Considered one of Rollingstone Magazine’s greatest singers and considered the queen of rock and roll, Tina Turner is a singer, songwriter and dancer. But more than that, this very talented woman is also an actress. Turner started her career in 1958 and since then she has become one of the most important singers of all time. Beyond her professional life, the singer’s personal life is no less interesting.
As the world has come to know her as Tina Turner, the singer and actress was actually Anna Mae Bullock who was born on November 26, 1939, in Nutbush, Tennessee, United States. Ruby Aillene Tina grew up alongside her sister and started singing in the choir as a child. She went to Flagg Grove Elementary School and then to Carver High School. Nevertheless, it was at Sumner High School that she graduated.
Her musical career started when she met Ike Turner’s band, the Kings of Rhythm at a club, then she later worked with Ike whom she later married. The biggest success she has recorded is with her solo career which began in 1974 with the release of Tina Transforms the Country ! In 1974. She was still a member of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue when the album was released.
Her first album was not a success, but in 1975 she released the Acid Queen which like the first did not have much impact. After the album, she eventually left her band and released Rough (1978) and then Explosion d’amour (1979) without any significant success causing her label to part ways with her. His next albums Private Dancer (1984) was a resounding success, as were others that followed, such as Breaking Every Rule (1986) and Twenty Four Seven (1999) among others.
Looking at the accolades she has gotten during her music career, Tina has recorded 25 Grammy Award nominations including 11, 3 American Music Awards, 7 Billboard Year-End Charts Awards and 3 IFPI Platinum Europe Awards among others. She has been inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Grammy Hall of Fame and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. 1960s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 20s and 2010s.
The beautiful singer has been married twice. Her first marriage dates back to 1962, when she married Ike Turner. The two men first met at St. Louis’s Club Imperial, when he was just 16, in 1955. Once she brought him into his band, the relationship between them developed into marriage.
Before too long, Ike became very violent towards his wife because he was afraid to leave him to someone else. In addition to the violence towards him, Ike also had various affairs. It was not until 1976 that she decided to end the marriage and obtained the divorce which was finalized in 1978.
Several years after going their separate ways, Turner still shielded herself from her ex-husband with whom she refused to go on an extra tour, even after asking. According to the singer, although she forgave Ike Turner, he was not the kind of man who should be allowed to come back to life even after forgiving them. Nevertheless, she revealed in an interview that she still thinks of her ex-husband who died in 2007.
Erwin Bach was the next man who became Tinamari. The couple first met in 1985, but it was in 1986 that they started dating. Tina and music producer Bach tied the knot in 2013, after being married for many years. One of the most interesting aspects of the union is that although Erwin is 17 years younger than his wife, the relationship between them is still enviable.
Although she has no children with her present husband, she has two biological children and two adopted children. Her first child, Craig Raymond Turner, came from a relationship she had with Raymond Hill. Sadly, Craig was lost in 2018 in what was ruled suicide by self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 59.
The singer’s second child is Ronald Renelle Turner and he was born to Ike Turner.
A very successful singer, dancer, and actress, Tina Turner has come a long way and accomplished a lot as well. Because of this, not only does she have fame, she also has massive fortune with an estimated net worth of $250 million.
That’s what you get for being among the best-selling female artists of all time. Plus, better than any other solo artist, Tina Turner has sold more concert tickets.
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