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Post by ollie9 on Oct 25, 2016 1:13:39 GMT
Diana Ross is the queen of Motown who has sold over 100 million records.
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Post by soulster on Oct 25, 2016 1:19:32 GMT
Diana Ross album peaks in the 80's
1980 Diana #2 1981 Why Do Fools Fall in Love #15 1982 Silk Electric #27 1983 Ross #32 1984 Swept Away #26 1985 Eaten Alive #45 1987 Red Hot Rhythm & Blues #73 1989 Workin' Overtime #116
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Post by chainreaction on Oct 25, 2016 1:22:02 GMT
That`s what karma gets you, she and Berry did Florence so wrong.
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Post by roberta75 on Oct 25, 2016 1:31:27 GMT
Not you ignoring the fact that she was a BLACK FEMALE artist whose commercial peak was during the Segregation era. Of course her material wasn't going to go number one on the album charts. Same would hold true for any black female contemporary as well. Gladys Knight and Dionne Warwick are prime examples of that.
The first black female album seller that comes to mind for me is Whitney Houston. And then Janet Jackson would have been second. So with that in mind, please think about what it is that you are trying to say
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Post by captainjames on Oct 25, 2016 3:31:01 GMT
The 90s was a depressing decade for Diana Ross fans. I don't think I'm being too unfair when I describe most of Diana's 90s output as absolute crap, lumbering ballads and stale, mid-tempo R'n'B,
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Post by soulster on Oct 25, 2016 3:33:13 GMT
Diana returned to the rather uninspiring world of urban adult contemporary music on 1999's "Every Day Is A New Day" - the album where Di looks like a dead she-male hooker on the cover! The content is not much better
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Post by Magical Froggy on Oct 25, 2016 3:43:06 GMT
I like Not Over You Yet as well, it's brilliant! It also reminds me of Tina Turner's When The Heartache Is Over, both came out around the same time and I have them on a compilation album. I think both Tina and Diana were jumping on the 'Cher Believe Bandwagon', although no-one was really interested (except people like us with an 'acquired' taste in music)!
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Post by FloKnows on Oct 25, 2016 3:44:40 GMT
Bless Cher! "Believe" sparked a whole revival of old divas releasing dance music. I think Cher needs to have another hit, so we can have even more fabulous divas tarnishing their legacy with craptastic club classics!
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Post by Cuttin Capers on Oct 25, 2016 3:47:04 GMT
Man, how I long for the days when desperate middle-aged divas would revive their careers with dance anthems instead of tired old covers/standards albums..
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Post by soulster on Oct 25, 2016 3:48:37 GMT
The booklet is a scream, isn't it?! It's almost as low as the ghetto stylings of "Workin' Overtime" - which is either the best or worst thing Diana's ever done!
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Post by ollie9 on Oct 25, 2016 3:53:43 GMT
Sorry, I disagree. Save for the states, the 90s saw Diana emerge in a comeback of sorts from 1991's "The Force Behind the Power", a hit in many international markets to the even more dynamic successful "One Woman" compilation. In a recent book on EMI, it states that Diana made $90 million for EMI from 1991-1994. "Take Me Higher" was a Top 10 European album and made "I Will Survive" a hit again. So in many ways, the 90s for a Diana Ross fan was reminiscent to the 70s.
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Post by chainreaction on Oct 25, 2016 3:54:48 GMT
Ross bleaches her skin.
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Post by captainjames on Oct 25, 2016 4:09:55 GMT
DIANA ROSS IN SWEDISH CHARTS
Singles
Title Entry Peak weeks Upside Down 1980-08-08 1 11 Endless Love (Diana Ross & Lionel Richie) 1981-09-11 5 5 Muscles 1982-11-23 6 6 Pieces Of Ice 1983-08-09 14 3 Touch By Touch 1984-09-28 11 3 Eaten Alive (Diana Ross & Michael Jackson) 1985-09-20 14 2
Entry Peak weeks Diana Ross 1976-04-26 26 5 The Boss 1979-08-10 50 1 Diana 1980-06-27 1 14 To Love Again 1981-03-13 35 2 Why Do Fools Fall In Love 1981-11-06 6 7 Silk Electric 1982-10-26 11 8 Ross [1983] 1983-08-09 7 6 Swept Away 1984-09-28 10 5 Eaten Alive 1985-10-04 3 5 Red Hot Rhythm And Blues 1987-06-17 12 2 Workin' Overtime 1989-05-31 22 3 The Force Behind The Power 1991-08-14 43 2 Christmas In Vienna (Plácido Domingo / Diana Ross / José Carreras) 1993-12-01 14 7 Love & Life - The Very Best Of Diana Ross 2001-11-16 34 3
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Post by hector on Nov 27, 2016 7:10:41 GMT
Not you ignoring the fact that she was a BLACK FEMALE artist whose commercial peak was during the Segregation era. Of course her material wasn't going to go number one on the album charts. Same would hold true for any black female contemporary as well. Gladys Knight and Dionne Warwick are prime examples of that.
The first black female album seller that comes to mind for me is Whitney Houston. And then Janet Jackson would have been second. So with that in mind, please think about what it is that you are trying to say
Roberta Flack's first album " First Take " went to number one! She is older than Diana Ross. You would think you would know that being that you have stolen her name and likeness for your profile on this forum! Don't give me that cop out shit about Ross' peak being in the "Segregation Era" WTF is that any way? Her solo career began in 1970! What planet were you living on then?
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Post by hector on Nov 27, 2016 7:11:51 GMT
That`s what karma gets you, she and Berry did Florence so wrong. Exactly! Diana Ross albums always sound like shit!
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