Tina Turner, real name Anna Mae Bullock, is a singer and actress born on November 26, 1939 in Nutbush, Tennessee. She began her career alongside Ike Turner, whom she married in 1962. Initially a backing singer for his group Kings of Rythm, she replaced one of the singers for the song Fools of Love, which then became a real hit. But the couple experienced short-lived success. Violent and unfaithful, Ike Turner gave his wife a hard time. After tumultuous years and a declining career, the couple divorced in 1978. Tina Turner finally relaunched her career in 1983, and it was a success!

Thanks to her cover of Al Green’s Let’s Stay Together, then songs like What’s Love Got To Do With It or Better Be Good To Me, she was propelled to the top of the charts. In 1988, she entered the Guinness Book of Records when she sang in front of 185,000 people in a stadium in Rio de Janeiro. The 1990s were also filled with victories of the same kind.

She would also sing a song for the James Bond film Golden Eye. She continued to chain concerts, interviews and successes. In 2008, she started a new tour Tina: Live In Concert Tour. The same year, she released a Best of album. In July 2013, the tireless Tina Turner married her long-time companion Erwin Bach, sixteen years her junior.

She raised four children. Ike Jr and Michael who are Ike’s children. Craig, her son whom she had with Raymond Hill on October 27, 1960, who ended his life in 2018, she has a child with Ike whom she names Ronald. On December 9, 2022, the TMZ website reveals the death of Ronnie, he dies of cancer.

On May 24, 2023, Tina Turner dies at the age of 83, in her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland. Her agent reveals that she died of a long illness.

Despite the violence she suffered from her father and then her husband, Tina Turner followed her dream. She was an icon, a pioneer, the queen of rock & roll. She sold 180 million albums sold, and received numerous awards.

Through her audacity, she became the richest black American businesswoman of the twentieth century. Discover without further delay the biography of Oprah Winfrey, the woman who made the media world tremble so much in the United States.

Born Oprah Gail Winfrey on January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, a modest neighborhood in Mississippi, Oprah had a rather tumultuous childhood. During the first six years of her life, the American was raised by her grandmother, a pious and strict woman from Wisconsin. Despite a strict education, Oprah Winfrey quickly learned to read and continued a religious education. Following mistreatment, the young girl aged 7 returned to Mississippi to live with her mother, Vernita Lee, a servant who was often absent. From the age of 9, she was the victim of sexual abuse committed by members of her family: an uncle, a cousin and a family friend. The assaults would last until she was 14 and she would become pregnant by one of her tormentors. She would give birth to a little boy whom she would lose, when he was only a few weeks old. Following her secret pregnancy, her mother kicked her out of the house and was sent to live with her father, Vernon Winfrey, whom she barely knew.

After a troubled childhood, her father decided to give his daughter a fresh start. She showed unwavering courage and determination that helped her grow and climb the ladder. Her academic career was impeccable. In 1971, Oprah won a scholarship to the University of Tennessee, where she studied art and communications. During her senior year, the young American presented the news on the black radio station WVOL. That same year, she entered a beauty pageant: Miss Black America as Miss Black Tennessee. She was named Nashville’s Miss Fire Prevention and was offered a part-time job as a newsreader by the network. Little by little, Oprah accumulated similar contracts for radio and television in Nashville and Baltimore. Her career quickly took precedence over her studies.

In 1985, she moved to Chicago and took over hosting the talk show A.M. Chicago. Following her arrival, her ratings increased phenomenally. The following year, the show was renamed The Oprah Winfrey Show. The machine was launched. In the 1980s, she found herself faced with a revolting situation. Just like Emma Watson, Oprah fought for equality between men and women. She could not stand it when a woman was paid less than a man. At the time, she dared to ask the boss of the channel for her colleagues to be paid better, otherwise she threatened to stop working. The young businesswoman finally won her case. It was then with strength and courage that Oprah Winfrey asserted her career as a host.

Throughout her career, she has been an inspiration to many people. Known for her generosity, boldness and unifying charisma, Oprah is a role model for all generations of women to come. Named by Forbes magazine as the 2nd richest woman, she is one of the most successful celebrities in the world. Involved in many fields such as politics, some fans admitted to seeing her one day as President of the United States following her speech at the Golden Globes in 2018. She nevertheless remains committed and optimistic about the emancipation of young girls as well as her fight for gender equality.