Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Cher



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Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian on May 20, 1946, later adopted by Gilbert LaPierre) [1] is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Among her career accomplishments in music, television and film, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award and three Golden Globe Awards among others.

Cher rose to prominence in 1965 as one half of the pop/rock duo Sonny & Cher. She subsequently established herself as a solo recording artist, releasing 25 albums, contributing to numerous compilations, and tallying 34 Billboard Top 40 entries in the United States during her career, both as a solo artist and with Sonny. These include eighteen Top 10 singles and five number one singles. Cher has had 16 Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart between 1965 and 2003, four of which reached number one.

She became a television star in the 1970s and a film actress in the 1980s. In 1987 she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the romantic comedy Moonstruck.

With a career lasting over 40 years and showing no signs of abating, Cher is an enduring pop icon and one of the most popular female artists in music history.[2] She has sold, as a solo artist, 200 million records worldwide and 75 million as Sonny and Cher.[3][4][5] She is one of the biggest-selling artists of all time.

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