CHER
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Cher is
an American singer, actress and television personality. Dubbed the
"Goddess of Pop", she is known for her androgynous contralto voice,
multifaceted career and bold visual presentation, while cultivating a screen
persona that mirrors her public image by often portraying strong-willed,
independent and outspoken women. Her adaptability has driven multiple comebacks
over a career spanning more than six decades.
Cher
gained fame in 1965 as part of the folk rock husband-wife duo Sonny & Cher,
while also achieving solo success with top-ten singles including "All I
Really Want to Do" and "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)". In
the 1970s, she divorced from Sonny Bono and topped the US Billboard Hot 100
with "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves", "Half-Breed" and
"Dark Lady". Following a hiatus, she returned to music with the
rock-inflected albums Cher (1987), Heart of Stone (1989) and Love Hurts (1991),
earning international number-one singles with "If I Could Turn Back
Time" and "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)". At age 52,
Cher reached a commercial peak with the dance-pop album Believe (1998), which
introduced the "Cher effect"—an extreme, stylistic use of Auto-Tune
to distort vocals. The title track became 1999's number-one song in the US and
the UK's best-selling single by a female artist. 21st-century releases include
Closer to the Truth (2013) and Dancing Queen (2018), both debuting at number
three on the Billboard 200 and becoming her highest-charting solo albums in the
US.
Cher
became a television star in the 1970s with The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour and
her solo show Cher, both on CBS, attracting over 30 million weekly viewers. She
earned critical acclaim after debuting on Broadway and starring in the film
adaptation of Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982).
Transitioning to film, Cher received two Academy Award nominations for Silkwood
(1983) and Moonstruck (1987), winning Best Actress for the latter, and won the
Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for Mask (1985). Her other starring
roles include The Witches of Eastwick (1987), Mermaids (1990), If These Walls
Could Talk (1996, her directorial debut), Tea with Mussolini (1999), Burlesque
(2010) and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018). Her life and career inspired the
2018 jukebox musical The Cher Show.
Cher is
one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with estimated sales of over
100 million records worldwide. She is the only solo artist with number-one
singles on the Billboard charts in seven consecutive decades, from the 1960s to
the 2020sHer 2002–2005 Living Proof: The Farewell Tour was the highest-grossing
concert tour by a female artist at the time, earning $250 million (about $402
million in 2025).
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