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Bonnie Tyler

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Gaynor Sullivan Tyler (née Hopkins; 8 June 1951 – 8 July 2026), known professionally as Bonnie Tyler, was a Welsh singer and songwriter. Known for her distinctive husky voice, she gained prominence with the release of her debut studio album The World Starts Tonight (1977) and its singles Lost in France and More Than a Lover. Her 1977 single It's a Heartache reached number four on the UK Singles Chart and number three on the US Billboard Hot 100. In the 1980s, Tyler moved towards rock music through her collaboration with songwriter and producer Jim Steinman. He wrote Tyler's most successful song, Total Eclipse of the Heart, which sold over 13 million copies worldwide and was released as the lead single from her UK chart-topping album Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983). Steinman also wrote her other major 1980s hit, Holding Out for a Hero. Other successful singles from this period included Here She Comes from the 1984 soundtrack to Metropolis and If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man), written by Desmond Child and produced by Steinman. She achieved further success in mainland Europe during the 1990s through her collaboration with Dieter Bohlen, who wrote and produced her hit Bitterblue. In 2003, Tyler re-recorded Total Eclipse of the Heart with singer Kareen Antonn; their bilingual duet, titled Si demain... (Turn Around), topped the French charts. Tyler released Rocks and Honey in 2013, featuring the single Believe in Me, which she performed while representing the United...

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