Diana Ross Releases New Tour Dates Including San Francisco : July 28, 2011

This fall, Diana Ross, the legendary singer and actress, will be gracing stages across the country. More shows have been added to “More Today Than Yesterday: The Great [...]

Diana Ross Hits Theaters Across the US : March 15, 2010

Diana Ross will be hitting the road to dust off her greatest hits collection this summer. Starting May 15 in Boston, Massachusetts, Ross will begin a 17-city tour that wi [...]

diana ross Biography

The American singer Diana Ross was born in Detroit, Michigan on March 26, 1944. Ross was a member of The Supremes and served as their lead singer during the 1960s. In 1970, she left the group and launched her solo career. She has also worked as an actress on several successful Broadway and film projects. Ross was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Actress for playing Billie Holiday in the 1972 film “Lady Sings the Blues.” She was awarded A Gold Globe for that role. In total Ross has won 8 awards from the American Music Awards and received twelve nominations from the Grammy Awards. For “An Evening with Diana Ross,” the singer's one woman show, Ross received a Tony Award in 1977.

Ross was named “Female Entertainer of the Century” by Billboard magazine in 1976. She has been declared the all-time most successful female musical artist by Guinness Book of World Records based on having more hits in the UK and US than any other female performer. She has had a total of eighteen No. 1 U.S. records and sold over 100 million worldwide records.

Ross has two stars, one as a The Supreme member and one as a soloist, on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. She was the recipient of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Honors Award in December 2007.