Bonnie Tyler’s most iconic hits, from Total Eclipse Of The Heart to Holding Out For A Hero
BONNIE Tyler fans have some incredible songs to remember her by after the sad news of her passing in Portugal on Wednesday night.
On Thursday it was confirmed that the singer had died aged 75, weeks after undergoing emergency surgery and being put in an induced coma.
The star was put into a coma back in April at Faro Hospital, later suffered complications, but woke up from the coma in June.
Her heartbroken family shared a statement that she had passed away from an illness last night.
Bonnie, who was born in Gaynor Hopkins in Mumbles, South Wales, shot to fame in the 70s and has had an amazing singing career.
Over the years, according to Official Charts, Bonnie has had one UK No.1, five UK top 10s, seven UK top 40s, and 12 UK top 75s.
Her single Total Eclipse Of The Heart, which was released in 1983, peaked at No.1 and was there for a total of two weeks.
Meanwhile the 1984 tune, Holding Out For A Hero, peaked at number 96 in the charts.
It’s A Heartache, which was released in 1977, got to number 4 and was in the charts for 12 weeks.
And the 1976 tune Lost In France hit number nine and was there for a total of 10 weeks.
Married Men, which was released in 1979, peaked at 35 and was in the charts for 42 days.
The 1983 song Fasted The The Speed Of Night was in the charts for 35 days and managed to get to number 47.
And Have You Ever Seen The Rain?, released in 1983, hit number 47 and was in the charts for three weeks.
She’s also had a number of other chart-topping songs including A Rockin’ Good Way, Getting So Excited, Holding Out For A Hero, and Believe In Me.
Over the years she also released over 15 studio albums.
Her album, Faster Than The Speed Of Light, peaked at No.1 in 1983 and was there for one week.
It stayed in the charts for an amazing 45 weeks.
The Greatest Hits peaked at number 18 in 1986 and was in the charts for 21 weeks.
Her other albums include The World Starts Tonight (1977), Natural Force (1978), Diamond Cut (1979), Goodbye to the Island (1981), Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire (1986).
Some of her others are Hide Your Heart (1988),Bitterblue (1991), Angel Heart (1992), Silhouette in Red (1993), Free Spirit (1995), All in One Voice (1998), Heart Strings (2003), Simply Believe (2004), Wings (2005), Rocks and Honey (2013) and Between the Earth and the Stars (2019).
And most recently, The Best Is Yet to Come, which was released five years ago.
It comes after a statement published on the singer’s website today (9 July 2026) confirmed the legendary singer passed away last night following an illness.
It read: “Bonnie’s family and team are heartbroken to announce that Bonnie unexpectedly passed away last night in hospital in Portugal as a result of the illness that she was being treated for.
“We will issue a further statement shortly but for now ask for privacy to deal with this tragedy.”
In April, she began to feel intense abdominal pain shortly after arriving in Portugal, where she has a second home, following tests in London.
It was announced in May that Bonnie had been rushed to hospital with a serious tear in her bowel and had to have emergency surgery.
But complications from the operation meant doctors had to place the singer in an induced coma.
Portuguese media claimed Bonnie went into cardiac arrest when doctors first tried to bring her out of her induced coma several weeks ago.
She was due to perform at the Sunshine Festival in Worcester this summer, along with a number of European dates.
Bonnie had also been booked to perform at Cardiff’s Utilita Arena on December 17.
The singer who was married to property developer Robert Sullivan since 1973.
She competed at the Eurovision Song Contest for UK in 2013 and finished the competition in 19th place with her song Believe In Me.