NEW YORK CITY – The music diva of all music divas has been announced as the headliner for the biggest annually televised New Year’s Eve celebration.
Motown great, Diana Ross, will help illuminate Times Square and usher in the new year with a live performance as the headliner for “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest.”
The show, airing on December 31st on ABC, kicks off at 8:00 p.m. ET and runs through 4:00 a.m. with 39 music artists performing from New York City, Las Vegas, Chicago, Puerto Rico and more.
“Together we begin a new year. Let’s embrace a new beginning, new opportunities, new joy — a celebration of love, where we all come together as we begin 2026,” Diana Ross said.
Here is the star-studded lineup of performers:
4 Non Blondes, 50 Cent, 6lack, AJR, BigXthaPlug, Chance the Rapper, Charlie Puth, Chappell Roan, Ciara, Demi Lovato, DJ Cassidy’s Pass the Mic Live! Starring Busta Rhymes, T.I. & Wyclef Jean, Filmore, Goo Goo Dolls, Jess Glynne, Jessie Murph, Jordan Davis, KPop Demon Hunters: The Singing Voices of HUNTR/X – EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI, Leon Thomas, LE SSERAFIM, Lil Jon, Little Big Town, Madison Beer, Maren Morris, Mariah Carey, NKOTB, OneRepublic, Pitbull, Post Malone, Rick Springfield, Russell Dickerson, The All-American Rejects, Tucker Wetmore and Zara Larsson.
The show will be co-hosted by Rita Ora and Chance the Rapper.