What Is Tina Turner’s Net Worth?
Music legend Tina Turner’s net worth is fitting for an artist known as the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Turner, who died on May 24, 2023, spent decades in the spotlight as one of the most electrifying entertainers in history. Her Grammy-winning career and tumultuous personal life inspired films and musicals in addition to adding millions to her net worth.
Tina Turner’s net worth
When Turner left her abusive marriage to Ike Turner in 1976, the only thing she had left was her name and talent. For years, she rebuilt her career and her fiances in Las Vegas, where she performed in cabaret clubs and appeared on television variety shows.
In 1983, at the age of 44, Turner debuted her album Private Dancer, making her an international rock star, something she had worked toward for years, and she’s never looked back.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Tina Turner’s net worth was $250 million at the time of her death. Every single penny was painstakingly earned after rebuilding the career others tried to take from her.
Turner’s music career began in 1960 under the guidance of Ike Turner. She first received solo credit on a song with 1964’s “Too Many Ties That Bind/We Need an Understanding.” Tina and Ike went on to sign record deals with nearly a dozen labels through the mid-’60s.
Tina and Ike Turned added to their fortune in the 1970s with Grammy-nominated songs and albums such as “Proud Mary” and “The Gospel According to Ike & Tina.” The couple divorced in 1978, setting off the next phase in Tina Turner’s career.
Tina received no money and just two cars in her divorce settlement with Ike Turner. Her solo career started off rocky, but quickly turned around with 1984’s “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” as a chart-topping single. From there, touring and record sales added to her net worth.
The Queen of Rock and Roll retired from performing in 2009. In 2021, Tina Turner sold her music, likeness, and image rights to BMG Rights Management for $50 million.
Outside of music, Turner also earned money as an actor and author. Her film credits include Last Action Hero, Tommy, and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, for which she earned $120,000 (per IMDb). Turner published four non-fiction books and memoirs.
Turner married music executive Erwin Bach in July 2013 after dating for 27 years. The couple lived in Switzerland in a mansion worth an estimated $76 million.
Tina Turner’s biography
Born Anna Mae Bullock on Nov. 26, 1939, in Nutbush, Tennesse, Turner died in 2023 at the age of 83. As a child and later a teenager, Turner picked cotton and later worked as a domestic worker. She also worked as a nurse’s aide after graduating from high school.
Everything changed for the musical legend when she caught the attention of Ike Turner in a St. Louis nightclub and began singing in his band. In 1960, the pair released their single “A Fool in Love”, and Ike created the Ike & Tina Turner Revue which would catapult them into mainstream success from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s.
Still, Turner would become a legend on her own in the 1980s when she released her solo album, Private Dancer, which was certified 5× Platinum in the United States.
Tina Turner’s retirement
Turner no longer performed at the time of her death. She performed her last ever concert in 2008 when she wrapped her tour, Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour. However, the “Proud Mary” singer did not disappear from the spotlight.
In 2018, she released her autobiography, Tina Turner: My Love Story. She also has a Broadway musical in her name, the Tony Award nominated Tina: The Tina Turner Musical starring Adrienne Warren.
Turner has been candid about the trials in her life which came to life in What’s Love Got To Do With It? In March 2021, HBO released their documentary Tina, called “a revealing and intimate look at the life and career of musical icon Tina Turner, charting her improbable rise to early fame, her personal and professional struggles throughout her life and her even more improbable resurgence as a global phenomenon in the 1980s.”
