Neil Diamond Biography
Neil Diamond is undoubtedly one of music's most popular and successful singer-songwriters. As a successful music performer, Neil Diamond has achieved a large number of hits worldwide in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Music critic William Ruhlmann wrote of Diamond, "As of 2001, he claimed worldwide record sales of 115 million copies, and as of 2002 he was ranked third, behind only Elton John and Barbra Streisand, on the list of the most successful adult contemporary artists in the history of the Billboard chart."
As of May 2005 Neil Diamond had sold 120 million records worldwide, including 48 million records in the United States of America alone.
Though his record sales declined somewhat after the 1980s, Neil Diamond has enjoyed something of a renaissance recently with the release of his new album Home Before Dark. He has however also continued to tour regularly and successfully, and he has always maintained a very loyal following. Diamond's songs have been recorded by a vast array of performers from many different musical genres.
Diamond was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984, and in 2000 received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award.
Why not enjoy a few of Neil Diamond's greatest songs.
Let's begin with a medley of songs from as far back as 1977
