2024
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Pop’s enduring icon – and the only woman with No. 1 hits across seven decades. With her distinctive contralto voice, Cher emerged in the ‘60s alongside partner Sonny Bono, soon going solo and mastering folk-pop, rock, disco, and electropop. The fearless fashion maven has earned a reputation as a multi-talented performer, captivating film, TV, and concert audiences. Boldly reinventing herself over the decades, she continues to inspire.
Induction
Impact
SIGNATURE SOUND
Genre-Defying, Trend-Defining Diva
Cher’s immediately recognizable, powerful voice stamps any genre she masters. She morphed from ‘60s folk-pop ingénue into Top 40 solo sensation in the early ‘70s, effortlessly taking on soulful rock, then riding the disco craze into the ‘80s. She’s remained a dancefloor staple ever since her trend-setting use of Auto-Tune in the 1998 global smash “Believe.”
This duet with Sonny launched Cher into stardom and defined the 1960s pop era. It became a go-to counterculture love song, hitting No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
FROM THE MUSEUM
Cher Chic
Cher became renowned for her body-baring and often outrageous outfits worn on TV, many of which were designed by Bob Mackie.
She wore this ensemble – its fabric seemingly inspired by a crazy psychedelic quilt – on "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour" and "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour," and for a couple of public appearances.
FROM THE MUSEUM
Cher Chic
Cher became renowned for her body-baring and often outrageous outfits worn on TV, many of which were designed by Bob Mackie.
She wore this ensemble – its fabric seemingly inspired by a crazy psychedelic quilt – on "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour" and "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour," and for a couple of public appearances.
There’s only one Cher – in her voice, her image, her humanitarianism. To remain an icon with such influence and respect is no small feat.
Rob Halford
Judas Priest
2024 HALL OF FAME ESSAY
"She’s been reinventing herself for decades, always staying two steps ahead of pop culture."
– Annie Zaleski
Influence
Marianne Faithfull
Peggy Lee
Nancy Sinatra
Cher
sealed with a signature
This is the signature that appears on the inductee’s plaque at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to officially commemorate their induction.
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