When Tina Turner hit her stride with the release of her 1984 hit album "Private Dancer," MTV had barely been around for three years, which placed the bulk of the generation it influenced in its adolescence. Turner was 44 years old, an age at which most women in entertainment experience a career recession if they aren't pushed toward early retirement.
But to an audience still in awe at seeing their radio stars' hits come to life on TV screens she was just getting started. Turner became one of the first Black artists to be featured on MTV after "Private Dancer" went on to be certified five-time Platinum in the United States, yielding her only No.1 hit on the Billboard 100, "What's Love Got to Do With It."
