Tina Turner
Anna Mae Bullock better known as Tina Turner , is a former singer , songwriter , dancer , actress and choreographer of nationality Swiss and origin American , whose career development for more than fifty years , in addition to being one of the main and largest components of rock being considered the "Queen of Rock." He retired from the stage in 2009 at the age of 70 after a 50-year music career.
She began her music career in the mid-1950s as a performance singer with her husband, bandleader and songwriter Ike Turner of the Kings of Rhythm. She began recording in 1958 under the name Little Ann . Her debut as Tina Turner was on the 1960 single "A Fool in Love" as one of two members of the musical band Ike & Tina Turner .
The success followed with a string of notable hits between the couple such as " River Deep - Mountain High ," " Proud Mary, " and "Nutbush City Limits," a song she wrote. In her autobiography called "I, Tina", she revealed that she was expelled for domestic violence during her marriage to Ike Turner.
As a solo artist, her 1984 album Private Dancer , produced by Mark Knopfler , launched her back to stardom. Songs of the time like " What's Love Got to Do with It ", " Let's Stay Together ", " We Don't Need Another Hero " and " The Best " achieved international success and solidified his solo career.
He expanded his career into film in 1975 by starring in "Tommy" (by Ken Russell), in 1985 with the movie Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, and again in 1995 with a minor role in Last Action Hero . Her own life was made into a movie in 1993 's What's Love Got to Do with It , being personified byAngela Bassett . In 1999 he released his last studio album Twenty Four Seven and in 2004 he released the successful compilation album All the Best .
Tina Turner is known for her energetic live performances, quirky outfits, powerful voice, long career and for teaching dance to Mick Jagger himself . He has sold more than 200 million albums worldwide. In 2008 he left his semiretirement to travel the world with his tour Tina !: 50th Anniversary Tour , which also took place in 2009. The tour became one of the most profitable in the history of the show.
In 2013 he acquired Swiss nationality , while renouncing his American nationality. He also confirmed that year that he was retiring from music forever .
Life and career of Tina Turner
1939-1957: Childhood and artistic beginnings
Tina Turner was born Anna Mae Bullock as the 26 of November of 1939 in Brownsville , Tennessee , the youngest daughter of Zelma Priscilla and Floyd Richard Bullock. She lived in Nutbush, Tennessee, where her father worked as a sharecropper supervisor. He is of African American and Native American descent . His mother was of Cherokee and Navajo ancestry along with African-American .
When he appeared in a PBS documentary , Africa American Lives 2 , the results of his blood tests According to Henry Louis Gate, they showed that Tina had 1% Indian blood . Tina had an older sister, Ruby Alline. For a time during World War II his parents moved to Knoxville , Tennessee after his father worked at the facility to defend himself in the war. During this period, Tina and her sister were separated and lived in different houses, so Tina went to live with her paternal grandparents.
She attended Woodlwan Baptist Missionary Church near Highway 19, renamed the Tina Turner Highway in her honor. Eventually the sisters reunited in Knox ville together with their parents. After two years they returned to Nutbush to live, where Tina attended Flagg Glove Elementary School in the eighth grade. He had his first musical experience in the spring at Nutbush Hill Baptist Church .
At the age of eleven, her mother left her father, disappearing without saying anything to her children and then divorcing, after an abusive marriage. Her mother moved to St. Louis to live with Tina's great-aunt. After marrying another woman, her father also left the family, when Tina was thirteen, so the sisters went to live with their grandmother in Georgeanna, Brownsville . Tina Turner stated in her memoirs that she never felt the affection of her mother and that she "did not love me", further stating that her mother had planned to abandon her father when she was pregnant with her. "She was a very young woman who did not want to have any more children," she explained. Before her teens , she became a domestic worker at Ripley. Tina combined both her position as a cheerleader and as a basketball player on the tea
After moving to St. Louis in the late 1950s , he once again reunited with his sister, Aillene. The duo began performing at nightclubs in St. Louis and East St. Louis . It was while attending Manthattan Club, a nightclub in the East St. Louis area that he saw Ike Turner and his band, Kings of the Rythm . from Carver High School. When he was sixteen his grandmother died suddenly, and after her funeral at Georgeanna, his mother took him to St. Louis , where his sister had already moved. In St. Louis he attended Sumner High School and graduated in 1958 . She later found work as a Nursing Assistant at Barnes-Jewish Hospital , hoping to become a tenured nurse.
Tina said she was impressed by the music and talent of Ike Turner, later praising the band leader's music. Realizing that women were volunteering to sing with Ike, she felt an urge to go on stage , even though Ike wasn't serious like the singers in her band.
One night in 1957 , Kings of the Rhythm drummer Gene Washington pulled a microphone off his drum noting Tina and her sister Aillene. After Aillene's rejection numerous times, Tina picked it up and started singing while the rest of the band was in intermission. Stunned by Tina's voice, Ike left her his piano and asked her if she knew of other songs and finally sang through the night. Later, Ike allowed Tina to join the band. During this, Ike taught him the voice control points and performance. Finally, Tina's first studio recording was titled "Box Top" in 1958 with singer Carlson Oliver under the name Little Ann.
1958-1960: the duo Ike & Tina Turner
In St. Louis , Bullock enrolled at Sumner High School. In that city he began to sing in small cafes and nightclubs. While performing at the Imperial Club he met musician Ike Turner . At the age of 18, the singer joined the band that he led, Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm , in order to participate in the choirs.
1960-1975: commercial successes
In 1960, they sang with Sue Records and released their first single , "A Fool In Love," which was a bestseller in the US market. Ike changed her name to Tina Turner and her band to Ike & Tina Turner . In 1961, they released another hit song "It's Gonna Work out Fine" which earned them a Grammy Award nomination. for Best Rock and Roll Performance.
Notable songs released between 1960 and 1962 include "I Idolize You", "Poor Fool" and "Tra La La La La". Between 1963 and 1965, the band toured constantly and produced moderately successful R&B songs. Tina's first solo song, "Too Many Ties That Bind" was released on Ike's Sonja Records label in 1964.
In 1965, producer Phil Spector attended an Ike and Tina show at a club and invited them to appear in the concert film The Big TNT Show. Impressed by her performance, Spector volunteered to produce Tina. Tina recorded the song "River Deep - Mountain High", which was released in 1966 on the Spector's Philles record label. The success of the song in the United Kingdom gave them an opening spot on the Rolling Stones tour of the United Kingdom in 1966.
The duo signed with Blue Thumb Records in 1968 and released their album Outta Season in 1969. They released their version of Otis Redding's song "I've Been Loving You Too Much," which became part of their routine at concerts. In 1969 they also released the blues album The Hunter. The title track "The Hunter" (by Albert King ) earned Tina a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Female Vocal Performance. In the fall of 1969, Ike and Tina's popularity in their home country increased after a tour with the Rolling Stones on their tour of the United States. They got more exposure from performances on The Ed Sullivan Show , Playboy After Dark and The Andy Williams Show .
Later they incorporated a series of rock- oriented songs into their repertoire , such as " Come Together " (by The Beatles ), " Honky Tonk Women " (by The Rolling Stones ) and "I Want to Take You Higher". In 1971, they achieved their greatest success, releasing a cover of the song " Proud Mary " by John Fogerty , originally recorded by the band Creedence Clearwater Revival . The single was the duo's greatest commercial achievement, reaching number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in March of that year. For this new version of the song they won a Grammy Award for Best R&B duo or group performance.
Their success led them to a larger record label, United Artists Records . Tina started writing songs. She wrote nine of the ten songs on the Feel Good album released in 1972. Her single "Nutbush City Limits", written by Tina, was released in 1973. It was successful on the music charts in the United States and Europe. Tina released her debut solo album Tina Turns the Country On in 1974.
The album earned her a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female. Ike and Tina also released a gospel album in 1974 that was nominated for a Grammy Award. That same year she filmed her first role as the Acid Queen in the film Tommy . Due to his popularity in film, he released another solo album titled Acid Queen (1975).
1976-1978: separation of the duo
In the mid-1970s, Ike was heavily addicted to cocaine. His addiction ruined his relationship with Tina. On the way to a show at the Dallas Statler Hilton in Dalls, Texas, the two got into a fight. Tina fled the hotel shortly after her arrival. This episode caused the couple to break up, which later led to a legal separation. Regarding their careers, they suspended all the concerts they planned to perform together in the following months.
To establish herself as a solo artist, Tina made appearances on such entertainment shows as The Hollywood Squares , Donny & Marie , The Sonny & Cher Show, and The Brady Bunch Hour . In 1978 their divorce was confirmed due to "irreconcilable differences", after 16 years of marriage.
1979-1983: first works as a soloist
During the late 1970s Tina Turner recorded some albums for United Artists Records , but they did not have any repercussions. Between 1971 and 1974 he had appearances on The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour , featuring duets with Cher on songs such as "Shame Shame Shame" ("Shame") and "Makin 'Music Is My Business" ("My thing is to make music").
In 1983 , he reappeared with the Ian Craig Marsh and Martin Ware project , BEF , in which he covered the Temptations theme "Ball of Confussion".
In 1983 , she was signed by Capitol Records . His first single was a cover of the Al Green classic "Let's Stay Together", which hit the charts strongly in 1984 . His second single was "What's Love Got to Do With It" ("What does love have to do with that?"), With which he stayed three weeks at number one, becoming one of the hits of the year. This song was understood as allusive to his past relationship with Ike Turner , although his music video did not clearly reflect it. Anyway,, where Angela Bassett played Tina.
1984-1985: return to prestige
In 1984, Turner appeared on the cover of Ebony magazine , where he announced that he would make a " triumphant return to music ." In June of that year he released the album Private Dancer : the album was a great sales success, selling five million copies in the United States and another twenty in the rest of the world. This album included the single " What's Love Got to Do with It ", a song that ranked first on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and third on the British UK Singles Chart , in addition to reaching high positions in various countries of the world.
Other hit singles from Private Dancer were "Let's Stay Together", "Better Be Good To Me", "Private Dancer", "I Can't Stand The Rain" ("I can't stand the rain") and "Show Some Respect" ("Show some respect"). He subsequently won a number of accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award , two American Music Awards, and four Grammy Awards . In February 1985 he embarked on his first world tour as a solo singer, Private Dancer Tour , with which he visited the main cities of countries in North America , Asia , . He also accepted Michael Jackson's invitation to collaborate on the recording of the single " We Are The World ".
Following the success of Private Dancer , the singer agreed to play the role of Aunty Entity in the film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome , starring Mel Gibson . For her performance, she won the Image Award for "Best Film Actress," in addition to receiving positive reviews from various sources. For its part, the film grossed more than $ 30 million worldwide. Tina contributed two songs to its soundtrack: "We Don't Need Another Hero" and "One of the Living", which became simultaneous hits. . For "We Don't Need Another Hero" she was nominated for a Grammy Award as ""and the Golden Globe as Best Original Song, and for" One of the Living "won the award, but in the category of" Best female rock vocal performance ".
1986-1999: next works
In 1989 he returned to sweep the charts around the world with the album Foreign affair, which contained singles such as "The Best" ("The best"), "Steamy Windows" ("Foggy windows") and "I don´t wanna lose You" ("I don't want to lose you", song composed by Albert Hammond ), and entered the nineties with new millionaire sales. In 1991 published a compilation album, Simply The Best ( Simply The Best ), and two years later embarked on a world tour What's Love .In 1986 his next studio album was released: Break every rule (1986), an album with hits such as " Typical Male " and " Two People " in which guests such as Phil Collins or Steve Winwood were present and at which followed a fourteen-month tour around the world. In 1988 Live in Europe was released , with other important collaborators such as Eric Clapton , David Bowie , Bryan Adams and the blues singer Robert Cray .
Already at this stage, becoming one of the main rock icons , famous for her energetic voice and not least for her powerful and shapely legs, Tina dedicated the great part of the 90s to doing countless and successful tours all over the world. the world managing to raise large amounts of millions of dollars.
In 1995 he played the central theme of the film GoldenEye , a new installment in the James Bond saga . At the beginning of April 1996 the album Wildest Dreams was published which was recorded in the United Kingdom under the production of Trevor Horn and which included a duet with Antonio Banderas on the main theme. After releasing the album, Tina would embark on an extensive world tour called the Wildest Dreams Tour which raised a total of $ 100 million.
2000-2013: return and retirement of music
In 2004 Tina released a new compilation album titled All the Best , which contained, among others, the single " Open Arms ". This song was a great success in Europe but not in the United States, although All the Best was his first album in eleven years to achieve a "platinum record" in his country.In 2000 Tina Turner, at the age of 61, decided to retire from the stage. Fortunately, it was not a definitive measure, as was shown years later.
After a long period of relative silence, he participated in the album River: The Joni Letters by Herbie Hancock and in February 2008 he reappeared at a Grammy Awards gala offering an energetic live duet with Beyoncé . At the gala, Hancock's album won the highest award, the Grammy for Best Album of the Year . With which Tina receives her eighth Grammy.
In May 2008, Tina appeared on the show of Oprah Winfrey , The Oprah Winfrey Show , along with his great friend Cher . Tina's appearance on this show marked the start of a new concert tour in the United States and Europe, which could be extended to other continents. Taking advantage of the occasion, another compilation was published that reunited his successes and the two new songs "It Would Be a Crime" ("It would be a crime") and "I'm ready" ("I am prepared"), which was released as first single.
Tina Turner thus embarked on her first tour in 8 years, nearing her 69th birthday, once again showing great physical shape and overflowing with energy on stage. The tour ended on May 5, 2009, without ruling out new dates in America and Europe. On September 29, 2009, a CD + DVD entitled Tina Live was released, which included 15 songs recorded live on the tour and the full concert in DVD format.
Tina Turner holds a Guinness Record for being the only soloist to completely fill the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro , more than 180,000 people in a single night, a figure similar to that achieved by Paul McCartney in 1990.
Since 2013, Tina has retired from music and acting after a 54-year artistic career. In addition, she renounced her American nationality to become a Swiss citizen . Currently she lives with her children and her husband Erwin Bach in Switzerland.
Withdrawal from music and public life
In a documentary that will be released next week on HBO , Turner will say goodbye to his career that has spanned 6 decades and therefore to public life.
Best-selling albums of Tina Turner
Private Dancer (1984)
Private Dancer is Tina Turner's fifth solo album, released by Capitol Records in 1984. The album was Turner's new rise to fame after several difficult years of solo career after divorcing her husband. It is their best-selling album, both in the US and internationally. The album produced seven singles, including " What's Love Got to Do with It ", " Better Be Good To Me ", " Private Dancer " and " Let's Stay Together ". It was the second best-selling album of 1984 and was promoted throughout 1985 on a world tour called the Private Dancer tour . In 1985,
| Chart (1984) | Position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums Chart | one |
| Spanish Album Chart | two |
| Canadian Albums Chart | two |
| German Albums Chart | two |
| UK Albums chart | two |
| US Billboard 200 | three |
Break Every Rule (1986)
Break Every Rule is Tina Turner's sixth studio album, released in 1986 by Capitol Records . The album reached number 4 in the US and was quickly certified platinum by exceeding 1,000,000 copies sold in that country, in the West it entered the UK album chart at # 2, it was triple certified platinum record and went on to sell more than 1.2 million copies in the UK alone. In Germany it was similarly successful and sold 1 million copies in a few weeks.
The album reached number one in several European countries, including Germany (12 weeks) and Switzerland . From this album, five singles were released: " Typical Male"(with a maxi-single edition, after having been number one for example in Spain )," Two People "," Paradise is here "," What you get is what you see "and" Girls ". Tina made a great tour worldwide to promote the album.
| Graphic (1986) | Position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums Chart | 11 |
| German Albums Chart | 01 |
| Spanish Album Chart | 03 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 01 |
| French Albums Chart | 16 |
| UK Albums Chart | 02 |
| Canadian Albums Chart | 04 |
| US Billboard Albums Chart | 04 |
Foreign Affair (1989)
Foreign Affair is Tina Turner's seventh album, released in 1989 by Capitol Records . After the success of Private Dancer and Break Every Rule , Tina begins production of her seventh solo album. Although the album did not perform as well in the United States as its previous ones, it was a worldwide success, selling more than 12 million copies.
From this album, six singles were released: " The Best ", " Steamy Windows ", " I Don't Wanna Lose You ", " Foreign Affair ", " Look Me In The Heart " and " Be Tender With Me Baby ".
| Graphic (1989) | Position |
|---|---|
| Spanish Albums Chart | 03 |
| French Albums Chart | 11 |
| German Albums Chart | 01 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 01 |
| UK Albums Chart | 01 |
| Australian Albums Chart | 15 |
| US Billboard 200 Chart | 31 |
Other successful albums
The albums Acid Queen (1975) and Twenty Four Seven (1999) are also considered the best-selling albums of Turner's career.
Private life of Tina Turner
Family
In August 1958, at the age of eighteen, Tina became a mother for the first time, giving birth to their son Craig. Craig was the son of Tina and Raymond Hill , the saxophonist of the group The Kings of Rhythm . The news of her pregnancy caused her mother, Zelma, to kick her out of her home. After Raymond Hill was injured in a wrestling match with a gang member, in which he broke his ankle, he returned to his hometown of Clarksdale and never returned.
Shortly after that, Tina moved into Ike Turner's home in East St. Louis . Within a couple of years, Tina was pregnant with Ronald, Ike's son, who was born in October 1960. After marrying Ike Turner in 1962She adopted Ike's sons, Ike Turner Jr. (born 1958) and Michael Turner (born 1960). Tina was pregnant again with Ike in 1968, but after discovering that her friend, Ann Thomas, was also pregnant with Ike, she secretly decided to have an abortion.
Following Tina's rise to solo success, Ike accused Tina of not being a good mother to her children, even claiming that Tina had sent Michael to a psychiatric hospital afterward. Tina later denied Ike's accusations and later told Australian magazine TV Week: "He gave me those children and not a penny to take care of them." His relationship with his mother remained distant throughout his life.
After Tina left Los Angeles to move to England, she moved her mother, Zelma Bullock, into their old home. His mother passed away in 1999. His older sister,As December 1 as 1936 - 4 as September as 2010 ), he died after a long struggle with illness at age 73. Her half-sister Evelyn Juanita Currie died in a car accident in the 1950s. Tina's eldest son, Craig, committed suicide in 2018.
Relationships and marriage with Ike Turner
At first, Tina's relationship with Ike Turner was friendly. Following the birth of their first child, Ike temporarily allowed Tina to move into their home in East St. Louis. During this first period, he began to help Tina with his voice. At first, neither Ike nor Tina were attracted to each other. Ike was still married to Lorraine Taylor during this period. In late 1959, Lorraine and Ike Turner parted ways. Tina and Ike were married in Tijuana in 1962. As a result, Tina's son, Craig, adopted Ike's last name.
Later, Tina said that Ike hit her for the first time after she told him she was worried about his name change and didn't want to go on tour. His abuse increased after he became addicted to cocaine. was later diagnosed with bipolar disorder . Later, Ike wrote in his autobiography Takin 'Back My Name (1999): "Sure, I slapped Tina. We had fights and there were times when I hit her on the ground without thinking. But I never hit her." Ike also claimed, on more than one occasion, that he and Tina weren't even legally married. He also said that Tina's birth name is Martha Nell Bullock (not Anna Mae Bullock).
Tina signed her name as Martha Nell Turner on a 1977 contract. Before a show in Los Angeles in 1968, Tina tried to commit suicide by taking Valium pills. In early July 1976, Tina left Ike after a fight on the way to a hotel. Later that month, Tina filed for divorce. In the final divorce decree, Tina took responsibility for the missed concert dates, as well as an IRS lien. Tina retained the copyright to the songs she had written. He also kept his two Jaguar cars, furs and jewelry along with his stage name.
Religion
Throughout her childhood and adulthood, Tina Turner was a Baptist . She was introduced to Nichiren Buddhism by a friend of hers and Ike in 1972. Tina Turner wrote in her autobiography that she first used Buddhist chants (mainly Nam Myoho Renge Kyo) before conducting a recording session at Sound Bolic studio together to Ike.
The result, led Ike to gift her some wonderful purchases of thousands of dollars (instead of berating her or beating her for allegedly incorrect notes). Two years later, he converted to Nichiren Buddhism and later confirmed himself to the religion to achieve good things through it in difficult times. Tina considers herself a "Buddhist-Baptist", and claimed that she still prays in the traditional Buddhist sense while meditating and singing.
Other relationships and residences
While still attending high school in Brownsville, Tina had her first relationship with a boy from a rival school named Harry Taylor, which came after he switched to Tina's (then Anna) school to be close to her. The relationship broke down after Tina found out that Harry had married another girl, leaving her heart broken. After her divorce from Ike Turner, Tina decided to stay alone as she struggled to pursue her solo career. In 1985, she met her current partner, German music producer Erwin Bach, at a label party in London.
After a year, Tina and Erwin started dating and have been together ever since. On 21 July as as 2013, Erwin married Tina. They live in a house on Lake Zürich called Chateau Algonquin in Switzerland , which he moved to in 1994 . He has property in Los Angeles , and has residences in London and Cologne . In 2012 , after living in Switzerland for 20 years, he applied for Swiss citizenship, which was granted to him in January 2013, and renounced his US citizenship.
Discography of Tina Turner
Studio albums
- 1974: Tina Turns the Country On!
- 1975: Acid Queen
- 1978: Rough
- 1979: Love Explosion
- 1984: Private Dancer
- 1986: Break Every Rule
- 1989: Foreign Affair
- 1993: What's Love Got to Do With It
- 1996: Wildest Dreams
- 1999: Twenty Four Seven
Tours of Tina Turner
- 1977: Australian Tour
- 1978–1979: The Wild Lady of Rock Tour
- 1981–1982: Nice 'n' Rough Tour
- 1984: Tina Turner Live Tour
- 1985: Private Dancer World Tour
- 1987–1988: Break Every Rule World Tour
- 1990: Foreign Affair: The Farewell Tour
- 1993: What's Love? Tour
- 1996–1997: Wildest Dreams World Tour
- 2000: Twenty Four Seven Tour
- 2008–2009: Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour
| Movies | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Movie | Paper | Grades |
| 1970 | Gimme Shelter | She herself | Documentary film |
| 1971 | Taking Off | She herself | |
| 1975 | Tommy | The Acid Queen | |
| 1976 | All This and World War II | She herself | Documentary film |
| 1979 | John Denver and the Ladies | She herself | |
| 1985 | Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | Auntie Entity | Won the Image Award for "Best Film Actress" |
| 1993 | What's Love Got to Do with It | She herself | Dubbing Angela Bassett in songs |
| Last Action Hero | the mayor | ||
| TV | |||
| Year | Qualification | Paper | Grades |
| 1966 | The Big TNT Show | She herself | Documentary film |
| 1970 | It's Your Thing | Herself and her adoptive mother | Documentary film |
| 1971 | Soul to soul | She herself | Documentary film |
| 2000 | Ally mcbeal | She herself | Special appearance Episode titled: "The Oddball Parade" |
Awards and recognitions of Tina Turner
| Year | Qualification | Category | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Proud Mary | Best Duo or Group Vocal Performance | R&B |
| 1984 | Better Be Good to Me | Best Female Vocal Performance | Rock |
| 1984 | What's Love Got to Do with It | Best Female Vocal Performance | Rock, R&B, pop, soul |
| 1984 | What's Love Got to Do with It | Record of the year | Rock, R&B, pop, soul |
| 1985 | One of the Living | Best Female Vocal Performance | Rock |
| 1986 | Back Where You Started | Best Female Vocal Performance | Rock |
| 1988 | Tina Live in Europe | Best Female Vocal Album | Rock |
| 2008 | River: The Joni Letters (with Herbie Hancock) | Record of the year | Jazz |
Other recognitions
- 1984 - What's Love Got to Do with It (Song of the Year); Award given to the writers of the recording;
- 2005 - Kennedy Center Honors
- 2008 - River: The Joni Letters (Album of the Year)
Tina Turner nominations for the Grammy
- 1961 - It's Gonna Work Out Fine (Best Rock & Roll Recording)
- 1969 - The Hunter (Best Female Vocal Performance) R&B;
- 1974 - Tina Turns The Country On! (Best Female Vocal Performance) R&B;
- 1974 - The Gospel According to Ike & Tina (Best Gospel Performance of the Soul)
- 1984 - Let's Stay Together (Best Female Vocal Performance) R&B;
- 1984 - Private Dancer (Record of the year);
- 1985 - We Don't Need Another Hero (Best Female Vocal Performance) Pop;
- 1985 - It's Only Love (Best Duo or Group Vocal Performance) Rock;
- 1986 - Typical Male (Best Female Vocal Performance) Pop;
- 1987 - Better Be Good to Me (Best Performance) Rock;
- 1989 - The Best (Best Female Vocal Performance) Rock;
- 1990 - Steamy Windows (Best Female Vocal Performance) Rock;
- 1991 - The Bitch is Back (Best Female Vocal Performance) Rock;
- 1993 - I Don't Wanna Fight (Best Female Vocal Performance) Pop;
- 1993 - I Don't Wanna Fight (Best Song for Film and / or Television)
- 1997 - Live in Amsterdam: Wildest Dreams Tour (Best Music Video in a Feature Film)
