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Love Hurts (Album) by Cher

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Cher Born Cherilyn Sarkisian May 20 1946 Is An American Singer Actress And Television Personality. Often Referred To By The Media As The "Goddess Of Pop" She Has Been Described As Embodying Female Autonomy In A Male-Dominated Industry. Cher Is Known For Her Distinctive Contralto Singing Voice And For Having Worked In Numerous Areas Of Entertainment As Well As Adopting A Variety Of Styles And Appearances Throughout Her Six-Decade-Long Career. Cher Gained Popularity In 1965 As One-Half Of The Folk Rock Husband-Wife Duo Sonny & Cher After Their Song "I Got You Babe" Peaked At Number One On The US And UK Charts. Together They Sold 40 Million Records Worldwide. Her Solo Career Was Established During The Same Time With The Top-Ten Singles "Bang Bang My Baby Shot Me Down " And "You Better Sit Down Kids". She Became A Television Personality In The 1970s With Her CBS Shows First The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour Watched By Over 30 Million Viewers Weekly During Its Three-Year Run And Then The Namesake Cher. She Emerged As A Fashion Trendsetter By Wearing Elaborate Outfits On Her Television Shows. While Working On Television Cher Released The US Billboard Hot 100 Number-One Singles "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 She 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 Cher 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 Garnered 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. She Then Revived Her Music Career By Recording The Rock-Inflected Albums Cher 1987 Heart Of Stone 1989 And Love Hurts 1991 All Of Which Yielded Successful Singles Such As "I Found Someone" "If I Could Turn Back Time" And "Love And Understanding". Cher Contributed To The Soundtrack For Her Next Film Mermaids 1990 Which Spawned The UK Number-One Single "The Shoop Shoop Song It's In His Kiss ". She Made Her Directorial Debut With A Segment In The Abortion-Themed Anthology If These Walls Could Talk 1996 . Cher Reached A New Commercial Peak In 1998 With The Dance-Pop Album Believe Whose Title Track Topped The Billboard Year-End Hot 100 Singles 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. Having Sold 100 Million Records Cher Is One Of The World's Best-Selling Music Artists. Her Achievements Include A Grammy Award An Emmy Award An Academy Award Three Golden Globe Awards The Billboard Icon Award And Awards From The Kennedy Center Honors And The Council Of Fashion Designers Of America. She Is The Only Artist To Date To Have A Number-One Single On A Billboard Chart In Six Consecutive Decades From The 1960s To The 2010s. Aside From Music And Acting She Is Noted For Her Political Views Social Media Presence Philanthropic Endeavors And Social Activism Including LGBT Rights And HIV/AIDS Prevention.

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Love Hurts Is The Twenty-First Studio Album By American Singer-Actress Cher Released On June 11 1991 By Geffen Records. The RIAA Certified It Gold On August 27 1991. It Is The Final Studio Album With The Record Label Geffen. The Lead Single From The Album Was "Love And Understanding" And The Follow-Up Singles Were "Save Up All Your Tears" "Love Hurts" "Could've Been You" And "When Lovers Become Strangers". The Album Has Sold 12 000 000 Copies World-Wide Which Makes It Her 2nd Best-Selling Album. It Debuted At #48 On The Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart For Sales Of 43 000. Love Hurts Was Released In 1991 And Was The Third And Final Studio Album Released By Cher For Geffen Records. The Record Featured Production By Bob Rock And Saw Her Continue To Collaborate With John Kalodner Diane Warren And Desmond Child. The Album Was Recorded In Late 1990/early 1991 During The First Year Of Cher's Relationship To Bon Jovi's Guitarist Richie Sambora. She Dedicated The Album To Him And "every Man That Ever Made Me Shed A Tear". The Album Contained Four Covers "Save Up All Your Tears" Recorded In The Late 1980s By Bonnie Tyler And Robin Beck Kiss Song "A World Without Heroes" Recorded In 1980 And "Love Hurts" A Remake Of The 1975 Version Which Cher Had Previously Recorded For Her Album Stars. This Time The Song Was More Pop/rock Rather Than A Ballad. The Originally Version Was Released By Everly Brothers In 1960. The European Version Contains Also The Worldwide Hit "The Shoop Shoop Song It's In His Kiss " Originally Recorded By Merry Clayton In 1963. Early Releases Of The Album In The UK Had The Same Cover As The American Release But Later European Releases Had A Different Cover Showing Cher Laying On A White Background Wearing A Red Wig. The European Release Also Included The World Wide Hit The Shoop Shoop Song It's In His Kiss Which Reached #1 In Over 10 Countries And Has Sold Over Six Million Copies. In The United States The Shoop Shoop Song Was Available Only Through The Original Soundtrack Mermaids For The Film Of The Same Name. While The Album Did Extremely Well In The UK Its Singles Were Only Minor Hits. "Love And Understanding" Was The Only Big Hit In The Charts But The Album Also Produced Many Fans Favorites Including "Could've Been You" And Big Cher Favorites "Save Up All Your Tears" "Love Hurts" And "Fires Of Eden". Also "Love Hurts And "Could've Been You" Was Released Only In Europe While "When Lovers Become Strangers" Was Released Only In North America. The David Cassidy Co-Written Song I'll Never Stop Loving You Was Released A Year Later On Cassidy's Album Didn't You Used To Be?. One Year Before It Was Already Recorded By Heart And Released On A Japanese Special Edition Bonus CD For Their Album Brigade. Promotion To Promote The Album Cher Did Several Performances Worldwide. In North America She Promoted The Album On The Late Night With David Letterman. She Also Mad A Special Appearance On The ABC Program In Concert On June 21 1991 Were She Performed "Love Hurts" "Love And Understanding" "Save Up All Your Tears" And "A World Without Heroes". This Particular Performance Was Highly Criticized Because Cher Lip-Synced All Songs From The Album Veering From The ABC Show's Premise To Showcase "honest" Live Rock. Later Cher During An Interview Defended The Lip-Syncing That She Did During The Show And In Concert Offered To Cher A Chance To Reappear With Her Band Plugged In And Playing Later In 1991 But The Performance Never Happened. Cher Also Promoted The Album In Some European Countries. In The UK She Performed "Love And Understanding" "Save Up All Your Tears" And "Could've Been You" On Top Of The Pops On Wogan Performed "Love And Understanding" And "Save Up All Your Tears" And On Aspel And Company Performed "Could've Been You". Cher Also Performed "Save Up All Your Tears" In Australia During The Dame Edna Show And With Dame Edna Performed "I Got You Babe". The Album Received Further Promotion From Her Third Headlining Love Hurts Tour Which Started On April 15 1992 In Berlin Germany. The Tour Was Set To Start On March 21 1992 In Copenhagen But Due To Illness The European Concerts Were Rescheduled Except For The UK Dates. Later Dates On The North American Leg Of The Tour Were Also Rescheduled Twice. Cher Performed "Love And Understanding" "Save Up All Your Tears" "Love Hurts" And "Fires Of Eden" On Her Tour. Chart Performance Unlike Heart Of Stone And Cher Love Hurts Received Less Attention In The North America. It Was Certificated Gold In The U.S. And Platinum In Canada But Failed In Both Charts. In European Countries The Album Was Very Successful And Peak At Number One In Four Countries Austria Ireland Norway And UK. In UK The Album Debuts At The Number One And Remains For Six Consecutive Weeks. After For Five Weeks Remain In Top Three. It Was Also Certified Multi-Platinum And Eventually Selling 3 Million Copies. The Album Became Her Second Biggest Selling Album Worldwide At The Time Behind Heart Of Stone . Singles "Love And Understanding" Was Released As The Album's Lead Single On May 21 1991. The Song Received Mixed Reviews. One Critic Said That The Song Together With Others Two Are Tame And Over-Careful While Another Said That "Love And Understanding" Is A Strong Track. Despite The High Promotion The Song Has Reached The Top Ten In Countries Such As The Austria Canada UK And The Top Twenty In United States And Germany. "Save Up All Your Tears" Was Released As The Second Single From The Album. Critical Reception Reviews Of The Record Were Mixed. On One Hand Some Crictics Proclaimed That "Love Hurts" Was The Most Mature Material Cher Has Tackled In Years. Also Critics Said The "Love Hurts" Was A Step Up From "Heart Of Stone" And "Cher". Billboard For Example Said That "With A Few Exceptions Overall Musical Direction Is More Straight-Forward Rock'n'roll This Time Which Is The Perfect Environment For Her Unique Vocal Style." Allmusic Also Said That "The Result However Is Particularly Formulaic With Cher's Vocals Sounding Largely Uninspired And The Production And Backing Musicians Content To Be Obvious." But On On Another Hand Some Critics Slammed The Album. One Critic Went As Far As To Claim That "The Only Song Worth Listening To Is A World Without Heroes On A Otherwise Uninspired Album". Additional Notes * "Love Hurts" Was Previously Recorded For Cher's Twelfth Studio Album Stars In 1975 And Performed Live In Her 1989 Heart Of Stone Tour. * "The Shoop Shoop Song It's In His Kiss " Is From The Mermaids Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Released In 1990.

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