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The book became a worldwide best-seller when it was released and led to the 1993 film adaptation What's Love Got to Do with It, starring Angela Bassett as Turner; [3] [4] for her acclaimed performance as the singer, Bassett was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.
What's Love Got to Do with It is a 1993 American biographical film based on the life of American singer-songwriter Tina Turner.Directed by Brian Gibson and written by Kate Lanier from a uncredited story draft by the late Howard Ashman, based on Tina's 1986 autobiography I, Tina, it stars Angela Bassett as Tina and Laurence Fishburne as her abusive husband Ike Turner.
"What's Love Got to Do with It" became a hit, making it to 32 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Warren G's third top-forty single, as well as number five on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart. The single found greater success outside the US, peaking at number one in New Zealand, number two in Australia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, and ...
American-born Swiss singer Tina Turner released nine studio albums, three live albums, two soundtracks, and six compilation albums.Widely referred to as the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", Turner had reportedly sold around 100 to 150 million records worldwide [1] [2] [3] (with claims as high as 200 million globally), [4] [5] making her one of the best-selling female artists in music history. [6]
In the tradition of 'Four Weddings and a Funeral,' 'Notting Hill' and 'Love Actually,' the latest Working Title Films entry in the genre pairs Lily James and Shazad Latif.
What's Love Got to Do with It is the first soundtrack by American singer Tina Turner, released on June 15, 1993, by Parlophone. It served as the soundtrack album for the 1993 Tina Turner biographical film of the same name , which was released by Touchstone Pictures that same year.
The song received positive reviews from music critics. Larry Flick from Billboard complimented Turner's "distinctive and worldly vocal delivery". He also noted that she makes her Virgin debut "with a shuffling pop/dance ditty" that stylistically lands somewhere between her comeback hit, "Let's Stay Together", and Amy Grant's "Baby Baby". [4]
Mashay was contracted to sing back-up for the soundtrack of Tina Turner's movie What's Love Got to Do with It. She spent two days with Tina Turner saying, "She is rock n' roll". In 1995, Mashay's manager at the time contacted Michael O'Hara to work on an initial demo for a possible recording deal.