Editing Cher (section)

== Achievements ==
{{Further|List of awards and nominations received by Cher}}
[[File:Sonny&Cher-Hollywood-2507940152 (rotated).jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|right|alt=A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, featuring a TV emblem in the center, honors the duo Sonny & Cher.|Star for [[Sonny & Cher]] on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]. Cher has declined a solo star.]]

Cher has sold over 100&nbsp;million records as a solo artist, ranking among [[List of best-selling music artists|the best-selling music artists of all time]].<ref name=Bellafante-1998/><ref name=Smith-2010/><ref name=telegraph2016>{{cite news|title=Cher says sorry for eBay 'mistake'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9228195/Cher-says-sorry-for-eBay-mistake.html |access-date=June 14, 2016|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=April 24, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410115311/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9228195/Cher-says-sorry-for-eBay-mistake.html |archive-date=April 10, 2016}}</ref> She is one of five singer-actors to have earned both an Academy Award for acting and a US number-one single<ref name=Erickson/> and the only Academy Award-winning actor [[List of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees|inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].<ref name=rockhall1/><ref name=rockhall2/><ref name=rockhall3/> Her breakthrough single "I Got You Babe" (1965) is a [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] [[List of Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients (E–I)|inductee]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/hall-of-fame |title=Grammy Hall Of Fame |date=October 18, 2010 |publisher=[[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=June 23, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122042616/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame |archive-date=January 22, 2011}}</ref> and appeared on ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s 2003 list of the "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|500 Greatest Songs of All Time]]".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-20110407/sonny-and-cher-i-got-you-babe-20110526 |access-date=January 16, 2015 |title=500 Greatest Songs of All Time |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=December 11, 2003 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102131157/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-20110407/sonny-and-cher-i-got-you-babe-20110526 |archive-date=January 2, 2015}}</ref> ''Billboard'' named "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" (1971) one of the greatest songs of the 20th century<ref name=Tannenbaum-2017>{{cite magazine|last=Tannenbaum|first=Rob|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7801038/cher-gypsys-tramps-thieves-greatest-song|title=Cher's 'Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves': Why It's One of the 20th Century's Greatest Songs|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=May 19, 2017|access-date=September 10, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170726165425/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7801038/cher-gypsys-tramps-thieves-greatest-song|archive-date=July 26, 2017}}</ref> and listed "If I Could Turn Back Time" (1989) among its "500 Best Pop Songs" in 2023.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-songs-all-time-hits/cher-if-i-could-turn-back-time-2/ |access-date=March 29, 2025 |date=October 19, 2023 |title=The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329210839/https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-songs-all-time-hits/cher-if-i-could-turn-back-time-2/ |url-status=live |archive-date=March 29, 2025}}</ref> "Believe" (1998), [[List of best-selling singles in the United Kingdom|the UK's best-selling single by a female artist]],<ref name=believeuk/> was included on ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s updated "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list in 2021<ref name=rs-500-songs-2021>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/cher-believe-2-1225001/ |title=The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=September 15, 2021 |archive-date=September 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915162053/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and ranked eighth in a 2003 [[BBC]] poll of the world's favorite songs—the only American entry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/us/features/topten/ |title=The World's Top Ten |publisher=[[BBC World Service]] |access-date=June 23, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330073900/http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/us/features/topten/ |archive-date=March 30, 2015}}</ref>

Cher is the only solo artist to have achieved a number-one single on a [[Billboard charts|US ''Billboard'' chart]] in seven consecutive decades{{efn|name=BillboardNumberOnes}}<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Gabrielle |last=Rockson |date=November 30, 2023 |url=https://people.com/cher-earns-no-1-on-billboard-charts-for-seventh-decade-in-a-row-8408424 |title=Cher Earns Chart No. 1 for Seventh Straight Decade in a Row, Tying Record with the Rolling Stones |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=December 16, 2023}}</ref> and the only solo artist to have released new material that reached the [[Official UK Top 40]] in seven consecutive decades (1960s–2020s).<ref name=ukdjrecords>{{cite web |first=Carl |last=Smith |url=https://www/chart-news/cher-chart-record-dj-play-christmas-song/ |title=Cher breaks all-time UK chart record with 'DJ Play a Christmas Song' |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=March 30, 2025 |date=December 22, 2023 |archive-date=December 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222180119/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/cher-chart-record-dj-play-christmas-song/ |url-status=live}}</ref> She held the previous record for the longest span between a first and most recent number-one single on the [[Billboard Hot 100|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100]]—33 years, seven months and three weeks—from "I Got You Babe" (August 14, 1965) to the final week at number one for "Believe" (April 3, 1999).{{efn|name=BrendaLee|[[Brenda Lee]] surpassed Cher's record for the longest span between a first and most recent number-one single on the [[Billboard Hot 100|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in December 2023, when "[[Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree]]" reached number one for the first time since its 1958 release. Until then, Lee's only number-one hits had been "[[I'm Sorry (Brenda Lee song)|I'm Sorry]]" and "[[I Want to Be Wanted]]", both released in 1960.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/brenda-lee-rockin-around-the-christmas-tree-number-one-hot-100/ |title=New Old-Fashioned No. 1: Brenda Lee's 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' Tops Hot 100, 65 Years After Its Release |first=Gary |last=Trust |date=December 4, 2023 |access-date=March 29, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204194813/https://www.billboard.com/lists/brenda-lee-rockin-around-the-christmas-tree-number-one-hot-100/ |archive-date=December 4, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>}}<ref name=BillboardRecordBreakers/> At 52, she became the oldest female artist to top the Hot 100.{{efn|name=oldest2023}}<ref name=oldest1999/> In 2023, "DJ Play a Christmas Song" made her the oldest female artist–at 77–to enter the Official UK Top 40.<ref name=ukdjrecords/>

Cher has received numerous [[List of lifetime achievement awards|lifetime and career achievement honors]], including the [[GLAAD Vanguard Award|Vanguard Award]] at the 1998 [[GLAAD Media Award]]s,<ref name=vanguard/> the Legend Award at the [[1999 World Music Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Dezzani |first=Mark |date=May 22, 1999 |title=Smith Leads A More Polished WMAs |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ig0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA52 |access-date=January 17, 2016}}</ref> the Influence on Fashion Award from the [[Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)]] in 1999,<ref name=Givhan-1999/> the Lucy Award for Innovation in Television at the 2000 [[Women in Film Honors|Women in Film Awards]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wif.org/past-recipients|title=Past Recipients |publisher=[[Women in Film Honors|Women in Film]]|access-date=July 30, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724120329/http://wif.org/past-recipients|archive-date=July 24, 2011}}</ref> the [[Billboard Icon Award|Icon Award]] at the [[2017 Billboard Music Awards|2017 ''Billboard'' Music Awards]]<ref name=Lewis-2017/> and the Ambassador for the Arts Award at the 2019 [[Chita Rivera Awards for Dance and Choreography]].<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Ruthie |last=Fierberg |date=April 9, 2019 |title=Cher, Graciela Daniele, Jeffrey Seller and Flody Suarez to Be Honored at the 2019 Chita Rivera Awards |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/cher-graciela-daniele-jeffrey-seller-and-flody-suarez-to-be-honored-at-the-2019-chita-rivera-awards |magazine=[[Playbill]] |access-date=November 22, 2024 |archive-date=November 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113112055/https://www.playbill.com/article/cher-graciela-daniele-jeffrey-seller-and-flody-suarez-to-be-honored-at-the-2019-chita-rivera-awards |url-status=live}}</ref> Her handprints and footprints are set in the forecourt of [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] in Hollywood.<ref name=graumans>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.advocate.com/news/daily-news/2010/11/19/cher-immortalized-cement|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006171552/http://www.advocate.com/news/daily-news/2010/11/19/cher-immortalized-cement|archive-date=October 6, 2014|title=Cher Immortalized in Cement|magazine=[[The Advocate (magazine)|The Advocate]]|date=November 19, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> She has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] as part of Sonny & Cher<ref name=walkoffame/> and was offered a solo star in 1983 but declined the required personal appearance.<ref>{{cite news |last=Conklin |first=Ellis E. |date=November 2, 1986 |title=It's a Hollywood Walk of Shame |newspaper=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |agency=[[Los Angeles Daily News]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-its-a-hollywood/163961016/}}</ref> In 2018, Cher received the [[Kennedy Center Honors]], the highest cultural recognition in the US,<ref name=kennedy/> and in 2024, she was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].<ref name=rrhof24>{{cite web |title=2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees |url=https://rockhall.com/2024-inductees/ |publisher=[[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] |access-date=April 22, 2024 |date=April 22, 2024}}</ref>