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Sonny & Cher
Sonny & Cher
American rock duo of entertainers made up husband-and-wife Sonny Bono and Cher in the 1960s and 1970s
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Sonny Bono
Sonny Bono
American entertainer, musician and politician (1935-1998)
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Cher Lloyd
Cher Lloyd
English singer, songwriter and model
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Elijah Blue Allman
Elijah Blue Allman
musician
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Tina Turner
Tina Turner
American-born singer, dancer, actress, and author; naturalized Swiss citizen
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Becky G
Becky G
American singer
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Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera
American singer, songwriter, and television personality
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Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt
blues singer-songwriter and slide guitar player from the United States
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Sade Adu
Sade Adu
English singer-songwriter
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Sia
Sia
Australian artist
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Pink
Pink
American singer and songwriter
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Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper
American recording artist; singer, songwriter, actress and activist
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Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston
American singer and actress (1963-2012)
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Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
American singer-songwriter and actress
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Madonna
Madonna
American singer and songwriter
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Aliyah
Aliyah
American singer, actress and model
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Tove Lo
Tove Lo
Swedish singer and songwriter
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Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish
American singer-songwriter
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Mandy Moore
Mandy Moore
American singer, songwriter, actress and voice actress
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Diana Ross
Diana Ross
American vocalist, music artist and actress
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Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys
American singer, musician, composer and actress
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Britney Spears
Britney Spears
American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress
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Laura Pausini
Laura Pausini
Italian singer
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Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga
American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist
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Gwen Stefani
Gwen Stefani
American singer-songwriter
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Beyoncé
Beyoncé
American artist
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Samantha Mumba
Samantha Mumba
Irish-Zambian singer
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Lorde
Lorde
New Zealand singer-songwriter
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Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
American actress, singer, dancer, and producer
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Diane Warren
Diane Warren
American songwriter, musician and record producer
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Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande
American singer and actress
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Fergie
Fergie
American singer
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Katy Perry
Katy Perry
American singer
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Halsey
Halsey
American singer, songwriter, and activist
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Shania Twain
Shania Twain
Canadian singer
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Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin
American singer, songwriter, and pianist
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Peter Cetera
Peter Cetera
American musician
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H.E.R.
H.E.R.
American singer from Vallejo, California
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Melanie C
Melanie C
British singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman
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Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey
American singer and songwriter
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Jessica Simpson
Jessica Simpson
American singer-songwriter and actress
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Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
American singer, actress, and filmmaker
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Phil Spector
Phil Spector
American record producer, songwriter, and convicted murderer
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Natasha Bedingfield
Natasha Bedingfield
English singer and songwriter
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Kelsea Ballerini
Kelsea Ballerini
American country music singer
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American singer-songwriter and actress
Awards Received
Primetime Emmy Award
Academy Award for Best Actress
Lucy Award
Grammy Award
Kennedy Center Honors
Palme d'Or
Nominated For
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Actress European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film
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Cher (/ʃɛr/; born Cherilyn Sarkisian; May 20, 1946) is an American singer, actress and television personality. Often referred to by the media as the "Goddess of Pop", she has been described as embodying female autonomy in a male-dominated industry. Cher is known for her distinctive contralto singing voice and for having worked in numerous areas of entertainment, as well as adopting a variety of styles and appearances throughout her six-decade-long career.

Cher gained popularity in 1965 as one-half of the folk rock husband-wife duo Sonny & Cher after their song "I Got You Babe" peaked at number one on the US and UK charts. By the end of 1967, they had sold 40 million records worldwide and had become, according to Time magazine, rock's "it" couple. She began her solo career simultaneously, releasing in 1966 the transatlantic top three single "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)". She became a television personality in the 1970s with her CBS shows The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, watched by over 30 million viewers weekly during its three-year run, and Cher. She emerged as a fashion trendsetter by wearing elaborate outfits on her television shows.

While working on television, Cher established herself as a solo artist with the US Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves", "Half-Breed", and "Dark Lady", becoming the female artist with the most number-one singles in United States history at the time. After her divorce from Sonny Bono in 1975, she launched a comeback with the disco album Take Me Home (1979) and earned $300,000 a week for her 1979–1982 concert residency in Las Vegas.

In 1982, Cher made her Broadway debut in the play Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean and starred in its film adaptation. She subsequently garnered critical acclaim for her performances in films such as Silkwood (1983), Mask (1985), The Witches of Eastwick (1987), and Moonstruck (1987), the latter of which won her the Academy Award for Best Actress. She then revived her music career by recording the rock-inflected albums Cher (1987), Heart of Stone (1989), and Love Hurts (1991), all of which yielded successful singles such as "I Found Someone", "If I Could Turn Back Time", and "Love and Understanding". Cher contributed to the soundtrack for her next film, Mermaids (1990), which spawned the UK number-one single "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)". She made her directorial debut with a segment in the abortion-themed anthology If These Walls Could Talk (1996), which received widespread critical acclaim after premiering on HBO.

Cher reached a new commercial peak in 1998 with the dance-pop album Believe, whose title track won her the Billboard Music Award for Hot 100 Single of the Year and became the biggest-selling single of all time by a female artist in the UK. It features pioneering use of Auto-Tune to distort her vocals, known as the "Cher effect". Her 2002–2005 Living Proof: The Farewell Tour became one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time, earning $250 million. In 2008, she signed a $60 million deal to headline the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for three years. In 2018, Cher returned to film for her first on-screen role since 2010's Burlesque, starring in the musical romantic comedy film Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. Inspired by the film, the album Dancing Queen (2018) debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, tying with 2013's Closer to the Truth for Cher's highest-charting solo album in the US.

Having sold 100 million records to date, Cher is one of the world's best-selling music artists. Her achievements include a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, a Cannes Film Festival Award, the Billboard Icon Award, and awards from the Kennedy Center Honors and the Council of Fashion Designers of America. She is the only artist to date to have a number-one single on a Billboard chart in six consecutive decades, from the 1960s to the 2010s. Aside from music and acting, she is noted for her political views, social media presence, philanthropic endeavors, and social activism, including LGBT rights and HIV/AIDS prevention.