Private Dancer was Tina Turner's breakthrough solo album. Turner's success with the album came after several challenging years of going solo after a public divorce from husband and performing partner Ike Turner. It is her best-selling album both in the U.S. and internationally and propelled her back to superstardom during the year of its release.
The album was an outstanding success. Private Dancer has been certified 5 × Platinum (5 million ) in the United States and sold around 250,000 each week for 2 months. Worldwide the album has been estimated having sold 14 million copies , but also some few sources estimating it sold over 20 million copies .
The album produced a number of highly successful singles including "What's Love Got To Do with It" which went to number one and stayed there for three weeks. At the 1985 Grammy Awards, Private Dancer won four of the six awards for which it was nominated.
The album was a departure from the R&B and soul music Turner had performed with her former husband. The songs reflected a more straightforward rock sensibility, but mixed in elements of pop, R&B, and New Wave music.
