Chart performance Believe (Cher song)
cher performing believe on wktu s miracle on 34th street show in new york city on december 11, 1998.
the song, recorded , released in 1998, peaked @ number 1 in 23 countries worldwide. on january 23, 1999, reached top 40 on billboard hot 100 , reached number 1 on chart on march 13, making cher oldest female artist (at age of 52) perform feat. cher set record solo artist longest span of time between number 1 hits, since dark lady reached number 1 in 1974. set mark longest gap after first number 1 song got babe released in 1965 then-husband sonny bono, , beat record held former beatles lead guitarist, george harrison, first hit top of charts in 1964 beatles want hold hand , , 24 years had last number-one song, got mind set on . believe ranked number-one song of 1999 billboard on both billboard hot 100 , hot dance club play charts , became biggest single in entire career.
in united kingdom, believe spent 7 weeks @ number 1 on uk singles chart, becoming britain s biggest-selling single of 1998, , won writers 3 ivor novello awards (for best selling uk single, best song musically , lyrically, , international hit of year) @ 1999 ceremony. on 1 august 2014, believe became first female solo single certified triple platinum in united kingdom selling 1,800,000 copies. of october 2017, song has sold 1,830,000 copies in uk, making biggest selling song woman there.
the success of song not expanded through each country s singles chart, countries dance charts. in united states believe spent 23 weeks on u.s. hot dance club play chart, 5 of weeks @ #1, , 22 weeks on european hot dance charts. believe set record in 1999 after spending 21 weeks in top spot of billboard hot dance singles sales chart, still in top ten 1 year after entry on chart. on 13 october 2008, song voted #10 on australian vh1 s top 10 number 1 pop songs countdown. believe nominated record of year , best dance recording @ 42nd grammy awards, latter of won.
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