Cher has signaled to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that she is no longer interested in becoming a member after years of snubs.
The 77-year-old music icon revealed that she is still not in the Hall of Fame during a visit to The Kelly Clarkson Show on Friday.
She admitted this while discussing her achievement of being one of only two artists to have a number one single on the charts in each of the last seven decades.
The appearance comes just days after the age-defying actress was spotted at the opening of the Fontainebleau in Las Vegas with boyfriend Alexander “AE” Edwards as they watched Justin Timberlake's opening concert.
After Kelly expressed her shock that Cher wasn't in the Hall of Fame, the older hitmaker retorted, “You know what, I wouldn't be there right now if they gave me a million dollars.”
Cher, 77, revealed on The Kelly Clarkson Show on Friday that she was never inducted – or even nominated – into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. “You know what, I wouldn't be here right now if they gave me a million dollars,” she said to a shocked Kelly
The presenter was stunned and left her mouth hanging open after the Moonstruck star made the confession, but Cher said she wasn't joking before joking that she was “about to say something else.”
“I was just going to say I'm not kidding you!” she joked.
Kelly was about to give her advice if she changed her mind in the future, but Cher replied, “I'll never change my mind.”
She added: “You can just go yourself.”
So far, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has not responded to Cher's statement.
The fact that there were no nominations for the Hall of Fame at all was particularly shocking given the icon's numerous achievements and shockingly long career.
Artists can be nominated for Hall of Fame induction 25 years after their first induction, and the burlesque actress has been recording since the early 1960s, although she didn't release a song until the middle of the decade under her own name, not a stage name.
The singer (born Cherilyn Sarkisian) would therefore have been eligible since at least 1990, if not earlier, but the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame instead snubbed her for more than 30 years.
Earlier this month, she became only the second artist to score a number one hit in each of the last seven decades after her holiday single “DJ Play A Christmas Song” topped Billboard Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales.
After Cher corrected Kelly that there was “another one” who could lay claim to the same record, Kelly said, “Don't say a band.”
Although Cher disappointed her when she pointed out that the Rolling Stones could boast the same achievement, she got the audience cheering and Kelly to her feet when she added, “It took four of them to be one of mine.” “
She further claimed, “With Believe, I changed music forever,” referring to her 1998 hit.
The song was famous not only for its catchy chorus, but also for its use of Auto-Tune, which has become a widely used tool in the music industry.
The software was originally designed to make small adjustments to the pitch of recordings after the fact, helping to correct a missing note that would otherwise have ruined a recording.
But the effect can be used to varying degrees, and on Believe it was turned all the way up to distort Cher's vocals in the flashy ways that inspired future hip-hop and pop artists.
Her decades of hot number one hits began with 1965's “I Got You Babe,” which she performed with her then-husband Sonny Bono as Sonny and Cher.
In the '70s, the duo scored a chart-topper with “All I Ever Need Is You,” and Cher had solo hits with “Gypsys,” “Tramps & Thieves”; Hybrid; and Dark Lady.
She regained commercial fame in 1989 with the two numbers “If I Could Turn Back Time” and “After All”.
She continued to ride this wave of new popularity in the '90s with “Believe,” “Strong Enough,” and “All Or Nothing.”
Kelly was about to give her advice if she changed her mind in the future, but Cher replied, “I'll never change my mind.” She added, “You can just say it yourself, you know.” Cher said she don't joke before she joked that she was “about to say something else.” “I was just about to say I'm not kidding you!” She joked, Kelly mentioned that Cher every year for the last seven decades scored at least one number one hit, but after Cher said there was “yet another” – the Rolling Stones – Kelly said, “Don't say a band, Cher's.” The first hit was in 1965, not long after her recording debut, for “I Got You Babe” with her then-husband Sonny Bono. She could have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25 years after her first recordings, so she was snubbed for more than three decades; Seen in 1973, Cher's hits continued into the '70s before a career revival began in 1989 that continues unabated to this day; seen at the 1986 Oscars
The top charts continued into the 2000s with “Song For The Lonely”, “A Different Kind Of Love Song” and “When The Money's Gone”.
In the last decade she scored number one hits You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me and Woman's World.
Kelly felt her latest holiday hit, “DJ Play A Christmas Song,” could be as transformative for holiday music as “Believe” was for pop music.
“Nobody has that sound. I almost think if someone sent me this song for my Christmas record, [I’d be like] “I don’t know if I could do it,” she admitted. “That’s up to you.” The sound is so Cher. It's so incredible. I love it so much.'