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Diana Ross (born
Diana Ernestine Earle Ross, March 26, 1944) is an
American singer and
actress. During the 1960s, she helped shape the
Motown Sound as lead singer of
The Supremes, before leaving the group for a solo career on January 14, 1970. Since the beginning of her career with The Supremes and as a solo artist, Ross has sold more than 100 million records.
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During the 1970s and through the mid 1980s, Ross was among the most successful female
artists, crossing over into film, television and Broadway. She received a
Best Actress Academy Award nomination for her 1972 role as
Billie Holiday in
Lady Sings the Blues. She won a
Golden Globe award for
Lady Sings the Blues. She won
American Music Awards, garnered twelve Grammy Award nominations, and won a
Tony Award for her one-woman show,
An Evening with Diana Ross, in 1977.
