Diana Ross

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Motown artist actress human recording artist singer

Diana Ross is an iconic American singer and actress, best known as the lead vocalist of The Supremes and a defining figure of Motown and pop music.

Aliases (3)

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Motown artist → actress → human → recording artist → singer →
activeYearsStart	1959 →
associatedAct	Lionel Richie → Marvin Gaye → The Supremes →
awardReceived	Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress → Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award → Kennedy Center Honors → Presidential Medal of Freedom → Tony Award (special award) for An Evening with Diana Ross →
child	Chudney Ross → Evan Ross → Rhonda Ross Kendrick → Ross Arne Næss → Tracee Ellis Ross →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1944-03-26 →
ethnicGroup	African American →
familyName	Ross →
fullName	Diana Ernestine Earle Ross →
genre	Motown → R&B → disco → pop music → soul music →
givenName	Diana →
influenced	Beyoncé → Janet Jackson → Mariah Carey → Whitney Houston →
memberOf	The Supremes →
movement	Motown sound →
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Actress →
notableAchievement	lead singer of The Supremes, Motown’s most commercially successful act of the 1960s → pioneering figure in the crossover of African American artists into mainstream pop music →
notableRole	Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues →
notableWork	Diana & Marvin (album) → Diana (1980 album) → Diana Ross (1970 album) → Everything Is Everything (album) → Lady Sings the Blues (film) → Mahogany (film) → Surrender (album) → The Boss (album) → The Supremes → The Wiz (film) → Touch Me in the Morning (album) → “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” → “Endless Love” → “I’m Coming Out” → “Love Hangover” → “Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)” → “Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To)” → “Touch Me in the Morning” → “Upside Down” →
occupation	actress → film producer → record producer → singer →
placeOfBirth	Detroit, Michigan, United States →
recordLabel	Capitol Records NERFINISHED → Motown Records → RCA Records NERFINISHED →
residence	Los Angeles, California, United States →
spouse	Arne Næss Jr. → Robert Ellis Silberstein →
voiceType	mezzo-soprano →

Referenced by (27)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jeff Gitelman → Marvin Gaye → Sharon Robinson → The Jackson 5 → The Supremes →	associatedAct
Billie Holiday → Smokey Robinson →	influenced
Beyoncé → Janet Jackson →	influencedBy
Albhy Galuten →	collaboratedWith
Diana →	famousBearer
Diana Ross ("Diana Ernestine Earle Ross") →	fullName
Ross →	hasNotableBearer
I'm Gonna Make You Love Me →	hasNotablePerformer
Grammy Legend Award →	hasRecipient
Overjoyed →	isCoveredBy
Motown →	launchedCareerOf
Tommy Mottola →	managedArtist
The Supremes →	member
The Supremes ("Diana Ross left the group in 1970") →	notableEvent
Sharon Robinson →	notableSongWrittenFor
Diana Ross ("Diana Ross (1970 album)") →	notableWork
Berry Gordy →	partner
Endless Love →	performer
Mo Money Mo Problems →	sampledArtist
We Are the World →	vocalPerformanceBy
Barry Gibb →	wroteForArtist