Post by BostonQ on Feb 1, 2006 17:14:07 GMT -5
From Keith Caulfield's "Ask Billboard" Q&A column at http://www.Billboard.com:
CHER-ING NEW SONGS?
Hey Keith,
Rumor has it that Diane Warren, who penned "If I Could Turn Back Time" for Cher, is writing new material for the latter's upcoming album. Do you have any news on this album? Could Cher be going back to her rock days?
Thanks,
Mike Spoganetz
Woodbridge, N.J.
Hello Mike,
Indeed, Diane Warren has submitted material for consideration for Cher's next album. What does this mean exactly? Will a Warren song end up on Cher's new CD? Maybe. Will the album be a more rock-oriented effort? Maybe.
What is likely happening right now is the song selection process. Cher and her team are probably listening to many tunes, offered to her by many different writers. At the end of this process, Cher may record a number of these songs, which will then be whittled down to a fitting number for the album.
Because the album is still in its early stages, you can imagine that a release date is probably far off in the future. (So far off in the future, even Cher's Warner Bros. publicist declined to comment.)
Cher's last album, 2002's "Living Proof," has sold 500,000 in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan. That set was the follow-up to the massive 1998 release "Believe." Fueled by the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 title track, the album has sold 3.6 million copies in America.
Diane Warren has penned a whopping 59 top 40 hits on The Billboard Hot 100, including four for Cher: "If I Could Turn Back Time" (No. 3), "Just Like Jesse James" (No. 8), "Love and Understanding" (No. 17) and "Save Up All Your Tears" (No. 37).
CHER-ING NEW SONGS?
Hey Keith,
Rumor has it that Diane Warren, who penned "If I Could Turn Back Time" for Cher, is writing new material for the latter's upcoming album. Do you have any news on this album? Could Cher be going back to her rock days?
Thanks,
Mike Spoganetz
Woodbridge, N.J.
Hello Mike,
Indeed, Diane Warren has submitted material for consideration for Cher's next album. What does this mean exactly? Will a Warren song end up on Cher's new CD? Maybe. Will the album be a more rock-oriented effort? Maybe.
What is likely happening right now is the song selection process. Cher and her team are probably listening to many tunes, offered to her by many different writers. At the end of this process, Cher may record a number of these songs, which will then be whittled down to a fitting number for the album.
Because the album is still in its early stages, you can imagine that a release date is probably far off in the future. (So far off in the future, even Cher's Warner Bros. publicist declined to comment.)
Cher's last album, 2002's "Living Proof," has sold 500,000 in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan. That set was the follow-up to the massive 1998 release "Believe." Fueled by the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 title track, the album has sold 3.6 million copies in America.
Diane Warren has penned a whopping 59 top 40 hits on The Billboard Hot 100, including four for Cher: "If I Could Turn Back Time" (No. 3), "Just Like Jesse James" (No. 8), "Love and Understanding" (No. 17) and "Save Up All Your Tears" (No. 37).