Believe

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single song

"Believe" is a 1998 dance-pop song by Cher that became a global hit and is widely credited with popularizing the use of Auto-Tune as a vocal effect in mainstream music.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Believe canonical	2
Believe (Cher music video)	2
Believe by Cher	1
“Believe”	1
“Finale (Believe)”	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3972340 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Believe
Context triple: [Cher, notableWork, Believe]

A. Believe
"Believe" is a song featured on the album *I Remember Me* by Jennifer Hudson.
B. Believe
"Believe" is Justin Bieber's third studio album, marking his transition from teen pop to a more mature, R&B-influenced sound and spawning hits like "Boyfriend."
C. When You Believe
"When You Believe" is a Grammy-winning duet by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, originally recorded for the animated film "The Prince of Egypt" and later featured on Houston's album "My Love Is Your Love."
D. Harder to Believe
"Harder to Believe" is a song by American singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw, known for its soulful pop-rock style and emotive vocals.
E. Belief (song)
"Belief" is a pop-rock song by American singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw, known for its soulful vocals and introspective lyrics.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Believe
Target entity description: "Believe" is a 1998 dance-pop song by Cher that became a global hit and is widely credited with popularizing the use of Auto-Tune as a vocal effect in mainstream music.

A. Believe
"Believe" is a song featured on the album *I Remember Me* by Jennifer Hudson.
B. Believe
"Believe" is Justin Bieber's third studio album, marking his transition from teen pop to a more mature, R&B-influenced sound and spawning hits like "Boyfriend."
C. When You Believe
"When You Believe" is a Grammy-winning duet by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, originally recorded for the animated film "The Prince of Egypt" and later featured on Houston's album "My Love Is Your Love."
D. Harder to Believe
"Harder to Believe" is a song by American singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw, known for its soulful pop-rock style and emotive vocals.
E. Belief (song)
"Belief" is a pop-rock song by American singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw, known for its soulful vocals and introspective lyrics.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ song ⓘ
artist	Cher ⓘ
awardReceived	Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording ⓘ
awardYear	2000 ⓘ
certification	multi-platinum in the United Kingdom ⓘ platinum in the United States ⓘ
chartPosition	number one in more than 20 countries ⓘ number one on the UK Singles Chart ⓘ number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
era	late 1990s ⓘ
format	12-inch single ⓘ CD single ⓘ cassette single ⓘ
genre	Eurodance ⓘ dance-pop ⓘ electropop ⓘ
hasBPM	133 ⓘ
hasHook	Do you believe in life after love? ⓘ
hasKey	F-sharp major ⓘ
hasMusicVideo	Believe self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Believe (Cher music video)
hasTempo	fast ⓘ
includedInAlbum	Believe (Cher album) ⓘ
influenced	mainstream adoption of pitch-correction effects ⓘ subsequent pop and dance music production ⓘ
label	WEA ⓘ Warner Bros. Records ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
length	3:59 ⓘ
musicVideoDirector	Nigel Dick ⓘ
notableFor	popularizing Auto-Tune as a vocal effect in mainstream music ⓘ
partOf	Cher discography ⓘ
performer	Cher ⓘ
producer	Brian Rawling ⓘ Mark Taylor ⓘ
recordingPeriod	1998 ⓘ
releaseDate	1998-10-19 ⓘ
releaseYear	1998 ⓘ
sales	over 11 million copies worldwide ⓘ
songwriter	Brian Higgins ⓘ Cher ⓘ Matthew Gray ⓘ Paul Barry ⓘ Steven Torch ⓘ Stuart McLennen ⓘ Tim Powell ⓘ surface form: Timothy Powell
titleTrackOf	Believe (Cher album) ⓘ
useOfTechnique	Auto-Tune ⓘ
vocalist	Cher ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cher → notableWork → Believe ⓘ

Nigel Dick → notableWork → Believe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Believe (Cher music video)

The Cher Show → featuresSong → Believe ⓘ

this entity surface form: “Believe”

The Cher Show → featuresSong → Believe ⓘ

this entity surface form: “Finale (Believe)”

Auto-Tune → firstMajorHitUsage → Believe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Believe by Cher

Cherilyn Sarkisian → notableWork → Believe ⓘ

Believe → hasMusicVideo → Believe self-linksurface differs ⓘ