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Cher (/ ʃ ɛər / SHAIR; born Cheryl Sarkisian; [a] May 20, 1946) 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.
Cher performing in London during her Here We Go Again Tour in October 2019.. American entertainer Cher has recorded songs for 27 studio albums and four soundtrack albums, and has been featured on songs on compilation albums or other artists' respective albums.
Cher's latest studio album, Dancing Queen was released on September 28, 2018, and also debuted at number three with first-week sales of 153,000 album-equivalent units, becoming Cher's highest debut sales for an album in the United States, as well as earning her the biggest debut sales for a pop album by a female in the United States in 2018. [15]
Throughout her acting career, Cher has mainly starred in comedy, drama, and romance films. She has appeared in twenty films, including two as a cameo. She has also appeared in one starring theater role, one video game role, numerous television commercials and directed a piece of the motion picture If These Walls Could Talk in 1996 and some of her music videos of the Geffen-era in late 1980s ...
Cher closed the farewell tour in April 2005 at the Hollywood Bowl. It was the most successful tour by a single female solo artist at that time. [6] From May 2008 until February 2011, Cher performed at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada with her new show, Cher at the Colosseum. She signed for 200 shows over the span of three years.
Around this time, Cher had become a major star on her own, due in part of the success of the singles "Gypsies Tramps and Thieves" and "Half-Breed", both of which reached number one on the pop charts. By the third season of the Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (1974), the marriage of Sonny and Cher was falling apart; the duo separated later that year. [24]
Cher: The Memoir is the first of a two-part memoir by the American entertainer Cher.The book was released November 19, 2024 by Dey Street Books. [1] Part One details Cher's childhood, her early success, and meeting her first husband, singer-songwriter Sonny Bono; the book spans 1946–1976. [2]
A duet with Cher's goddaughter Jesse Jo Stark, the Merle Haggard cover was released on Cher's YouTube site. It was a "birthday present" to Stark's father, Richard Stark, and a "gift" for Cher fans who were awaiting the as-yet unnamed Closer to the Truth album.