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Diana Ross discography
A woman in a long white coat singing into a microphone.
Diana Ross performing at the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo
Studio albums22
Soundtrack albums2
Live albums4
Compilation albums11
Singles88
Other albums3

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, 24 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, a record for any performer.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Album Chart positions[2][3]
US US
R&B 		UK
1970 Diana Ross 19 1 14
Everything Is Everything 42 5 31
1971 Surrender 56 10 10
1973 Touch Me in the Morning 5 1 7
Last Time I Saw Him 52 12 41
1976 Diana Ross 5 4 4
1977 Baby It's Me 18 7 —
1978 Ross 49 32 —
1979 The Boss 14 10 52
1980 diana 2 1 12
1981 Why Do Fools Fall in Love 15 4 20
1982 Silk Electric 27 5 33
1983 Ross 32 14 44
1984 Swept Away 26 7 40
1985 Eaten Alive 45 27 11
1987 Red Hot Rhythm & Blues 73 39 47
1989 Workin' Overtime 116 34 23
1991 The Force Behind the Power 102 66 11
1995 Take Me Higher 114 38 10
1999 Every Day Is a New Day 108 47 73
2006 Blue 146 71 —
I Love You 32 16 60
"—" denotes the album failed to chart or was not released

Live albums

Year Album Chart positions[2][3]
US US
R&B 		UK
1974 Live at Caesars Palace 64 15 21
1977 An Evening with Diana Ross 29 14 52
1989 Greatest Hits Live — — 34
1992 Live: Stolen Moments: The Lady Sings... Jazz and Blues — 73 45
"—" denotes the album failed to chart or was not released

Compilation albums

Year Album Chart positions[2][3]
US US
R&B 		UK
1972 Greatest Hits — — 34
1976 Diana Ross' Greatest Hits^ 13 10 2
1979 20 Golden Greats — — 2
1981 To Love Again 32 16 26
All the Great Hits 37 14 21
1993 Forever Diana: Musical Memoirs — 88 —
One Woman: The Ultimate Collection — — 1
1994 Diana Extended: The Remixes — 68 58
1996 Voice of Love — — 42
2001 Love & Life: The Very Best of Diana Ross — — 28
2006 The Definitive Collection — — —
"—" denotes the album failed to chart or was not released

^Released in the UK as "Greatest Hits 2"

Soundtracks

Year Album Chart positions[2][3]
US US
R&B 		UK
1971 Diana! 46 3 43
1972 Lady Sings the Blues 1 2 50
"—" denotes the album failed to chart or was not released

Other albums

Year Album Chart positions[2][3]
US US
R&B 		UK
1973 Diana & Marvin (duets album with Marvin Gaye) 26 7 6
1993 Christmas in Vienna (live with Plácido Domingo and José Carreras) 154 — 71
1994 A Very Special Season — — 37
"—" denotes the album failed to chart or was not released

Singles

The Motown era (1970-1982)

Year Single Chart positions[3][4]
US US
R&B 		US
AC 		US
Dance 		UK
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 — —
"I'm Still Waiting" 63 40 — — 1
"Surrender" 38 16 — — 10
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 —
"You Got It" 49 39 9 — —
"Lovin', Livin' and Givin'" — — — 35 54
"Ease on Down the Road" (with Michael Jackson) 41 17 40 — 45
"Pops, We Love You (A Tribute to Father)" (with Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson) 59 26 — — 66
1979 "What You Gave Me" — 86 — — —
"The Boss" 19 12 41 1 40
"No One Gets the Prize" — — — — 59
"It's My House" — 27 — — 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
1982 "Funky Old Rolls" — — — — —
"—" denotes the single failed to chart or was not released

The RCA era (1981-1988)

Year Single Chart positions[3][4]
US US
R&B 		US
AC 		US
Dance 		UK
1981 "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" 7 6 2 — 4
1982 "Mirror, Mirror" 8 2 — 14 36
"Work That Body" 44 34 — 14 7
"It's Never Too Late" — — — — 41
"Muscles" 10 4 36 — 15
1983 "So Close" 40 76 13 — 43
"Pieces of Ice" 31 15 — 17 46
"Up Front" — 60 — — —
"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 — —
1985 "Telephone" — 13 — — —
"Eaten Alive" 77 10 — 3 71
"Chain Reaction" 1 66 85 25 7 1
1986 "Experience" — — — — 47
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (re-release) — — — — —
1987 "Dirty Looks" — 12 — — 49
"Shockwaves" — — — — —
1988 "Mr. Lee" — — — — 58
"—" denotes the single failed to chart or was not released
  • 1 "Chain Reaction" peaked at #95 on the Billboard Hot 100 during its initial release in 1985. In 1986, RCA issued a different mix of the song with the same catalog number and it charted higher at #66.

The Motown II era (1988-2001)

EMI releases are for UK.

Year Single Chart positions[3][4]
US US
R&B 		US
AC 		US
Dance 		UK
1988 "If We Hold on Together" 1 — — 23 — —
"Love Hangover '88" — — — — 75
1989 "Love Hangover '89" — — — 3 —
"Workin' Overtime" — 3 — 11 32
"Paradise" — — — 11 61
"This House" — 64 — — —
1990 "I'm Still Waiting" (re-mix) — — — — 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 —
"The Force Behind the Power" — — — — 27
"One Shining Moment" — — — — 10
"If We Hold on Together" — — — — 11
1993 "Heart (Don't Change My Mind)" — — — — 31
"Chain Reaction '93" — — — — 20
"Your Love" — — — — 14
1994 "The Best Years of My Life" — — — — 28
"Someday We'll Be Together" (re-mix) — — — 7 —
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" (re-issue) / "I'm Coming Out (re-mix) — — — — 36
1995 "Take Me Higher" 114 77 — 1 32
"I'm Gone" — 107 — — 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
1999 "Until We Meet Again" — — — 2 —
"Not Over You Yet" — — — — 9
"Sugarfree" — 121 — — —
2001 "Goin' Back" — — — — —
"—" denotes the single failed to chart or was not released
  • 1 "If We Hold on Together" was not released in the UK until 1992. In the U.S., the single was released on MCA, from the soundtrack of the animated film The Land Before Time.

Independent releases (2005-Present)

Year Single Chart positions[3][4]
US US
R&B 		US
AC 		US
Dance 		UK
2005 "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" (with Westlife) — — — — 2
2006 "I've Got a Crush on You" (with Rod Stewart) — — 19 — —
"—" denotes the single failed to chart or was not released

Note

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/bonus_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003872634
  2. ^ a b c d e "Diana Ross U.S. albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Diana Ross UK chart history". chartstats.com. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
  4. ^ a b c d "Diana Ross U.S. singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
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