Bonnie Tyler was a Welsh singer who has released seventeenth studio albums. Her career led to three Goldene Europa awards, an Echo Award, a Variety Club of Great Britain Award, a Gold Badge Award for her contribution to Britain's Music Industry, and a Steiger Award for a lifetime career in music. Tyler represented the United Kingdom at the World Popular Song Festival in 1979, winning the festival with her song "Sitting on the Edge of the Ocean". She later represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2013.
Awards and nominations + Award Year Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Category ResultAcademy of Country Music Awards1978Bonnie Tyler Top New Female Vocalistrowspan=3 American Music Awards1984Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist"Total Eclipse of the Heart"Favorite Pop/Rock SingleAMOA Jukebox Awards Amusement Expo1978"It's a Heartache" Country Record of the Year rowspan=2 Bravo Otto1977Bonnie Tyler Female Singer (Gold)Brit Awards British Female Breakthrough Actrowspan=3 1984British Female Solo Artist 1986The Ivors Academy2013 Gold Badge Award of Meritrowspan=2 BMI Awards2011"It's a Heartache" Million-Air AwardEcho Music Prize1993Bonnie TylerBest Pop/Rock Singer 1994rowspan=5 Europe 11979"It's a Heartache" Best Foreign Song in FranceGoldene Europa 1978Bonnie Tyler Discovery of the Year 1983 Comeback of the Year 1993 Best International SingerGrammy Awards1984 "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Best Pop Solo Female Vocal Performancerowspan=4 Faster Than the Speed of NightBest Female Rock Vocal Performance 1985 "Here She Comes"Ivor Novello Awards 1979 "It's a Heartache" International Hit of the YearMidem Chansong Spécial Midem 1979Bonnie Tyler Révélation Internationale 78NRJ Music Awards 2025David Guetta, Hypaton & Bonnie Tyler - Together Collab/Duo International R.SH Gold1992Bonnie Tyler - Bitterblue Most Successful German-Produced Artist and Catchy Song of the Yearrowspan=5 Radio Regenbogen Awards 1999Bonnie TylerLifetime Rock InternationalSteiger Award2005 Lifetime AwardVariety Club of Great Britain Awards1984 Best Recording ArtistWorld Popular Song Festival1979"Sitting On the Edge of the Ocean" Grand Prix International
Other accolades Honours +Name of organisation, name of honour, year(s) listed Organisation Honour Year(s) Lord Mayor of Swansea Services to Music2016Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council Freeman of Neath Port Talbot2011Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Honorary Fellow2002Swansea University Honorary Doctor of Letters2013
Listicles Billboard Year End Awards
!scope="row" rowspan=11|1978 | rowspan=7|Herself | Pop Female Artist
| Pop New Artist Combined (Male/Female)
| Pop Single Artist Combined (Male/Female)
| Pop Female Single Artist
| New Female Single Artist
| New Female Album Artist
| New Country Single Artist
| rowspan=3|It's a Heartache | Pop Singles
| Pop Singles Artists
| Country Albums
| Herself | Country Albums Artists
!scope="row" |1979 |rowspan=8|Bonnie Tyler | Top Female Album Artist (World of Country Music)
!scope="row" rowspan=4|1983 | Top Pop Single Artist Combined
| Top Pop Single
| Pop Album Artist Female
| Top Pop Single Artist Female
!scope="row" rowspan=3|1984 | Top Female Album Artist
| Top Pop Female Single Artist
|Top Pop Single Artist
''Cashbox Year End Awards|- | rowspan=19|1978 | rowspan=11|Herself | Pop Female Vocalists Singles
| New Pop Female Vocalists Singles
| New Female Vocalists Longest Charted
| Female Vocalists Highest Debuts
| New Female Vocalists Highest Debuts
| A/C Female Vocalists (Pop Single)
| Country Female Crossover
| Female Vocalists (Pop Album)
| New Female Vocalists (Pop Album)
| New Female Vocalists Highest Debuts (Pop Album)
| New Female Vocalists Longest Charted
| It's a Heartache | Top 100 Singles
| rowspan=11|Herself | New Female Vocalist (Country Poll)
| New Female Vocalist Highest Debuts
| New Female Vocalist Longest Charted
| Female Vocalists (Country)
| New Female Vocalists (Country)
| New Female Vocalist Highest Debut (Country)
| Top FM Rotation 1978 (Country)
| rowspan=6|1983 |Female (Pop Single)
|A/C Female
| Female (Pop Album)
|Pop Album Female A/C
|Total Eclipse of the Heart |Top 100 Singles
|Faster Than The Speed of Night |Top 100 Albums | |-Record World'' Year End Awards
| rowspan=2"|1978 | rowspan=2|Bonnie Tyler | Solista Femenino Extranjera del Año (Spotlight on Spain) |rowspan=2 |- | Most Promising Female Vocalist (Mid Year Award) |- | rowspan=3|1979 || It's a Heartache || Top Record Solo Artist || |- |rowspan=2|Bonnie Tyler || Top Female Vocalist || |- || Most Promising Female Vocalist ||
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