Gaynor Sullivan, known professionally as Bonnie Tyler, is a Welsh singer who is known for her distinctive husky voice.
76 Facts About Bonnie Tyler
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Bonnie Tyler wrote Tyler's biggest hit "Total Eclipse of the Heart", the lead single from her 1983 UK chart-topping album Faster Than the Speed of Night.
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Bonnie Tyler had success in mainland Europe during the 1990s with Dieter Bohlen, who wrote and produced her hit "Bitterblue".
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In 2003, Bonnie Tyler re-recorded "Total Eclipse of the Heart" with singer Kareen Antonn.
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Bonnie Tyler's work has earned her three Grammy Award nominations and three Brit Award nominations, among other accolades.
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Bonnie Tyler was born Gaynor Hopkins in Skewen, Wales, to coal miner Glyndwr and mother Elsie Hopkins.
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Bonnie Tyler grew up in a four-bedroom council house with three sisters and two brothers.
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Bonnie Tyler's siblings had varied music tastes, exposing her to artists such as Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and the Beatles.
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Bonnie Tyler released " Married Men", which was used as the theme song for the film of the same name.
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Bonnie Tyler appears in the film singing the song during the title sequence.
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Bonnie Tyler won the competition with the song "Sitting on the Edge of the Ocean", written by Scott and Wolfe.
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AllMusic rated the album three stars out of five, with other critics predicting that Bonnie Tyler was "doomed to be a one-hit wonder".
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Bonnie Tyler considered Phil Collins, Jeff Lynne and Alan Tarney, but Jim Steinman was her first choice.
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Bonnie Tyler was named Best Recording Artist at the Variety Club of Great Britain Awards, and she received a Goldene Europa.
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Bonnie Tyler found success through some of her soundtrack recordings in the mid-80s.
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Bonnie Tyler declined an offer to record the theme for the James Bond spin-off Never Say Never Again.
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In 1986, Bonnie Tyler released her sixth studio album, Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire.
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In 1987, Bonnie Tyler collaborated with Mike Oldfield on the title track to his album Islands.
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Bonnie Tyler asked Desmond Child to produce her seventh album, Hide Your Heart, which came out on 9 May 1988.
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Bonnie Tyler collaborated with Dieter Bohlen, Giorgio Moroder, Nik Kershaw and Roy Bittan.
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In 1995, Bonnie Tyler moved to EastWest Records and released Free Spirit.
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On 14 September 2001, Bonnie Tyler released Greatest Hits, a compilation album containing seventeen tracks.
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In 2002, Bonnie Tyler began working on her thirteenth studio album, Heart Strings.
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Bonnie Tyler selected thirteen songs by artists such as U2, The Beatles and Bruce Springsteen.
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In 2003, vocalist Kareen Antonn invited Bonnie Tyler to re-record "Total Eclipse of the Heart" as a bilingual duet in French and English.
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Bonnie Tyler co-wrote the title track of the album, and two additional songs, with producer Jean Lahcene.
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Bonnie Tyler released her fifteenth studio album Wings in the spring of 2005.
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Bonnie Tyler promoted the album with an extensive tour of Europe, including a televised performance at the Sopot International Song Festival in Poland, and recorded concerts at La Cigale in Paris and at the Fiestas del Pilar in Zaragoza, Spain.
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In 2006, Bonnie Tyler made her first appearance on US television in years when she performed "Total Eclipse of the Heart" with actress Lucy Lawless on Celebrity Duets.
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Bonnie Tyler made a cameo on Hollyoaks Later to sing "Holding Out for a Hero" in a dream sequence with Carmel McQueen.
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In 2010, Bonnie Tyler appeared in a television advertisement for MasterCard singing a parody of "Total Eclipse of the Heart".
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In 2011, Bonnie Tyler appeared on Swedish TV show Kvallen ar din, singing "Total Eclipse of the Heart" with Swedish singer Niklas Paulstrom.
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Bonnie Tyler made a guest appearance in the music video "Newport ", a parody of the Jay-Z and Alicia Keys song "Empire State of Mind" for the BBC's Comic Relief charity.
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Also in 2011, Bonnie Tyler won an award at the BMI London Awards for "It's a Heartache" gaining over 3 million airplays on US television and radio since it was first recorded in 1977.
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Bonnie Tyler appeared on the Ukrainian version of X Factor as one of the three British guests, alongside Kylie Minogue and Cher Lloyd.
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In September 2011, Bonnie Tyler released a new compilation titled Best of 3 CD, which charted at number 36 in France.
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In early 2012, Bonnie Tyler began working on her sixteenth album, Rocks and Honey.
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Bonnie Tyler travelled to Nashville, Tennessee in search of material for the album.
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Bonnie Tyler sent the album to the BBC ahead of its release for feedback.
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Bonnie Tyler was announced as the United Kingdom's entrant on 7 March 2013, and was met with a mixed reaction.
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Bonnie Tyler received the accolades for Best Song and Best Female Singer.
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In June 2015, Bonnie Tyler appeared on Die schonsten Disney Songs aller Zeiten, a one-off televised celebration of popular Disney songs in Germany.
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Bonnie Tyler performed "Circle of Life" from The Lion King.
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In September 2015, Bonnie Tyler performed "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Holding Out for a Hero" on Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris, Nicole Scherzinger and Alec Baldwin.
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In 2016, Bonnie Tyler featured on Frankie Miller's album Double Take.
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In March 2017, Bonnie Tyler released a new single titled "Love's Holding On" with German metal band Axel Rudi Pell.
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In March 2018, Bonnie Tyler embarked on a 22-date tour of Germany and Austria to celebrate the 40th anniversary of "It's a Heartache", with Sharron Levy as support.
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In February 2019, Bonnie Tyler released "Hold On" as the lead single from her seventeenth studio album, Between the Earth and the Stars.
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Bonnie Tyler embarked on a 23-date tour of Europe to support the album in April 2019, culminating with an appearance at BBC Proms in the Park in Hyde Park, London, and a headline concert at the London Palladium in September.
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Bonnie Tyler's show at L'Olympia in Paris was filmed and released through Canal+.
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In May 2020, Bonnie Tyler released "Through Thick and Thin " with Lorraine Crosby as a charity single in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust.
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In October 2022, Bonnie Tyler performed "Total Eclipse of the Heart" live with the cast of Tanz der Vampire in Stuttgart to mark the musical's 25th anniversary.
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In November 2022, Bonnie Tyler embarked on her first ever tour of South America, with eight dates in Brazil, and one date in Uruguay.
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Bonnie Tyler was exposed to the music of Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, The Beatles and other 60s bands due to her siblings' musical tastes.
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Frankie Miller was the first live act that Bonnie Tyler saw, and she later recorded duets with him.
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Bonnie Tyler has expressed admiration for contemporary artists such as Guns N' Roses, Anastacia, Toni Braxton, Duffy, and Eminem.
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Bonnie Tyler's music contains elements of country, rock, pop, blues and Celtic.
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Bonnie Tyler's voice has been likened to Rod Stewart and Kim Carnes as a result of her vocal cord nodule operation in the 1970s, sometimes even being referred to as "the female Rod Stewart", and, after her collaborations with Jim Steinman, "the female Meat Loaf".
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In 2001, Bonnie Tyler co-wrote four songs with Gary Pickford-Hopkins on his GPH album, and duetted with him on the track "Loving You Means Leaving You".
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Bonnie Tyler was involved in writing several tracks for her 2005 album Wings, including its singles "Louise" and "Celebrate".
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In 1990, Bonnie Tyler joined Rock Against Repatriation to record a cover of "Sailing".
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Since the 1990s, Bonnie Tyler has been a patron of the Bobath Children's Therapy Centre in Cardiff, Wales, who provide care for children with cerebral palsy.
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Bonnie Tyler is an ambassador for the Noah's Ark Children's Hospital for Wales.
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In January 2005, Bonnie Tyler performed at the Rock for Asia benefit concert in Ingolstadt, Germany, raising funds for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.
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In 2007, Bonnie Tyler recorded "I Don't Know How to Love Him" for Over the Rainbow, a charity album conceptualised by Anneka Rice on the television show Challenge Anneka.
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On 1 November 2009, Bonnie Tyler performed as the headline act at the Pinktober Women in Rock concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
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In 2012, Bonnie Tyler was named patron of the AAG animal charity association in Guia, Portugal.
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Bonnie Tyler re-recorded "Holding Out for a Hero" for the 2013 Children in Need appeal.
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In 2020, Bonnie Tyler contributed to a cover of "Don't Answer Me" by the Alan Parsons Project to raise funds for Bergamo, an Italian city that was deeply impacted by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Bonnie Tyler is a property developer and 1972 Olympic judo competitor.
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Bonnie Tyler had recorded one of her albums there in the late 1970s, and the couple spend much of the year there.
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In 2005, Bonnie Tyler was filmed in the Algarve for the Polish entertainment TV show Zacisze gwiazd, which explores the houses of actors and musicians.
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In 1979, Bonnie Tyler won the 10th World Popular Song Festival with "Sitting on the Edge of the Ocean", representing the United Kingdom.
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Bonnie Tyler became the first and only representative of the United Kingdom to receive a Eurovision Song Contest Radio award in 2013.
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Bonnie Tyler was one of the first western artists to tour the Soviet Union.
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Bonnie Tyler was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to music.