Tina Turner has long been popular as a rock star for her energetic stage performances.

Her artistic career is clearly divided into two periods.

She was born Annie Mae Bullock on November 26, 1938, in Brownsville, Tennessee. She met Ike Turner in St. Louis in 1958.

Married in the year.

During the period from 1960 to 1975, they gained fame through recording and touring.

In the late 1960s, Ike and Tina Turner's satirical performances were considered absolutely professional, brilliantly choreographed and thrilling.

In 1975, Tina starred as Queen Asid in the movie "Tommy".

That same year, she broke up with Ike, and they divorced in 1976.

For the next eight years, she toured small clubs to pay off debts incurred during her marriage.

In 1981, she supported Rod Stewart and the Rolling Stones at a show and was invited to join Martyn Ware in Heaven 17.

and the UK Power Fund scheme planned by Greg Walsh.

She signed with Capitol Records in 1982 and reached number 5 in the UK charts with AL GREEN's old song "Let's Stay Together" (produced by

Made by Weir).

This chart-topping song marked the beginning of the second period of Tina's artistic career.

The subsequent album, Private Dancer (1984), was completed in a hurry within two weeks, but it made Turner an instant hit with the single "What's Love Got to Do With It?"

"(What’s Love Got to Do with It?) and "Private Dancer" both topped the charts.

Written by Mark Knopfler, "Private Dancer" became a hit on both sides of the Atlantic, selling nearly 15 million copies worldwide and winning two Grammys

Awards (Record of the Year and Female Pop Vocalist of the Year).

Another song, "We Don't Need Another Hero" (1985, an episode of the movie "Mad Max" in which she starred) also achieved great success.

She also participated in a benefit performance in aid of Africa and sang a famous duet song with Mick Jagger.

Despite a busy tour schedule that year in the United States, Australia, and Japan, her autobiography, "I, Tina," was completed that year.

Success followed, and Tina's second album, Break Every Rule (1986), was produced by some of the best producers including Terry Britten, Brian

· BRYAN ADAMS and Mark Knopfler of STRAITS DIRE, and reached number 3 and 2 in the US and UK charts respectively.