American entertainer

Cher Cher ( ; born Cheryl Sarkisian, May 20, 1946) is an American singer, actress and television personality. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Goddess of Pop", she is known for her Androgyny, androgynous contralto voice, Music an ...

has released 80 official singles, 28 promotional singles and appeared in 36 other songs. On the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, she has achieved: 4 number 1 singles, 12 Top 10 singles, 22 Top 40 singles and a total of 34 charted singles as a solo artist. Combined with the entries she had as part of

Sonny & Cher Sonny & Cher were an American pop and entertainment duo in the 1960s and 1970s, made up of spouses Sonny Bono and Cher. The couple started their career in the mid-1960s as rhythm and blues, R&B backing singers for record producer Phil Spector. ...

: 5 number 1 singles, 17 Top 10 singles, 32 Top 40 hits and a total of 52 singles which charted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.Billboard magazine "40 Years of the Top 40"
''Billboard'', 19 September 1998. Retrieved 21 May 2014. Cher is the fifth-ranked female artist with the most ''Billboard'' US Hot 100 charted singles. She has reached the Top 10 on the Hot 100 at least once during each of four decades—the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s—placing her in a tie for second place in that category as of May 2014, alongside

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and

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, only behind

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. Cher's span of top 10 records on the Hot 100 stretches for a total of 33 years, one month and three weeks (not counting the Sonny and Cher hits "

I Got You Babe "I Got You Babe" is a song performed by American pop and entertainment duo Sonny & Cher and written by Sonny Bono. It was the first single taken from their debut studio album, '' Look at Us'' (1965). In August 1965, the single spent three weeks ...

" and "

Baby Don't Go "Baby Don't Go" is a song written by Sonny Bono and recorded by Sonny & Cher. It was first released on Reprise Records in 1964 and was a minor regional hit. Subsequently, following the duo's big success with "I Got You Babe" in the summer of 1965, ...

"), from " Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" in 1966 to " Believe" in 1999, placing her in third place in that category as of May 2014, behind only Jackson and

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. Cher's career as a recording artist spans seven decades and she is the only artist to have a number-one single on a ''

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'' chart in each of the past seven decades. This feat was accomplished when Cher released " DJ Play a Christmas Song", the lead single from her studio album ''

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'', on October 6, 2023. It reached the number-one spot on the ''Billboard''

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chart. It peaked at number 90 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, making it her first appearance on the chart since 2002. On the UK singles chart, she is the only solo artist to have a top-40 hit in seven consecutive decades, as well as being the oldest female singer to have a top-40 hit. She has had a total of 34 top-40 hits, beginning with " All I Really Want to Do" in 1965 through "DJ Play a Christmas Song" in 2023.

Singles

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Other charted songs

Promotional or limited releases

Other appearances

Notes

*A "Mama (When My Dollies Have Babies)" did not enter the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 but peaked on the

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chart at number 24. *B "For What It's Worth" did not enter the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 but peaked on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at number 25. *D "I Got You Babe" duet with Beavis and Butt-head did not enter the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 but peaked on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at number 8. *E "Song for the Lonely" did not enter the UK Singles Chart Top 100, but peaked at number 24 on the UK Club Chart (''

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'') *F "Woman's World" did not enter the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 but peaked on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at number 25. *G "Take It Like a Man" did not enter the main UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 48 on the UK's Physical Singles Chart. *H "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" did not enter the

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, but peaked at number 40 on the ARIA Digital Tracks Chart. *I "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" did not enter the main UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 34 on the UK Singles Sales Chart. *J "SOS" did not enter the main UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 78 on the UK Singles Sales Chart. *K "Chiquitita (Spanish Version)" did not enter the main US Singles Chart, but peaked at number 6 on the Latin Digital Songs Chart. *L "Super Trouper" did not enter the main UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 81 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.

References

External links

* Cher Overview

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