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according to Billboard.
Her 1984 solo album, “Private
Dancer,” sold 10 million copies
and featured her only No. 1 hit,
“What’s Love Got to Do With It.”
She had five other top-10
singles, including “I Don’t Wanna
Fight,” “Better Be Good To Me,”
“We Don’t Need Another Hero,”
“Private Dancer,” and “Typical
Male.”
Billboard reported that $2
million of her revenue from
streaming services came from
outside the US. This shouldn’t be
surprising as Turner once told Larry
King in a 1997 interview that she
was a bigger star in Europe than
she had ever been in America.
In comparison, Billboard
reported that $920,000 came
from domestic streams, while her
catalogue also brought in around
$700,000 annually from synchs.
Life and Marriage
Turner’s first marriage ended
abruptly in 1976 after she and Ike
got into a fight on the way to their
hotel one evening. After putting
up with years of physical abuse
from her spouse, she decided
to flee with only 36 cents and a
Mobil credit card in her pocket.
The couple had four children
together, one biological son
named Ronnie, as well as Ike’s
sons from a previous relationship,
Ike Jr. and Michael, and her own
that she shared with one of Ike’s
Kings of Rhythm bandmates,
Craig.
Turner was given custody of
all four after the divorce was
finalized in 1978.
Turner said that she never
received any money in the
settlement, just two cars and the
rights to her stage name.
“The divorce, I got nothing. No
money, no house. So I said: I’ll
just take my name,” she said in
an interview featured in the HBO
documentary “Tina.”
The Global Tours
Her final tour, which she