1944-03-26 ( 81 years old ) in Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Diana Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer, actress, and record producer. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Ross rose to fame as the lead singer of the vocal group the Supremes, which, during the 1960s, became Motown's most successful act, and are the best charting female group in US history, as well as one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time. The group released a record-setting twelve number-one hit singles on the US Billboard Hot 100, including "Where Did Our Love Go", "Baby Love", "Come See About Me", "Stop! In the Name of Love", "You Can't Hurry Love", "You Keep Me Hangin' On", "Love Child", and "Someday We'll Be Together".
Following her departure from the Supremes in 1970, Ross released her eponymous debut solo album that same year, featuring the number-one Pop hit "Ain't No Mountain High Enough". She later released the album Touch Me in the Morning in 1973; its title track reached number 1, as her second solo No. 1 hit. She continued a successful solo career through the 1970s, which included hit albums like Mahogany and Diana Ross and their number-one hit singles, "Theme from Mahogany" and "Love Hangover", respectively. Her 1980 album Diana produced another number-one single, "Upside Down", as well as the international hit "I'm Coming Out". Ross' final single with Motown during her initial run with the company achieved her sixth and final US number-one Pop hit, the duet "Endless Love" featuring Lionel Richie, whose solo career was launched with its success.
Ross has also ventured into acting, with a Golden Globe Award and Academy Award–nominated performance for her performance in the film Lady Sings the Blues (1972); she recorded its soundtrack, which became a number-one hit. She also starred in two other feature films, Mahogany (1975) and The Wiz (1978), later acting in the television films Out of Darkness (1994), for which she also was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, and Double Platinum (1999).
Ross was named the "Female Entertainer of the Century" by Billboard magazine. In 1993, the Guinness Book of World Records declared Ross the most successful female music artist in history, due to her success in the United States and United Kingdom for having more hits than any female artist in the charts, with a career total of 70 hit singles with her work with the Supremes and as a solo artist. In 1988, Ross was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as member of the Supremes, alongside Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard. She was the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2007, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016.
She is a 12-time Grammy nominee, never earning a competitive honor, but later became the recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. In December 2016, Billboard magazine named her the 50th most successful dance artist of all time. In Billboard magazine's Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Artists chart, she ranked 16th as the lead singer of the Supremes and 26th as a solo artist. In December 2018, Diana Ross consolidated her status as a dance diva by ranking #3 in the Billboard Dance Club Songs Artists year-end chart.
Movies
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024-05-18
The Greatest Night in Pop
2024-01-19
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
2023-12-01
Motown Master: Lamont Dozier at the BBC
2023-01-01
Diana Ross at Glastonbury 2022
2022-06-26
Platinum Party at the Palace
2022-06-04
TINA
2021-08-20
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
2021-03-01
The BRITs at 40
2020-02-11
Diana Ross: Supreme Diva
2019-12-06
My Music: A Classic Christmas
2019-11-16
Diana Ross: Live in Central Park
2019-03-26
Motown 60: A Grammy Celebration
2019-02-06
NBC’s New Year’s Eve
2018-12-09
This Is Bob Hope...
2017-12-29
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014-02-01
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013-04-23
Always Whitney Houston
2012-01-01
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
2010-01-05
Motown at the BBC
2009-02-20
Burt Sugarman's The Midnight Special: 1976
2006-06-01
Back to the 80's 1980
2004-06-06
The Giants of Black Music
2003-03-24
It's Black Entertainment
2002-02-08
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
2002-01-09
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3
2001-07-17
VH1 Divas 2000: A Tribute to Diana Ross
2000-04-11
Double Platinum
1999-05-16
Motown 40: The Music is Forever
1998-02-15
Ready Steady Go! The Sounds of Motown
1995-05-09
Out of Darkness
1994-01-16
Christmas in Vienna
1992-12-23
Diana Ross: The Lady Sings Jazz and Blues
1992-01-01
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986-01-21
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
1985-01-28
I Love Quincy
1984-03-23
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever
1983-05-16
The Rolling Stones - The First 20 Years
1982-01-01
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982-01-01
Diana
1981-03-02
Standing Room Only: Diana Ross
1980-01-13
The Wiz
1978-10-24
Wiz on Down the Road
1978-01-01
An Evening with Diana Ross
1977-03-06
Mahogany
1975-10-08
Lady Sings the Blues
1972-10-12
Goin' Back to Indiana
1971-09-19
Diana!
1971-04-18
G.I.T. on Broadway
1969-11-12
TCB
1968-12-09
Beach Ball
1965-09-29
The T.A.M.I. Show
1964-11-14
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