Tina Turner: Hero

Laurent Poret

Laurent Poret

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Anna Mae Bullock, known as Tina Turner, is a singer, dancer, actress and composer of American and Swiss naturalized origin, born on November 26, 1939 in Nutbush, Tennessee. She won eleven Grammy Awards. His constant contributions to rock music have earned him the title of Queen of Rock & Roll. In addition to rock, she has also distinguished herself in R'n'B, soul, dance and pop music. She is on the Rolling's Stone List: The Immortals, Greatest Artists of All Time and is also present at the Grammy Hall Of Fame, with two of her most famous singles, River Deep, Mountain High (in 1999) and Proud Mary (in 2003). Tina Turner is one of the most popular artists in the world, with sales exceeding 200 million albums. She is also the solo artist who has sold the most concert tickets in the history of music. In 1990, Tina Turner gave 121 concerts during her European Foreign Affair Tour. This tour was performed in front of 4 million spectators in just 6 months. In 1996, his Wildest Dreams World Tour was performed in front of 3.5 million spectators on 250 dates over a two-year period. To date, Tina Turner has won seven Billboard Top Ten Singles, 16 US Top Ten R'n'B singles and 33 Top 40 in the English charts. All his albums since Private Dancer have reached the top of the rankings in England. Tina Turner raised four boys: Ike Jr. and Michael (children of a previous relationship of her husband Ike Turner), Craig (born in 1958) and Ronald (1960). Her long-time companion and husband since July 2013 is the German producer Erwin Bach. They have lived together since 1986 between Zurich and Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat.