Thursday, March 31, 2011

Cher Grammy Award winning recording artist

    Cher (pronounced /born Cherilyn Sarkisian, May 20, 1946 is a long-time American #1 Billboard Hot 100 and Grammy Award winning recording artist, Emmy Award winning television personality, multiple Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Cannes Film Festival award winning actress, director, record producer and dedicated philanthropist. With a career spanning over six decades and referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globes and a Cannes Film Festival Award among others for her work in film, music and television. She is the only person in history to have received all of these awards. Cher began her career as a backup singer and later came to prominence as one half of the pop rock duo Sonny & Cher with the success of their song "I Got You Babe" in 1965. She subsequently established herself as a solo recording artist, and became a television star in 1971 with The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, a variety show for which she won a Golden Globe. 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 including Mask, The Witches of Eastwick, and Moonstruck, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1988.
    Cher, throughout her long career, has broken many records. She is the only artist to reach the number one on the Billboard charts in each of the previous six decades, and also holds this record for four and five decades. Her hit dance single "Believe" is her biggest-selling recording and was the best-selling single of 1999, having sold over 10 million copies worldwide. 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 Billboard Hot 100 #1 singles, in 1965 and 1999 and 45 years between her first and most recent #1 ranking on any Billboard chart Cher ended her 3-year-long "Farewell Tour" in 2005 as the most successful tour by a female solo artist of all time.With a career lasting over 45 years, Cher has sold over 100 million records worldwide. After a three-year hiatus and retirement from touring, Cher returned to the stage in February 2008 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas where she performed her show Cher at the Colosseum until February 2011. Cher has a deep contralto vocal range.
    Contents
    * 1 Early life
    * 2 Career
    o 2.1 1962–1964: Early career
    o 2.2 1965–1969: Career development
    o 2.3 1970–1975: TV and musical stardom
    o 2.4 1976–1981: Solo career and misses
    o 2.5 1982–1987: Film stardom and musical breakout
    o 2.6 1987–1989: Return to musical success
    o 2.7 1990–1992: Artistic development and commercial hits
    o 2.8 1992–1997: Commercial ups-and-downs, controversy and death of Sonny Bono
    o 2.9 1998–2000: Popularity of Believe
    o 2.10 2000–2002: Legacy of achievement
    o 2.11 2002–2005: The Farewell Tour
    o 2.12 2008–present: Las Vegas residency, 'Burlesque', and album comeback
    * 3 Personal life
    o 3.1 Relationships
    o 3.2 Personal wealth
    o 3.3 As a gay icon
    o 3.4 Political interests
    o 3.5 Humanitarian work
    o 3.6 Fan base
    * 4 Legacy
    * 5 Discography
    o 5.1 Studio albums
    o 5.2 Compilations and other albums
    * 6 Filmography
    * 7 See also
    * 8 References
    * 9 External links


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