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Tuesday’s episode (July 2) of America’s Got Talent introduced viewers to an incredible young talent — 9-year-old Pranysqa Mishra from Tampa, Fla.
Pranysqa’s powerful rendition of Tina Turner’s “River Deep, Mountain High” left the judges and audience wildly impressed, ultimately earning her the coveted Golden Buzzer from judge Heidi Klum.
Before her Season 19 audition, Pranysqa shared her lifelong passion for singing, which dates back as far as she can remember.
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“I always just love singing. It makes me feel happy. Even when I was four years old, I would pretend that I have a microphone, and I would sing like I’m singing to the whole world,” she enthused.
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Pranysqa credited her grandmother as her main inspiration and the driving force behind her burgeoning career, along with her musical idols Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, and Whitney Houston.
Despite admitting to some nerves, particularly about performing in front of the notoriously tough Simon Cowell, Pranysqa’s confidence shone through the moment she began singing with a commanding voice that defied her youth.
The judges were visibly stunned, exchanging looks of disbelief as her powerful vocals filled the auditorium.
“Oh my gosh, I did not expect that. We expect a lot of things, but I did not expect that,” Heidi Klum exclaimed.
Without hesitation, Klum hit the Golden Buzzer, sending Pranysqa straight to the live shows. “I want you to call your grandmother and say that Heidi Klum pushed the Golden Buzzer for you,” she told the young singer.
When the golden confetti rained down on Pranysqa, she began crying tears of happiness, clearly in shock that she had earned the golden honor. “My dream is coming true. I can’t believe it,” she said, reflecting on her grandmother’s prediction that she would one day perform on a big stage.
Pranysqa’s family joined her on stage for an emotional celebration, with tears of joy and hugs all around. Klum then helped Pranysqa call her grandmother to share the incredible news.
“You are absolutely incredible,” Heidi Klum told the pint-sized powerhouse after her performance.
Watch Pranysqa Mishra perform the Tina Turner classic “River Deep, Mountain High” on America’s Got Talent below.
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The late Tina Turner will be celebrated on the upcoming retrospective compilation, Queen of Rock ‘N’ Roll, due out on Nov. 24 via Rhino Records. The 55-song set showcases Turner’s solo-billed singles from 1975 through 2020, including such Billboard Hot 100-charting hits as “What’s Love Got To Do With It” (a No. 1 from 1984), “The Best” and “We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome).” The Billboard chart-topping artist died on May 24 at age 83.
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Included on the collection is a reworked version of Turner’s “Something Beautiful Remains,” retitled to “Something Beautiful.” It was remixed by Turner’s longtime collaborator Terry Britten, who co-wrote and produced the original version of the song, released in 1996.
See the full tracklist below.
The Queen of Rock ‘N’ Roll collection will be released via streaming services and as a five-vinyl LP box, a three-CD package, and a digital download album. An abbreviated 12-song version of the collection will simultaneously be issued on a single vinyl LP. All iterations of the album will include a foreword written by Bryan Adams. Turner and Adams scored a top 20-charting Hot 100 duet with “It’s Only Love,” released in 1985.
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Queen of Rock ‘N’ Roll also helps salute the 50th anniversary of the launch of Turner’s solo career in 1974 with her first solo album, Tina Turns the Country On!, which was released while she was still part of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. While that album missed Billboard’s charts and didn’t launch any singles, the following year saw Turner secure her first solo chart hits. The Acid Queen album reached No. 155 on the Billboard 200 in 1975 and No. 39 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (then-named Soul LPs) rankings, and launched her first solo-billed hit song on Billboard’s charts: a cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love.” The single reached No. 61 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart (then-named Hot Soul Singles).
Included on Queen of Rock ‘N’ Roll are all of Turner’s post-Ike & Tina Turner Revue hits on the Hot 100 – 17 in total from 1984 through 1996. In addition, non-Hot 100 hits that charted on other key Billboard charts are represented, including “Afterglow,” “Cose Della Vita” (with Eros Ramazzotti), “Goldeneye,” “In Your Wildest Dreams” (featuring Barry White), “Look Me in the Heart,” “On Silent Wings,” “Open Arms,” “Tearing Us Apart” (with Eric Clapton), the 2020 remix of “What’s Love Got To Do With It” (with Kygo) and “When the Heartache Is Over.”
Queen of Rock ‘n’ RollTracklist
5LPSide 1
Whole Lotta Love (1975)
Acid Queen (1976)
Root, Toot Undisputable Rock’n Roller (1978)
Viva La Money (1978)
Sometimes When We Touch (1979)
Music Keeps Me Dancin’ (1979)
Side 2
Let’s Stay Together (1983)
Help (Edit) (1984)
What’s Love Got To Do With It (1984)
Better Be Good To Me (1984)
Private Dancer (1984)
I Can’t Stand The Rain (1985)
Side 3
Show Some Respect (1985)
We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) (1985)
One Of The Living (1985)
It’s Only Love (with Bryan Adams) (1985)
Typical Male (1986)
Two People (1986)
Side 4
What You Get Is What You See (1987)
Girls (1987)
Break Every Rule (1987)
Paradise Is Here (1987)
Afterglow (1987)
Side 5
Tearing Us Apart (with Eric Clapton)
Addicted to Love (Live in Europe) (1988)
A Change is Gonna Come (Live in Europe) (1988)
Tonight (with David Bowie) (Live in Europe) (1988)
River Deep, Mountain High (Live in Europe) (1988)
Side 6
The Best (Edit) (1989)
Steamy Windows (1989)
I Don’t Wanna Lose You (1989)
Look Me In The Heart (1990)
Foreign Affair (Edit) (1990)
Side 7
Be Tender With Me Baby (1990)
It Takes Two (with Rod Stewart)
Nutbush City Limits (The 90’s Version) (1991)
Love Thing (1991)
Way Of The World (1991)
Side 8
I Want You Near Me (1992)
I Don’t Wanna Fight (1993)
Disco Inferno (1993)
Why Must We Wait Until Tonight? (1993)
Proud Mary (1993)
Side 9
Goldeneye (1995)
Whatever You Want (1996)
On Silent Wings (1996)
Missing You (1996)
In Your Wildest Dreams (with Barry White) (1996)
Cose della Vita (with Eros Ramazzotti)
Side 10
When The Heartache Is Over (1999)
Whatever You Need (2000)
Open Arms (2004)
Teach Me Again (with Elisa) (2017)
What’s Love Got to Do With It (Kygo remix) (2020)
Something Beautiful (2023 Version)
3CD/Digital/StreamingCD1
Whole Lotta Love
Acid Queen
Root, Toot Undisputable Rock ‘n’ Roller
Viva La Money
Sometimes When We Touch
Music Keeps Me Dancin’
Let’s Stay Together
Help
What’s Love Got To Do With It
Better Be Good To Me
Private Dancer
I Can’t Stand The Rain
Show Some Respect
We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
One Of The Living
It’s Only Love (with Bryan Adams)
Typical Male
Two People
What You Get Is What You See
Girls
CD2
Break Every Rule
Paradise Is Here
Afterglow
Tearing Us Apart (with Eric Clapton)
Addicted to Love (Live in Europe)
A Change is Gonna Come (Live in Europe)
Tonight (with David Bowie) (Live in Europe)
River Deep, Mountain High (Live in Europe)
The Best (Edit)
Steamy Windows
I Don’t Wanna Lose You
Look Me In The Heart
Foreign Affair
Be Tender With Me Baby
It Takes Two (with Rod Stewart)
Nutbush City Limits (The 90’s Version)
Love Thing
Way Of The World
CD3
I Want You Near Me
I Don’t Wanna Fight
Disco Inferno
Why Must We Wait Until Tonight?
Proud Mary
Goldeneye
Whatever You Want
On Silent Wings
Missing You
In Your Wildest Dreams (with Barry White)
Cose della Vita (with Eros Ramazzotti)
When The Heartache Is Over
Whatever You Need
Open Arms
Teach Me Again (with Elisa)
What’s Love Got to Do With It (Kygo remix)
Something Beautiful (2023 Version)
Abbreviated 1LP Version Side 1
What’s Love Got To Do With It
Let’s Stay Together
Private Dancer
We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
Nutbush City Limits (The 90s Version)
River Deep, Mountain High (Live in Europe)
Side 2
Steamy Windows
I Don’t Wanna Lose You
I Don’t Wanna Fight
When The Heartache Is Over
Proud Mary
The Best
Beyoncé took some time at her Renaissance tour stop in Paris, France, on Friday (May 26) to honor one of her biggest musical influences, Tina Turner, who died Wednesday at age 83. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I just want to take a second and honor Tina Turner,” […]
Coldplay honored the late Tina Turner during their show at Barcelona’s Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys on Wednesday night (May 24) with a performance of her hit, “Proud Mary.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news According to a number of social media users who were in attendance at […]
I had the good fortune to interview Tina Turner in February 1984 when her remake of Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” was climbing the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. The interview ran in the Feb. 25, 1984, issue under the headline “Tina Turner Rocks Back Into Top 40.”
Turner’s remake of “Let’s Stay Together,” which climbed from No. 38 to No. 34 that week, was her first top 40 hit since Ike & Tina’s “Nutbush City Limits” in late 1973. And Turner was then in the midst of a 40-date British tour. So, she was already doing well.
But she could not possibly have imagined how big her comeback would be. On Feb. 26, 1985, almost exactly one year after we spoke, she won three Grammys, including record of the year for “What’s Love Got to Do With It.”
Turner credited her improved fortunes to changes she had made in her career, including signing for management with Roger Davies, who was then best known for guiding the career of Olivia Newton-John. She had decided to focus on rock’n’roll, which was unusual for a woman of color – and a woman of a certain age (Turner was 45 at the time).
“I changed my band and changed a lot of the songs,” she said. “I was doing a high-energy Vegas type of show, because I was working a lot of clubs. I changed that and made it more rock’n’roll. I got into a lot of the rock’n’roll clubs, and a result my audience is getting younger and younger.”
Turner also attributed her rediscovery by rock fans to recent pairings with The Rolling Stones and Rod Stewart. Turner performed duets with Mick Jagger during The Stones’ 1981 tour and also appeared with Stewart at a 1982 concert that was televised worldwide via satellite.
Though the door to Turner’s comeback was opened by a remake of an R&B classic, rock’n’roll is where her heart was.
“My stage performance is basically rock’n’roll,” she said. “I’m more comfortable with it; the energy is good and I like the words. I don’t really want to do R&B right now. I can’t say that I won’t go back to it, because it’s my roots. I just like to sing uptempo things. I’m very optimistic now.”
“Let’s Stay Together” was only the seventh top 40 hit of Turner’s career, which stretched back nearly 24 years to Ike & Tina Turner’s breakthrough hit “A Fool in Love.”
Asked about pop radio’s seeming reluctance over the years to add her records, Turner said, “I hate to talk about racism, but that has a lot to do with it. When I started my career, you had to hit R&B before you could make the crossover. I understand it’s still that way a lot. In foreign countries, they don’t put a label or color on music. They just program it.”
Of her smooth re-entry after a five-year absence from the recording scene, Turner said, “It wasn’t as if I was constantly putting out records that were losers. I just worked at doing good performances and holding on to my audience, so when I did come out with some material they were all there for it.”
And that stat about “Let’s Stay Together” being just her seventh top 40 hit in a 24-year career? Turner would collect her next seven top 40 hits – from “What’s Love Got to Do With It” to “It’s Only Love” (with Bryan Adams) — by the end of 1985.
The “optimistic” feelings Turner spoke of that day in February 1984 were fully justified.
Tina Turner, whose gritty vocals and fierce, sizzling performances powered two iconic music careers — first as one-half of husband-and-wife duo Ike & Tina Turner and, later, an internationally revered solo star — died Wednesday (May 24) at age 83. Turner, who has born Anna Mae Bullock on Nov. 26, 1939, made her Billboard chart debut as […]
The entertainment world is in mourning on Wednesday (May 24) following the death of icon Tina Turner at age 83. “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tina Turner. With her music and her boundless passion for life, she enchanted millions of fans around the world and inspired the stars of […]
Nearly a week after Tina Turner‘s youngest son, Ronnie Turner, died at age 62 on Dec. 8, Billboard has confirmed his cause of death.
According to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s office, Ronnie died from complications of metastatic colon carcinoma, an advanced-stage type of cancer which originates in the colon and has spread to other parts of the body. The documents also noted that while it wasn’t his primary cause of death, Ronnie also had atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
When TMZ initially shared the news of his death, the publication reported that police received a call that Ronnie was not breathing and later arrived on the scene to revive him with CPR, but were unsuccessful.
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Following the tragic news, the legendary “The Best” singer took to Facebook to mourn her youngest son, whom she shared with late ex-husband Ike Turner. “Ronnie, you left the world far too early. In sorrow I close my eyes and think of you, my beloved son,” she wrote.
Ronnie’s wife, Afida Turner, also grieved her late husband on Instagram, when she posted a series of pictures of him along with the caption, “MY GOD RONNIE TURNER A TRUE ANGEL HIUGE SOUL HIGHLY SPIRITUAL MY HUSBAND MY BEST FRIEND MY BABY IYOUR MUMMY YOUR NURSE I DID THE BEST TO THE END THIS TIME I WAS NO ABLE TO SAVE YOU LOVE U FOR THIS 17 YEARS THIS IS VERY VERY VERY BAD I AM VERY MAD THIS IS A TRAGEDY U WITH YOUR BROTHER CRAIG AND YOUR FATHER IKE TURNER AND ALINE REST IN PARADISE SO UNFAIR.”
Tina Turner is mourning a loss in her family. The singer’s youngest son, Ronnie Turner — whom she shared with late ex-husband Ike Turner — died at age 62 on Thursday (Dec. 8).
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TMZ was the first to report the news, stating that police received a call that he was not breathing and later arrived on the scene to revive him with CPR, but were unsuccessful.
Following the news of the tragedy, the veteran singer took to Facebook to share a simple yet heartfelt message honoring her son’s memory that read, “Ronnie, you left the world far too early. In sorrow I close my eyes and think of you, my beloved son.”
Ronnie’s wife, Afida Turner, also expressed her grief on social media and posted a series of pictures of him in a carousel posted that she captioned: “MY GOD RONNIE TURNER A TRUE ANGEL HIUGE SOUL HIGHLY SPIRITUAL MY HUSBAND MY BEST FRIEND MY BABY IYOUR MUMMY YOUR NURSE I DID THE BEST TO THE END THIS TIME I WAS NO ABLE TO SAVE YOU LOVE U FOR THIS 17 YEARS THIS IS VERY VERY VERY BAD I AM VERY MAD THIS IS A TRAGEDY U WITH YOUR BROTHER CRAIG AND YOUR FATHER IKE TURNER AND ALINE REST IN PARADISE SO UNFAIR.”
Ronnie, full name Ronnie Rennelle Turner, was the youngest of four children that Tina Turner had with ex-husband and former collaborator Ike Turner. The pair welcomed Ronnie on Oct. 27, 1960. Born into a musical family, Ronnie assumed his parents’ talents and played bass in Manufactured Funk with songwriter and musician Patrick Moten, as well as in his parents’ bands. He married French singer Afida in 2007.
While Ronnie’s cause of death is currently unclear, he has had a history of health issues throughout the year, including cancer. Turner’s eldest son Craig, whom Ike adopted once they married, died by suicide in 2018.
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