Diana Ross is to receive Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award in 2012. The Lifetime Achievement Award honors performers who have made contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording.

Diana Ross was the lead singer of motown act The Supremes in the 1960s. She started her solo career in the 1970s with great success. Diana Ross,67, scored big hits with songs like "Upside Down", "Missing You" and "Love Hangover".

Although she has been nominated before Diana never won a grammy. Diana Ross has sold more than 100 million albums in her nearly 50 years in the music industry. Ross recently toured in the USA with her More Today Than Yesterday tour and will continue touring into 2012.

The 54th Grammy awards will take place in Los Angeles on 12 February 2012.