Tina Turner

Tina Turner
Turner holding a microphone during a performance
Turner in 1985
Born
Anna Mae Bullock

(1939-11-26)November 26, 1939
Brownsville, Tennessee, US
DiedMay 24, 2023(2023-05-24) (aged 83)
Küsnacht, Zurich, Switzerland
Other namesMartha Nell Turner[a][1][2][original research?]
Citizenship
  • United States (until 2013)
  • Switzerland (from 2013)
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • actress
  • author
Years active1956–2021
WorksFull discography
Spouses
  • ​
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    (m. 1962; div. 1978)​
  • Erwin Bach
    ​
    (m. 2013)​
Children4[3]
Relatives
AwardsFull list
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Labels
Formerly ofIke & Tina Turner
Websitetinaturnerofficial.com
Signature

Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023) was a singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", she rose to prominence as the lead singer of the husband-wife duo Ike & Tina Turner before launching a successful career as a solo performer.

Turner began her musical career with her future husband Ike Turner's band, the Kings of Rhythm, in 1956.[6] Under the name Little Ann, she appeared on her first record, "Boxtop", in 1958. In 1960, she debuted as Tina Turner with the hit single "A Fool in Love". The Ike & Tina Turner Revue became "one of the most formidable live acts in history".[7] The duo released hits such as "It's Gonna Work Out Fine", "River Deep – Mountain High", "Proud Mary", and "Nutbush City Limits" before disbanding in 1976.

In the 1980s, Turner launched "one of the greatest comebacks in music history".[8] Her 1984 multi-platinum album Private Dancer contained the hit song "What's Love Got to Do with It", which won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and became her first and only number-one song on the Billboard Hot 100. Her chart success continued with "Better Be Good to Me", "Private Dancer", "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)", "Typical Male", "The Best", "I Don't Wanna Fight", and "GoldenEye". She embarked on the Break Every Rule World Tour (1987–1988), which became the top-grossing female tour of the 1980s and set a Guinness World Record for the then-largest paying audience in a concert (180,000).[9] Turner also acted in the films Tommy (1975) and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985). In 1986, she published her autobiography I, Tina: My Life Story, which was adapted for the 1993 film What's Love Got to Do with It. In 2009, Turner retired after completing her Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour. In 2018, she was the subject of Tina, a jukebox musical.

Turner sold more than 100 million records worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling recording artists of all time.[10] She received 12 Grammy Awards, which include eight competitive awards, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and three Grammy Hall of Fame inductions. She was the first black artist and first woman to be on the cover of Rolling Stone.[11] Rolling Stone ranked her among the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. Turner has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and on the St. Louis Walk of Fame. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice: with Ike Turner in 1991 and as a solo artist in 2021. She was also a 2005 recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors and the Women of the Year award.[12]


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  4. ^ Pierce, Charles P. (May 24, 2023). "Rest In Peace to Tina Turner, a True Rock 'n Roll Singer". Esquire. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
  5. ^ Snapes, Laura (May 24, 2023). "Tina Turner: legendary rock'n'roll singer dies aged 83". The Guardian. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gleason-1969 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Ike and Tina Turner". Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on March 7, 2021. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  8. ^ "Rewinding the Charts: In 1985, Tina Turner Kept Her Hot Streak With 'We Don't Need Another Hero'". Billboard. July 6, 2015. Archived from the original on February 23, 2021. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  9. ^ "Highest attendance at a ticketed concert by a female artist". Guinness World Records. January 16, 1988. Archived from the original on August 21, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  10. ^ "'It's about self-love': How TINA captures an icon who refused to falter". The Independent. March 27, 2021.
  11. ^ Devine, Kenzi (June 2023). "Why Tina was better than all the rest". New!. No. 1034. Reach plc. pp. 8–9.
  12. ^ "Tina Turner". Women of the Year award. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012.