Editing Bonnie Tyler (section)

==Honours, awards and recognition==
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Bonnie Tyler}}
"[[Total Eclipse of the Heart]]" and "[[It's a Heartache]]" have estimated sales of over 6 million units each, and are among the [[list of best-selling singles|best-selling singles]] of all time.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tyler releases new Total Eclipse |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8232149.stm |work=[[BBC News Online]] |date=2 September 2009 |access-date=20 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Bonnie Tyler |volume=45 |issue=24 |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20141542,00.html |journal=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=17 June 1996 |access-date=20 June 2014 |archive-date=4 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504174404/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20141542,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Tyler's 1976 breakthrough with "Lost in France" led to her nomination for Best British Female Newcomer at the [[Brit Awards|1977 Brit Awards]]. In the 1980s, she received nominations for two more Brit Awards,<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025055333/http://www.brits.co.uk/artist/bonnie-tyler |archive-date=25 October 2014 |url=http://www.brits.co.uk/artist/bonnie-tyler |title=Bonnie Tyler BRITs Profile |work=[[Brit Awards]] |publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]] |access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref> and three [[Grammy Awards]]. In 2013, she was presented with the Gold Badge award by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA).<ref name="BASCA">{{cite news |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/bonnie-tyler-wins-major-music-6086762 |title=Bonnie Tyler wins major music award |last=Turner |first=Robin |date=24 September 2013 |work=Wales Online |access-date=12 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224080218/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/bonnie-tyler-wins-major-music-6086762 |archive-date=24 December 2013 }}</ref>

In 1979, Tyler won the [[World Popular Song Festival|10th World Popular Song Festival]] with "Sitting on the Edge of the Ocean", representing the United Kingdom. Tyler also became the first and only representative of the United Kingdom to receive a Eurovision Song Contest Radio award in 2013.<ref name="ESCradioawardsresults">{{cite web |last=Mourinho |first=Daniel |url=http://www.escradio.com/2013/06/esc-radio-awards-2013-the-winners/ |title=ESC Radio Awards 2013 – The Winners |publisher=Eurovision Song Contest Radio |access-date=20 August 2013 |date=17 June 2013}}</ref> She was also one of the first western artists to tour the [[Soviet Union]].<ref name="SanerGuardian"/>

In addition to her music awards, Tyler has received local honours in Wales; including being named freeman of Neath Port Talbot in 2011, and an honorary degree and doctorate from [[Swansea University]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last=Turner |first=Robin |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/bonnie-tyler-gareth-edwards-receive-4924306 |title=Bonnie Tyler and Gareth Edwards receive honorary degrees |work=Wales Online |access-date=11 July 2013 |date=10 July 2013}}</ref> She is also an Honorary Fellow of the [[Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Turner |first=Robin |url=http://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/about_us/honorary_fellows.aspx |title=Honorary Fellows |publisher=Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama |access-date=30 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328051106/http://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/about_us/honorary_fellows.aspx |archive-date=28 March 2012 }}</ref> In 2016, she was honoured by the Lord Mayor of Swansea for Services to Music.<ref>{{cite news |last=Thomas |first=Geraint |url=http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/look-who-is-about-to-be-honoured-by-the-lord-mayor-of-swansea/story-29538096-detail/story.html |title=Look who is about to be honoured by the Lord Mayor of Swansea |newspaper=South Wales Evening Post |access-date=21 July 2016 |date=21 July 2016}}</ref>

Tyler was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2022 Birthday Honours]] for services to music.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63714|supp=y|page=B25|date=1 June 2022}}</ref>