At a star-studded event like the Grammys, it can be hard for one person to grab an entire room’s attention, but that’s a certainty whenever Cher walks in.
Tonight, the musical legend made a surprise appearance at the 2026 Grammys to accept her Lifetime Achievement Award. And she did so in a black, lace, see-through gown. The naked dress featured a layer of leather strands arranged in a deconstructed manner, and the musical legend wore it with a cropped black leather jacket and some glossy boots.
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“I knew what I wanted to be when I was five years old,” the pop icon said in her acceptance speech, before recalling her biggest milestones in her decades-long career and encouraging her fellow singers to never give up on their dreams.
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Prior to the ceremony, it was revealed that Cher would be honored with one of the Grammys’s Lifetime Achievement Awards, alongside Carlos Santana, Chaka Khan, Fela Kuti, Paul Simon, and Whitney Houston.
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First established in 1962, these annual prizes are awarded to “performers who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording.”
This marks a second Grammy win for Cher, whose “Believe” took home the prize for Best Dance Recording back in 2000. Since her first nomination all the way back in 1966 for Best New Artist (as a part of the duo Sonny & Cher with Sonny Bono), Cher has received a total of seven Grammy nods.
Over the years, she’s made quite a few memorable appearances on the red carpet, too. In fact, here at Harper’s Bazaar, we named her 1974 outfit—which consisted of a butterfly bikini top and sheer shawl—one of the 50 best Grammy Awards looks of all time. Clearly, she still knows how to make a statement.
