Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock on November 26, 1939) is an American singer, actress who grew up in a small town called Nutbush,Tennessee.  Although she grew up in a small town, she dreamed of one day travelling the world. After escaping an abusive marriage, she would use her powerful voice to transform her life. In time, Tina Turner would become a beacon of strength and survival, inspiring millions of fans. She broke all barriers of race, class, and gender, and the world would come to celebrate her as the Queen of Rock and Roll.  

Spouse: Ike Turner (1963-1978); Erwin Bach (2013-present)

Children: Craig Raymond Turner (1958-2018), Ronald Renelle Turner (1960) , Ike Turner Jr (1958), Michael Turner (1960). 

Height: 5’4″ (1.63m)

Net Worth: $250 million

Zodiac: Sagittarius

Charities: Caudwell Children, USO, St. Jude Children’s Hospital, Children Beyond, Hear the World

Trivia: 

• She was originally a substitute singer. When the original singer was a no-show for Ike Turner’s latest single, Tina stepped in. Her debut rocketed to number two on the R&B record chart. 
• Tina is a practicing Buddhist, and has been known to chant for up to three hours daily. 
• Was voted the ’61st Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Artist of All Time’ by Rolling Stone. 
• When she fled from her abusive ex-husband Ike Turner in 1976, she left with only 36 cents and a gas-station credit card. 
• Turned down the role of Shug Avery in The Color Purple (1985).  Margaret Avery accepted the role, for which she would earn an Oscar nomination.  
• She holds the Guinness Book of World Record for selling more concert tickets than any other solo act. She sold more than 200 million records.
• Seven-time Grammy Award winner.  
• In April 2013, she became a citizen of Switzerland, and gave up her American citizenship. 
• She has survived a stroke and is an intestinal cancer survivor. 
• In 2017 when her kidney failed, her husband donated one of his kidneys, and she successfully survived the kidney transplant.

Quotes: 

• “My legacy is that I stayed on course…from the beginning to the end, because I believed in something inside of me.”
• “Physical strength in a woman – that’s what I am.”
• “I believe that if you’ll just stand up and go, life will open up for you. Something just motivates you to keep moving.”
• “I am strong.  I lived through a divorce, separation from my family. I never let it break me down. I’m not an alcoholic. I’ve never smoked, I’ve never done drugs. I’ve floated through the disaster of my past clean. I arrived here undamaged.”
• “I will never give in to old age until I become old. And I’m not old yet!”
• “If you are unhappy with anything…whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it. Because you’ll find that when you’re free, your true creativity, your true self, comes out.” 
• “There comes a point where it is just undignified to be a rock ‘n’ roll star.”
• “My greatest beauty secret is being happy with myself.”
• “Fifty is the new 30. Seventy is the new 50. There are no rules that say you have to dress a certain way, or be a certain way. We are living in exciting times for women.”