She was discovered by talent scout Roger Bell in a club in Swansea, and released her first single Lost in France in 1977.
Five years later, she released Total Eclipse of the Heart which spent two weeks at UK number one, and four weeks in the US.
She received a Grammy nomination for the hit, as well as the album Faster Than the Speed of Night, and the single Here She Comes.
Tyler also represented the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2013, finishing 19th out of 26 acts, and was made an MBE for her services to music in 2023.