How much is Bonnie Tyler worth?
| Net Worth: | $30 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Singer |
| Date of Birth: | June 8, 1951 |
| Country: | Wales, United Kingdom |
| Height: | 1.59 m |
About Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler was born as Gaynor Hopkins, 8 June 1951, and is a Welsh singer with an estimated net worth of $30 million. Thanks to her powerful and instantly recognizable raspy voice, longtime pop/rock singer Bonnie Tyler has enjoyed an impressive career as a solo artist that has spanned nearly four decades. Her 1978 single “It’s a Heartache” reached number four on the UK Singles Chart, and number three on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Born Gaynor Hopkins on June 8, 1951, she grew up in Skewen, South Wales, U.K.
Bonnie Tyler is known for her singles “Lost in France” and “More Than a Lover”. Her most consistent success may have occurred in Europe, outside the pop music hotbeds of the U.S. and her native U.K., but music fans – particularly those who followed the charts during the late ’70s and most of the ’80s – tend to know her quite well. Here’s a look at the hard-working career of one of rock music’s most distinctive female singers.
Early Years
Tyler grew up in a working-class family whose mother helped spread an abiding love of music to her five children. Just out of her teens, Tyler tried her hand at singing publicly, joining a couple of bands and taking on an initial stage name of Sherene Davis in honor of some favorite family members. By 1975, a male impresario helped land her a deal with RCA Records, urging her to come up with a catchier stage name. However, strangely, a genuine musical career did not begin to take off until vocal cord damage suffered following surgery resulted in a permanent raspiness in Tyler’s vocal delivery.
‘It’s a Heartache’ – Initial Country Phase
Tyler enjoyed some success with her first album, 1977’s The World Starts Tonight, but her recording of a song that had already made the rounds a bit, the acoustical ballad “It’s a Heartache,” would instantly launch her to worldwide fame. A Top 5 pop hit in several countries – including the U.S. and U.K. – the song seemed to establish Tyler as a rootsy, soulful Rod Stewart-styled female counterpart. However, Tyler was not particularly happy with the marketing and content of her first four LPs, objecting to her then-image as a country-inflected pop singer. She hoped to make a significant change in that regard at the dawn of the ’80s.
‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ – Perfect ’80s Bombast
Tyler indeed took a drastically different path in 1982, signing with Columbia Records and selecting Meat Loaf producer and songwriter Jim Steinman to guide her career in a more arena rock-oriented direction. The move paid immediate dividends as Tyler’s fifth album, Faster Than the Speed of Night, appeared in 1983 and rocketed to the top of the charts in the U.K. and into the Top 5 in America. Unforgettable ’80s power ballad”Total Eclipse of the Heart” (penned by Steinman) became an instant classic, establishing Tyler as the first Welsh female singer to top the U.S. Billboard pop charts.
Chart Decline & Continuing Career
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Tyler was unable to sustain this level of success with future offerings, although “Holding Out for a Hero,” from the Footloose soundtrack, made the U.S. Top 40. The song became a fixture of mid-’80s pop culture initially as the theme of short-lived adventure TV series Cover Up, and it remains a Tyler favorite. Follow-up albums in 1986 and 1988 continued in a similar mold, but by then Tyler had receded to a cult favorite – enjoying significant success only in several countries in Europe. Her subsequent efforts during the ’90s and ’00s – though consistent – have embraced this European fan base, and in the English-speaking world Tyler remains, for better and worse, known for her handful of shining ’70s and ’80s moments.
The Best Is Yet to Come
In February 2019, Tyler released “Hold On” as the lead single from her seventeenth studio album, Between the Earth and the Stars. Produced by David Mackay, the album features duets with Rod Stewart, Francis Rossi and Cliff Richard, with songs written by Barry Gibb and Amy Wadge, among others. As of 2023, Bonnie Tyler’s net worth is estimated to be $30 million.
In March 2020, Tyler announced the completion of her eighteenth studio album, titled The Best Is Yet to Come. Its release date was however stalled until February 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
