Music Legend Diana Ross Has Only Praise For BTS's Jungkook, Comparing Him To Michael Jackson

Diana Ross is undoubtedly a legendary name in the music and entertainment industry. Starting her career in the 1960s as a member of The Supremes — one of the world’s best-selling girl groups of all time and the best-charting female group in history — she later went on to be a highly successful solo artist in the 1970s. You’ve likely heard her songs before even if you weren’t aware of it, with her most-recognizable song arguably being the beloved “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”.

She was the female solo act with the most number-one songs in the United States in the early 1980s, and released global hits “I’m Coming Out,” “Why Do Fools Fall in Love,” “All of You,” “Chain Reaction,” “If We Hold on Together,” and “When You Tell Me That You Love Me.” Along with a successful musical career, she’s also an experienced actress, and was even the first African-American actress to receive an Academy Award nomination for a debut film performance for her role as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues (1972). And the list goes on for just how many major achievements she’s made as a woman in the music industry.

Needless to say, Diana Ross is a highly praised and iconic figure in entertainment, and having mentored legends such as Michael Jackson himself, she definitely knows talent when she sees it. And that’s why fans who recently discovered that Diana gave high praise to BTS‘s Jungkook are going wild over her kind words towards the K-Pop idol.

Shared on her website back in February this year, Diana had this to say about the BTS maknae.

I really like his songs and his videos. [Michael Jackson] is coming through all of the moves. I just think he’s great! I like the dancers too. All of the dancers are fantastic.

— Diana Ross

She also included an embed of his solo music video “Standing Next to You” in the post, which paid tribute to Michael Jackson.