Diane Warren is one of the most continuously prolific and successful contemporary songwriters of our time.  She is the sole owner of her publishing company Realsongs.
 
Her songs have been featured in more than 100 motion pictures resulting in 11 Academy Award® nominations.  She is a Grammy winner with 15 nominations, a Golden Globe Award winner with five nominations and Emmy winner.  She has penned nine #1 and thirty-two top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001.

In Spring 2021, for the first time in her career, she will release her own album, Diane Warren: The Cave Sessions Vol. 1 (via BMG), which will feature an all-star line-up of talent who will bring her songwriting and storytelling to life, including John Legend, Celine Dion, Mary J. Blige, Jason Derulo, Ty Dolla $ign, Jhené Aiko, LP, and Darius Rucker whose album cut “Times Like This” dropped November 10, 2020 as the album’s first single.

Recently, Warren wrote the original song “Free” performed by Charlie Puth for Disney’s feature film The Only and Only Ivan which premiered on Disney + on August 21, 2020.

She also wrote the original song “IO SÌ (SEEN)” performed by Laura Pausini for the Netflix film The Life Ahead starring Sophia Loren and directed by Edoardo Ponti which debuted on Netflix on November 13, 2020.

She wrote the powerful anthem “The Change” performed by JoJo which was released on October 2, 2020 and adopted by the Joe Biden and Kamala Harris campaign’s ‘Get Out the Vote’ effort.

She also wrote the original song “I’ll Get There (The Other Side)” performed by Emeli Sandé  for the dramatic film Emperor which was released on Digital, DVD and On Demand on August 18, 2020 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.  In addition, she wrote the song “Without a Net” performed by Mickey Guyton in the documentary Stuntwomen:  The Untold Hollywood Story for Shout! Studios which debuted on digital platforms on September 22, 2020.

Warren is writing songs for, The Right Girl, an entirely original new musical based on true stories. Directed and choreographed by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman, The Right Girl has music by Warren, lyrics by Warren, Louisette Geiss and Howard Kagan, and a book by Geiss and Kagan.

Her 11^th Oscar nomination was for the original song “I’m Standing With You” performed by Chrissy Metz for the feature film Breakthrough which opened on April 17, 2019.  The film stars Chrissy Metz, Josh Lucas and Topher Grace.  Warren was nominated for a Critics’ Choice Award for “I’m Standing With You” for Best Song and for The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) Awards for Outstanding Original Song.

Warren received her 10^th Oscar nomination for the original song “I’ll Fight” for RBG, a documentary feature about the life and legacy of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg co-produced by Storyville Films and CNN Films which opened in theatres in May 2018.  The song is performed by Jennifer Hudson.  “I’ll Fight” was nominated for a Critics’ Choice Award for Best Song.  RBG had its broadcast premiere on CNN on September 3, 2018.

She received her ninth Oscar nomination for the original song “Stand Up For Something” with music by Warren and lyrics by Warren and Common for the film Marshall which was released in theatres on October 13, 2017.  The song is performed by Andra Day featuring Common.  Warren and Common also received a Grammy Award nomination in the category of Best Song Written For Visual Media.  “Stand Up For Something” was also nominated for a Critics’ Choice Award for Best Song.

She received her eighth Oscar nomination for “Til It Happens To You,” performed by Lady Gaga, from the critically acclaimed documentary The Hunting Ground and her seventh Oscar nomination for her original song “Grateful” performed by Rita Ora for the film Beyond the Lights. In 2016, Warren also earned her first Emmy nomination and her first Emmy win for “Til It Happens To You.” She was nominated for five Golden Globes and won for the powerful ballad “You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me,” performed by Cher in the movie Burlesque.  Both Trisha Yearwood and LeAnn Rimes had hit records with her Oscar and Grammy nominated song “How Do I Live” from the movie Con Air.  Warren’s popular “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” from Mannequin, “Because You Loved Me” sung by Celine Dion for the film Up Close and Personal, “Music Of My Heart” performed by *NSYNC and Gloria Estefan for the film Music Of The Heart, “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” performed by Aerosmith for Armageddon and “There You’ll Be” sung by Faith Hill from Pearl Harbor were also Oscar nominated and hit songs.  

She received a Grammy for the song “Because You Loved Me.”  

She also wrote the original song “Forward Motion” performed by Daya for the film Late Night which stars Mindy Kaling, who also co-wrote and produced the film, Emma Thompson and Hugh Dancy.  Late Night opened in theaters nationwide on June 14, 2019.  In addition, in 2019 she wrote the original song “Hide the Hurt” performed by Macy Gray for the documentary Cracked Up.

In addition in 2018, she wrote the song “Why Did You Do That?” for A Star is Born co-written and performed by Lady Gaga.  She also wrote the original song “To Get Here” performed by Willie Nelson for The Last Movie Star which starred Burt Reynolds and was released in March 2018.

 Warren wrote the song, “This Is For My Girls,” released in 2016, which features vocal performances from Kelly Clarkson, Chloe & Halle, Missy Elliott, Jadagrace, Lea Michele, Janelle Monáe, Kelly Rowland and Zendaya. Sales from the single benefit charities supporting young women's education globally, including First Lady Michelle Obama's Let Girls Learn initiative.  The song was performed by Michelle Obama and Missy Elliott on The Late Late Show with James Corden’s popular “Carpool Karaoke” segment which has garnered over 78 million views.

 Her original song “Til It Happens To You” is featured in the Radius and CNN Films documentary The Hunting Ground which was released in February 2015 and aired on CNN in November 2015. The song received a 2016 Oscar nomination in the original song category.  Warren received her first Emmy nomination, as well as her first Emmy win in 2016 for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics. The song also received a 2016 Grammy nomination for Best Song Written for Visual Media. This makes it the first song in history to be nominated for an Academy Award, Grammy and Emmy. It was also nominated for a Critics’ Choice Award for Best Song.  In addition, it won the Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Song – Documentary. Diane also wrote the original song “The Crazy Ones” performed by Paloma Faith for Miss You Already starring Drew Barrymore and directed by Catherine Hardwicke, released in November 2015. In addition, Diane wrote the original song “You Will” for Oprah Winfrey which served as an anthem for the OWN network in 2015 and 2016.  The song was performed by Jennifer Hudson and Jennifer Nettles.

 She also wrote a new theme song for ABC’s THE VIEW called “World’s Gone Crazy” performed by Mary J. Blige which premiered on the show in September 2016.

She also wrote the original song “Prayers for this World” performed by Cher for the documentary Cries From Syria directed by Evgeny Afineevsky.  The film premiered on January 22, 2017 at the Sundance Film Festival and debuted on HBO on March 13, 2017.

 In 2011, Diane wrote the song “I Was Here” for Beyoncé’s record “4,” which hit number one on the Billboard charts. The video for the song was filmed at the U.N. to launch World Humanitarian Day, and the song has reached over 1 billion people.   

Diane continues to work with many of today’s most popular acts, including Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Christina Aguilera, Snoop Dogg, Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Hudson, Paloma Faith, Andra Day, Demi Lovato, LeAnn Rimes, Common, Janelle Monáe, Missy Elliott and Zendaya.

During her impressive career, Warren has written for iconic artists such as Whitney Houston, Cher, Aerosmith, Celine Dion, Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey, and many more.

Diane, who is a vegetarian, is a major advocate for animals and the elderly.