Cher will take the spotlight this Sunday (5/21) at the annual Billboard Music Awards when she receives their prestigious “Icon” Award.
Could anyone be more deserving?
The woman’s been around for 50 years! She’s a music diva, a fashion trendsetter, a TV star. She has sold over 100 MILLION albums! She’s won an Oscar!
Cher’s a “first wave” Boomer, from the class of ’46, and she turns 71-years old tomorrow (5/20) –Sunday’s “Icon” award makes for quite the birthday weekend and celebration for an artist who truly deserves this honor.
Cher hasn’t performed at an awards show for over 15 years, however, she’s scheduled to sing her 1988 hit “Believe” on Sunday night.
Show time is 5:00 PM, Pacific, telecast from Las Vegas on ABC-TV.
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She’s is the first artist to have a #1 single on a Billboard chart in each decade from the 1960’s to the 2010’s.