Diana Ross discography


The discography of American pop-soul singer Diana Ross, the former lead singer of the Supremes, consists of 26 studio albums and 117 singles. Throughout her career, Ross has sold over 100 million records worldwide. Billboard ranked her as the 47th greatest artist of all time on the [Billboard Hot 100|Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Hot 100] and the 11th greatest female artist on the Hot 100. In 1993, Guinness World Records named Ross the "most successful female charting artist in music history". Her 1980 album Diana remains the best-selling album of her career.
Between 1970 and 1986, Ross charted 40 songs on the Billboard Hot 100. 27 of those reached the top 40, including 12 top 10 hits with six reaching number one. "Endless Love", a duet with Lionel Richie spent nine consecutive weeks at number one and set a record for Ross as the female solo artist with the most number one pop singles, a record she held until 1988. Between 1970 and 2005, Ross charted 70 songs on the UK singles chart. 46 songs reached the top 40 including 19 top ten singles and two number ones.
33 of her albums charted on the Billboard 200, with 17 peaking inside the top 40. On the UK albums chart, Ross charted 46 albums with 32 reaching the top 40.
Ross sang lead on a UK top 75 hit single at least once every year for 33 consecutive years, a record for any perfomer. She is among a select group of artists whose albums and singles combined have spent more than 1,000 weeks on the official UK charts, with her singles totalling 569 weeks and her albums spending a total of 634 weeks on the charts., Ross has 29 certified BPI albums. Ross also has nine certified BPI singles.
As Motown was not affiliated with the RIAA until 1978 her albums released before that date have never been certified in the US, although six of these sold enough to reach Gold status and one sold enough to reach Platinum.

Albums

Compilation albums

Diana Ross' Greatest Hits was released as Greatest Hits 2 in the UK.

Singles

1970–1981 (Motown era)


Other charted songs
  • "Sorry Doesn't Always Make It Right" was originally released as Motown US & UK single, February 1975, b/w "Together". Later it was included on the album Ross.
  • The first released version of "We Can Never Light That Old Flame Again" was a non-album single in 1982, and was remixed by Berry Gordy and James Anthony Carmichael. Then it was included on the Deluxe Edition of the album Diana.
  • "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" was re-release as a single for the US CD release, the 1986 Motown two-for-one "2 All Time Great Classic Albums" Ain't No Mountain High Enough/Surrender.


'''International singles '''

1981–1988 (RCA era)

  • Releases internationally were on Capitol Records.
  • "All of You" was originally planned as a duet for Iglesias' album 1100 Bel Air Place. According to writer J. Randy Taraborrelli in Diana Ross: A Biography, "The third track on side two of the album was originally 'Fight For It'. With the success of 'All Of You,' RCA got clearance from CBS to include it in place of 'Fight For It'".
  • A remixed version of "Chain Reaction" was issued as a single. This version is not included on any RCA album by Diana Ross.


International singles

1988–2001 (Motown II era)

Other charted songs
  • These singles were special releases that later were included in her discography.
  • "I Will Survive" hadn't been officially released as a single in the US, when it charted at Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs.
  • "Sugarfree" was never released as a single. It gained some R&B airplay and peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart.


'''International singles '''

2002–present

Dance Club Play chart entries
From the inception of the Billboard Dance Club Play chart until the week of February 16, 1991, several songs on an EP or album could occupy the same position if more than one track from a release was receiving significant play in clubs. Beginning with the February 23, 1991 issue, the dance chart became "song specific", meaning only one song could occupy each position at a time. Therefore;
  • "Your Love Is So Good for Me" and "Top of the World" was a double A-side 12" single, so these two count as one No. 15 on this chart.
  • "Lovin', Livin' and Givin'" and "What You Gave Me" was a double A-side 12" single, so these two also count as one No. 35 on this chart.
  • "The Boss", "No One Gets the Prize" and "It's My House" all appear on Ross' The Boss album, so these three count as one No. 1 on the Club Play chart.
  • "Upside Down" and "I'm Coming Out" was a double A-side 12" single, so these two also count as one No. 1 on this chart.
  • "Mirror, Mirror" and "Work That Body" was a double A-side 12" single, so these two also count as one No. 14 on this chart.