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.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Diana Ross canonical 147
Diana Ernestine Earle Ross 1
Diana Ross (1970 album) 1

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 ⓘ
Arne Næss ⓘ
surface form: Ross Arne Næss

Tracee Ellis Ross ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1944-03-26 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Ross ⓘ
fullName Diana Ross self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 film "Lady Sings the Blues" ⓘ
surface form: Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues
notableWork Diana & Marvin (album) ⓘ
Diana (1980 album) ⓘ
Diana Ross self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Diana Ross (1970 album)

Everything Is Everything (album) ⓘ
film "Lady Sings the Blues" ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: “Endless Love”

I'm Coming Out ⓘ
surface form: “I’m Coming Out”

“Love Hangover” ⓘ
“Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)” ⓘ
Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To) ⓘ
surface form: “Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To)”

Touch Me in the Morning (album) ⓘ
surface form: “Touch Me in the Morning”

“Upside Down” ⓘ
occupation actress ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
recordLabel Capitol Records ⓘ
Motown ⓘ
surface form: Motown Records

RCA Records ⓘ
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
spouse Arne Næss ⓘ
surface form: Arne Næss Jr.

Robert Ellis Silberstein ⓘ
voiceType mezzo-soprano ⓘ

Referenced by (152)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Beyoncé → influencedBy → Diana Ross ⓘ
Motown → launchedCareerOf → Diana Ross ⓘ
Janet Jackson → influencedBy → Diana Ross ⓘ
Grammy Legend Award → hasRecipient → Diana Ross ⓘ
Barry Gibb → wroteForArtist → Diana Ross ⓘ
Mo Money Mo Problems → sampledArtist → Diana Ross ⓘ
Tommy Mottola → managedArtist → Diana Ross ⓘ
I’m Gonna Make You Love Me → hasNotablePerformer → Diana Ross ⓘ
subject surface form: I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
Billie Holiday → influenced → Diana Ross ⓘ
Jeff Gitelman → associatedAct → Diana Ross ⓘ
Diana Ross → fullName → Diana Ross self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diana Ernestine Earle Ross
Diana Ross → notableWork → Diana Ross self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diana Ross (1970 album)
The Jackson 5 → associatedAct → Diana Ross ⓘ
Berry Gordy → partner → Diana Ross ⓘ
The Supremes → member → Diana Ross ⓘ
The Supremes → associatedAct → Diana Ross ⓘ
The Supremes → notableEvent → Diana Ross ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diana Ross left the group in 1970
Marvin Gaye → associatedAct → Diana Ross ⓘ
Overjoyed → isCoveredBy → Diana Ross ⓘ
Endless Love → performer → Diana Ross ⓘ
We Are the World → vocalPerformanceBy → Diana Ross ⓘ
Diana → famousBearer → Diana Ross ⓘ
Ross → hasNotableBearer → Diana Ross ⓘ
Albhy Galuten → collaboratedWith → Diana Ross ⓘ
Sharon Robinson → associatedAct → Diana Ross ⓘ
Sharon Robinson → notableSongWrittenFor → Diana Ross ⓘ
Smokey Robinson → influenced → Diana Ross ⓘ
Lifetime Achievement Award → notableRecipient → Diana Ross ⓘ
subject surface form: BET Lifetime Achievement Award
Bernard Edwards → wroteFor → Diana Ross ⓘ
Bernard Edwards → producedFor → Diana Ross ⓘ
Bernard Edwards → collaboratedWith → Diana Ross ⓘ
I'm Coming Out → artist → Diana Ross ⓘ
I'm Coming Out → performer → Diana Ross ⓘ
I'm Coming Out → leadVocalsBy → Diana Ross ⓘ
Gene Page → workedWith → Diana Ross ⓘ
Nile Rodgers → collaboratedWith → Diana Ross ⓘ
J. Randy Taraborrelli (creative consultant) → hasWrittenAbout → Diana Ross ⓘ
subject surface form: J. Randy Taraborrelli
Lee Holdridge → collaboratedWith → Diana Ross ⓘ
Chic → associatedAct → Diana Ross ⓘ
Mary Wilson → associatedAct → Diana Ross ⓘ
Nickolas Ashford → collaboratedWith → Diana Ross ⓘ
Nickolas Ashford → wroteFor → Diana Ross ⓘ
Lover Man → hasNotableInterpretationBy → Diana Ross ⓘ
film "Lady Sings the Blues" → starring → Diana Ross ⓘ
subject surface form: Lady Sings the Blues
film "Lady Sings the Blues" → leadActress → Diana Ross ⓘ
subject surface form: Lady Sings the Blues
Imagine (song) → hasCoverVersionBy → Diana Ross ⓘ
subject surface form: Imagine
Cindy Birdsong → associatedAct → Diana Ross ⓘ
Ron Saint Germain → notableWorkWith → Diana Ross ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress → notableRecipient → Diana Ross ⓘ
Florence Ballard → associatedAct → Diana Ross ⓘ