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Diana Ross
Diana Ross is an American singer and actress. Known as the "Queen of Motown", she was the lead singer of the vocal group The Supremes, who became Motown's most successful act during the 1960s and one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time. They remain the best-charting female group in history, with a total of 12 number-one pop singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
Tyra Banks
Tyra Lynne Banks is an American model, television personality, producer, writer, and actress. She began her career as a model at the age of 15 and was the first African American woman to be featured on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, on which she appeared three times. Banks was one of only a few Black models to achieve supermodel status. She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 1997 to 2005. By the early 2000s, Banks was one of the world's top-earning models.
Donna Summer
American singer (1948–2012)
Jennifer Hudson
American singer, actress, model and spokesperson
Nichelle Nichols
American actress (1932–2022)
Chandra Wilson
American actress and director
Amber Riley
American actress and singer
Ronnie Spector
American singer (1943–2022)
Loretta Devine
American actress
Alexis Jordan
American singer, songwriter and actress
Lisa Fischer
American vocalist and songwriter (born 1958)
Anna Deavere Smith
American actress, playwright and professor
Samara Joy
American jazz singer
Freda Payne
American singer and actress (born 1942)
P. P. Arnold
American soul singer
Patina Miller
American actress and singer
Gail Ann Dorsey
American singer and bassist
Farrah Franklin
American R&B singer
Martha Wash
American singer-songwriter, actress, and producer
Chloe x Halle
American R&B duo
Joy Villa
American singer-songwriter, actress, and YouTuber
Amii Stewart
American singer
Robin S.
American musician
Brooklyn Sudano
American actor
Cindy Birdsong
American singer
Kim Hill
American singer (born 1972)
Bernice Johnson Reagon
American singer, composer, and activist (1942–2024)
Shari Belafonte
American actress
Mela Lee
American voice actress
Kelly Price
American singer
Denée Benton
American actress
Michel'le
'''Michel'le Denise Toussant ( ; born December 5, 1967), also spelled Toussaint''', is an American R&B singer known for her songs from 1989 to the early 1990s. Her highest charting song is the top ten US Hot 100 hit "No More Lies". Between 2013 and 2015, Michel'le was one of six members on the TV One reality show R&B Divas: Los Angeles. She is also the subject of the 2016 biopic ''Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel'le''.
Cynthia Robinson
American musician (1944–2015)
Odia Coates
American musician (1941–1991)
Sandra Crouch
American musician and singer
Peppermint
American drag queen
Stacy Lattisaw
American R&B singer (born 1966)
Scherrie Payne
American singer
Karen Clark Sheard
American musician and songwriter
Jowharah Jones
American actress
Brownstone
American female R&B group
Rose Stone
American singer and musician
Karen Fraction
American actress (1958-2007)
Toni Harper
American singer (1937–2023)