Diana Ross is a pop-music superstar, and a Musicheads Essential Artist. 

Born in Detroit in 1944, Diana Ross was just 15 when she formed the Primettes with a group of friends. In 1960, three members of that group signed to Motown Records, changed their name to the Supremes and started turning out hits that changed the pop music landscape. In all, the Supremes posted 12 number-one hits to the pop charts, including the cherished classics “Baby Love," “Stop! In the Name of Love,” and “Someday We’ll Be Together.” 

In 1967, the group changed its name to Diana Ross and the Supremes, and in 1970, Diana Ross launched her solo career with a self-titled album that included the hit single, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," which hit No. 1 in the Billboard R&B Chart, the Billboard Cash Box Top 100, and the Billboard Hot 100. 

In the 1970s, Ross also began an acting career, playing Billie Holiday in the 1972 film "Lady Sings the Blues." Ross also went on to star in such films as "The Wiz," and in "Mahogany," for which she also recorded the theme song, " Do You Know Where You're Going To," which went No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1976.  

Diana Ross's pop hits continued — from disco bangers like “Love Hangover” and "Upside Down" to "Endless Love," her tender 1981 duet with Lionel Richie.  

The influence of the Supremes and solo work by Ross continues to this day for artists like Beyonce and Janet Jackson. Her powerful hit “I’m Coming Out” is still a live favorite. It has been embraced by the LGBTQ community and sampled in hip-hop hits. 

She attracts large audiences worldwide by virtue of her majestic stage presence and her deep canon of beloved songs. In 1988, Diana Ross and the Supremes were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Ross herself was awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012, and in 2016, Diana Ross received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama.