Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress. She has won eight Grammy Awards. Turner's consistent contributions to rock music have earned her the title "The Queen of Rock & Roll." Besides rock music, she has also performed R&B, soul, dance and pop music. She was listed on Rolling Stone's list The Immortals. The Greatest Artists of All Time. Turner is represented in the Grammy Hall of Fame with two of her singles inducted including "River Deep - Mountain High" (1999) and "Proud Mary" (2003).
On April 26, 2008, Turner announced at a taping of the "The Oprah Winfrey Show" at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas that she will begin another tour in Kansas City, Missouri, on October 1, 2008. Turner told Oprah Winfrey that the actress Sophia Loren convinced her to return to the stage. Her new tour is called Tina: Live in Concert Tour.
Turner has been acknowledged as one of the world's most popular and biggest-selling music artists of all time and is the most successful female rock artist of all time with record sales exceeding 180 million. She has sold more concert tickets than any other solo performer in history. To date, Turner has 7 Billboard top 10 singles, 16 US top ten R&B singles, and has 33 Top 40 hits in the UK. All of her albums since Private Dancer have been Top 10 UK hits.
