Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock on November 26, 1939) is a seven-time Grammy Award-winning African-American rock (one grammy win with ex-husband Ike, six as a solo artist), rock, R&B, soul, and pop singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. Born in Nutbush, Tennessee.
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 developed a reputation as a consummate live entertainer.
Although well-known and respected as a performer before she separated from Ike Turner, it was her comeback in the mid-1980s that propelled her to solo international superstardom and most successful female rock-artist of all time (she has sold more concert tickets than any other female performer in history). Tina Turner has combined album and single sales exceeding 190 million since her music debut in 1960.
Throughout her career, Tina Turner has garnered numerous awards and honors including a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1986 and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991. In addition, she is a member of the St. Louis Walk of Fame, winner of eight Grammy Awards in four different stylistic categories, and a Kennedy Center Honoree.
Tina Turner's popularity and success in rock and roll throughout the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s garnered her the title, "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll".
Tina Turner is noted for her overpowering stage presence. Her physical trademarks are her long, well-proportioned legs, big hair, and raspy voice.
Tina also entered the Guinness Book of World Records during her 1987-1988 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 184,000 fans at the Maracana Soccer Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The concert, sponsored by Pepsi, was broadcast live to a worldwide audience.
Turner's long-term partner is German Erwin Bach, a record executive. They live together in Küsnacht, Zürich, Switzerland, and Nice, France.
"I will be out there... I'll go on to do something else... but I don't know when I'm finishing. Do I act like an old woman? No, we don't need to act like that anymore. We have a whole new era ahead of us and I think we are given that opportunity to not feel old."
