First artist to achieve a UK Top 40 hit in seven consecutive decades

US-born Tina Turner (Switzerland, b. Anna Mae Bullock) was the first artist to score Top 40 hits on the UK’s Official Singles Chart in seven consecutive decades, from the 1960s to the 2020s.

Her biggest hit in each decade was: “River Deep, Mountain High” (with Ike Turner; No.3 in 1966); “Nutbush City Limits” (with Ike Turner; No.4 in 1973); “What’s Love Got to Do with It” (No.3 in 1984) and “We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)” (No.3 in 1985); “It Takes Two” (with Rod Stewart; No.5 in 1990); “Open Arms” (No.25 in 2004); “The Best” (No.9 in 2010, and, posthumously, No.25 in 2023). Turner’s seventh consecutive decade of UK Top 40 hit-making was confirmed when a new version of “What’s Love Got to Do with It”, a collaboration with Kygo, debuted at No.40 on 30 July 2020 – some 54 years after her UK chart debut.