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"Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939
– May 24, 2023 at age 83) 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 and Tina Turner before
launching a successful career as a solo performer. She was noted for
her "swagger, sensuality, powerful gravelly vocals and unstoppable
energy." Tina Turner relinquished her American citizenship after
obtaining Swiss citizenship in 2013.
Tina Turner began her career with her ex-husband
Ike Turner's band the Kings of Rhythm in 1956. 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 and Tina Turner Revue became "one of the
most formidable live acts in history." The duo disbanded in 1976.
In the 1980s, Turner launched one of the greatest
comebacks in music history. 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. At 44, she was the oldest
female solo artist to top the 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 "Golden
Eye". 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).
Tina 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 became the subject of Tina, a jukebox
musical.
Turner has sold more than 100 million records worldwide,
becoming one of the best-selling recording artists of all time. 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. 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 Women of the Year award."
Her active years of singing was from 1956 - 2009. |
