Diamond White Biography

Diamond White was born on January 1, 1999, in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Her father left the family when she was only seven years old, following which she was raised by her mother Deborah.

Diamond White began her acting career at the age of 8 when she starred in a Chicago-based production of ‘The Color Purple’ in 2007. She subsequently toured the nation with her stage production group.

In 2012, she auditioned for ‘The X Factor’ in San Francisco, California and surprised the judges with her powerful rendition of the James Brown song ‘It's a Man's Man's Man's World’. She successfully made it to the bootcamp, where she passed both rounds performing the songs 'I Have Nothing' by Whitney Houston and 'Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)' by Kelly Clarkson.

Her performance of the Beyoncé song 'Halo' on November 14, 2012, took her to Top 10, and on November 21, 2012, she advanced to Top 8 performing Celine Dion's 'Because You Loved Me'. However, on November 28, 2012, her performance of 'I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)' put her into the bottom two along with Vino Alan, though she was saved after she sang 'I Was Here'.

She again ended up in the bottom two along with Fifth Harmony after her rendition of 'It's a Man's Man's Man's World' and 'Diamonds' during the December 5, 2012, episode. This time her performance of 'I Hope You Dance' could not save her, and she was sent home for the second time.

She announced in June 2015, that she is working on her debut album and released the single 'Born Rich' in September that year. The single was followed by 'Lie On The Night' which released in October, and both were part of the 'Pressure' EP, which released in December.

When Diamond White was thirteen years old, her mother, suffering from scoliosis, had to go through a back surgery during which she was briefly clinically dead, but survived with the aid of her doctors. She later dedicated the song 'Because You Love Me' to her mother on the sets of ‘The X Factor’.