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Diana Ross discography 
Diana Ross performing at the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize concert in OsloReleases ↙Studio albums 24 ↙Live albums 5 ↙Compilation albums 11 ↙Singles 90 ↙Soundtracks 4 This article presents the discography of American recording artist Diana Ross, the former lead singer of The Supremes. It is a complete listing of all her solo albums and singles released. 27 of her singles reached the Billboard Top 40 in the US, 12 of them the Billboard Top 10, and six of those reaching number-one, placing her in a tie for fifth among the top female solo performers who have reached the top spot there.[1] In the UK, she amassed a total of 46 Top 40 singles with 19 of them reaching the Top 10 and two of those reaching number-one. In the U.S., 17 albums reached the Billboard Top 40, four of those the Top 10, and one album topping the chart. In the UK, 26 albums reached the Top 40, eight of those the Top Ten, and one album topping the chart. Ross sang lead on a hit single at least once every year from 1964 to 1996 in the UK, a period of 33 consecutive years and a record for any performer.
Contents
Albums
Studio albums
Year Album Chart peak positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)US
[2]US
R&B
[2]NLD
[3]UK
[4]1970 Diana Ross - Label: Motown
19 1 — 14 Everything Is Everything - Label: Motown
42 5 — 31 1971 Surrender - Label: Motown
56 10 — 10 1973 Touch Me in the Morning - Label: Motown
5 1 — 7 Diana & Marvin (with Marvin Gaye) - Label: Motown
26 7 — 6 Last Time I Saw Him - Label: Motown
52 12 — 41 1976 Diana Ross - Label: Motown
5 4 2 4 - UK: Gold[5]
1977 Baby It's Me - Label: Motown
18 7 — — - UK: Silver[5]
1978 Ross - Label: Motown
49 32 — — 1979 The Boss - Label: Motown
14 10 — 52 - US: Gold[6]
1980 diana - Label: Motown
2 1 4 12 1981 Why Do Fools Fall in Love - Label: RCA
15 4 3 20 1982 Silk Electric - Label: RCA
27 5 14 33 1983 Ross - Label: RCA
32 14 27 44 1984 Swept Away - Label: RCA
26 7 10 40 1985 Eaten Alive - Label: RCA
45 27 8 11 1987 Red Hot Rhythm & Blues - Label: RCA
73 39 53 47 1989 Workin' Overtime - Label: Motown
116 34 43 23 - UK: Silver[5]
1991 The Force Behind the Power - Label: Motown
102 66 32 11 - UK: Platinum[5]
1994 A Very Special Season - Label: EMI
— — 93 37 - UK: Gold[5]
1995 Take Me Higher - Label: Motown
114 38 48 10 1999 Every Day Is a New Day - Label: Motown
108 47 — 73 2006 Blue - Label: Motown
146 71 — — I Love You - Label: EMI/Manhattan
32 16 92 60 "—" denotes the album failed to chart or was not certified Soundtrack albums
Year Album Chart peak positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)US
[2]US
R&B
[2]UK
[4]1971 Diana! - Label: Motown
46 3 43 1972 Lady Sings the Blues - Label: Motown
1 2 50 - UK: Gold[5]
1978 The Wiz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Label: MCA
40 33 — - US: Gold[6]
1981 Endless Love - Label: Mercury
9 9 26 - US: Gold[6]
"—" denotes the album failed to chart or was not certified Live albums
Year Album Chart peak positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)US
[2]US
R&B
[2]UK
[4]1974 Live at Caesars Palace - Label: Motown
64 15 21 1977 An Evening with Diana Ross - Label: Motown
29 14 52 - UK: Silver[5]
1989 Greatest Hits Live - Label: EMI
— — 34 - UK: Gold[5]
1992 Live: Stolen Moments: The Lady Sings... Jazz and Blues - Label: Motown
— 73 45 1993 Christmas in Vienna (with Plácido Domingo & José Carreras) - Label: Sony Classical
154 — 71 "—" denotes the album failed to chart or was not certified Compilation albums
Year Album Chart peak positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)US
[2]US
R&B
[2]UK
[4]1972 Greatest Hits - Label: Motown
— — 34 - UK: Gold[5]
1976 Diana Ross' Greatest Hits 1 - Label: Motown
13 10 2 1979 20 Golden Greats - Label: Motown
— — 2 - UK: Platinum[5]
1981 To Love Again - Label: Motown
32 16 26 All the Great Hits - Label: Motown
37 14 21 1992 Motown's Greatest Hits - Label: Motown
— — 20 1993 Forever Diana: Musical Memoirs - Label: Motown
— 88 — One Woman: The Ultimate Collection - Label: EMI
— — 1 - UK: 4× Platinum[5]
1994 Diana Extended: The Remixes - Label: Motown
— 68 58 1996 Voice of Love - Label: EMI
— — 42 2001 Love & Life: The Very Best of Diana Ross - Label: EMI
— — 28 - UK: Gold[5]
2006 The Definitive Collection - Label: Hip-O
— — — 2011 The Greatest - Label: Universal
— — 24 "—" denotes the album failed to chart or was not certified - 1 Diana Ross' Greatest Hits was released in the UK as Greatest Hits 2.
Singles
The Motown era (1970-1982)
Year Single Chart positions[4][9] US US
R&BUS
A/CUS
DanceUK 1970 "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" 20 7 18 — 33 "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" 1 1 6 — 6 "Remember Me" 16 10 20 — 7 1971 "Reach Out (I'll Be There)" 29 17 16 — — "Surrender" 38 16 — — 10 "I'm Still Waiting" 63 40 — — 1 1972 "Doobedood'ndoobe, Doobedood'ndoobe, Doobedood'ndoo" — — — — 12 1973 "Good Morning Heartache" 34 20 8 — — "Touch Me in the Morning" 1 5 1 — 9 "You're a Special Part of Me" (with Marvin Gaye) 12 4 43 — — 1974 "All of My Life" — — — — 9 "Last Time I Saw Him" 14 15 1 — 35 "My Mistake (Was to Love You)" (with Marvin Gaye) 19 15 — — — "You Are Everything" (with Marvin Gaye) — — — — 5 "Sleepin'" 70 50 — — — "Don't Knock My Love" (with Marvin Gaye) 46 25 — — — "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)" (with Marvin Gaye) — — — — 25 "Love Me" — — — — 38 1975 "Sorry Doesn't Always Make It Right" — — 17 — 23 "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" 1 14 1 — 5 1976 "I Thought It Took a Little Time (But Today I Fell in Love)" 47 61 4 — 32 "Love Hangover" 1 1 19 1 10 "One Love in My Lifetime" 25 10 31 — — 1977 "Gettin' Ready for Love" 27 16 8 — 23 1978 "Your Love Is So Good for Me" 49 16 — 15 — "Top of the World" — — — — — "You Got It" 49 39 9 — — "Lovin', Livin' and Givin'" — — — 35 54 "Ease on Down the Road" (with Michael Jackson) 41 17 40 — 45 "A Brand New Day" (with Michael Jackson) — — — — — "Pops, We Love You (A Tribute to Father)" (with Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder & Smokey Robinson) 59 26 — — 66 1979 "What You Gave Me" — 86 — — — "The Boss" 19 12 41 1 40 "No One Gets the Prize" — — — 1 59 "It's My House" — 27 — 1 32 1980 "Upside Down" 1 1 18 1 2 "I'm Coming Out" 5 6 — 1 13 "My Old Piano" 109 — — — 5 "It's My Turn" 9 14 9 — 16 1981 "One More Chance" 79 54 — — 49 "Cryin' My Heart Out for You" — — — — 58 "Endless Love" (with Lionel Richie) 1 1 1 — 7 1982 "Tenderness" — — — — 73 "We Can Never Light That Old Flame Again" — — — — — "—" denotes the single failed to chart or was not released The RCA era (1981-1988)
- Releases in the UK were on Capitol Records.
Year Single Chart positions[4][9] US US
R&BUS
A/CUS
DanceUK 1981 "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" 7 6 2 — 4 1982 "Mirror, Mirror" 8 2 — 14 36 "Work That Body" 44 34 — 7 "It's Never Too Late" — — — — 41 "Muscles" 10 4 36 — 15 1983 "So Close" 40 76 13 — 43 "Who" — — — — — "Pieces of Ice" 31 15 — 17 46 "Up Front" — 60 — — 79 "Let's Go Up" 77 52 — — — 1984 "All of You" (with Julio Iglesias) 19 38 2 — 43 "Swept Away" 19 3 — 1 — "Touch by Touch" — — — — 47 "Missing You" 10 1 4 — 76 1985 "Telephone" — 13 — — — "Eaten Alive" 77 10 — 3 71 "Chain Reaction" 95 85 25 — 1 1986 "Chain Reaction" (Special New Mix) 66 — — 7 — "Experience" — — — — 47 "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (re-release) — — — — 85 1987 "Dirty Looks" — 12 — — 49 "Tell Me Again" — — — — — "Shockwaves" — — — — 76 1988 "Mr. Lee" — — — — 58 "If We Hold on Together" — — 23 — 11 "—" denotes the single failed to chart or was not released The Motown II era (1988-2001)
- Releases in the UK were on EMI.
Year Single Chart positions[4][9] US US
R&BUS
A/CUS
DanceUK 1988 "Love Hangover" (PWL '88 Remixes) — — — — 75 1989 "Love Hangover" (Joey Negro '89 Club Mix) — — — 3 — "Workin' Overtime" — 3 — 11 32 "Paradise" — — — 11 61 "This House" — 64 — — — "Bottom Line" — — — — — 1990 "I'm Still Waiting" (Phil Chill 1990 Remix) — — — — 21 1991 "No Matter What You Do" (with Al B. Sure!) — 4 — — — "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" — 37 26 — 2 1992 "You're Gonna Love It" — — — 24 — "Waiting in the Wings" — — — — — "The Force Behind the Power" — — — — 27 "One Shining Moment" — — — — 10 "If We Hold on Together" — — — — — 1993 "Heart (Don't Change My Mind)" — — — — 31 "Chain Reaction" ('93 Remix) — — — — 20 "Your Love" — — — — 14 1994 "The Best Years of My Life" — — — — 28 "Someday We'll Be Together" ('94 Remix) — — — 7 — "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" (re-release) / "I'm Coming Out ('94 Remixes) — — — — 36 1995 "Take Me Higher" 114 77 — 1 32 "Gone" — — — — 36 1996 "If You're Not Gonna Love Me Right" — 67 — — — "I Will Survive" — — — 37 14 "Voice of the Heart" — — 28 — — "In the Ones You Love" — — — — 34 1997 "Promise Me You'll Try" — — — — — 1999 "Until We Meet Again" — — — 2 — "Not Over You Yet" — — — — 9 "Sugarfree" — — — — — 2001 "Goin' Back" — — — — — "—" denotes the single failed to chart or was not released Independent releases (2005-present)
Year Single Chart positions[4][9] US US
R&BUS
A/CUS
DanceUK 2005 "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" (with Westlife) — — — — 2 "Big Bad Love" (with Ray Charles on Genius & Friends) — — — — — 2006 "I've Got a Crush on You" (with Rod Stewart) — — 19 — — "—" denotes the single failed to chart or was not released Note
- US chart positions below #100 were compiled from Billboard magazine's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles and Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles charts.
See also
- Diana Ross main article
- The Supremes discography
- Motown Records label
- List of best-selling music artists
- List of number-one hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one in the United States
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. dance chart
Sources and external links
References
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/bonus_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003872634
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Diana Ross U.S. albums chart history". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5308/charts-awards/billboard-albums. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
- ^ "Discografie Diana Ross". DutchCharts.nl. http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Diana+Ross. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Diana Ross UK chart history". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=2192. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2011-10-29. Note: User needs to enter "New Order" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH. Retrieved 2011-10-29. Note: User must define 'Artist' search parameter as "Diana Ross".
- ^ a b c d e "Certified Awards Search". Music Canada. Retrieved on 2011-10-29. Note: User needs to enter "Diana Ross" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
- ^ "Certified Awards Search". Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved on 2011-10-29.
- ^ a b c d "Diana Ross U.S. singles chart history". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5308/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
Diana Ross Studio albums Diana Ross (1970) · Everything Is Everything (1970) · Surrender (1971) · Touch Me in the Morning (1973) · Last Time I Saw Him (1973) · Diana Ross (1976) · Baby It's Me (1977) · Ross (1978) · The Boss (1979) · diana (1980) · Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1981) · Silk Electric (1982) · Ross (1983) · Swept Away (1984) · Eaten Alive (1985) · Red Hot Rhythm & Blues (1987) · Workin' Overtime (1989) · The Force Behind the Power (1991) · Take Me Higher (1995) · Every Day Is a New Day (1999) · Blue (2006) · I Love You (2006)Compilations Greatest Hits (1972) · Diana Ross' Greatest Hits (1976) · 20 Golden Greats (1979) · To Love Again (1981) · All the Great Hits (1981) · Forever Diana: Musical Memoirs (1993) · One Woman: The Ultimate Collection (1993) · Diana Extended: The Remixes (1994) · Voice of Love (1996) · Love & Life: The Very Best of Diana Ross (2001) · The Definitive Collection (2006)Live albums Live at Caesars Palace (1974) · An Evening with Diana Ross (1977) · Greatest Hits Live (1989) · Live: Stolen Moments: The Lady Sings... Jazz and Blues (1992)Soundtrack albums Diana! (1971) · Lady Sings the Blues (1972) · The Wiz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1978) · Endless Love (1981)Other albums Diana & Marvin · (1973) Christmas in Vienna (with Plácido Domingo and José Carreras) (1993) · A Very Special Season (1994)Singles
(US/UK Top Ten singles)"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" · "Remember Me" · "Surrender" · "I'm Still Waiting" · "Touch Me in the Morning" · "All of My Life" · "You Are Everything" · "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" · "Love Hangover" · "Upside Down" · "I'm Coming Out" · "My Old Piano" · "It's My Turn" · "Endless Love" · "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" · "Mirror, Mirror" · "Work That Body" · "Muscles" · "Missing You" · "Chain Reaction" · "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" · "One Shining Moment" · "Not Over You Yet"
Films Lady Sings the Blues (1972) · Mahogany (1975) · The Wiz (1978) · Out of Darkness (1994) · Double Platinum (1999)
Tours Return to Love Tour (2000) · I Love You Tour (2007-08) · More Today Than Yesterday (2010-11)
Related topics Discography · The Supremes · Berry Gordy · Rhonda Ross Kendrick · Tracee Ellis Ross · Chudney Ross · Ross Næss · Evan Ross · Arne Næss, Jr. · List of awards and nominations received by Diana Ross · Diana Ross Playground
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