Anna Mae Bullock - Tina Turner
"Queen of Rock 'n' Roll"
November 26, 1939 - May 24, 2023
Singer, songwriter, & actress
Genres considered - Rock, R&B, Soul, Pop, Rock and Roll
After her divorce from Ike Turner (1976), Tina's solo career found her as a cultural icon.
1984 - "...one of the greatest comebacks in music history..."
Multi-platinum album, Private Dancer - Listed in the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress (2020)
"What's Love Got to Do with It" - Grammy Award for Record of the Year & No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100
Break Every Rule World Tour (1987 - 1988)
Highest-grossing female tour of the 1980s
Guinness World Record for then-largest paying audience at 180,000
Wildest Dreams Tour (1997 - 1998)
Second highest-grossing female tour of the 1990s
Twenty Four Seven Tour (2000)
Highest-grossing tour of the year in North America
Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour (2009 - Last)
In film -
Tommy (1975)
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Last Action Hero (1993)
Tina Turner's life and career were put in film - What's Love Got to Do with It" (1993) ... The film was adapted from Tina's autobiography,
I, Tina: My Life Story (1986).
100 to 150 million records sold worldwide - one of the best-selling recording artists of all time ... 10 million RIAA-certified sales
Honors -
12 Grammy Awards
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2018)
3 Grammy Hall of Fame inductions*
* "River Deep - Mountain High," "Proud Mary," "What's Love Got to Do with It"
Only female artist to win a Grammy in the Pop, Rock, & R&B genres
Ranked among the "greatest artists" & "greatest singers" of all time by Rolling Stone*
*#63 (100 Greatest Artists, 2010) ... #55 (200 Greatest Singers, 2023)
First black artist & woman to be on the cover of Rolling Stone
First female black artist to win an MTV Award
First woman to generate $100 million in concert revenue
First solo artist with UK Top 40 singles across 7 decades (35)
Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Ike Turner (1991)
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist (2021)
Inducted into the Soul Music Hall of Fame (2014)
Inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame (2015)
Inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame (2019)
Kennedy Center Honors (2005)
The most profound definition of irony - Tina Turner's net worth was $250 million. After her divorce from Ike Turner and a lawsuit from promoters who lost out on what they were owed, she lived on food stamps and small club performances for two years. After her passing, tributes flooded in. Mariah Carey and Oprah Winfrey noted that she was a "survivor" overcoming domestic abuse. Michelle and Barack Obama noted her "singing her truth through joy and pain." Women's Aid summed up their tribute as - "She will always be simply the best."
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Continued Honors -
No. 18 on the 25 Most Intriguing People (People Magazine, 1984)
Legend Award by World Music Awards (1993)
Living Legend Award by Essence Awards (1993)
International Best Dressed Hall of Fame (Vanity Fair, 1996)
Lifetime Achievement Award by MOBO Awards (Music of Black Origin, 1999)
One of The Sexiest Stars Over 50 by AARP (1999)
No. 11 on The 25 Coolest Women by The Advocate (1999)
No. 2 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll (1999)
No. 33 on 50 Most Beautiful People in the World (People, 2000)
No. 6 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists of All Time (2002)
No. 22 on VH1's 50 Greatest Women Of The Video Era (2003)
No. 35 on Rolling Stone's 50 Greatest Portraits (2004)
No. 34 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time (2012)
No. 29 on Billboard's 35 Greatest R&B Artists of All Time (2015)
No. 55 on The 75 Greatest Women of All Time (Esquire, 2016)
No. 37 on Billboard's Top 60 Female Artists of All Time (2018)
Rest in peace, Tina Turner.
Own your unprecedented success on Earth then and in Heaven now.
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