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Cher

1946-present

Cher News: Music Icon Releases New Memoir

Cher is sparring no details in her new tell-all memoir. Cher: The Memoir, Part One, which hit book shelves November 19, delves into the first half of the music icon's storied life, chronicling her difficult childhood and the start of her successful music and acting career before ending in the early 1980s. The autobiography also heavily explores her fraught marriage with ex-husband Sonny Bono, who she described as controlling and unfaithful.

In the book, Cher revealed that she felt “trapped” in her “loveless marriage” and turned toLucille Ball for advice after discovering Sonny had rewritten her business contracts so she wouldn't get paid for her work. “I told her, ‘Lucy, I want to leave Sonny and you’re the only one I know that’s ever been in this same situation. What should I do?’” the singer wrote. “She told me, ‘F--- him, you’re the one with the talent.’”

Who Is Cher?

Cher is a Grammy-winning music icon best known for the hits “Believe” and “If I Could Turn Back Time.” One Tony Award away from EGOT status,

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Cher

American singer and actress (born 1946)

For other uses, see Cher (disambiguation).

Cher (SHAIR; born Cheryl Sarkisian;^[a] May 20, 1946) is an American singer, actress and television personality. Dubbed the "Goddess of Pop", she is known for her androgynouscontralto voice, multifaceted career and bold visual presentation, while cultivating a screen persona that mirrors her public image by often portraying strong-willed, independent and outspoken women. Her adaptability has fueled multiple comebacks, cementing her status as a cultural icon. She is the only solo artist with Billboard number-one singles in seven consecutive decades, from the 1960s to the 2020s. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, the Billboard Icon Award, the Kennedy Center Honor and an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Cher is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with estimated sales of over 100 million records worldwide.

Cher gained fame in 1965 as part of the folk rock husband-wife

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Cher - Biography

Cher's childhood

Cher, who was then known as Cherilyn Sarkisian La Pierre, was born in El Centro, California, on May 20 1946. Her father, John Sarkisian, who left the family home when she was a little girl, was a truck driver who married and divorced her mother twice. Cher's part-Cherokee mum Georgia Holt was married six times and her fifth husband, Gilbert La Pierre, adopted Cher.

Cher's early career

When she was 16 years old, the striking brunette ran away from home and met the man who would change her life in a California coffee shop. Sonny Bono was an assistant to famed record producer Phil Spector, and helped her get a job as a studio backup singer.

After recording the single I Love You, Ringo, as Bonnie Jo Mason in 1964, she married Sonny, and took on yet another stage name when they formed the musical duo Caesar and Cleo. The newlyweds recorded their breakthrough hit, I Got You Babe, as Sonny and Cher, topping the charts for the first time in 1965. In 1971, with hits such as The Beat Goes On under their belts, the two crossed o