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Cher discography
Years active 1964–present
Genre(s) Pop, Disco, Rock, Dance

This is a discography for American entertainer, Cher, as a solo artist. Unless otherwise noted, U.S. chart positions indicate the work's peak on the Billboard album chart or Hot 100. This discography is also exclusively for every single and or album ever released by Cher.

Albums

All regularly released albums and their chartpositions in the USA United States , United Kingdom United Kingdom , Germany Germany , Norway Norway , Sweden Sweden , Austria Austria , Switzerland Switzerland.

Studio albums

Year Title Chart positions Sales/Certifications
United States United Kingdom Germany Norway Sweden Austria Switzerland
1965 All I Really Want to Do
16 6 - - - - -
1966 The Sonny Side of Cher
  • 2nd Studio album
  • Released: June 18, 1966
  • Formats: Vinyl, Cassette
 26 11 - 17 - - -
1966 Cher
  • 3rd Studio album
  • Released: 1966
  • Formats: Vinyl, 8-Track
 59 - - - - - - Sales worldwide: 1 million+
Sales United States: 1.0 million [1]
Gold (04/13/72)
1967 With Love, Cher
  • 4th Studio album
  • Released: 1967
  • Formats: Vinyl, 8-Track
 47 - - - - - -
1968 Backstage
  • 5th Studio album
  • Released: 1968
  • Formats: Vinyl, 8-Track
 - - - - - - -
1969 3614 Jackson Highway
  • 6th Studio album
  • Released: 1969
  • Formats: Vinyl, Cassette
 160 - - - - - -
1971 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves
16 - - 21 - - -
1972 Foxy Lady
43 - - - - - -
1973 Bittersweet White Light
  • 9th Studio album
  • Released: 1973
  • Formats: Vinyl, Cassette
 140 - - - - - -
1973 Half-Breed
28 - - 18 - - - Sales worldwide: 1 million+
Sales United States: 1.0 million [2]
Gold (03/04/74)
1974 Dark Lady
  • 11th Studio album
  • Released: 1974
  • Formats: Vinyl, Cassette
 69 - - 20 - - -
1975 Stars
  • 12th Studio album
  • Released: 1975
  • Formats: Vinyl, Cassette
 153 - - - - - -
1976 I'd Rather Believe in You
  • 13th Studio album
  • Released: 1976
  • Formats: Vinyl, Cassette
 - - - - - - -
1977 Cherished
  • 14th Studio album
  • Released: 1977
  • Formats: Vinyl, Cassette
 - - - - - - -
1979 Take Me Home
  • 15th Studio album
  • Released: April 14, 1979
  • Formats: Vinyl, Cassette
 25 - - 42 - - - Sales worldwide: 0.5 million+
Sales United States: 0.5 million [3]
Gold (05/17/79)
1979 Prisoner
  • 16th Studio album
  • Released: 1979
  • Formats: Vinyl, Cassette
 28 - - - - - -
1980 Black Rose1
  • 17th Studio album
  • Released: 1980
  • Formats: Vinyl, Cassette
 - - - - - - - Sales worldwide: 0.4 million [4]
1982 I Paralyze
  • 18th Studio album
  • Released: 1982
  • Formats: Vinyl, Cassette
 - - - - - - -
1987 Cher
32 26 - 14 44 - - Sales worldwide: 7 million [5]
Sales United States: 1.0 million [6]
Platinum (07/02/92)
Sales United Kingdom: 0.1 million [7]
Gold (05/10/88)
1989 Heart of Stone
  • 20th Studio album
  • Released: June 19, 1989
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl, Cassette
 10 7 19 11 19 15 - Sales worldwide: 11 million [8]
Sales United States: 3.0 million [9]
3x Platinum (08/10/98)
Sales United Kingdom: 0.3 million [10]
Platinum (02/01/90)
1991 Love Hurts
  • 21st Studio album
  • Released: June 11, 1991
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl, Cassette
 48 1 6 1 4 1 3 Sales worldwide: 1.4 million+
Sales United States: 0.5 million [11]
Gold (08/27/91)
Sales United Kingdom: 0.9 million [12]
3x Platinum (01/01/92)
1995
1996 		It's a Man's World
64 10 74 64 18 8 - Sales worldwide: 0.1 million+
Sales United Kingdom: 0.1 million [13]
Gold (10/01/95)
1998
1999 		Believe
4 7 1 4 2 1 2 Sales worldwide: 20 million [14]
Sales United States: 4.0 million [15]
4x Platinum (12/23/99)
Sales United Kingdom: 0.6 million [16]
2x Platinum (03/26/99)
2000 not.com.mercial 2
  • 24th Studio album
  • Released: 2000
  • Formats: CD
  • Internet release
 - - - - - - -
2001
2002 		Living Proof
9 48 13 36 29 19 16 Sales worldwide: 3 million [17]
Sales United States: 0.5 million [18]
Gold (03/29/02)
Sales United Kingdom: 0.1 million [19]
Gold (10/23/01)
2007 Cher's twenty-sixth studio album
  • 26th Studio album
  • Released: Late 2007
  • Formats: TBA
 - - - - - - TBA

Special editions:

  • Take Me Home and Prisoner (1994) Special Edition were reissued onto one CD called The Casablanca Years which featured all the tracks from both.
  • Bittersweet White Light (1999) Special Edition was rereleased on CD under the name Bittersweet: The Love Songs Collection along with some other Cher tracks.
  • Half-Breed and Dark Lady (1999) Limited Edition were reissued onto one CD which featured all the tracks from both. This CD is now hard to find.
  • Black Rose (1999) Special Edition was rereleased on CD. That release has different artwork and is credited as a Cher solo album.
  • Love Hurts (2001) Special Edition was re-released featured tarot cards with the lyrics of every song on the album.
  • 3614 Jackson Highway (2003) Special edition released the album on CD in limited quantities, adding the eleven missing tracks from that time period.

Compilations

Year Title Chart positions Sales/Certifications
United States United Kingdom Germany Norway Sweden Austria Switzerland
1974 Greatest Hits
  • 1st Compilation album
  • Released: 1974
  • Formats: Vinyl, Cassette
 152 - - - - - -
1992 Greatest Hits: 1965-1992 3
  • 2nd Compilation album
  • Released: Europe November 9, 1992
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl, Cassette
 (NR) 1 16 7 6 6 19 Sales worldwide: 0.9 million+
Sales United Kingdom: 0.9 million [20]
3x Platinum (01/01/93)
1999 If I Could Turn Back Time:
Cher's Greatest Hits 4
  • 3rd Compilation album
  • Released: United States March 9, 1999
  • Formats: CD
 57 (NR) (NR) (NR) (NR) (NR) (NR) Sales worldwide: 0.5 million+
Sales United States: 0.5 million [21]
Gold (01/24/00)
1999 The Greatest Hits 5 (NR) 7 1 7 5 1 2 Sales worldwide: 2 million+
Sales Europe: 2.0 million [22]
2x Platinum (1999)
Sales United Kingdom: 0.6 million [23]
2x Platinum (01/28/00)
2003
2004 		The Very Best of Cher
  • 5th Compilation album
  • Released: United States April 1, 2003
  • Formats: CD
 4 17 31 27 2 17 10 Sales worldwide: 2.1 million+
Sales United States: 2.0 million [24]
2x Platinum (12/17/03)
Sales United Kingdom: 0.1 million [25]
Gold (10/28/03)

Special editions:

Live albums

Year Title Chart positions Sales/Certifications
United States United Kingdom Germany Norway Sweden Austria Switzerland
2003
2004 		Live! The Farewell Tour 6 40 - - - - 29 69 Sales worldwide: 0.2 million+
Sales United States: 0.2 million [26]

Other albums

Year Title Chart positions Sales/Certifications
United States United Kingdom Germany Norway Sweden Austria Switzerland
1978 Two the Hard Way 7
  • 1st Studio album
  • Released: 1978
  • Formats: Vinyl
 - - - - - - - Sales worldwide:
1990 Mermaids OST 8 65 - - 11 - 29 - Sales worldwide:
2000 VH1 Divas Live 99 9 90 - 60 - - - - Sales worldwide:
2003 VH1 Divas Live 02 10 - - - - - - - Sales worldwide:

Album Totals

United States United Kingdom Germany Norway Sweden Austria Switzerland TOTAL SALES
Number one albums 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 180m [27]
Top ten albums 4 7 3 4 5 5 4

Footnotes:

  • 1. Black Rose was recorded with the self-titled band. In 1999 was credited as a Cher solo album.
  • 2. not.com.mercial This album was released exclusively through [16] and [17].
  • 3. Greatest Hits: 1965-1992 was released only for the European markets.
  • 4. If I Could Turn Back Time: Cher's Greatest Hits was released only for the American market.
  • 5. The Greatest Hits was released only outside North America.
  • 6. Live! The Farewell Tour was released on limited edition form, with only 200,000 copies available.
  • 7. Two the Hard way was released under the rubric Allman and Woman; Today it is considered a Cher solo album.
  • 8. Mermaids OST was the soundtrack of the self-titled movie in which Cher starred; Today it is considered a Cher solo album.
  • 9. VH1 Divas Live 99 is a live album recorded on April 13, 1999 with Whitney Houston, Tina Turner among others for the show of the same name.
  • 10. VH1 Divas Live 02 is a live album recorded in 2002 with Celine Dion, Shakira among others for the show of the same name.

Singles

Charted singles

All regularly released singles and their chartpositions in the United World Chart (UWC), U.S. Billboard Hot 100 United States Hot 100, Hot 100 Singles Sales United States Sales, Hot Dance Club Play United States Dance, Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks United States AC, Canada Canada, United Kingdom United Kingdom, Germany Germany, Poland Poland, Sweden Sweden, Ireland Republic of Ireland, Austria Austria, Europe Europe, Australia Australia, world wide sales/ million copies (Sales).

Note: Only Cher's most successful music markets are listed.

Year Title Album Chart positions Sales
UWC United States Hot100 United States Sales United States Dance United States AC Canada United Kingdom Germany Poland Sweden Republic of Ireland Austria Europe Australia
1965 "All I Really Want to Do" All I Really Want to Do - 15 - - - 26 9 - - 13 - - - - 2.00m
1965 "Where Do You Go?" The Sonny Side of Cher - 25 - - - 22 - - - - - - - - 0.55m
1966 "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" The Sonny Side of Cher - 2 - - - 9 3 17 - 9 3 - - - 3.00m
1966 "Alfie" Cher - 32 - - - 26 - - - - - - - - 0.50m
1966 "I Feel Something In the Air" Cher - - - - - - 43 - - - - - - - 0.10m
1966 "Sunny" Cher - - - - - - 32 - - 4 - - - - 1.20m
1966 "Behind the Door" With Love, Cher - 97 - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.10m
1966 "Mama (When My Dollies Have Babies)" With Love, Cher - 124 - - - 45 - - - - - - - - 0.15m
1967 "Hey Joe" With Love, Cher - 94 - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.10m
1967 "You Better Sit Down Kids" With Love, Cher - 9 - - - 7 - - - - - - - - 1.50m
1969 "For What It's Worth" 3614 Jackson Highway - 125 - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.05m
Year Title Album Chart positions Sales
UWC United States Hot100 United States Sales United States Dance United States AC Canada United Kingdom Germany Poland Sweden Republic of Ireland Austria Europe Australia
1971 "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" 1 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves 1 1 - - 6 1 4 25 - - 3 - - - 3.10m
1972 "The Way of Love" Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves - 7 - - 2 5 - - - - - - - - 1.30m
1972 "Living in a House Divided" Foxy Lady - 22 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.40m
1972 "Don't Hide Your Love" Foxy Lady - 46 - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.30m
1973 "Am I Blue" Bittersweet White Light - 111 - - - - - - - - - - - - unknown
1973 "Half-Breed" Half-Breed 1 1 - - 3 1 29 29 - 6 - - - - 2.10m
1974 "Dark Lady" Dark Lady - 1 - - 3 1 36 36 - 1 - - - - 2.90m
1974 "Train of Thought" Dark Lady - 27 - - - 22 - - - - - - - - 0.50m
1974 "I Saw a Man and He Danced With His Wife" Dark Lady - 42 - - 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.30m
1977 "Pirate" Cherished - 93 - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.15m
1979 "Take Me Home" Take Me Home - 8 - 2 - 10 - - - - - - - - 1.50m
1979 "Wasn't It Good" Take Me Home - 49 - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.30m
1979 "It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)" 2 Take Me Home - 87 - - - - - - - - - - - - airplay
1979 "Hell on Wheels" Prisoner - 59 - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.25m
Year Title Album Chart positions Sales
UWC United States Hot100 United States Sales United States Dance United States AC Canada United Kingdom Germany Poland Sweden Republic of Ireland Austria Europe Australia
1981 "Inhuman Humanity" Dead Ringer - - - - - - 5 - - 16 - - - - 0.60m
1987 "I Found Someone" 3 Cher - 10 8 - 33 12 5 35 - 19 4 - - - 2.00m
1988 "We All Sleep Alone" Cher - 14 12 - 11 - 47 - 18 - - - - - 1.50m
1988 "Skin Deep" Cher - 79 - 41 - - - - - - - - - - 0.20m
1988 "Bang Bang" Cher - - - - - - - - 15 - - - - - unknown
1989 "After All" 3 Heart of Stone - 6 4 - 1 6 84 - - 17 24 - - 50 1.50m
1989 "If I Could Turn Back Time" Heart of Stone 1 3 2 - 1 7 6 16 36 11 6 14 1 1 4.00m
Year Title Album Chart positions Sales
UWC United States Hot100 United States Sales United States Dance United States AC Canada United Kingdom Germany Poland Sweden Republic of Ireland Austria Europe Australia
1990 "Just Like Jesse James" 3 Heart of Stone - 8 6 - 9 - 11 38 19 9 10 - - 14 1.50m
1990 "Heart of Stone" 3 Heart of Stone - 20 21 - 30 26 43 23 18 18 24 - - - 1.00m
1990 "You Wouldn't Know Love" Heart of Stone - - - - - - 55 - 16 - 29 - - - 0.30m
1990 "Baby I'm Yours" Mermaids (OST) - - - - - - 89 - - - - - - - unknown
1990 "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" 4 Mermaids (OST)/Love Hurts 1 33 23 50 7 21 1 3 1 10 1 1 1 4 +5.0m
1991 "Dead Ringer for Love" (re-release) Dead Ringer - - - - - - 53 - - - - - - - 0.10m
1991 "Love and Understanding" Love Hurts - 17 38 - 3 8 10 20 5 29 7 6 - 23 2.00m
1991 "Save Up All Your Tears" 3 Love Hurts - 37 40 - 16 - 37 56 26 18 30 18 - - 0.50m
1991 "Love Hurts" 3 Love Hurts - - - - - - 43 - 21 23 - - - - 0.50m
1992 "Could've Been You" Love Hurts - - - - - - 31 72 40 - - - - - 0.30m
1992 "When Lovers Become Strangers" Love Hurts - - - - 15 - - - - - - - - - airplay
1992 "Oh No Not My Baby" Greatest Hits: 1965-1992 - - - - - - 33 52 18 - - 30 - - 0.50m
1992 "Whenever You're Near" Greatest Hits: 1965-1992 - - - - - - 72 - - - - - - - 0.10m
1993 "Many Rivers to Cross" Greatest Hits: 1965-1992 - - - - - - 37 - - - - - - - 0.20m
1993 "I Got You Babe" The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience - 108 - - - - 35 - - 40 - - 18 - 0.50m
1995 "Love Can Build a Bridge" Love Can Build a Bridge - - - - - - 1 62 30 - - 18 - - 0.80m
1995 "Walking in Memphis" It's a Man's World - - - - - - 11 63 15 13 - 17 36 - 1.30m
1996 "One by One" It's a Man's World - 52 52 7 9 - 7 - 34 - - - 34 - 0.80m
1996 "Not Enough Love in the World" It's a Man's World - - - - - - 31 - - - - - - - 0.20m
1996 "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" It's a Man's World - - - - - - 26 - - - - - - - 0.30m
1996 "Paradise Is Here" It's a Man's World - - - 11 - - - - - - - - - - club
1998 "Believe" 5 Believe 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 10.00m
1999 "Strong Enough" Believe 4 57 35 1 29 16 5 3 2 21 11 4 2 11 unknown
1999 "All or Nothing" Believe 24 - 38 1 - - 12 44 39 58 26 38 12 - 1.25m
1999 "Dov'è L'Amore" Believe 39 - 38 5 - - 21 31 43 37 - 38 10 49 1.35m
Year Title Album Chart positions Sales
UWC United States Hot100 United States Sales United States Dance United States AC Canada United Kingdom Germany Poland Sweden Republic of Ireland Austria Europe Australia
2001 "Più Che Puoi" Stile Libero - - - - - - - 61 41 - - - - - unknown
2001 "The Music's No Good Without You" Living Proof 10 - 11 19 - 5 8 27 1 13 25 24 18 23 2.00m
2002 "Alive Again" Living Proof - - - - - - - 27 - - - - - - 0.50m
2002 "Song for the Lonely" Living Proof - 85 7 1 11 18 - - - - - - - - 0.15m
2002 "A Different Kind of Love Song" Living Proof - - 11 1 30 - - - - - - - - - 0.10m
2003 "When the Money's Gone" Living Proof - - 7 1 - - - - - - - - - - 0.025m
2003 "Love One Another" Living Proof - - 7 - - - - - - - - - - - 0.025m
2003 "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" As Time Goes By... - - - - 20 - - - - - - - - - airplay
UWC United States Hot100 United States Sales United States Dance United States AC Canada United Kingdom Germany Poland Sweden Republic of Ireland Austria Europe Australia
Number one hits 5 4 1 6 2 3 3 1 3 2 2 1 2 2
Top ten hits 3 12 8 9 13 12 13 3 5 6 8 4 4 3

Notes

  • 1 "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" has been estimated to have sold over 3 million copies worldwide. [28]
  • 2 "It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100 however it peaked at number eighty-seven on the Hot Country Songs chart. [29]
  • 3 "I Found Someone", "After All", "Just Like Jesse James", "Heart of Stone", "Save Up All Your Tears", and "Love Hurts" did not enter the Swedish singles chart, however they did enter the Swedish airplay chart.
  • 4 "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" did not enter the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play however it did chart on the Hot Dance Single Sales chart in 1997.
  • 5 "Believe" has been estimated to have sold over 10 million copies worldwide. [30]

All singles

  • This list includes every single and every promo released by Cher whether it charted it or not


DVD's

See also

References

  1. ^ RIAA Certification
  2. ^ RIAA Certification
  3. ^ RIAA Certification
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ [2]
  6. ^ RIAA Certification
  7. ^ [3]
  8. ^ [4]
  9. ^ RIAA Certification
  10. ^ [5]
  11. ^ RIAA Certification
  12. ^ [6]
  13. ^ [7]
  14. ^ Rolling Stone Rock and Roll Diary
  15. ^ RIAA Certification
  16. ^ [8]
  17. ^ "What's A Hit (Diana Ross Mention)"
  18. ^ RIAA Certification
  19. ^ [9]
  20. ^ [10]
  21. ^ RIAA Certification
  22. ^ The Greatest Hits EU Sales
  23. ^ [11]
  24. ^ RIAA Certification
  25. ^ [12]
  26. ^ Live! The Farewell Tour review
  27. ^ [13]
  28. ^ [14]
  29. ^ [15]
  30. ^ Cher and Share Alike
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