Born Gaynor Hopkins in a council house in Neath, Tyler grew up with a love for music before she was discovered by talent scout Roger Bell in a Swansea club.<\/p>\n
Tyler released her first single, Lost in France in 1977, but it was the release of Total Eclipse of the Heart five years later which changed her life.<\/p>\n
The ballad spent two weeks at UK number one and four weeks in the US.<\/p>\n
The iconic love song’s music video surpassed 1.2 billion views on YouTube and has had over a billion streams on Spotify.<\/p>\n
Spotify previously said it had paid out more than $1.4 million for streams<\/a> of Tyler’s catalogue in 2025.<\/p>\n The music platform said Total Eclipse of the Heart was one of a few “celestial” songs that saw a streaming spike in the UK on 12 August. <\/p>\n According to Spotify, the biggest increases in UK streams during the eclipse were:<\/p>\n Evolfo, Moon Eclipsed the Sun (+12,817%)<\/p>\n Chris Staples, Dark Side of the Moon (+2,805%)<\/p>\n Pink Floyd, Eclipse (+594%)<\/p>\n Delta Goodrem, Eclipse (+104%)<\/p>\n Bonnie Tyler, Total Eclipse of the Heart (+94%)<\/p>\n Bill Withers, Ain’t No Sunshine (+17%)<\/p>\n Shannon Carragher, senior editor at Spotify, said: “It is always fascinating to see how major cultural events instantly reflect in what the UK is listening to.<\/p>\n “Cultural phenomena like the solar eclipse naturally bring people together and we instinctively look for the perfect soundtrack to share that moment.”<\/p>\n Ahead of the solar eclipse, Tyler’s McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes TV advert also resurfaced – it was originally broadcast in 2023 when there was a partial lunar eclipse.<\/p>\n The nostalgic advert came after research revealed almost half (49%) of Brits did not understand how eclipses occurred.<\/p>\n In the video, Tyler uses a Jaffa Cake as a prop to describe the different types of eclipse. <\/p>\n She said: “There are three types of eclipse. You’ve got the lunar eclipse, the solar eclipse, and then there’s the total eclipse of the heart.<\/p>\n “When the earth is situated between the moon and the sun it creates a shadow, and when it looks like someone has just taken a bite out of the moon. That’s a partial lunar eclipse.”<\/p>\n The grammy-nominated star had a string of other hits, including Holding out for a Hero and also represented the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2013.<\/p>\n She was named in the Queen’s last Birthday Honours list in 2022 and was awarded an MBE for her services<\/a> to music by Prince William the following year.<\/p>\n Tyler died “unexpectedly” on 8 July, aged 75, at a Portugal hospital, “as a result of the illness that she was being treated for”, her family said in a statement released on the star’s official website, external<\/a>.<\/p>\n