Cher told the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that she is no longer interested in being a member after years of criticism.
The 77-year-old music icon announced on Friday during a visit to The Kelly Clarkson Show that she is still not in the Hall of Fame.
She admitted this while talking about her achievement of being one of only two artists to have a number one single on the charts in each of the last seventy years.
The appearance comes just days after the age-defying actress was spotted at the opening of Fontainbleau in Las Vegas with her boyfriend Alexander 'AE' Edwards as they attended Justin Timberlake's opening concert.
After Kelly expressed her shock that Cher wasn't in the Hall of Fame, the aging hitmaker shot back, “You know what, I wouldn't be in it right now if they gave me a million dollars.”
Cher, 77, revealed on The Kelly Clarkson Show on Friday that she has never been inducted – or even nominated – into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
“You know what, I wouldn't be in it right now if they gave me a million dollars,” she told a shocked Kelly
The host was left stunned and left with her jaw hanging open after the Moonstruck star made the confession, but Cher said she wasn't “making fun” of her, before joking that she was “about to say something else” .
“I wanted to say I'm not screwing you!” she joked.
Kelly was about to give some advice in case she changed her mind in the future, but Cher replied, “I will never change my mind.”
She added, “They can just go on their own, you know what.”
So far, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has not responded to Cher's statement.
The lack of even a Hall of Fame nomination was particularly shocking considering the icon's numerous achievements and shockingly long career.
Artists are eligible to be nominated for induction into the Hall of Fame 25 years after their first recording, and the Burlesque actress has been recording since the early 1960s, although she did not release a song under until mid-decade the denominator her own name, instead of a stage name.
The singer (born Cherilyn Sarkisian) would therefore have been eligible since 1990, if not earlier, but the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has instead rejected her for over thirty years.
Earlier this month, she became only the second artist to have a number one hit in each of the past seven decades, after her Christmas single DJ Play A Christmas Song topped the Billboard Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales.
After Cher corrected Kelly by saying there was “someone else” who could lay claim to the same record, Kelly said, “Don't say band.”
Although Cher disappointed her by pointing out that the Rolling Stones could boast the same feat, she got the crowd cheering and Kelly on her feet when she added, “It took four to be one of me.” '
She further claimed, “I changed music forever with Believe,” referring to her 1998 hit.
The song was famous not only for its catchy chorus, but also for its use of Auto-Tune, a common tool in the music industry.
The software was originally designed to make minor adjustments to the pitch of recordings after the fact, correcting an off note that could otherwise have ruined a recording.
But the effect can be used to varying degrees, and it was set all the way to Believe to distort Cher's vocals in the striking way that inspired future hip-hop and pop artists.
Her decades of 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 had a chart-topping hit with All I Ever Need Is You, and Cher had solo hits with Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves; half-blood; and Dark Lady.
In 1989 she returned to commercial fame with the two songs If I Could Turn Back Time and After All.
She continued to ride that wave of newfound popularity in the '90s with Believe, Strong Enough and All Or Nothing.
Kelly was about to give some advice in case she changed her mind in the future, but Cher replied, “I will never change my mind.” She added: 'They can just go themselves, you know what'
Cher said she wasn't “making fun” of her, before joking that she was “about to say something else.” “I wanted to say I'm not screwing you!” she joked
Kelly said Cher had had at least one number one hit in the last seven decades, but after Cher said there was “one other” – The Rolling Stones – Kelly said: “Don't say a band.”
Cher's first hit was in 1965, not long after her debut on record, for I Got You Babe with then-husband Sonny Bono. She would be eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25 years after her first recordings, so she has been snubbed for over thirty years; seen in 1973
Cher's hits continued into the '70s, before a career revival in 1989 that continues unabated to this day; seen at the Academy Awards in 1986
The chart successes continued into the 2000s with Song For The Lonely, A Different Kind Of Love Song and When The Money's Gone.
Over the past ten years she has scored the number one hits You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me and Woman's World.
With her latest Christmas hit, DJ Play A Christmas Song, Kelly believed it could be as transformative for Christmas music as Believe was for pop music.
'No one has that sound. I almost think if someone sent me that song for my Christmas record, (I'd say) “I don't know if I could pull this off,” she confessed. “It's so you. The sound is so Cher. It's so incredible. I love it so much.'