Cher, 77, will close out Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City... after admitting she doesn't like the sound of her own voice

Cher will look astatine nan extremity of nan star-studded lineup for nan 97th yearly Thanksgiving Day Parade successful New York City, it was announced connected Thursday.

The 77-year-old prima will get conscionable earlier Santa and his sleigh show up to people nan charismatic opening of the Christmas season. 

The Thanksgiving Day Parade, which first debuted successful 1924, is presented by section shop concatenation Macy's. 

The parade will besides characteristic appearances by Jon Batiste; Bell Biv DeVoe; Brandy arsenic good arsenic performances by Broadway’s & Juliet, Back to nan Future: The Musical, How To Dance In Ohio, and Spamalot, pinch a typical quality by Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells of Gutenberg! The Musical!

This news travel aft nan legendary singer released her first-ever Christmas album connected October 20.

The songs nan I Got You Babe vocalist will beryllium performing person not been disclosed but there's a very bully chance a tune from her caller medium of vacation songs will make nan cut.  'They're not Christmas Christmas songs, OK, they're conscionable awesome songs,' Cher explained successful an question and reply pinch Billboard.

'And I ne'er opportunity that because I almost ne'er for illustration what I do. But I mean group emotion it and I'm happy. I'm truthful particular, but I emotion nan songs and everyone who hears them loves them.'

The Turn Back Time vocalist didn't screen conscionable nan accustomed vacation standards connected her Christmas album, she besides wrote 4 original songs.

'Everybody's gotten Santa Claus is Coming to Town and Jingle Bells and each that,' she said. 

'I conscionable said to them, "There will beryllium Christmas songs and they'll beryllium appropriate, but I want to do what I feel."'

The medium includes nan Moonstruck star's ain interpretations of Santa Baby, Run Rudolph Run and Please Come Home For Christmas.

Collaborations connected nan caller medium see a remake of What Christmas Means to Me pinch Stevie Wonder, a duet of Michael Buble's 2005 deed Home, and Put a Little Holiday successful Your Heart pinch Cyndi Lauper.

Tyga joins her to rap connected Drop Top Sleigh Ride and she reunited pinch Darlene Love for Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) 60 years aft a past 17-year-old Cher sang backup connected nan song.

While promoting her caller album, she said: 'So I for illustration this album. I'm not a Cher fan, but I for illustration doing it,' she admitted. 'When I perceive to it, I deliberation this worked out. It wasn't planned out, but it worked out.' 

Cher went connected to elaborate connected what it is astir herself arsenic a performer that she doesn't like.

'I conscionable ne'er liked my sound that much,' she said, earlier adding, 'If I had my choice, I astir apt would person different one, but I didn't get my choice. I sewage my mother’s voice.'

'I don't know, it's weird. It doesn't sound for illustration a man, it doesn't sound for illustration a woman. I'm location much in-between,' she explained. 

'I person this unusual style. I do what you do erstwhile you can't clasp a note: I don't pronounce my Rs. I conjecture immoderate consonants are difficult to sing, truthful I conscionable gotta time off them open.'