s, LaBelle has built a catalog of timeless songs from the R&B chart-topper “If Only You Knew” to the crossover smash “On My Own” with Michael McDonald, that have earned her American Music Awards and NAACP Image Awards among countless other honors. And then there is “Lady Marmalade,” the audacious 1974 anthem that remains one of the most iconic and influential songs in American music history, its boldness and swagger as undeniable today as it was fifty years ago. Her reach extends well beyond music— she has appeared in film and television, authored New York Times bestselling books and built a successful food and lifestyle brand, Patti’s Good Life.

Few artists have matched her combination of raw vocal power, versatility and staying power across so many decades and so many genres. The Godmother of Soul remains as commanding and electrifying as ever.