Simply the best: Tina Turner – a life in pictures

Anna Mae Bullock, pictured here at the age of 24, was born in Nutbush, Tennessee, on 26 November 1939

It was Ike Turner who gave her the name ‘Tina’ and created Ike & Tina Turner, pictured here circa 1961. The couple married in 1962

Husband-and-wife R&B duo Ike & Tina Turner onstage in 1964 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

Ike & Tina Turner, circa 1966

Ike and Tina Turner with record producer Phil Spector while recording in Los Angeles, California, at Gold Star Studios in 1966

Tina Turner performing at Wembley Studios, London, in 1966

Tina Turner in a studio portrait session in New York City on 25 November 1969

Tina Turner in the recording studio, circa 1969

Tina Turner performs during a concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City, on 28 November 1969

Ike & Tina Turner pose for a portrait with their son and stepsons; Michael Turner, Ike Turner Jr, Craig Hill and Ronnie Turner; circa 1972

Tina Turner performs on stage with Ike & Tina Turner in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1972

Tina Turner as the Acid Queen in the 1975 film Tommy

Tina Turner performing on stage at the Hammersmith Odeon in London in October 1975

Tina Turner holding red roses in 1976, the year she split from Ike Turner. The couple divorced two years later

Tina Turner performing on stage at the Royal Theater Carré in Amsterdam on 22 April 1979

Tina Turner poses for a portrait in Los Angeles, California, circa 1980

Tina Turner checking out wigs in New York City in May 1981

Rod Stewart, Tina Turner and Alana Stewart circa 1981 in New York City, circa 1981

Tina Turner and Andy Warhol share some watermelon at a party in 1981

Tina Turner performing on stage at the Hammersmith Odeon in London in April 1982

Tina Turner shares a laugh with Lionel Richie as they celebrate their wins during the Grammy Award show in Los Angeles on 27 February 1985. Turner won record of the year and best female pop performance for What’s Love Got to Do with It and best female pop performance for Better Be Good to Me

David Bowie and Tina Turner duetting on Tonight at the NEC in Birmingham, England, on 23 March 1985

Tina Turner as Aunty Entity in 1985’s Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

Tina Turner singing with Mick Jagger at the Live Aid concert at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 13 July 1985

Tina Turner with Cher in New York City in 1985

Paul McCartney and Tina Turner performing on stage at the Prince’s Trust 10th Birthday Party at Wembley Arena, London, on 20 June 1986

Tina Turner performing on stage at the Venue in Victoria, London, on 16 December 1986

Tina Turner in full swing in Munich, West Germany, on 5 March 1987

Tina Turner outside the Rio Palace Hotel in 1988 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during the 1988 carnival

Tina Turner poses with Erwin Bach at her 50th birthday celebrations in London in November 1989. The couple, who met in 1986, were married in July 2013 on the banks of Lake Zurich in Switzerland

Tina Turner poses for a James Bond-style photo shoot at Pinewood Studios in London. She sang the theme song for the 1995 Bond film GoldenEye

Tina Turner performs with Sir Elton John during the VH1 television network’s concert Diva’s Live 99 at New York’s Beacon Theatre on 13 April 1999. The concert was in support of musical education in public schools around the US

Tina Turner with Giorgio Armani at the Armani Spring/Summer show at Milan Fashion Week in September 2003

Tina Turner poses with President George W Bush and Laura Bush pose with the Kennedy Centre honorees, from left to right, actors Julie Harris and Robert Redford, ballet dancer Suzanne Farrell and singer Tony Bennett, during the reception in the Blue Room at the White House on 4 December 2005

Beyoncé and Tina Turner sing Proud Mary during the 50th annual Grammy awards held at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles on 10 February 2008

Tina Turner and Giorgio Armani at the Élysée Palace in Paris where they received France’s most prestigious award, the Légion D’Honneur, from President Nicolas Sarkozy on 3 July 2008

Tina Turner performs at Madison Square Garden in New York City on 1 December 2008 on the Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour

Tina Turner performs at the O2 Arena in London on 3 March 2009 on the Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour

Turner played by Adrienne Warren in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical at the Aldwych Theatre, London, on 17 April 2018. Turner collaborated on the musical based on her life story

Tina Turner, photographed in Hamburg on 3 March 2019