Tina Turner’s Tennessee statue is yet another controversial celebrity tribute

The “queen of rock-and-roll,” Tina Turner, was no stranger to statues and accolades: In her celebrated musical career, she won eight Grammy Awards, three American Music Awards and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. But on Saturday, the artist, who died in 2023, earned a statue of a different kind: a 10-foot bronze statue of herself, erected in her hometown of Brownsville, Tennessee.