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American recording artist, television personality, actress, director, record producer, and philanthropist, Cherilyn "Cher" Sarkisian has an estimated net worth of $305 million. Cher has had three careers that place her indelibly in the public consciousness, and two have been in association with her then-husband, composer/producer/singer Salvatore "Sonny" Bono. Cher met songwriter and producer Sonny Bono in 1963. She was 16, he was 28, and two years later they recorded their first hit song, "I Got You Babe." She charted major hit records in the 1960s and 1970s, working in idioms ranging from early-'60s girl group-style ballads to Jackie Deshannon folk-influenced pop, to adult contemporary pop in the manner of later Dusty Springfield. She also embarked on an acting career, initially in the late 1960s in association with her work as part of Sonny & Cher but later on her own, which led to a series of increasingly polished and compelling performances in Silkwood, Mask and Moonstruck, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Cherilyn Sarkisian was born in California in 1946. In the 1990s she returned to music as an electro-pop diva, releasing the successful album Believe in 1999. She began a three-year gig in Las Vegas in 2008, replacing Celine Dion at Caesar's Palace.
Earnings & Financial Data
|
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2012 |
Salary |
Annual Earnings |
$28,000,000 |
|
2012 |
Salary |
The listed value of her Hollywood condo which is now up for sale |
$5,500,000 |
|
2012 |
Asset |
The value listed for her Malibu mansion |
$45,000,000 |
|
2012 |
Asset |
The listed value of her small beach house in Venice is also up for sale |
$1,800,000 |
|
2009 |
Sale of Asset |
Amount earned from the sale of Cher's Hawaiian home |
$8,700,000 |
|
2007 |
Contract |
She signed a $60 million per-year deal to headline the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for three years |
$180,000,000 |
|
1989 |
Salary |
Salary earned from the film Mermaids |
$4,000,000 |
|
1989 |
Sponsorship |
Earnings for her appearance in infomercials launching health, beauty, and diet products |
$10,000,000 |
|
1987 |
Others |
Total sales of her fragrance Uninhibited on its first year of launching |
$15,000,000 |
|
1987 |
Salary |
Salary demanded in every film she appears in |
$1,000,000 |
|
1986 |
Salary |
Salary earned from the film The Witches of Eastwick |
$1,000,000 |
|
1986 |
Salary |
Salary earned from the film Moonstruck |
$1,000,000 |
|
1986 |
Salary |
Salary earned from the film Suspect |
$1,000,000 |
|
1984 |
Salary |
Salary earned from the film Mask |
$500,000 |
|
1982 |
Salary |
Salary earned from the film Silkwood |
$150,000 |
|
1979 |
Salary |
Cher was a successful nightclub singer in Las Vegas, earning $300,000 a week |
$300,000 |
|
1974 |
Contract |
Geffen secured a $2.5 million deal for Cher with Warner Bros. Records |
$2,500,000 |
|
1973 |
Lawsuit Settlement |
Amount earned as monthly child support from Sonny Bono |
$1,500 |
|
1973 |
Lawsuit Settlement |
Amount earned in 6 months as part of the divorce settlement from her former husband Sonny Bono |
$150,000 |
