Cher Age, Bio, Parents, Real Name, Career, Husband, Children, Net Worth

Cher Bio – Cher real name Cherilyn Sarkisian, is a prominent American singer, actress, and television personality who has achieved a legendary status in the entertainment industry.

Cher Biography

With a career spanning over six decades, she has been referred to as the “Goddess of Pop” and is known for her distinctive contralto singing voice, as well as her versatility in adopting a variety of styles and appearances throughout her career. Cher’s success can be attributed to her commitment to female autonomy in a male-dominated industry, as well as her talent, hard work, and ability to reinvent herself.

Cher Age

As of 2022, she was 76 years old.

Cher Parents

Her parents are Georgia Holt and John Paul Sarkisian.

Cher Career

Cher first gained popularity in 1965 as one half of the folk rock husband-wife duo Sonny & Cher. Their song “I Got You Babe” peaked at number one on the US and UK charts, and they went on to sell 40 million records worldwide. During the same period, Cher established herself as a solo artist with top-ten singles such as “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)” and “You Better Sit Down Kids”.

In the 1970s, she became a television personality with her CBS shows ― The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, watched by over 30 million viewers weekly during its three-year run, and the namesake Cher.

While working on television, Cher released several US Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles such as “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, Cher released the disco album Take Me Home (1979) and earned $300,000 a week for her 1979–1982 concert residency in Las Vegas. In 1982, she made her Broadway debut in the play Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean and starred in its film adaptation.

She subsequently gained critical acclaim for her performances in films such as Silkwood (1983), Mask (1985), The Witches of Eastwick (1987), and Moonstruck (1987), the last of which won her the Academy Award for Best Actress. Cher then revived her music career with the rock-inflected albums Cher (1987), Heart of Stone (1989), and Love Hurts (1991), which yielded successful singles such as “I Found Someone”, “If I Could Turn Back Time”, and “Love and Understanding”.

Cher reached a new commercial peak in 1998 with the dance-pop album Believe, whose title track topped the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 chart of 1999 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. During the 2010s, she landed starring roles in the films Burlesque (2010) and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018), and released studio albums Closer to the Truth (2013) and Dancing Queen (2018), both of which debuted at number three on the Billboard 200.

Cher has achieved numerous awards and recognitions throughout her career. She is one of the world’s best-selling music artists, having sold over 100 million records.

Her achievements include a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, a Cannes Film Festival award, and the Billboard Icon Award.

Cher Husband

Currently, Cher is not married, but she has been married twice.

Cher Children

Her children are Chaz Bono and P. Exeter Blue I.

Cher Net Worth

Cher has a net worth estimated to be $360 million.

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