About An evening with Diana Ross
"Singing is my beautiful
delicious obsession" - Diana Ross
Diana Ross defines an icon. A national treasure with a magnificent
legacy that has changed the course of music history and popular culture. Ms. Ross is a creator of life, an
alchemist of an unprecedented career that has made her the most successful recording artist and entertainer of all time.
In 2021, Diana Ross did it again,
bringing the world together with the release of a new Grammy nominated album
titled Thank You. "This collection of songs is my gift to
you with appreciation and love. I am eternally grateful that I had the
opportunity to record this glorious music at this time. As I walk my path, you are in front of me, we are one. These songs
are from my heart and it
brings me such joy to share them from me to you. I would like to thank everyone
who participated in the making of these recordings and those that inspired me
to create 'Beautiful Love' memories."
Ms. Ross co-wrote, produced
and masterfully curated
the album with songs of collective sprite and togetherness.
Ms. Ross headlined the world's biggest music festival, Glastonbury in 2022 drawing
a crowd that becoming the most viewed performance ever at the festival and set the record for the
largest TV audience in the
history of the music event with over 3.1 million viewers in the UK.
Her dream began as a young girl
in the North End section of Detroit. In a city where she would help to create a
national cultural movement and become the premiere artist at the renown Motown Records.
Her extraordinary journey
from the leader of The Supremes
to her solo career has inspired and empowered countless musicians,
artists, celebrities, and young dreamers.
The Diana Ross magic has touched
music, fashion, stage, film, and TV. Ms.
Ross' international achievements were acknowledged by the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors in Washington D.C. (2007). The National Academy of Recording Arts &
Sciences bestowed its highest honor, The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, in
2012.
Her portrayal of Billie Holiday
in the classic film Lady Sings the Blues produced
an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe
Award. Starring as an aspiring
designer in the 1975 romantic comedy Mahogany, the role was a perfect
opportunity to personally sketch and design
all the fashion in the timeless film.
As a stage actress, she won Broadway's top honor
with a Tony Award for her
one-woman show, An Evening with Diana Ross. The same
show was later broadcast as an award-winning network television special.
In 2017,
the American Music
Awards presented Ms. Ross with
the Lifetime Achievement Award. In
1993, she earned a Guinness World Record for her success in the United States
and United Kingdom by having more hits than any other female artist on the
charts with a career total of over 75 hit singles.
Additional career milestones
include: Induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, The Songwriters Hall of Fame, National Academy
of Recording Arts & Sciences Hero Award,
NAACP Entertainer Award, Billboard's Female Entertainer of the Century
Award, and The Soul Train Legend Award. Ms. Ross is also one of the few
celebrities to have two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Her voice, described as "honey" and "angelic," has produced 14 Top
ten albums, 18 #1 songs and
over 100 million streams, downloads and sales around the world.
In what has been described
as one of the greatest live concert performances, Diana Ross drew
a crowd of over 800,000 people to New
York's Central Park on July 21 & 22, 1983. Soon after the show began on July 21,
pouring rain and heavy wind threatened to put an end to the show, but she pushed on for much
of the set, urging the drenched
crowd to remain calm and stay with her. Eventually the storm put an end to
the performance, but not before she promised her fans that she would return the next day. True to her word, she performed the entire concert again on July 22nd for the people of New York City.
Always in pursuit of new levels
of excellence and becoming
the best of the best, no one
has done it better than Diana
Ross.
"As you hear my voice,
you hear my heart.
'Let Love Lead the Way.'
I am so happy to have music as
a part of my life. For the many moments of traveling and singing songs to you and loving
you, these new songs came from all our years together. I am so, so
grateful. Thank You for all the blessings in my life that you have given me. I
have always felt your beautiful love. Thank you to my children and all my family.
Thank you to all those that have made this incredible journey possible." -
Diana Ross