• Country singer
• Daughter Presley Tanita (born June 1989); son Beau Grayson (born 1991, same day she won a CMA award).
• At 13, scored her first charted single on Billboard magazine's country singles chart with "Delta Dawn" (1972).
• Was the second country singer to have a No. 1 country single as a teen-ager with "What's Your Mama's Name" (1973); at age 19, Jean Sheppard was the first in 1953.
• Other No. 1 hits in her career included "Blood Red and Goin' Down" (1973); "Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)" (1974); "Lizzie and the Rainman" and "San Antonio Stroll" (1975); "Here's Some Love" (1976); "Just Another Love" (1986); "I Won't Take Less than Your Love" (1988, with Paul Davis and Paul Overstreet); "If it Don't Come Easy" and "Strong Enough to Bend" (also 1988); and "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane" (1992).
• Other major hits included "The Man that Turned My Mama On" (1974); "Don't Believe My Heart Can Stand Another You" and "You've Got Me to Hold On To" (1976); "It's a Cowboy Lovin' Night" (1977); "Texas When I Die" (1979); "Can I See You Tonight" (1981); "One Love At a Time" (1986); "Love Me Like You Used To" (1987); "My Arms Stay Open All Night" (1989); "Down to My Last Teardrop" and "(Without You) What Do I Do With Me" (1991); "Some Kind of Trouble" (1992); "It's a Little Too Late" and "Soon" (1993); and "Hangin' In" (1994).
• Dated fellow country singer Glen Campbell briefly in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
• Older sister is LaCosta Tucker.

Tanya Tucker was born in Seminole, Texas to Beau and Juanita Tucker. Tanya Tucker grew up in Willcox and Phoenix, Arizona and started singing by the age of 6. Tanya Tucker recorded her first hit, Delta Dawn, at the age of 13. Delta Dawn went to number 6 on the country music charts. By age 15, Tanya Tucker had a Grammy nomination, a "Greatest Hits" package and had appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. At 19, Tanya Tucker became the second female country music artist to have a number 1 country single as a teenager with the song What's Your Mama's Name. At 21, Tanya Tucker met singer Glen Campbell and had a year long affair with him, during which she began battling cocaine and alcohol addiction.

Tanya Tucker's other No. 1 hits include: Blood Red and Goin' Down (1973); Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone) (1974); Lizzie and the Rainman and San Antonio Stroll (1975); Here's Some Love (1976); Just Another Love (1986); I Won't Take Less than Your Love, If it Don't Come Easy and Strong Enough to Bend (1988); and Two Sparrows in a Hurricane (1992). Tanya Tucker received the Top New Female Vocalist award from the Academy of Country Music in 1972 and the Female Vocalist of the Year award from the Country Music Association in 1991. Tanya Tucker has three children, Presley Tanita, Beau Grayson and Layla. Tanya Tucker is an avid competitor in cutting horse competitions.