Turner's career spanned over five decades beginning with her first recording "Boxtop" in 1958 and formally retired in 2009 after her "Tina! 50th Anniversary Tour".[8]Rolling Stone ranked her as the 17th Greatest Singer of all time[9] and 63rd Greatest Artist of all time.[10] She was the first artist to have a top 40 hit in seven consecutive decades in the UK.[11]Private Dancer remains her career's biggest seller with 12 million copies sold worldwide.[12][13][14]Simply The Best is the eighteenth best-selling album by a woman in the United Kingdom,[15] selling over 7 million copies worldwide.[16] Turner is also among the best-selling female artists in the UK (9.6 million)[17] and Germany (6.3 million).[18]
By this time, Tina Turner had already released two solo albums, Tina Turns the Country On (1974) and Acid Queen (1975), on United Artists Records to which she and Ike Turner were signed. She then continued as a solo artist with the albums Rough (1978) and Love Explosion (1979). However, none of these releases were commercially successful, and Turner left the label at the end of the decade. After collaborating with the British electronic group, B.E.F. in 1982, Turner signed a new contract with EMI Records in the UK, and released the single "Let's Stay Together" (a cover of the Al Green song) in late 1983. Produced by B.E.F., the single was a UK Top 10 hit. Import copies began to sell well in the US which prompted Capitol Records (a subsidiary of EMI) to sign Turner and release the single there themselves, which made the Billboard Top 30 in Spring 1984. By this time, Turner had begun work on a full album, Private Dancer, which was released in May 1984 and became a worldwide hit. It spawned a string of hit singles, including "What's Love Got to Do with It", which still stands as Turner's biggest hit, peaking at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks. The success of the album established Turner as a major solo artist earning her a comeback that is widely regarded as one of the most successful of all time.
Her first compilation album, Simply the Best, was released in 1991 and was another huge seller in the UK, selling over 2.4 million copies. Turner switched from the US Capitol label to Virgin Records (both were subsidiaries of EMI, and would later be merged by EMI to become the Capitol Music Group in 2007). In 1993, she recorded the soundtrack to the film about her life, What's Love Got to Do with It, producing the hit single, "I Don't Wanna Fight", her first US Top 10 hit since 1986. In 1995, she performed the title song for the James Bond film GoldenEye. Her next studio album was 1996's Wildest Dreams, followed by 1999's Twenty Four Seven, her last studio album.[23][22]
On July 16, 2020, Turner released Foreign Affair: Deluxe Edition, which is a reissue of the original 1989 album and includes the original LP, a 1990 concert performance, B-sides, remixes, and various other content.[24] On November 25, 2022, Turner released Break Every Rule: Deluxe Edition, which is a reissue of the original 1986 album and features remixes, B-sides, rarities, a live performance from Rio in 1988, and an intimate performance at Camden Palace. It would be the last release in her lifetime: she died on May 23, 2023.
Albums
Studio albums
List of studio albums, with selected details, chart positions and certifications
Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to June 12, 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 314. ISBN0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and June 12, 1988.
Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. pp. 285–286.
All ARIA-era (June 1988 onwards) peaks to November 30, 2021: "Tina Turner chart history, received from ARIA on November 30, 2021". ARIA. Retrieved May 26, 2023 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
Tina!: "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 5 June 2023". The ARIA Report. No. 1735. Australian Recording Industry Association. June 5, 2023. p. 6.
^Australian (Kent Music Report) peak for "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" Soundtrack: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 284. ISBN0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and June 12, 1988.
^Australian (Kent Music Report) peak for "Tonight" (with David Bowie): Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 43. ISBN0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and June 12, 1988.
