Detroit, the early 1960s. Curtis Taylor, Jr., a car salesman, breaks into the music business with big dreams. He signs a trio of young women, the Dreamettes, gets them a job backing an R&B performer, James "Thunder" Early, establishes his own record label and starts wheeling and dealing. When Early flames out, Curtis makes the Dreamettes into headliners as the Dreams, but not before demoting their hefty big-voiced lead singer, Effie White, and putting the softer-voiced looker, Deena Jones, in front. Soon after, he fires Effie, sends her into a life of proud poverty, and takes Deena and the Dreams to the top. How long can Curtis stay there, and will Effie ever get her due? 追梦女郎――时代，商品，音乐和人。追梦女郎：I am changing。追梦。梦幻女郎。看得晚更好看。出人意料的诚意之作。边听歌边复习摩城历史。就为了那一首灵歌。各家评论。讲故事的时候再从容点。 60年代的底特律，3个黑人女孩蒂娜(碧昂丝•诺尔斯 Beyonce Knowles 饰)、埃菲 (詹妮弗•哈德森Jennifer Hudson 饰)和劳莱尔(阿尼卡•诺尼•罗斯Anika Noni Rose 饰)组成了“梦想”组合，一心要在选秀赛中开拓歌唱生涯。然而，比赛结果却令她们大失所望，柳暗花明的是，她们被经纪人柯蒂斯（杰米·福克斯 Jamie Foxx 饰）看中，雄心壮志的要把她们打造成受市场欢迎的流行歌手。 于是，三个女孩的开始踏上充满未知的星途。柯蒂斯为他们设计了一整套方案，跟大牌歌手的舞台上表演和声，然后把重新定位组合中三个人的角色，让她们独立演出——歌喉最好但外形不足的埃菲被撤掉主唱的位置，而相貌出众的蒂娜则担当主唱。这使得组合内部掀起了风暴。三个歌手之间的关系开始在成名路上变得不再单纯， 埃菲和柯蒂斯之间的恩怨也在纠缠交织。
