Diana Rosswas looking to change her sound in 1980, just as disco music was out.

“And then we went and we wrote the album.

Basically, the reason why it’s just [called]Dianais it’s a documentary.”

Diana Ross, Niles Rodgers

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“All of a sudden a lightbulb goes off in my head,” he explained.

“I had to go outside and call Bernard from a telephone booth.

I said, ‘Bernard, kindly write down the words: ‘I’m coming out.’

And then I explained the situation to him.”

She didn’t even get that."

Diana,released on May 22, 1980, sold more than 10 million copies worldwide.