Cyndi Lauper [87255] Gender: Female Popularity: 1.5225 Birthplace: Ozone Park, Queens, New York City, New York, USA Birthday: 1953-06-22 Age: 72 years Movies: 48 Links: Homepage, IMDB Biography: Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and LGBT rights activist whose career has spanned over four decades. Her debut solo album She's So Unusual (1983), was an instant commercial success. The album was the first debut female album to chart 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," earning Lauper the Best New Artist award at the 27th Grammy Awards in 1985. Her success continued with her second record, True Colors (1986), which included the number one hit of the same name and "Change of Heart," which peaked at number 3 and earned Lauper two nominations at the 29th Grammy Awards in 1987. Since 1989, Lauper has released nine studio albums to varying critical acclaim; and has participated in several other projects. Her most recent album, the Grammy-nominated Memphis Blues, became Billboard's most successful blues album of the year, remaining at number one on the "Billboard" blues charts for 13 consecutive weeks. In 2011, Lauper released an autobiography detailing her battle with child abuse and depression; which became New York Times Best Seller. In 2013, Lauper completed writing both the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical Kinky Boots, which led it to the 2013 Tony Awards with 13 nominations, and won six awards including Best Musical. The musical also won Best Score making Lauper the first woman to win the composing category solo. In 2013, she became the first artist to top the dance charts with a Broadway single in over 25 years. Over the course of her career, Lauper has released over 40 singles and (as of 2011) has sold more than 80 million albums, 20 million singles, and 1 million DVDs. She has won Grammy, Emmy, Tony, MTV VMA awards, Billboard and AMA. In 1999 VH1 ranked Lauper No. 58 of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll. Lauper is also one of only twenty artists to achieve "GET" status by winning competitive Grammy, Emmy and Tony awards. Counting Crows: 2025-06-05 Cyndi Lauper: Ro2024-09-20 Katy Perry: Rock2024-09-20 The World Accord2024-11-15 Cyndi Lauper at 2024-01-20 The Greatest Nig2024-01-19 Let the Canary S2023-06-14 Joni Mitchell - 2023-03-31 2022 Rock & Roll2022-11-19 Biography: 'Rowd2021-04-25 WAMEGO: Addendum2020-12-15 Andre the Giant2018-04-10 Who the Fuck Is 2017-07-21 Cyndi Lauper - F2015-12-09 Henry & Me2014-08-18 Cyndi Lauper: To2011-10-24 Dirty Movie2011-02-15 Prince : Welcome2010-12-29 VH1's 100 Most S2009-12-28 Annul Victory2009-05-02 Here and There2009-09-08 ShowBusiness: Th2007-04-19 Cyndi Lauper & F2007-02-03 From the Big App2006-01-01 The Naked Brothe2005-10-23 Cyndi Lauper - L2004-08-05 Cyndi Lauper - L2004-05-25 Lipstick & Dynam2005-05-05 VH1 Divas 20042004-04-18 A Barry Manilow 2003-12-05 There Was an Old2002-06-13 An All-Star Trib2000-04-16 The Opportunists2000-05-17 Mrs. Parker and 1994-09-07 Bland svenska bÃ1994-01-01 Life with Mikey1993-06-04 Off and Running1991-02-01 Roger Waters: Th1990-07-21 Mother Goose Roc1990-05-19 Cyndi Lauper Liv1989-10-11 Stevie Wonder - 1989-01-01 Vibes1988-08-05 Cyndi Lauper - 1987-03-31 Cyndi Lauper in 1986-09-10 All-Star Rock 'N1985-09-13 The Goonies1985-06-07 WrestleMania1985-03-31 We Are the World1985-01-28