VerseOne Dedicated | A look back at the life of rock queen Tina Turner (2)(4)
On January 16, 1988, Tina Turner toured to the Maracanã Stadium Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, breaking the Guinness World Record for "largest paying concert attendance for a solo artist." The highest paid concert audience for a single artist, with more than 180,000 spectators watching the concert live. The tour, which began in 1987, was a triumphant victory journey, starting in Munich, Germany in March 1987 and ending in Osaka, Japan in March 1988, with a total of 209 concerts and 132 cities. In April 1988, Tina Turner released the live concert album "Tina Live in Europe", for which she once again won the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocalist.
This year, Tina Turner was 48 years old.
After the tour, Tina Turner continued to concentrate on writing during her break in 1989, and on September 13, 1989, she released her seventh solo album, Foreign Affair. The album reached number one in eight countries, including the United Kingdom (five platinums), and it was her first time selling first in the UK. The Foreign Affair album sold six million copies worldwide, and the single "The Best" became a world-class hit.
On April 27, 1990, she embarked on the Foreign Affair Tour Europe, also known as "The Farewell Tour". As of November 4, 1990, a total of 121 concert tours passed through 23 countries, attracting nearly 4 million European fans. By now, she had surpassed her best friend who had toured her, the Rolling Stones, and broke the record for audience numbers on a European tour.
In 1991, Tina Turner released her first hit album, Simply the Best, which sold seven million copies worldwide. Among them, the UK sold the most, reaching 2 million copies, and won the title of eight platinum records in the UK.
In 1993, the film "What's Love Got to Do with It", based on Tina's autobiography "I, Tina", was released. The film tells the story of Tina's painful married life, how she persevered, bravely fled, and later made a comeback. Angela Bassett, who plays Tina, and Laurence Fishburne, who plays Ike, both were nominated for Best Actress and Best Actor at the 66th Academy Awards. Tina Turner re-produced her choral songs "A Fool in Love", "It's Gonna Work Out Fine", "Nutbush City Limits" and "Proud Mary" for the film's soundtrack, re-enacting The Trammps' "Disco Inferno" and two new songs, "I Don't Wanna Fight" by British singer Luluand the R&B love song "Why Must We Wait Until Tonight" by Bryan Adams by Bryan Adams.
The soundtrack reached number one on the UK album chart and has sold millions in countries such as the UK, USA, Switzerland, and New Zealand and is certified platinum. The single "I Don't Wanna Fight" reached number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100, number seven on the UK singles chart, number one on the Canadian chart, and number three on the Icelandic chart. It also created Tina's last top ten U.S. singles chart (No. 9 on the U.S. singles chart) and was nominated for two Grammy Awards at the 36th year.
In 1993, in order to promote the soundtrack album of the film "What's Love Got to Do with It", she launched the film "What's Love? Tour" mainly covers North America and some European and Australian regions.
After this tour, Tina moved to Switzerland. From 1993 to 1995, Tina Turner was more of a break, without releasing new songs and touring.
1995-2009
It wasn't until 1995 that Turner returned to the studio, this time recording the theme song for James Bond's new film GoldenEye, composed by U2's Bono and The Edge.
Then, in 1996, Virgin Records released a new album, Wildest Dreams, for Tina Turner, which was released in Europe in April 1996 and in the United States in September. For nearly two years, in conjunction with the promotion of the album, she launched a tour called "Wildest Dreams Tour". She completed 250 performances in Europe, North America and Australia, lasting nearly 16 months, surpassing the last "Break Every Rule Tour," and her European box office revenue was about $100 million. The tour concluded on July 27, 1997 at Radio City Music Hall (6,000 seats) in New York, where five consecutive shows were sold out.
