Tina Turner
Template:Infobox musical artist 2Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock on November 26, 1939) is an eight-time Grammy Award-winning American pop/rock singer and actress. She was born of African American, Navajo, and Cherokee ancestry in Nutbush, Tennessee. She lived in Nutbush, Ripley and Brownsville. Tina Turner's popularity and chart success in rock and roll throughout the 1980s and 1990s led to her receiving the title, "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll" or "Grandmother of Rock & Roll".[1]
At age 16, she moved to St. Louis, Missouri and became well known for her high energy performances with The Ike & Tina Turner Revue during the 1960s and 1970s. At the height of the revue's success, Tina Turner became a popular live entertainer.
Although well-known and respected as a performer before she split with Ike Turner, it was her solo comeback in the mid-1980s that propelled her to a level of stardom, in which she would become one of the most popular artists of the 1980s, and the most successful female rock-artist of all time, selling more concert tickets than any other female performer in history.[2] With record sales growing close to 100 million since her solo debut in 1984, Tina Turner is one of the top-selling solo acts in music history.
Throughout her career, Tina Turner has garnered numerous awards and honors, including a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.[3] In addition, she is a member of the St. Louis Walk of Fame. She is also the winner of eight Grammy Awards, and is a Kennedy Center Honoree. VH1 ranked her at #2 on their list of Rock legends, and In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked her #61 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[1]
Her long-term boyfriend is German record executive, Erwin Bach. Turner and Bach live together in Küsnacht, Zürich, Switzerland and Nice, France. She was a mezzo-soprano in her youth, and later developed into an alto. Tina Turner is noted for her overpowering stage presence. Her physical trademarks are her long, well-proportioned legs, big hair, and raspy voice.
Biography
Early life
Anna Mae Bullock (Tina Turner) and her elder sister, Alline Bullock, were abandoned by their father, and temporarily by their mother. They moved out of Nutbush, Tennessee and into St. Louis to reunite with their mother in 1956. Lose the pink hat Tina. In St. Louis, Anna Bullock met Ike Turner, a noted pioneer of rock and roll, and later asked him if she could sing for him. Ike's initial response was no, but after much persistence on Anna's part, Ike eventually gave in.
Early career
Anna Mae first started working with Ike Turner in 1958. He gave her the stage name of Tina Turner. They married in 1960. She began as an occasional vocalist in his show at the age of 18, but within a couple of years, not only did she have a new name, but she was also the spotlight of a popular soul revue led by Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm.
When a singer scheduled to record the famous R&B song, "A Fool In Love", didn't appear, Tina stepped in and recorded the song instead. "A Fool In Love" was a huge R&B hit reaching at #2, and it crossed over and made it into the top 30 of the US pop chart. After this, Ike changed the name of his band to the Ike and Tina Turner Revue. Throughout the 1960s and into the 1970s, Ike & Tina rose to superstardom. As times and musical styles changed, Tina developed a unique stage persona as a singer-dancer-performer that people very much enjoyed in live concert.
Tina and the Revue's backup singers, The Ikettes, wove intricate and electrifying dance routines into their performances, which influenced many other artists, including Mick Jagger (for whose Rolling Stones 1969 American Tour they opened). Ike and Tina Turner recorded a string of hits in the 1960s and early 1970s, including "A Fool In Love," "It's Gonna Work Out Fine," "I Idolize You," "Nutbush City Limits" and "River Deep - Mountain High" with producer Phil Spector in his Wall of sound style. They also carved out a successful niche for themselves by covering songs made popular by other artists, such as "Come Together", "Honky Tonk Woman" and "I Want to Take You Higher". In fact, their signature hit became their high-energy cover version of Creedence Clearwater Revival's 1968 "Proud Mary". "Proud Mary" was the duo's greatest commercial successes, peaking at number four in March 1971."Proud Mary" also won a Grammy for"Best R&B Vocal Performance By A Group."
While many of their original recordings failed to chart, by the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Ike and Tina Turner Revue was well known for its live act and electrifying television appearances. Its supporters included The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Sly Stone, Janis Joplin, Cher, James Brown, Ray Charles, Elton John and Elvis Presley. The band were always performing anywhere and everywhere. A one-night gig at a small predominately black supper club in the South could be followed in the same week by a show at a major venue in Las Vegas or a national TV appearance. Ike acted as the group's manager and lead musical director, calling all the shots and ruling the act (and Tina) with an iron fist. While a fine musician and an early rock-and-roll influence, Ike's control of the Revue's management, recording contracts and performances eventually led to their decline as his drug abuse worsened. This controlling (and often violent) atmosphere caused the musicians and backup singers to come and go frequently, and Tina later reported being isolated and physically abused by Ike on a regular basis for most of their marriage.
Ike and Tina had one child together, born in 1960, although their extended family consisted of two older sons of Ike's from a previous relationship and a son whom Tina bore in 1958 by Raymond Hill, a onetime saxophone player in Ike Turner's band.
1970s
By the mid-1970s, Tina Turner's personal life and marriage had began to further deteriorate. Ike's drug use led to increasingly erratic and physically abusive behavior toward Tina. Their act was losing speed, largely due to Ike's refusal to accept outside management of their recording or touring, preferring to keep management costs down. Touring dates began to decline and record sales were down. Despite Tina's successful big-screen appearance in The Who's rock opera, Tommy (in which she played the Acid Queen), Ike placed the blame for the Revue's decline on Tina.
After a final vicious beating right before they were due to appear in Dallas over the Fourth of July, 1976, Tina abruptly decided to leave Ike, fleeing with nothing more than thirty-six cents and a gas-station credit card. She spent the next few months hiding from Ike by staying with various friends and relying on food stamps to exist. Additionally in 1976, Turner covered the Beatles song "Come Together" for the transitory musical documentary All This and World War II.
Tina credits her newfound Buddhist faith with giving her the courage to eventually strike out on her own. Legally, by walking out on Ike in the middle of a tour, she learned she was liable for sizable damages to the tour promoters. Needing to earn a living, Tina decided to strike out on her own as a solo performer, pulling a lounge act together and supplementing her income with TV appearances on shows like The Hollywood Squares, Donny and Marie, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour and even the The Brady Bunch Hour.
Tina finalized her divorce in 1978 after 18 years of marriage, accusing Ike of years of severe spousal abuse and rampant drug addiction in her autobiography I, Tina, which was later made into the film What's Love Got to Do with It?. To put the marriage (and Ike) behind her, Tina left the marriage with no money or property, asking for and retaining only the use of the stage name Ike had given her, and assuming responsibility for the huge debts incurred by the cancelled tour, as well as a significant IRS lien.
Solo career
Private Dancer
Turner began touring extensively in the US and abroad and released several solo albums in the 1970s, but her career stalled until teaming up in 1982 with BEF for a remake of the Temptations' "Ball of Confusion" and recording a remake of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together," which drew the attention of Capitol Records.
While she was largely considered to be unmarketable by the American recording industry, her popularity as a top stage act never faded in Europe and other parts of the world. Capitol signed her to a limited deal with their UK label. She divided her time between appearing at various clubs and smaller venues in the US in order to keep herself in the public eye. She continued to sell out major venues in Europe and other parts of the world despite her problems in the United States.
When Tina Turner's version of "Let's Stay Together" was released in the United Kingdom, it became a huge hit, peaking at number six. This record marked a major turning point in Tina's solo career. Capitol shrewdly released the record in the US, where it made the Top 20 and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance, Female. It was a major success on the R&B reaching #4. Given this turn of events, Capitol Records was quickly forced to review their previous assessment of Tina's chartability and put forth the resources to let her record an album.
In 1984, after much anticipation, Tina Turner was able to release her long-awaited solo album Private Dancer. The album was an enormous success and established Tina Turner as a solo artist. Private Dancer had three very popular top ten singles in the United States. The Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit "What's Love Got to Do With It" won Record Of The Year,Song of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 1985 Grammy Awards. The second single, "Better Be Good To Me", reached number five on the charts and won the 1985 Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Grammy. The album's title track, written by Mark Knopfler, peaked at number seven on the Top 100 in early 1985. Private Dancer received a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year.
"Private Dancer" peaked at number three on the US album sales chart and sold consistently throughout the year. It also remained at number-one for five weeks on the US R&B album sales chart. Private Dancer went on to sell over 20 million copies worldwide. Combined with four Grammy Awards, "Private Dancer" became the most successful album of 1985. More than twenty years after its release, Private Dancer is one of the best-selling albums of all time.
1985-1989: Beyond Thunderdome, Break Every Rule, and Foreign Affair
In 1985, Tina Turner recorded a duet with Bryan Adams entitled "It's Only Love" which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group. She also appeared as Aunty Entity in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome with Mel Gibson and scored additional hits with the movie's soundtrack: "We Don't Need Another Hero," and "One of the Living." "We Don't need Another Hero" (which earned a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal performance, Female) was a huge success on the radio charts, peaking at number two in the US. The song remains one of Tina Turner's most popular and powerful songs. Later that year, Tina Turner also contributed her voice to the multi-Grammy Award Winning #1 song "We Are the World" along with various famous musicians as Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross.
"One of the Living", a second single from Thunderdome, was also quite popular later winning Turner a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance. In July of that same year, Tina famously duetted with Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones in a performance of "State of Shock/It's Only Rock 'N Roll" at the Live Aid benefit concert at JFK Stadium.
Tina's great popularity throughout Europe had never faded during the tough times. She moved there permanently in 1986 to share a home with Erwin Bach, a German-born EMI record company executive 16 years her junior. In addition to a lakeshore home on the Goldküste (literally, "the Gold Coast"), the most exclusive district of Zurich, Switzerland, Turner has an estate in France at Villefranche-sur-Mer, a small town about four miles (six kilometers) east of the city of Nice. Her home there sits atop Mont Vinaigrier, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.
In 1986, Tina Turner released a new solo studio album , Break Every Rule. The album was a great sales, music chart, and tour success, although it was considered a disappointment when compared to her previous album Private Dancer. It spawned a number of hit singles including "Typical Male", which peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at number two and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female. Typical Male is noted for its powerful, fast-paced beats and strong vocals. Break Every Rule sold nearly 12 million copies and garnered Turner her second consecutive Female Rock Vocal Performance Grammy for the Bryan Adams-penned "Back Where You Started."
Tina entered the Guinness Book of World Records during her Break Every Rule tour when she performed in front of the largest paying audience to see a single performer. The audience was made up of over 182,000 fans in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The concert, sponsored by Pepsi, was broadcast live to a worldwide audience.
In 1988, Turner released "Tina Live In Europe" which brought her a fourth and final Female Rock Vocal Performance Grammy Award. She holds the title for most, and most consecutive, Female Rock Vocal Grammy Awards with Pat Benatar.
In 1989, Tina Turner released her last album of the 1980s, Foreign Affair. This album sold over ten million copies worldwide. Foreign Affair sold 1.5 million copies in the United States and the album received a Grammy nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal performance at 1989 Annual Grammy Awards. The following year, Steamy Windows received a Grammy nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal performance. It spawned a variety of different hit singles with the most enduring being the hit "The Best" (often referred to as "Simply the Best"), originally a song on a Bonnie Tyler album. The song peaked at number 15 on the U.S. Hot 100, and peaked at number five in the United Kingdom.
1990s
During the early 1990s, "The Best" became the theme song of three athletes: the legendary boxer Chris Eubank (who made an unannounced appearance on stage with Tina at one years MOBO Awards), the Brazilian Formula One racer Ayrton Senna (she even called him onstage in an Australian concert in 1993, a few months before his death), and retired tennis legend Martina Navratilova. The song was also used to promote rugby league in Australia. This advertising campaign brought a great deal of interest to the game and reached its height when Turner performed the song at the 1993 NSWRL Grand Final. A rugby league version of the song's video clip was also released at around the same time and remained in the top ten videos in Australia for a long time. The song was also used very successfully in advertisements for HBO, previewing shows and movies, unofficially becoming HBO's second theme, for years.
In 1991, she released her first greatest hits compilation, "Simply the Best" which contained three new tracks. The compilation album went double platinum in the U.S. and sold 7.6 million worldwide.
In 1993, Tina received a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Vocal performance, Female for her cover of Elton John's "The Bitch is Back" from the Two Rooms tribute CD. She also had a cameo in "The Last Action Hero."
This was also the year that her 1986 autobiography I, Tina (an international best seller) was made into a motion picture entitled What's Love Got to Do with It?. Angela Bassett won the role of Tina Turner in the movie (Whitney Houston had declined due to imminent maternity; Halle Berry had also auditioned for the role) and was nominated for an Oscar for her performance. Laurence Fishburne played Ike and also received an Oscar nomination for his portrayal.
Tina Turner released an official sound-track album to the movie, also titled 'What's Love Got to Do with It?. She returned to the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 with the theme song for the film "I Don't Wanna Fight" (which earned a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal performance, Female) and embarked on a tour of North America. The album went double platinum in the U.S. for sales of two million copies, and sold over nine million copies throughout the world. Tina, What’s Love Live! was broadcast by FOX in the United States at the conclusion of her tour. That same year at the World Music Awards, Tina was honored with the Outstanding Contribution to Music Award.
In 1995, she recorded the title theme of the James Bond movie GoldenEye, penned by Bono and The Edge of U2. Shortly thereafter, at the age of 56, Tina embarked on a world tour to promote her Wildest Dreams album. The video, "Tina Turner Live in Amsterdam," was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Video, Long Form. In 1996, Tina Turner released her fourth official studio album, titled Wildest Dreams. This album sold over eight million copies worldwide, including 1.3 million in the United States. In 1998, Tina recorded the theme song for "The Lion King II: Simba's Pride" called "He Lives In You".
Tina Turner's most recent official studio album was released in 1999. The album was called Twenty Four Seven. It was not as successful as Tina's past albums, but was still a success. It sold one million copies in the US, becoming platinum, and six million copies throughout the world. Tina also performed on VH1 Divas Live '99 in 1999, along with artists such as Cher, Whitney Houston, Elton John and Brandy. Tina also received the MOBO Lifetime Achievement Award.
2000-present
Tina Turner retired from major tours after her most recent tour in 2000. However, she continues to make public appearances and collaborations. In 2003, she teamed up with Phil Collins to record the song "Great Spirits" for the Disney film Brother Bear.
In 2004, Tina Turner released her latest greatest hits compilation album, All the Best, which made Tina's highest Billboard 200 debut of her career, entering at number two. The album included a new single, "Open Arms"; the song failed to crack the Billboard Hot 100 in the US but reached the UK Top 25. All The Best has so far sold over five million copies around the world.
In early 2005, Tina continued to do several live television performances in the US and Europe, highlighted by an interview and performance on The Oprah Winfrey Show in spring 2005 and a charity ball in St. Petersburg, Russia in November, highlighted by performances of "What's Love Got to do with it", "We Don't Need Another Hero", "Private Dancer" and "The Best". In October, she re-released an abridged version, "All the Best: The Hits." Tina was later honored as one of the top legends in the entertainment business by Winfrey and her peers and appeared at Oprah Winfrey's Color Purple Premiere in New York City on December 1, 2005.
Later that year, she performed in a show-stopping event at the Kennedy Center Honors, in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. Turner joined an elite group of entertainers including contemporaries Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Ray Charles, Little Richard, and Chuck Berry.
In early 2006, the All the Invisible Children soundtrack was released. Turner sang "Teach Me Again" with Elisa which charted at #1 in Italy. In August, Billboard Magazine reported that Tina was working on a new album. She had said in 2005 on the Oprah Winfrey Show that any future tours would be conducted before she turns 70, which would be in 2009. Guy Chambers, Robbie Williams' former producer, announced during an interview in October that his next project is Tina Turner's comeback album. If this is correct, she may be touring this year. At the premiere of the new Bond film Casino Royale in Zurich November 16, 2006, Tina confirmed that she is busy in the studio making a new album. This will be her first full recording of new material in 8 years.
Discography
For a full Tina Turner discography (including Ike & Tina Turner discography), see Tina Turner discography.
Top 10 US Billboard Hot 100 Singles
| Year | Title | Peak |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | "Proud Mary" (with Ike Turner) | 4 |
| 1984 | "What's Love Got to Do with It" | 1 |
| 1984 | "Better Be Good to Me" | 5 |
| 1985 | "Private Dancer" | 7 |
| 1985 | "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" | 2 |
| 1986 | "Typical Male" | 2 |
| 1993 | "I Don't Wanna Fight" | 9 |
Top 10 UK Chart Singles
| Year | Title | Peak |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | "River Deep - Mountain High" (with Ike Turner) | 3 |
| 1973 | "Nutbush City Limits" (with Ike Turner) | 4 |
| 1983 | "Let's Stay Together" | 6 |
| 1984 | "What's Love Got to Do with It?" | 3 |
| 1985 | "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" | 3 |
| 1989 | "The Best" | 5 |
| 1989 | "I Don't Wanna Lose You" | 8 |
| 1991 | "It Takes Two" (with Rod Stewart) | 5 |
| 1993 | "I Don't Wanna Fight" | 7 |
| 1995 | "GoldenEye" | 7 |
| 1999 | "When the Heartache Is Over" | 10 |
Top 10 German Chart Singles
| Year | Title | Peak |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | "Nutbush City Limits" (with Ike Turner) | 2 |
| 1984 | "What's Love Got to Do with It" | 7 |
| 1985 | "I Can't Stand the Rain" | 9 |
| 1985 | "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" | 1 |
| 1985 | "One Of The Living" | 6 |
| 1986 | "Typical Male" | 3 |
| 1986 | "Two People" | 10 |
| 1989 | "The Best" | 4 |
| 1995 | "GoldenEye" | 8 |
| 1998 | "Cose Della Vita" (with Eros Ramazzotti) | 4 |
Awards
Grammy Awards
Tina Turner has been nominated for 20 Grammy Awards as a solo artist and has won eight. She also shares another three awards as a member of other performing groups such as, The Ike and Tina Turner Revue and USA for Africa. Turner is also represented in the Grammy Hall of Fame. Two of her recordings have been inducted: River Deep, Mountain High in 1999 and Proud Mary in 2003.
| Year | Title | Genre | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Proud Mary (with Ike Turner) | R&B | Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental |
| 1985 | Better Be Good to Me | Rock | Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female |
| 1985 | What's Love Got to Do with It | Pop | Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female |
| 1985 | What's Love Got to Do with It (with producer Terry Britten) | General | Record Of The Year |
| 1985 | What's Love Got to Do with It | General | Song Of The Year |
| 1986 | One Of The Living | Rock | Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female |
| 1987 | Back Where You Started | Rock | Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female |
| 1989 | Tina Live in Europe (Album) | Rock | Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female |
Grammy Award Nominations
- 1962 - It's Gonna Work Out Fine - Best Rock & Roll Performance, Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental (with Ike Turner)
- 1985 - Let's Stay Together - Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
- 1985 - Private Dancer (Album) - Album Of The Year
- 1986 - It's Only Love - Best Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal (with Bryan Adams)
- 1986 - We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) - Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
- 1987 - Typical Male - Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
- 1988 - Better Be Good to Me (Live at The Prince's Trust Rock Gala 1986) - Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo
- 1990 - Foreign Affair - Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female
- 1991 - Steamy Windows - Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female
- 1993 - The Bitch Is Back - Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female
- 1994 - I Don't Wanna Fight - Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
- 1998 - Tina Live In Amsterdam (Video) - Best Music Video, Long Form
Filmography
- The Big T.N.T. Show (1966) (documentary)
- It's Your Thing (1970) (documentary)
- Gimme Shelter (1970) (documentary)
- Taking Off (1971)
- Soul to Soul (1971) (documentary)
- CS Blues (1972) (documentary) (unreleased)
- Tommy (1975)
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) (Cameo)
- Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
- What's Love Got to Do with It? (1993) (Cameo; biography) (singing voice for Angela Bassett)
- Last Action Hero (1993)
- Ally McBeal (1997)
- Flushed Away 2006-2007 Proud Mary, song at the end of the movie
Tour DVDs:
- Tina Turner- All The Best- The Live Collection (2005) Many Tina Turner songs from her new album All The Best, sang Live throughout the years. This DVD also includes an interview with Tina Turner talking about the songs on her new album All The Best.
- One Last Time Live! (2000) Tina Turner performing at her last UK concert at Wembley Stadium in London, in 2000. Performing in front of about 74,000 people, Tina Turner put on a very good show. Between pyro going off, the stage splitting and moving, and a 60 ft. moving stage arm, that goes over the audience, the show was a great show.
- Tina Turner- Celebrate! (1999) Tina Turner's 60th birthday show, featuring guests like Oprah Winferey, Will Smith, Mariah Carey, Cher, Al Green, and many more! Tina Turner gave a very good birthday show, while performing older songs, and songs from her new album Twenty-Four Seven. Also, throughout the show, big celebraties, including Tina Turner, talk about her past history and more.
- Tina Turner- Live In Amsterdam (1996) Tina Turner performing in Amsterdam during her Wildest Dreams tour in 1996. This DVD includes her older hits, and new songs from her album Wildest Dreams.
- Tina Turner- What's Love, Live (1993) VHS Only. It was never released on DVD. It wasn't officially released, but it was still a great concert. Tina Turner performs in Reno, Nevada in 1993, during her What's Love, Live Tour. She sings older songs, plus newer songs from her Foreign Affair album, and her What's Love Got To Do With It? soundtrack album.
- Tina Turner- Do You Want Some Action? Live in Barcelona (1990) Tina Turner performing in Barcelona during her Foreign Affair tour. The Foreign Affair tour was one of the biggest in Europe.
- Tina Turner- Live in Rio 1988 (1988) Tina Turner performing in Rio during her Break Every Rule tour. This concert was one of her largest concerts ever. There were over 182,000 people at the concert, setting a World Record.
- Tina Turner- Tina Live! (1985) Tina Turner performing during her Private Dancer tour. Performing older hits, along with new songs from her Private Dancer album.
Tours
Throughout her extensive pop career, Tina Turner has embarked on six major tours. These tours are:
- Private Dancer Tour
- Break Every Rule Tour
- Foreign Affair Tour
- What's Love? Tour
- Wildest Dreams Tour
- Twenty Four Seven Tour
Tina Turner as a touring artist has sold more concert tickets than any other solo female performer in history. Tina Turner's second world tour Break Every Rule had record breaking ticket sales. The 230 date tour kicked off in March of 1987 and ended in march of 1988 which brought over 4 million fans closer to Tina's big fame.
Her world record-breaking Break Every Rule Tour show of 1988 held in a single night at the Maracana Soccer Stadium, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was also released on video and now DVD too. With this particular show alone, she entered the Guinness Book of World Records because she set the record of drawing 182,000 fans to a one-night show alone.
Tina Turner also beat out The Rolling Stones by touring Europe with 121 shows during her sold out Foreign Affair Tour in 1990. She ended up playing to almost 4 million people in just 6 months making her the biggest female artist in Europe.
Tina Turner's 1996 Wildest Dreams Tour was performed to 3.5 million people over 250 dates through 2 years, making it the largest tour ever by a female performer. Although other Female recording stars namely Madonna and Cher have gained more money from their tours, Tina Turners shows did attract more ticket buying public. At the time Tina Turners average Ticket price was comparable to today's top concert ticket prices.
Tina Turner's last tour was her "Twenty Four Seven Millenium Tour". She embarked on this tour in 2000. This tour ended up being the highest grossing tour of the year.It is also the 5th biggest tour in North America ever.
See also
- Best selling music artists - World's top selling music artists chart.
- List of best-selling albums worldwide
- List of number-one hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (U.S.)
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart
External links
- Official site
- Official fan club site
- Tina Turner My Space
- Tina Turner at IMDb
- Turner's Entry on the St. Louis Walk of Fame
- Tina Turner on all music guide
- Tina Turner Star Pulse
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James Bond title artist GoldenEye (song), 1995 |
Succeeded by Sheryl Crow Tomorrow Never Dies (song), 1997 |
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