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Artist Biography For Cher
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.
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Believe
Cher - Believe
"Believe" Is A Grammy Award Winning Global Number One Multi-Platinum Dance Song Which Served As The World-Wide Lead Single For American Singer Cher's Twenty-Third Studio Album Believe. It Is Noted For Its Use Of A Peculiar Sound Effect On The Singer's Vocals Which Is Referred To As The Cher Effect Today. "Believe" Was Written By A Number Of Writers Including Paul Barry Matt Gray Brian Higgins Stuart McLellan Timothy Powell And Steven Torch. The Song Released And Recorded In 1998 Peaked At Number One In 23 Countries Worldwide .In The Second Week Of March 1999 It Reached Number One In The Billboard Hot 100 Making Cher The Oldest Female Artist At The Age Of 52 To Perform This Feat. It Also Was Ranked As The Number-One Song Of 1999 By Billboard And Became The Biggest Single In Her Entire Career. "Believe" Also Spent Seven Weeks At Number One In The UK Singles Chart And Is Still The Best Selling Single By A Female Artist In The UK. In March 2007 The United World Chart Ranked "Believe" As The Sixteenth Most Successful Song In Music History. The Same Chart Lists "Believe" As Third Most Successful Song Released By A Solo Female Musician Behind Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" And Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On - The Biggest Selling Single Ever For Warner Bros. Records And The Biggest Selling Dance Song Ever Having Sold Over 10 Million Copies Worldwide. It Was Also The Song With Most Weeks In The Top Ten It Stayed In The Top Ten For 28 Weeks. The Success Of The Song Not Only Expanded Through Each Country's Singles Chart But Also Most Country's Dance Charts. In The United States "Believe" Spent 23 Weeks On The U.S. Hot Dance Club Play Chart And 22 Weeks On The European Hot Dance Charts. "Believe" Also Set A Record In 1999 After Spending 21 Weeks In The Top Spot Of The Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales Chart It Was Still In The Top Ten One Year After Its Entry On The Chart. "Believe" Was Given The Featured Closing Number Spot For Over 100 Performances On Cher's 1999-2000 Do You Believe? Tour And Then Again The Closing Spot For Over 300 Performances On Cher's Epic 2002-2005 Living Proof The Farewell Tour. The Song Ranked #74 On VH1's 100 Greatest Songs Of The 90s. An Interesting Note About The Recording Of The Song Revolved Around The Highly-Recognizable Auto-Tune Effect "Cher Effect" Utilized In The Verses And Chorus. Producer Mark Taylor Added The Effect To Cher's Vocal Simply As A Lark And In Interviews At The Time He Claimed To Be Testing Out His Recently Purchased The 'DigiTech Talker'. However It Later Emerged That The Effect Was Not Created By A Vocoder But By Utilizing Extreme And Then Unheard Settings On Auto-Tune.When Cher Heard The Results She Demanded That The Effect Remain In The Song And Her Original Vocal Be Erased Much To The Chagrin Of Her Record Company Who Wanted It Removed Upon Their Suggestion Cher's Response To The Record Label Was "over My Dead Body!" The Vocal Effect Is Caused By A Pitch Correction Speed That Is "set Too Fast For The Audio That It Is Processing." Chart Positions
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay - #1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 - #1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play - #1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales - #1
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks - #2
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks - #2
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream - #2
Argentinian Singles Chart - #2
Australian ARIA Singles Chart - #1
Austrian Singles Chart - #2
Belgian Singles Chart - #1
Brazilian Airplay Chart - #1
Croatian Singles Chart - #1
Canadian Singles Chart - #1
Danish Singles Chart - #1
Dutch Mega Top 50 Singles Chart - #1
Dutch Top 40 - #1
European Singles Chart - #1
Finnish Singles Chart - #6
French Singles Chart - #1
German Singles Chart - #1
Irish Singles Chart - #1
Israeli Singles Chart - #1
Italian Singles Chart - #1
Latvian Singles Chart - #1
Mexican Singles Chart - #1
New Zealand's Singles Chart - #1
Norwegian Singles Chart - #1
Polish Singles Chart - #1
Spanish Singles Chart - #1
Swedish Singles Chart - #1
Swedish Airplay Chart - #1
Swiss Singles Chart - #1
UK Singles Chart - #1
United World Chart - #1 Cher Official Website Https //www.Cherfanclub.Com
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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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"Believe" is a Grammy Award winning global number one, Multi-Platinum Dance Song which served as the world-wide lead single for American singer Cher's twenty-third studio album Believe. It is noted for its use of a peculiar sound effect on the singer's vocals, which is referred to as the Cher effect today.
"Believe" was written by a number of writers including Paul Barry, Matt Gray, Brian Higgins, Stuart McLellan, Timothy Powell, and Steven Torch. The song, released and recorded in 1998, peaked at number one in 23 countries worldwide .In the second week of March 1999, it reached number one in the Billboard Hot 100, making Cher the oldest female artist (at the age of 52) to perform this feat. It also was ranked as the number-one song of 1999 by Billboard, and became the biggest single in her entire career. "Believe" also spent seven weeks at number one in the UK singles chart and is still the best selling single by a female artist in the UK.
In March 2007, the United World Chart ranked "Believe" as the sixteenth most successful song in music history. The same chart lists "Believe" as third most successful song released by a solo female musician behind Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" and Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On - the biggest selling single ever for Warner Bros. Records and the biggest selling dance song ever having sold over 10 million copies worldwide. It was also the song with most weeks in the top ten, it stayed in the top ten for 28 weeks.
The success of the song not only expanded through each country's singles chart, but also most country's dance charts. In the United States "Believe" spent 23 weeks on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart and 22 weeks on the European Hot Dance Charts. "Believe" also set a record in 1999 after spending 21 weeks in the top spot of the Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales chart, it was still in the top ten one year after its entry on the chart.
"Believe" was given the featured closing number spot for over 100 performances on Cher's 1999-2000 Do You Believe? Tour and then again the closing spot for over 300 performances on Cher's epic 2002-2005 Living Proof: The Farewell Tour. The song ranked #74 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s.
An interesting note about the recording of the song revolved around the highly-recognizable Auto-tune effect ("Cher effect") utilized in the verses and chorus. Producer Mark Taylor added the effect to Cher's vocal simply as a lark, and in interviews at the time, he claimed to be testing out his recently purchased the 'DigiTech Talker'. However, it later emerged that the effect was not created by a vocoder, but by utilizing extreme (and then unheard) settings on auto-tune.When Cher heard the results, she demanded that the effect remain in the song, and her original vocal be erased, much to the chagrin of her record company, who wanted it removed; upon their suggestion, Cher's response to the record label was "over my dead body!" The vocal effect is caused by a pitch correction speed that is "set too fast for the audio that it is processing."
Chart positions
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay - #1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 - #1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play - #1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales - #1
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks - #2
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks - #2
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream - #2
Argentinian Singles Chart - #2
Australian ARIA Singles Chart - #1
Austrian Singles Chart - #2
Belgian Singles Chart - #1
Brazilian Airplay Chart - #1
Croatian Singles Chart - #1
Canadian Singles Chart - #1
Danish Singles Chart - #1
Dutch Mega Top 50 Singles Chart - #1
Dutch Top 40 - #1
European Singles Chart - #1
Finnish Singles Chart - #6
French Singles Chart - #1
German Singles Chart - #1
Irish Singles Chart - #1
Israeli Singles Chart - #1
Italian Singles Chart - #1
Latvian Singles Chart - #1
Mexican Singles Chart - #1
New Zealand's Singles Chart - #1
Norwegian Singles Chart - #1
Polish Singles Chart - #1
Spanish Singles Chart - #1
Swedish Singles Chart - #1
Swedish Airplay Chart - #1
Swiss Singles Chart - #1
UK Singles Chart - #1
United World Chart - #1
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