Tina Turner: Most Iconic Moments Of All Time

Before her incredible solo career, Tina Turner first rose to fame as one half of the Ike and Tina Tina Turner duo. In a stretch of 15 years from 1960 onwards, the pair, who were also in a relationship, had a string of big successes, including 20 songs on the Billboard Hot 11, 12 albums on the Billboard 200 and smash hits such as 'River Deep - Mountain High.'

They married in 1962, had one son together and Tina adopted Ike's two children from previous relationships. However, the marriage famously ended in a ball of flames. After suffering abuse at his hands for years, in 1976 Ike inflicted horrendous violence on Tina before a show in Texas. And with that final straw, she fled from him and filed for divorce.

In 1979, after a strenuous, distressing divorce and an attempt to take her own life, Tina Turner launched the comeback which would eventually catapult her to superstardom, rebranding herself as the 'Queen of Rock and Roll.'

In 1984, Tina Turner's comeback career was in full swing. Having recently released the triple-Grammy winning 'Private Dancer', she began catching the attention of Hollywood. And despite a number of offers from major names, among them a certain Steven Spielberg, it was George Miller who convinced her to try trading the stage for the big screen.

Miller cast her as warrior woman and outpost queen, Aunty Entity, in the rollicking post-apocalyptic action film Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome.

As part of the project, she recorded two songs ‘We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)’ and ‘One of the Living’.

Having wowed the world with her rebrand, in 1989 she released her career-making hit 'The Best.' Originally it was a Bonnie Tyler song, but Turner brought a depth and power to the positive anthem which struck a chord with the world. Although others among her enormous library of music have won her more awards, 'The Best' arguably remains the track that most people associate with her.

There are those that loved Tina on the strength of her music alone, but part of her generation-spanning appeal for women was her fearlessness in the face of the standards traditionally imposed on the female gender. She laughed in the face of age-appropriate dressing and behaved like any male rock-and-roll legend wouldn't have to think twice about, once saying: '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.'

In February 2008, at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards, the Queen of Rock and Roll took to the stage with Queen Bey, to sing 'Proud Mary' to an utterly delighted auditorium.

This was a seminal moment for many reasons. At 26-years-old Beyoncé was still a relative ingenue, and was very clear in her idolisation of Turner, saying: 'When I was a kid and I saw her tapes, I wanted to be like her,' and later: 'I never in my life saw a woman so powerful, so fearless, so fabulous.' It felt like a baton-passing moment between two generations of legends.

In 2018, she finally won the coveted 'Lifetime Achievement Award' at the Grammys. Awarded to 'performers who, during their lifetimes have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording' she joined the ranks of artists including Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Nat King Cole and Etta James.