[12][13][14] Simply The Best is the eighteenth best-selling album by a woman in the United Kingdom,[15] selling over 7 million copies worldwide.

[19] They released a series of major hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts, including "A Fool in Love", "Proud Mary", and "Nutbush City Limits".

in 1982, Turner signed a new contract with EMI Records in the UK, and released the single "Let's Stay Together" (a cover of the Al Green song) in late 1983.

Import copies began to sell well in the US which prompted Capitol Records (a subsidiary of EMI) to sign Turner and release the single there themselves, which made the Billboard Top 30 in Spring 1984.

By this time, Turner had begun work on a full album, Private Dancer, which was released in May 1984 and became a worldwide hit.

She recorded two songs for the film's soundtrack, with "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" giving her another huge international hit.

She then released her second album for Capitol in 1986, Break Every Rule, which also spawned major hits on the US Hot 100, including "Typical Male" (No.

Its lead single, "The Best" was a worldwide hit that year and the album sold over 1.5 million copies in the United Kingdom alone.