Why did Tina turner move overseas?

Answer 1

Taken from an interview Tina did with Ebony magazine back in 1996:

"She says audiences throughout Europe seem to enjoy her more, and they are more supportive of her work even when she does not have a hit record. 'I almost can say that I don't really have an audience in America like I have in Europe,' she says while sipping hot tea and snacking on caviar. 'I have a drawing, but it's not the same drawing that I have here because of my style of work, and that's just how it is. It was never that big in America, even at my biggest, as it is in Europe.'

"She say's she moved to Europe in the '80s because 'the energy was gone for me in America,' and she was not able to get a producer to work with her or the attention of a record company. When she went to Europe, however, 'everybody was jumping up and down' to work with her. 'If you don't get a hit record in America, it's a loss to actually work there, to really try to get a decent shot,' she says, referring to her years of struggle after she struck out on her own in the late '70s.'"That's just how it is. I don't mind it. You know why? I spent, let's see, 35 years in America performing. I've already done it in America. They remember me. I've done some good stuff there. So, now I'm in another part of the world. If you are not successful in your own country, go where your success is.'"