Diana Ross Singer and Actress

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FEMUSIDO.com - Diana Ross is a singer and actress who was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States, on March 26, 1944.

She is the lead singer of the vocal group Supremes, who became the most successful Motown artist during the 1960s and one of the best-selling girl groups in the world of all time.

They remain the best-charting girl group of all time, with a total of 12 number-one pop singles on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Starting a Solo Music Career

After leaving the Supremes in 1970, Ross began a successful solo music career by releasing her debut solo album of the same name and its singles, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough".

Her second solo album, Everything Is Everything (1970), produced her first number-one single in the UK, "I'm Still Waiting".

Ross continued her successful solo career, embarking on record-breaking world concert tours, starring in widely watched TV specials, and releasing hit albums.

Solo Success

"Endless Love", a 1981 duet with Lionel Richie, made her the female solo artist with the most number-one songs in the United States at the time.

Her success continued throughout the 1980s and 1990s with global hits including "I'm Coming Out" and "Why Do Fools Fall in Love".

She also had singles "All of You", "Chain Reaction", "If We Hold on Together", and "When You Tell Me That You Love Me".

Ross also achieved success and recognition as an actress. Her first role was as Billie Holiday in the film Lady Sings the Blues (1972).

She won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Academy Award for the film.

Star of Several Feature Films

The award made her the first African-American actress to receive an Academy Award nomination for her debut film performance.

She also recorded the film's soundtrack, which became her only solo album to reach number one on the US Billboard 200 chart.

She went on to star 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).

Female Entertainer of the Century

Her success as a singer and actress brought her further fame. In 1976, Diana Ross was named Billboard's "Female Entertainer of the Century."

Since her solo career began in 1970, Ross has released 25 studio albums, numerous singles, and compilations that have sold more than 100 million records worldwide.

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

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

In 1988, Ross was inducted into 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 received a Special Tony Award in 1977, Kennedy Center Honors in 2007, and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 and 2023.

She became the first woman to win the award twice, most recently as a member of the Supremes, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016.

Her hits as a Supreme and solo artist placed Ross among the top five artists on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart from 1955 to 2018.

In 2021, Billboard ranked Diana Ross as the 30th greatest Hot 100 artist of all time. (*)