Mariah Carey has more number 1 records than any other solo singer, a total of 18, if anyone is counting.
Mary J., the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul follows a direct line of divas from Chaka Khan, Queen of Funk Soul, through Aretha Franklin, the original Queen of Soul.
If we can have a Queen of Soul, we can certainly have a Queen of Comedy and Mo’Nique wears the crown as one of the most successful black female comedians in the game.
Sometimes divas misbehave and throw their cell phones at people. Naomi Campbell’s infamous cell phone attack against a maid in 2007 is just one of the stories that add to her grand diva legend.
This diva with an ever-present flower in her hair was quick to point out “foolishness” on Style’s “Clean House."
To quote the diva, herself, “I have arrived, and the spotlight is on me.” And, it looks like NeNe Leakes isn’t going to cede her spot anytime soon.
Her mixtape started a record label bidding war. That’s how bad this hip-hop diva is lyrically.
Omarosa may very well be the original reality show villain. This diva had no problem tearing the competition to shreds on the first season of “The Apprentice."
When you have your own television network and a monthly magazine with you on the cover, you are a diva to top all other divas.
When an afro-wearing nurse, named Coffy, goes vigilante on drug lords and pimps to avenge her drug-addicted sister, we get our first black female action hero.
Miss Patti gives diva all day long, especially when she kicks her shoes off on stage just as she’s about to hit the high note in one of her many gospel-tinged, ear-bending songs like “Over the Rainbow” or “You Are My Friend.”
As Jacqueline in “Boomerang,” Robin Givens is the seductive diva who plays the same game as the player, Eddie Murphy’s Marcus.