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Cyndi Lauper
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| Born | Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper June 22, 1953 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1977–present |
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| Children | 1 |
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| Formerly of | Blue Angel |
| Website | cyndilauper |
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Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper (/ˈlɔːpər/ LAW-pər; born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter and actress.[2] Known for her distinctive image, featuring a variety of hair colors and eccentric clothing,[3] and for her powerful four-octave vocal range;[4] Lauper has sold over 50 million records worldwide.[5] She has also been celebrated for her humanitarian work, particularly as an advocate for the LGBT rights in the United States.
Her album She's So Unusual (1983) was the first debut album by a female artist to achieve four top-five hits on the Billboard Hot 100—"Girls Just Want to Have Fun", "Time After Time", "She Bop", and "All Through the Night"—and earned Lauper the Best New Artist award at the 27th Annual Grammy Awards in 1985. The music video for "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" won the Best Female Video Award at the inaugural 1984 MTV Video Music Awards and has been recognized by MTV, VH1 and Rolling Stone as one of the greatest music videos of the era.[6][7][8][9] Her second album, True Colors (1986), scored two more top-five hits; the title track and "Change of Heart". Lauper's chart success continued with the singles "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" (1985), "I Drove All Night" (1989) and the dance club hit "That's What I Think" (1993).
Since 1983, Lauper has released twelve studio albums and participated in many other projects. In 2010, Memphis Blues became Billboard's most successful blues album of the year, remaining at number one on the Billboard Blues Albums chart for 13 consecutive weeks. In 2013, she won the Tony Award for Best Original Score for composing the Broadway musical Kinky Boots, making her the first woman to win the category by herself.[10] The musical was awarded five other Tonys, including Best Musical. In 2014, Lauper was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for the cast recording. In 2016, the West End production won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical.[11]
Lauper's accolades include two Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Tony Award, three MTV Video Music Awards, four Billboard Music Awards, two American Music Awards and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She is one of the few singers to win three of the four major American entertainment awards (EGOT). In 2015, she was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Lauper is featured in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Women Who Rock exhibit.[12] Her debut album ranked among Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time,[13] while "Time After Time" was included in VH1's list of the 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 years.[14] VH1 has ranked Lauper No. 58 of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll.[15]
- ^ "Cyndi Lauper Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
- ^ "Give a Damn". The Huffington Post. October 11, 2011.
- ^ Gladstone, Brooke. "Interview With Cyndi Lauper". On the Media.
- ^ Jerome, Jim. "She Wants to Have Fun", People, September 17, 1984. Retrieved September 30, 2008.
- ^ "Cyndi Lauper and the secret feminist history of 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun'". The Washington Post. April 30, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- ^ "Rolling Stone: 'The 100 Top Music Videos'". Rockonthenet.com. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
- ^ Wood Rudolph, Heather (January 29, 2013). "Feminist History in Song: Cyndi Lauper's 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun'". The Sexy Feminist blog. Archived from the original on May 18, 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
- ^ "MTV: '100 Greatest Music Videos Ever Made'". Rockonthenet.com. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
- ^ "VH1: 100 Greatest Videos". Rockonthenet.com. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
- ^ "The Tony Award Nominees". Retrieved June 9, 2013.
- ^ Gerard, Jeremy (April 4, 2016). "London Loves Lin-Manuel Miranda Too (and 'Kinky Boots' & Judi Dench) – Olivier Awards". Deadline.com. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
- ^ Morrison, Shelby (April 15, 2013). "30 Years Later: Cyndi Lauper's 'She's So Unusual'". The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
- ^ "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums". Rockonthenet.com. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
- ^ "VH1's Best Songs of the Past 25 years". Rockonthenet.com. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
- ^ "VH1: 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll". Rockonthenet.com. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
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