Believe is the twenty-second
studio album by American singer-actress
Cher, first released on October 22, 1998 by Wea Records and distributed in North America by
Warner Bros. Records. Following the failure of her previous studio album
It's a Man's World, her record company encouraged her to return to the studio to pursue a new musical direction. Recording took place over the summer at the Dreamhouse Studios in London and the Soundworks Studios in New York under the guidance of English producers
Mark Taylor and
Brian Rawling. The album was dedicated to her ex-husband
Sonny Bono, who died earlier that year.