Cher
Cher
Background information
Birth name
Cherilyn Sarkisian
Also known as Cherilyn LaPierre
Cleo
Cher Bono
Born
May 20, 1946 (1946-05-20)
El Centro, California, U.S.
Origin
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genre(s)
Folk, Pop, Disco, Rock, Dance
Occupation(s) Singer, actor
Instrument(s) Vocals
Voice type(s)
Contralto[1]
Years active
1963–present
Label(s)
Imperial (1965–1968)
Atco (1965–1968)
Atlantic (1969)
MCA (1971–1974)
Warner Bros. (1975–1977)
Casablanca (1978–1980)
Columbia (1982)
Geffen (1987–1992)
Warner Bros. (UK) (1995–2003)
Warner Bros. (US)
(2003–Present)
Associated
acts
Sonny & Cher
Sonny Bono
Website
www.cher.com
Cher (IPA: /ʃɛɹ/[2] born Cherilyn Sarkisian
on May 20, 1946)[3]
is an American pop
singer-songwriter, actor, director and record
producer. She has won an Academy Award, a
Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three
Golden Globe Awards and a People’s Choice
Award for her work in film, music and
television.
Cher began her career at the age of seven-
teen and came to prominence as one half of
the pop rock duo Sonny & Cher when their
song "I Got You Babe" became an overnight
hit in 1965. She subsequently established
herself as a solo recording artist, and became
a television star in the 1970s with the variety
show The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, for
which she won a Golden Globe Award. A well
received performance in the film Silkwood
earned her a nomination for the Academy
Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1984.
In the following years, Cher starred in a
string of hit films[4]
including Mask, The
Witches of Eastwick, and Moonstruck, for
which she won the Academy Award for Best
Actress in 1988.
Cher is the only female solo artist to reach
the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100 in each
of the previous four decades.[5] Her hit dance
single "Believe" is her biggest-selling record-
ing and was the best-selling single of
1999.[6], having sold over 10 million copies
worldwide.[7] She holds the Hot 100 record
for the longest hit-making career span, with
33 years between the release of her first and
most recent #1