"Singer," actress, sex symbol, diva, and living legend: Diana Ross has played all these roles in becoming a pop culture icon over the past 40 years. Rising to stardom on a string of classic '60s Motown hits, she and fellow Supremes Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard (later replaced by Cindy Birdsong) still stand as the most successful girl group of all time, and their story formed the basis for the '80s Broadway musical, Dreamgirls.

"As a solo artist, Ross continued to top the charts with songs that rode the changing musical soundscape of the next decade and a half. Her versatility with soul, disco, R&B ballads, and funk-lite smashes helped make Diana one of the most successful female singers of the rock era. In addition to this incredibly successful recording career, Diana has appeared in a handful of feature and television films, winning a Golden Globe and earning an Oscar nomination for her big screen acting debut.