♫♪ Diane Warren ♪♫

Diane Eve Warren (born September 7, 1956 in Van Nuys, California) is an American songwriter. She is one of the most successful and prolific songwriters to ever work in the music industry[citation needed]. She was the first songwriter in the history of Billboard to have seven hits, all by different artists, on the singles chart at the same time. Warren owns her own publishing company, Realsongs, which gives her control over her own compositions. She has her songs featured in more than 70 films or TV-shows listed on the Internet Movie Database[1]. As of 2006, her songs have received six Academy Award nominations, four Golden Globe nominations, and seven Grammy Award nominations. She finally won a Grammy for Best Song From A Movie for "Because You Loved Me". She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001.