Diana Ross

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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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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

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Ray Parker Jr. workedWith Diana Ross