Cher is joining the Jingle Ball party! The legendary singer is joining the lineup for the iHeartRadio Z100 Jingle Ball at Madison Square Garden on Friday (Dec. 8).
Cher will join previously announced performers Olivia Rodrigo, SZA, OneRepublic, Sabrina Carpenter, Jelly Roll, Big Time Rush, Doechii, Pentatonix, David Kushner and Melanie Martinez.
The “Believe” singer released her first holiday album, fittingly titled Christmas, back in October. The 13-song set, which debuted atop Billboard’s Top Holiday Albums chart, has a blend of classic tunes and newly written tracks with a star-studded lineup of guests including Michael Bublé, Cyndi Lauper, Darlene Love, Tyga and Stevie Wonder.
“I had no intention of doing a Christmas album,” Cher previously told Billboard of her decision to get into the festive spirit musically. “But [Warner Records] said, ‘Why don’t you do a Christmas album, Cher?’ and I said ‘If I can do my version, I’ll do it,’ and they were very pleasant.”
“They’re not ‘Christmas Christmas’ songs, OK, they’re just great songs,” she added. “And I never say that because I almost never like what I do. But I mean people love it and I’m happy. I’m so particular, but I love the songs and everyone who hears them loves them.”
One of the album’s tracks, “DJ Play a Christmas Song,” hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary radio airplay chart (dated Dec. 9), marking her first AC No. 1 since “If I Could Turn Back Time,” which led for a week in September 1989. She ends the longest break between No. 1s in the chart’s 62-year history: 34 years, two months and one week.
