Cher Wins Over Royalty Dispute The Song Of Sonny Bono's Last Wife

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JAKARTA - The queen of pop music, Cher, has been decided as the holder of the right to the catalog of Sonny & Cher's songs. She was declared victorious against Mary Bono, the late wife Sonny Bono, who is her ex-husband.

Meanwhile, Cher and Sonny Bono were popular folk duo in the United States in the 1960s and 1990s. Both married in 1964 and are known as the duo of a married couple

Sonny & Cher scored several famous songs, such as Baby Don't Go, The Beat Goes On and I Got You Babe. They were also known as the television star of the time.

After nine years of being married, Sonny and Cher divorced in 1975. The career of the duo Sonny & Cher has slumped since then.

Divorce took the two of them on a different path. Cher continued his very successful solo career while Sonny turned to politics.

Sonny then married Mary, his third wife, in 1986, and died 12 years later in a ski accident.

According to Billboard, Cher and Sonny approved their divorce process with a 50/50 share of the publishing income from the materials they recorded together.

Cher continues to receive Sonny's royalty payment after his death.

But in 2016 Mary asked for the rights of her late husband to be given to her. She tries to get full control of Sonny's intellectual property.

In 2021, Cher stopped accepting royalty payments, and at that time he filed a lawsuit, until he was again declared victorious over the lawsuit.