Cher was one of the inductees at last night's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony, and Dua Lipa came along for the ride. Below, watch them perform “Believe” together, along with the Roots, along with Cher's induction speech — introduced by Zendaya — and her performance of “If I Could Turn Back Time.”
“Where do I start?” Zendaya began her speech. “There is not a single person in this room, in this country and almost in the entire world who does not know who I am here to honor tonight. So iconic, it only needs a name….. It does it all and, may I add, very well.”
In her own speech, Cher joked about her late induction, having said last year that she would turn down the honor if offered. “It was easier to break up with two men than to get into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame,” she said last night. “I want to thank my guardian David Geffen, because yes, he wrote a letter and sent it to the managers and so … ha ha, here I am.” He later added, “The one thing I've never done is never quit,” he explained. “And I talk to the women, okay… we're down and out, but we keep trying, and we keep going and we're somebody. We are special.”
Cher rose to prominence in 1965 as one half of the folk-rock duo Sonny and Cher with then-husband Sonny Bono, and soon released the solo singles “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)” and “You Better Sit Down Kids “. ” The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hourwhich ran for three seasons between 1971 and 1974, made Cher a television personality as well. She and Bono had one child together – Chaz, in 1969 – and divorced in 1975.
In the 70s, Cher scored three number one hits Bulletin board Hot 100—”Gypsys, Tramps, and Thieves,” “Half-Breed” and “Dark Lady”—becoming the female solo artist with the most No. 1 singles in US history. He has been involved in disco since 1979 take me homethen into acting in the mid-80s, winning an Academy Award for her lead role opposite Nicolas Cage in Moonstruck.
Cher has the unique distinction of being the only solo artist she has met Bulletin board No. 1 single in seven consecutive decades, from the 1960s to the 2020s. Released in 1998, “Believe” — one of the best songs of the 1990s — was the best-selling single of all times in the UK by a female artist, popularizing the use of AutoTune. Cher has remained in the public consciousness: she stars Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again in 2018, she appeared in this year's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show and often goes viral for her delightful posts on Twitter/X.
