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Who is Diana Ross?

Diana Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress. Known as the “Queen of Motown Records”, she was the lead singer of the vocal group the Supremes, who became Motown’s most successful act during the 1960s and one of the world’s best-selling girl groups of all time. They remain the best-charting female group in history, with a total of 12 number-one pop singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

Following her departure from the Supremes in 1970, Ross embarked on a successful solo music career with the release of her eponymous debut solo album. She went on to release 26 studio albums, including Touch Me in the Morning (1973), Diana Ross (1976), Diana (1980), Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1981) and Swept Away (1984).

Her singles “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”, “Touch Me in the Morning”, “Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To)”, “Love Hangover”, “Upside Down” and “Endless Love”, all topped the Billboard Hot 100, making her the female solo act with the most number-one songs in the United States at the time.

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Her success continued throughout the 1980s and 1990s with global hits, including “I’m Coming Out”, “Why Do Fools Fall in Love”, “All of You”, “Chain Reaction”, “If We Hold on Together”, and “When You Tell Me That You Love Me”.

Ross has also achieved mainstream success and recognition as an actress. Her first role was her Golden Globe Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Billie Holiday in the film Lady Sings the Blues (1972), which made her the first African-American actress to receive an Academy Award nomination for a debut film performance. The film’s soundtrack became her only solo album to reach number-one on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart. She also starred in two other feature films, Mahogany (1975) and The Wiz (1978), and later appeared in the television films Out of Darkness (1994), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, and Double Platinum (1999).

Ross was named the “Female Entertainer of the Century” by Billboard in 1976. Since her solo career began in 1970, Ross has sold over 100 million records worldwide.

She is the only female artist to have had U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles as a solo artist, as the other half of a duet, as a member of a trio, and as an ensemble member, a total of 18.

In 2021, Billboard ranked her the 30th greatest Hot 100 artist of all time. Her hits as a Supreme and a solo artist combined put Ross among the top-five artists on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart from 1955 to 2018.

She has scored a top 75 U.K. hit single for a record 33 consecutive years (1964–1996). In 1988, Ross was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Supremes, and is one of the rare performers to have two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was the recipient of a Special Tony Award in 1977, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2007, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 and 2023 (becoming the first woman to win the award twice, the latter as a member of the Supremes), and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016.

About Diana Ross

“Singing is my beautiful delicious obsession” – Diana Ross

Diana Ross defines an icon.  A national treasure with a magnificent legacy that has changed the course of music history and popular culture.  Ms. Ross is a creator of life, an alchemist of an unprecedented career that has made her the most successful recording artist and entertainer of all time.  

In 2021, Diana Ross does it again, bringing the world together with the release of a new album titled Thank You.  “This collection of songs is my gift to you with appreciation and love. I am eternally grateful that I had the opportunity to record this glorious music at this time. As I walk my path, you are in front of me, we are one. These songs are from my heart, and it brings me such joy to share them from me to you. I would like to thank everyone who participated in the making of these recordings and those that inspired me to create ‘Beautiful Love’ memories.”  

Ms. Ross co-wrote, produced, and masterfully curated the album with songs of collective sprite and togetherness.

Her dream began as a young girl in the North End section of Detroit. In a city where she would help to create a national cultural movement and become the premiere artist at the renown Motown Records.  Her extraordinary journey from the leader of The Supremes to her solo career has inspired and empowered countless musicians, artists, celebrities, and young dreamers.

The Diana Ross magic has touched music, fashion, stage, film, and TV.  Ms. Ross’ international achievements were acknowledged by the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors in Washington D.C. (2007). The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences bestowed its highest honor, The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, in 2012.

Her portrayal of Billie Holiday in the classic film Lady Sings the Blues produced an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe Award.  Starring as an aspiring designer in the 1975 romantic comedy Mahogany, the role was a perfect opportunity to personally sketch and design all the fashion in the timeless film.

As a stage actress, she won Broadway’s top honor with a Tony Award for her one-woman show, An Evening with Diana Ross. The same show was later broadcast as an award-winning network television special.

In 2017, the American Music Awards presented Ms. Ross with the Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1993, she earned a Guinness World Record for her success in the United States and the United Kingdom by having more hits than any other female artist on the charts with a career total of over 75 hit singles.

Additional career milestones include Induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, The Songwriters Hall of Fame, National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences Hero Award, NAACP Entertainer Award, Billboard’s Female Entertainer of the Century Award, and The Soul Train Legend Award. Ms. Ross is also one of the few celebrities to have two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Her voice, described as “honey” and “angelic,” has produced 14 Top ten albums, 18 #1 songs, and over 100 million streams, downloads, and sales around the world.

In what has been described as one of the greatest live concert performances, Diana Ross drew a crowd of over 800,000 people to New York’s Central Park on July 21 & 22, 1983.   Soon after the show began on July 21, pouring rain and heavy wind threatened to put an end to the show, but she pushed on for much of the set, urging the drenched crowd to remain calm and stay with her. Eventually, the storm put an end to the performance, but not before she promised her fans that she would return the next day. True to her word, she performed the entire concert again on July 22nd for the people of New York City.

“As you hear my voice, you hear my heart. ‘Let Love Lead the Way.’ I am so happy to have music as a part of my life. For the many moments of traveling and singing songs to you and loving you, these new songs came from all our years together. I am so, so grateful. Thank You for all the blessings in my life that you have given me. I have always felt your beautiful love. Thank you to my children and all my family. Thank you to all those that have made this incredible journey possible.”   

Always in pursuit of new levels of excellence and becoming the best of the best, no one does it better than Diana Ross.  

Diana Ross – I Still Believe

Lyrics:

n love, I still believe
It’s all I ever need
The reason that I breathe
I just can’t get enough
An old familiar friend
Call it Heaven sent
It never has to end
I still believe in love
Love

Pulling me up
Whenever I’m down
Giving me the faith I lost, but now I’ve found
Bringing me joy
Giving me life
Looking forward, I can leave my past behind

Darling, put your hands in mine
We’re just having a good, good time
Stepping out in a new light
We’re just having a good time (good time)

In love, I still believe
It’s all I ever need
It’s the reason that I breathe
I just can’t get enough
An old familiar friend
Call it Heaven sent
It never has to end
I still believe in love

Every smile
Every road
There’s a light that guides me everywhere I go
Through lonely nights
It keeps me close
It’s in everything I know, I know, I know

Darling, put your hands in mine
We’re just having a good, good time
Stepping out in a new light
We’re just having a good time (good time)

In love, I still believe
It’s all I ever need
It’s the reason that I breathe
I just can’t get enough
An old familiar friend
Call it Heaven sent
It never has to end
I still believe in love
Love, oh

Diana Ross – Amazing Grace

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