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Tina Turner

American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939-2023) · United States · Musicians · Died at 83 · also Switzerland

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She walked away from a violent marriage with 36 cents and a gas card, then staged one of the biggest comebacks in music history - selling out stadiums into her sixties and rewriting what a rock frontwoman could be.

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A life in dates

2023Queen of Rock 'n' RollAlbum released after her death24 November 2023, 2023 compilation album by Tina TurnerRhino Entertainment CompanyDied24 May 20232021Rock and Roll Hall of FameAward2018“People think my life has been tough but I think it's been a wonderful journey. The older you get, the more you realise it's not what happens, it's how you deal with it.”In their wordsMay 2018As quoted in "TINA TURNER" by Michelle Davies, Marie Claire South Africa (May 2018), p. 125

2013“My work is noisy, but my life is quiet. I need nature and solitude - they nurture me. My idea of a vacation is reading a book on the terrace while my boyfriend cooks us dinner.”In their wordsSpeaking of her boyfriend Erwin Bach, whom she would marry in 2013, Judith Thurman, "Tina Turner's House in the South of France",

2012Grammy Hall of FameAward2011Children Beyond: Understanding Through SingingAlbum2008Grammy Award for Album of the YearAward2005“I like me very much. When I look in the mirror and my skin glows back at me, I think, "Wow, that sure is pretty." I have a simple, childlike view of life, and I want to keep it.”In their wordsMay 2005Oprah Winfrey, "Oprah Talks to Tina Turner", O, The Oprah Magazine (May 2005)

Kennedy Center HonorsAward2003Grammy Hall of FameAward1999Grammy Hall of FameAwardMOBO AwardsAwardTwenty Four SevenAlbum, 19991996Wildest DreamsAlbum1989Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal PerformanceAwardForeign AffairAlbum, 19891987Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal PerformanceAward1986“If you are unhappy with anything - your mother, your father, your husband, your wife, your job, your boss, your car - whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it.”In their wordsp. 199

“I will never give in to old age until I become old. And I am not old yet!”In their wordsp. 202

Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal PerformanceAwardBreak Every RuleAlbum, 19861985“As the first Black woman to fill a football stadium. That is a wish of mine. It hasn't been done. Janis Joplin did it for the White girls. I want to do it for the Blacks.”In their words1 April 1985Her answer to the question how she would like to be remembered, "TINA TURNER Tells How She Made It To The Top Alone", Jet (1 April 1985),

Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal PerformanceAwardGrammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal PerformanceAwardGrammy Award for Record of the YearAward1984Private DancerAlbum1980The EdgeAlbum1979Love ExplosionAlbum1978RoughAlbum1975Acid QueenAlbum1974Tina Turns The Country On!Album1972Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with VocalsAward1939Born26 November 1939

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Flagg Grove School in Brownsville, which now operates as the Tina Turner Museum[16]Flagg Grove School in Brownsville, which now operates as the Tina Turner Museum[16]Ike & Tina Turner on the cover of Cash Box (June 30, 1962)Ike & Tina Turner on the cover of Cash Box (June 30, 1962)Publicity photo of Ike & Tina Turner, 1965Publicity photo of Ike & Tina Turner, 1965Ike & Tina Turner by Dennis Hopper for the album River Deep - Mountain High (1966)Ike & Tina Turner by Dennis Hopper for the album River Deep - Mountain High (1966)Turner and the Ikettes performing on The Ed Sullivan Show, 1970Turner and the Ikettes performing on The Ed Sullivan Show, 1970Ike & Tina Turner performing in Hamburg, Germany in 1972Ike & Tina Turner performing in Hamburg, Germany in 1972

In their own words 10

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  1. People think my life has been tough but I think it's been a wonderful journey. The older you get, the more you realise it's not what happens, it's how you deal with it.

    May 2018, As quoted in "TINA TURNER" by Michelle Davies, Marie Claire South Africa (May 2018), p. 125, Own words

  2. My greatest beauty secret is being happy with myself. I don't use special creams or treatments - I'll use a little bit of everything.

    Jul 22, 2016, Tammy Jacks, "Tina Turner's Top Beauty Secrets", Woman & Home (22 July 2016) [originally appeared in the March 2009 issue as an interview, Own words

  3. My work is noisy, but my life is quiet. I need nature and solitude - they nurture me. My idea of a vacation is reading a book on the terrace while my boyfriend cooks us dinner.

    2013, Speaking of her boyfriend Erwin Bach, whom she would marry in 2013, Judith Thurman, "Tina Turner's House in the South of France",, Own words

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Albums 11

CSChildren Beyond: Understanding Through Singing2011
WDWildest Dreams1996
PDPrivate Dancer1984
TEThe Edge1980
RORough1978
TOTina Turns The Country On!1974

Awards

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame2021
Grammy Hall of Fame2012
Grammy Award for Album of the Year2008
Kennedy Center Honors2005
Grammy Hall of Fame2003
Grammy Hall of Fame1999
MOBO Awards1999
Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance1989
Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance1987
Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance1986
Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance1985
Grammy Award for Record of the Year1985
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance1985
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals1972
American Music Awards
Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres

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Born Anna Mae Bullock in 1939, she rose to fame in the 1960s as half of Ike & Tina Turner, an R&B duo whose live shows with the Ikettes and Kings of Rhythm made songs like "Proud Mary" and "Nutbush City Limits" electric. She separated from Ike Turner in 1976 and spent years rebuilding. The 1983 hit "Let's Stay Together" cracked the door; Private Dancer in 1984 blew it open, with "What's Love Got to Do with It" winning the Grammy for Record of the Year and reaching number one. Her Break Every Rule World Tour became the highest-grossing tour by a female artist in the 1980s, and a 1988 concert in Rio set a Guinness World Record for largest paying audience for a solo artist. She kept selling out arenas through the 1990s and into 2000, retiring in 2009 after her 50th Anniversary Tour. She became a Swiss citizen in 2013, gave up her US passport, and died in Küsnacht in 2023.

Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1939 to 2023 · aged 83

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