In a Twitter post this past July, Cher acknowledged that she had never before considered releasing a holiday record, but that she considers Christmas to be among her finest works to date. Produced by Mark Taylor, who previously produced Cher’s 1998 album Believe, Christmas contains 13 diverse tracks and clocks in at a total of just under 40 minutes. The album includes guest appearances by Stevie Wonder, Darlene Love, Tyga, Cyndi Lauper and Michael Buble.
With over 60 years in the music business to date, Cher has
to rank as one of the most successful recording artists ever. Not only has she
sold over 100 million records, Cher has been honored with a Grammy Award, an
Emmy Award, an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, a Cannes Film Festival
award, 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 #1 single on a Billboard chart in six consecutive decades, from the
1960s to the 2010s. Her 2002–2005 Living Proof: The Farewell Tour became the
highest-grossing concert tour by a female artist ever at the time, earning over
$250 million. Since first recording with her ex-husband Sonny Bono in the early
1960s, Cher has attracted almost non-stop media attention for her outspoken
views, political advocacy, charitable endeavors and trendsetting fashion. In
recent years, she has established herself as a stalwart champion of LGBTQ+
rights and HIV/AIDS prevention and research.
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