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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Cherilyn Sarkisian |
| Also known as | Cherilyn LaPierre Cleo Cher Bono |
| Born | May 20, 1946 (1946-05-20) (age 62) El Centro, California, U.S. |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genre(s) | Pop, dance, disco, folk, pop rock, R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actress |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
| Voice type(s) | Deep 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 was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Cher came to prominence in 1965 as one half of the pop/rock duo Sonny & Cher. She subsequently established herself as a solo recording artist, a television star in the 1970s, and a film actress in the 1980s, starring in a string of hit films[4] including The Witches of Eastwick, Silkwood, Mask and Moonstruck, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Her smash hit dance single "Believe" (1998) is her biggest-selling recording, having sold over 10 million copies worldwide.[5] She is the only female recording artist to have Top 10 hits in every decade beginning in the 1960s and the oldest female artist to reach number one.[6] With a career lasting over 40 years, Cher is an enduring pop culture icon and one of the most popular and biggest-selling artists in music history,[7] having sold over 100 million records worldwide, including her work with Sonny Bono.[8] She is currently performing at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas with her show "Cher at the Colosseum". Cher is well known for her deep contralto vocal range.[1]