Cher

Cheryl Sarkisian, better known as Cher (born May 20, 1946), is an American singer, actress, and television star. She is often called the "Goddess of Pop".

Cher became famous in 1965 as part of the singing duo Sonny & Cher. She also became a solo artist and released hit songs such as "Bang, Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)", "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves", "Half-Breed", and "Dark Lady". In the late 1980s and late 1990s, she released hit songs such as "If I Could Turn Back Time", "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)", and the first song to pioneer the use of autotune, "Believe".

Cher's song "Believe" used Auto-Tune in a new way, which became known as the "Cher effect". It was the best-selling single of 1999 in the US and the UK. She kept releasing music in the 2000s and 2010s. Her studio albums, "Closer to the Truth" (2013) and "Dancing Queen" (2018) were big successes in the United States.

In the 2000s, Cher was also a popular TV star. Later, she acted in many movies. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for the movie "Moonstruck". She also acted in "Silkwood" (1983), "Mask" (1985), "The Witches of Eastwick" (1987), "Moonstruck" (1987), "Mermaids" (1990), "Burlesque" (2010), and "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again" (2018).

Cher is one of the best-selling music artists of all time. She has sold over 100 million records. She is the only solo artist with number-one songs on the Billboard charts in seven different decades, from the 1960s to the 2020s.

She has won many awards, including an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and a Grammy Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. She was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2024. Her 2002–2005 tour earned $250 million and was the most successful tour by a female artist at that time.

Cher also supports causes like HIV/AIDS prevention and rights for LGBTQ people.

Discography
Studio albums
 All I Really Want To Do (1965)
 The Sonny Side Of Chér (1966)
 Chér (1966)
 With Love, Chér (1967)
 Backstage (1968)
 3614 Jackson Highway (1969)
 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves (1971)
 Foxy Lady (1972)
 Bittersweet White Light (1973)
 Half-Breed (1973)
 Dark Lady (1974)
 Stars (1975)
 I'd Rather Believe In You (1976)
 Cherished (1977)
 Two The Hard Way (1977) (with Gregg Allman)
 Take Me Home (1979)
 Prisoner (1979)
 I Paralyze (1982)
 Cher (1987)
 Heart Of Stone (1989)
 Love Hurts (1991)
 It's A Man World (1995)
 Believe (1998)
 Not Commercial (2000)
 Living Proof (2001)
 Closer To The Truth (2013)
 Dancing Queen (2018)
 Christmas (2023)

References

Other websites
cher.com  — Official website.
cherfanclub.com  — Official Fan Club website.
Cher Net Worth  — Children's Craniofacial Association. National Chairperson: Cher.
cherconvention.com  — Cher Convention Foundation dedicated to raising funds for CCA kids.
Eulogy for Sonny Bono

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