cher is one of the bestselling music artists in music history
 according to jeff miers from the buffalo news her music has changed with the times over the decades rather than changing those times through groundbreaking work however he felt that subsequent female pop singers were heavily inspired by chers abilities to combine showmanship with deep musicality 
 it was the highest rated networktv concert special of 2003 and earned cher the primetime emmy award for outstanding variety music or comedy special