Tina Turner

About Tina Turner

She is regarded as the "Queen of Rock and Roll", having debuted the single "Proud Mary" in 1971 and won 12 Grammy Awards for her collaborations with various artists.

Tina Turner before fame

After her parents divorced in 1978, she moved in with her great-aunt and worked as a sharecropper with them. She started her profession as a nurse's aide and aspired to be a nurse.

Achievement of Tina Turner

She went on a 50th anniversary tour in 2008, smashing the record for solo artist concert ticket sales.

Tina Turner family life

She gave birth to her son Craig when she was eighteen, married Ike Turner in 1962, and divorced him on March 29, 1978. She married Erwin Bach in 2013.

Associations of Tina Turner

In the 1993 picture Last Action Hero, she co-starred with F. Murray Abraham.

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