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Tina Turner |
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Birth Place: Nutbush, Tennessee, USA
Birthday:November 26, 1939
Height:5' 4"
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- Raised as a Baptist, she has been studying and practising Buddhism since 1975.
- World's most successful female rock artist ever. Record sales: over 60 million (1983-1999). Has sold more concert tickets than any other female performer in history. 7-time Grammy Award-winner.
- Took part in the USA For Africa recording of "We Are The World". [28 January 1985].
- Living with EMI record executive Erwin Bach since 1986.
- Ronnie (born 1964), is the son Tina and Ike had during their 16-year marriage.
- Turned down a role in Thelma & Louise (1991).
- Tina was with Ike for 20 years, but she was only married to him for 16 years (she doesn't count the two years it took for the divorce to become final as part of her marriage).
- Tina has two sons and two stepsons.
- Stepmmother of Ike Jr. and Michael, the sons Ike had during his marriage to first wife, Lorriane Taylor; whom Ike didn't get "legally" divorced from until 1974.
- Turned down the role of Shug Avery in The Color Purple (1985). The part eventually went to Margaret Avery.
- Craig (born 1958) is Tina's son from a relationship she had with Raymond Hill, a saxophone player in Ike's band, The Kings of Rhythm.
- Had the biggest-grossing concert tour of North America in 2000. However, due to lower ticket prices, *NSync sold more tickets than Tina.
- Because of the frequent beatings she received from her former husband Ike Turner, she had to have reconstructive surgery on her nose.
- Rapper Fat Joe sampled a lyric from the chorus of Tina's 1984 hit "What's Love Got To Do With It?" which was used in "What's Luv?", his hit single featuring Ashanti. [2001]
- Measurements: 34-26-38 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
- Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (with Ike Turner) in 1991.
- Angela Basset (playing Tina Turner) mimed to Tina's voice when performing the musical numbers in the film What's Love Got to Do with It (1993) .
- Ranked #2 on VH1's Greatest Women of Rock N Roll
- Joint winner (with Ike Turner) of a Grammy award for 'Best R&B Group Performance, Vocal Or Instrumental' for "Proud Mary". [1972]
- Winner of a Grammy award for 'Best Female Rock Vocal Performance' for "One Of The Living". [1986]
- Winner of a Grammy award for 'Best Female Rock Vocal Performance' for "Back Where You Started". [1987]
- Winner of a Grammy award for 'Best Female Rock Vocal Performance' for "Live In Europe". [1989]
- Joint winner (with Terry Britten) of a Grammy award for 'Record Of The Year' for "What's Love Got To Do With It?". [February 1985]
- Winner of a Grammy award for 'Best Female Pop Vocal Performance' for "What's Love Got To Do With It?". [February 1985]
- Winner of a Grammy award for 'Best Female Rock Vocal Performance' for "Better Be Good To Me". [February 1985]
- [1995] Rapper Warren G, along with Adina Howard, covered her Grammy-winning hit song "What's Love Got To Do With It?" for the Supercop (1995) soundtrack.
- Received the Lifetime Achievement prize at the MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Awards at the Royal Albert Hall in London. [7 October 1999]
- Living in Zurich, Switzerland. [1994-present]
- She was voted the 61st Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artist of all time by Rolling Stone.
- Ranked #6 on VH-1's 100 Sexiest Artists. [2002]
- Recipient of the 2005 Kennedy Center Honors. Other recipients were Robert Redford, Tony Bennett, Suzanne Farrell, and Julie Harris. [3 December 2005]
- [20 February 2006] "Teach Me Again", her duet with Elisa, from the soundtrack of All the Invisible Children (2005), enters the Italian singles chart at Number 1.
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